Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

2008 N. American County Year List Showing Records 1 through 26 of 26 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Jay Keller San Diego, CA 321 FINAL - Became resident in June + two week-long winter trips - HIGHLIGHTS: Red-footed Booby, Crested Caracara, Arctic Tern, Spotted Owl, Common Nighthawk, Tropical Kingbird, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Yellow-green Vireo, Varied Thrush, LeConte's Thrasher, Red-throated Pipit, 12 spp eastern vagrant warblers, Painted Redstart, Hepatic Tanager, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Lapland Longspur, 2 David Beaudette Cochise County, AZ 307 Updated 11/1, last report for the year 3 Dan Jones Hidalgo Co., TX 264 Sage Thrasher, Updated 12/25/08 4 Frank Apsey USA-IOSCO COUNTY, MI 245 Best birds - Rock Wren, Bewick's Wren, Sedge Wren, Loggerhead Shrike, Northern Mockingbird, White-eyed Vireo, 3 Whimbrels, Spotted Towhee, Prairie Falcon, Lark Sparrow, Yellow-headed Blackbird, and Great Cormorant. 5 Tom Reed NJ-Cape May Co. 244 5/21 6 Ryan O'Donnell Utah, Cache County 242 Mississippi Kite, Iceland Gull, and Whip-poor-will were all first records for the state. New county record. 7 Alex Rinkert Santa Cruz Co., California 238 Barrow's Goldeneye, Townsend's Solitaire, Summer Tanager, White-throated Sparrow, Dusky Flycatcher, Ruddy Turnstone, Eurasion Wigeon, Rock Sandpiper, Gray Catbird, Common Tern, Willow Flycatcher, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Black-throated Sparrow, Blackburnian Warbler, Clay-colored Sparrow, Greater Wht.-fronted Goose, Indigo Bunting, Lapland Longspur, Red Crossbill, White-breasted Nuthatch, Harris's Sparrow, Cape May Warbler 8 Rodney Cassidy wakulla co., fl 234 28 wood warblers, Bell's vireo, surf scoter, sandhill crane, 9 Dan Jones Cameron Co., TX 231 Updated 8/24/08 10 Ian Davies Plymouth Co. MA 229 (Last updated 4/11/09) 11 John Berner Harris Co. (Texas) 218 16-Nov (-1) 12 J.D. Cortez Hidalgo County, TX 212 8/24/08 13 J.D. Cortez Cameron County, TX 209 5/4/08- Surf Scoter, Black Phoebe 14 Nicholas Block Cook County, IL 197 15 Jeff Pavlik Ingham Co. - Michigan 191 recent add - Wilson's Snipe & Stilt Sandpiper 16 Dan Jones Willacy Co., TX 158 Purple Gallinule, Botteri's Sparrow, updated 5/11/08 17 Robbie LaCelle Oneida County, New York 152 Highlights: Golden Eagle, Red-headed Woodpecker, Hoary Redpoll. Recent: White-winged Crossbill, Pine Siskin, Great Egret, Purple Martin, Canada Warbler, N. Rough-winged Swallow. (updated 08/23/08) 18 Brent Bomkamp Suffolk County, LI, NY 151 Pink-footed Goose, Barnacle Goose, Eared Grebe 19 Zachary Loman Humboldt County, CA 145 Out of County for next 6 months. update 2.17.08 Highlights: Arctic Loon, Slaty backed Gull, Harris' Sparrow, Glaucous Gull, Barn Owl, Northern Pygmy Owl, Prairie Falcon, Ferruginous Hawk, Burrowing Owl 20 John Berner Brazoria Co. (TX) 136 Kelp Gull 21 John Berner Nueces Co. (TX) 133 Piratic FC 22 Andy Wraithmell Jackson County, Florida (Inland) 125 Jan1st to Aug31st: Dark Morph Snow Goose, 2 Ross's Geese, Bonaparte's Gull, 3 Western Kingbirds, 7 Horned Larks, Winter Wren, Browncreeper, Marsh Wren, 3 Sooty Terns during Tropical Storm Fay 23 John Berner Galveston Co. (TX) 113 Ruff 24 John Berner Calhoun Co. (TX) 106 25 John Berner Waller Co., Texas 105 26 Josh Covill Flathead County, Montana, US 83 3/7/08 Barrred Owl, Gyrfalcon, Red-breasted Merganser, Northern Shrike, Barrow's Goldeneye, E C Dove, Short-eared Owl, Merlin, Prairie Falcon, and Harris's Sparrow Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home