Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Showing Records 1 through 35 of 35 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 James P. Smith UK/USA - MA 632 Revised 03/02/08. Many highlights - Northern Jacana in AZ, Dovekie in MA. Most recent long trip to CA: Highlights including Xantus's Murrelet, GGOwl, flock of 160 Lawrence's Goldfinch: Images of many of these and others at www.keenbirding.com 2 Bryan Zvolanek Lower 48 586 3 Kirk Zufelt Canadian 547 Hawk Owl(#547),Little Gull(25th gull sp. for the year),Pink-footed & Barnacle Geese(Montauk,NY)Black-tailed Gull(IA),Cave Swallow(MI),Laysan Albatross,Flesh-footed Shear.,Bar-tailed Godwit(CA),G-B Mango(WI),Curlew Sandpiper(NY), Rock Ptarmigan(NFLD),Buff-collared Nightjar,5-Striped Sparrow, Black-capped Gnatcatcher,Flame-colored Tanager,W-E Hummer(AZ),White-tailed Tropicbird(NC),Yellow-legged Gull,Ivory Gull,Slaty-backed Gull, Redwing(NFLD) 4 Cameron Cox WA 531 Whooper Swan, Arctic Loon, and Slaty-backed Gull in WA. Masked Duck in TX. Curlew Sandpiper NJ, White-tailed Tropicbird and White-faced Storm-Petrel in NC, 5 Edge Wade USA - MO 495 16 Dec 07 6 Russ Namitz USA - OR 483 12/07 = Barnacle & Pink-footed Goose (NY), Green-breasted Mango (GA), Snail Kite (FL), Long-eared Owl, Pelagic species, Boreal & Great Gray Owl, Spruce & Dusky Grouse (OR), Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Buff-collared Nightjar, Lucifer Hummingbird, Black-capped Gnatcatcher, Montezuma Quail, Five-striped Sparrow (AZ), Horned Puffin, Laysan Albatross, Falcated & Tufted Duck (OR), Himalayan Snowcock (NV), Whooper Swan (WA), Slaty-backed Gull (CA) 7 Scott Schuette USA- Missouri 483 AZ, CA, ID, IL, MO, MT, NM, and WA; updated December 9th 8 Ian Davies USA-Massachusetts 479 (Last updated 2/12/08) 9 Steve Gross TX 476 11/24 Whooping Crane, Masked Duck; birded AZ, AK, TX 10 David Bell Canadian - ON 475 Added 81 species in the LRGV, 11 in W. Texas and NM, plus 80 in SE AZ. Highlights - 60+9+59 lifers, Tamaulipas Crow pair, 5 Clay-colored Robins, 3 singing Northern Beardless-Tyrannulets, Gray Hawks with juvies, Red-crowned Parrots and nesting Green Parakeets in the LRGV, Olive, Red-faced, Grace's Warblers, Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Elegant Trogon, Flame-colored Tanager, Black-capped Gnatcatcher, White-eared Hummingbird and Montezuma Quail in SE AZ - Added 52 in BC - Added 8 in MB - All the rest from the U.P. and N. Ontario - Latest: Thayer's Gull - Nov 16, 2007 11 Scott Jennex Michigan - USA 465 New total as of 12/27 Pacific Loon, Harlequin, Bohemian Waxwing & Northern Gannet in MI. Drove to CA from MI many highlights incl ISJA & several pelagics. 12 Hope Batcheller USA - New York 464 This is my final tally (ABA area only). Highlights: Crescent-chested Warbler, Lawrence's Goldfinch, Sooty Grouse, Black-footed Albatross, all the quail, LRGV specialty stuff, SE AZ specialty stuff, and tons more. Trips to MA, NH, ME, MI, OH, CA, NJ, AZ, TX, VT...haha it was awesome. 13 Ethan Kistler Ohio 463 AZ: Crescent-chested Warbler and specialties; OH: King Eider, Harris's Sparrow, Piping Plover, Spotted Towhee, Yellow Rail, Sabine's Gull, Pine Grosbeak, Hoary Redpoll 14 Jennifer Rycenga USA - California 456 Ended the year in New Mexico; last birds added were Pyrrhuloxia, Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, Crissal Thrasher 15 Sean Fitzgerald USA - MI 435 10/13/07 - southern CA (Feb and Aug), SE AZ (Aug), MD (Sept), IN (Oct), WI and MI 16 Kreg Ellzey USA (AZ) 433 Last birds for '07 were the Northern Jacana in Arizona and all three Rosy-finches in New Mexico. Year List includes visits to Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, California & Arizona. 17 Tom Magarian my truck 432 NJ, NY, S. TX, AZ, CA, OH 18 Zachary Loman Formerly Delaware (now CA) 426 (485 w/ mexico) All in all not a terrible year list total. Birding outside the US for the rest of the year. 19 Jay Keller Virginia 424 A good year with most non-local birding done around biz trips. Updated 12-31 - Recent Highlights: Sandy Hook NJ: Townsend's Solitaire; PA: Bullock's Oriole; Niagara Falls: Bohemian Waxwing, Glaucous Gull; Florida: Bronzed Cowbird, Red-whiskered Bulbul; Nebraska: Sabine's Gull, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow; Virginia: Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper, San Diego CA: Pink-footed Shearwater, BV Shearwater, Brown Booby. Locations this year include: CA, PA, MA, NJ, DE, FL, TX, IL, VA, MD, NE, etc. 20 Andy Bankert Florida 416 Curlew Sandpiper 8/3 21 Noah Gaines USA 414 My best year to date AZ, CA, NM, TX, NC: Rufous-backed Robin, Brown Booby, Pacific Golden-Plover, Northern Jacana, Hudsonian Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Montezuma Quail, Eared Quetzal, Yellow-footed Gull, Cave Swallow, Yellow-green Vireo, Black-crested Titmouse, Colima Warbler, Crescent-chested Warbler, Baird's Sparrow, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Lawrence's Goldfinch 22 Noah Gaines 412 AZ, CA, NM, TX, NC: Rufous-backed Robin, Brown Booby, Pacific Golden-Plover, Northern Jacana, Hudsonian Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Montezuma Quail, Eared Quetzal, Yellow-footed Gull, Cave Swallow, Yellow-green Vireo, Black-crested Titmouse, Colima Warbler, Crescent-chested Warbler, Baird's Sparrow, Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowLawrence's Goldfinch 23 Nathan Moorhatch USA - CA 412 Latest: 9/2007 - Trip to So. Carolina, added 46 species including Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Blue-winged and Swainson's Warblers, Upland and Buff-breasted Sandpipers, King and Yellow Rail, Seaside Sparrow..... 24 Joshua Uffman USA - Missouri 401 IL Gulls in 2007: Glaucous-winged, Little, Sabines, Slaty-backed!! 25 Philip Kline Arizona 401 AZ, TX - Short-tailed hawk, white-eared hummingbird, northern (mountain) pygmy-owl, ruddy ground-dove, Clark's nutcracker, northern saw-whet owl, Harris's sparrow 26 Chris Charlesworth Canadian 393 Hoary Redpoll, Gyrfalcon, Iceland Gull, Flame-colored Tanager, Lucifer Hummingbird, White-eared Hummingbird, Black-capped Gnatcatcher, Buff-colored Nightjar, Five-striped Sparrow, Black-footed Albatross, Fork-tailed Storm Petrel, Buller's Shearwater, Ruff, Wandering Tattler, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper & Cassin's Auklet 27 Tom Auer US 384 Weak. (Updated 01/12/08) tomauer.net 28 Phil Jeffrey Ex-pat Brit (NJ) 363 best: Masked and Muscovy Ducks; recent: Sedge Wren 11/17 29 Tom Pavlik US 362 L.A. Pelagic, other California birds from Orange, Kern and Tulare Counties 30 Ryan Douglas New York 349 24 Dec 07 - Greater White-fronted Goose (IL) 31 Dan Jones USA 318 9/22/07 32 David Daniels USA 280 ABA Area Lifers: Roseate Tern, Seaside Sparrow, Spot-breasted Oriole (Florida), Green-breasted Mango (Wisconsin). Latest year bird: Northern Shrike (12/30/07) 33 Rick Wright US 219 AZ only, as of March 21. 34 Michael Hodge USA, Tennessee 159 Submitted 16 June 2007 35 Bennet Porter Falmouth, MA USA 120 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 12/25/07 Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home