2003 North American (ABA Area) Year List

Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

2003 North American (ABA Area) Year List Showing Records 1 through 33 of 33 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Andrew Spencer US-CO 603 Updated December 6 - most recently Siberian Accentor in Montana Highlights incdlue: Gyrfalcon, Kelp Gull, Thick-billed Parrot, Buff-collared Nightjar, 18 hummingbird species, Rose-throated Becard, Black-capped Gnatcatcher, Bahama Mockingbird, Rufous-capped Warbler, Flame-colored Tanager and Yellow-faced Grassquit 2 Jim Hengeveld U.S. 535 Hook-billed Kite, Ferrug. Pygmy-Owl, Tropical Parula, Groove-b. Ani; updated 12/31/03 3 Susan Hengeveld U.S. 531 Groove-b. Ani, Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Hood-billed Kite, Tropical Parula; updated 12/31/03 4 Joyce Bathke US-MO 528 Highlights: Kittlitz's Murrelet, Spruce Grouse, Willow and Rock Ptarmigan, Vaux's Swift 5 Mike Schwitters US 518 6 Brandon Percival USA/CO 488 CA, CO, NM, FL, TX, KS, OK updated on 31 December 2003. 7 Karl Lukens US-NJ 480 NJ,NY,ON,CA,MA,AZ, 8 Steve Sosensky US/CA 477 Little Gull 12/30 9 Nicholas Block CO, USA 451 Great TX Birding Classic, summer in Black Hills of SD/WY, fall in CO, short trips to SE AZ and west TX. Haven't really been keeping track too well. 10 Chris Charlesworth Canadian - BC 432 Yellow-billed Loon (BC), Black-vented Shearwater (CA), Gyrfalcon (BC), Black Rail (TX), Yellow Rail (TX), South Polar Skua (CA). Yellow-footed Gull (CA), Lesser Black-backed Gull (BC), Xantus' Murrelet (CA), Craveri's Murrelet (CA), Ancient Murrelet (BC), Ruddy Ground-Dove (CA), Boreal Owl (BC), Island Scrub-Jay (CA), Pinyon Jay (CA), California Gnatcatcher (CA), Le Conte's Thrasher (CA), Connecticut Warbler (BC) 11 Mike Creese USA 425 Migration in Texas, 24 Warblers, 5 Vireos 12 Riley Wyna Canadian 424 Texas 13 Phred Benham USA-NH 406 Calliope Hummingbird 12/10 14 Olivier Barden Canada 369 Red Crossbill, Dovekie, Eastern Towhee in December 15 Sean Fitzgerald Wisconsin, USA 364 11/6/03 - U/C of TX in GTBC (April), WI, TN, and October trip to Outer Banks NC 16 Daniel Casey USA (Montana) 357 Upated 2 Jan 2004: Final total. 17 states and provinces visited. Montezuma Quail (lifer), NM; Rock Sandpiper (lifer), OR; Red Knot, MT; Glaucous Gull, Kamloops BC; 5 vireos and 16 warblers in ND;Hooded Warbler, WY; 4 titmice (missing Juniper). At least 311 new total ticks. 17 Spencer Galen New Jersey 338 Lucifer Hummer, White-eared Hummer, RT Becard, Tyrannulet 18 Heidi Trudell US - TX 335 RGV, NY/NJ, IL - not bad, considering so little time in TX... 19 DW Holmes US 332 Blue grouse in Sangre de Cristo 20 Dave DeReamus USA (PA) 330 PA, TX, AZ, NM, RI (12/27/03). 21 Kreg Ellzey American 326 Only LA & TX. 1/7/03 Purple Sandpiper and 11/26/03 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Quintana, TX; 4/13/03 Black & Yellow Rails, Anahuac NWR, TX; 5/3/03 Bay-breasted and Golden-winged Warblers on the UTC; 5/23-25/03 Rose-throated Becard, White-collared Seedeater, Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet, Gray Hawk, Black Phoebe and Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, South Texas; 7/30/03 Gray Kingbird, New Orleans; 11/30/03 Sprague’s Pipit, Daphne Prairie, TX; 12/13/03 Broad-billed Hummingbird, Reserve, LA; 12/26/03 Scott’s Oriole, Cameron Parish, LA 22 Mark Gray USA-TEXAS 307 Golden-cheeked and Canada Warblers, Scott's, Hooded, and Bullock's Orioles, Brown-crested, Least, Acadian Flycathers, Zone-tailed Hawk, Blue Grosbeak, Bell's, Yellow-throated, Red-eyed, Hutton's Vireos, Common Poorwill, Green Kingfisher, Bushtit---5/1-5/2 Trip to Lost Maples,Alder Flycatcher---5-6-03, Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow-headed Blackbird, and Eastern Kingbird 5-7-03 23 Nathan Moorhatch U.S.A. 286 11/08/03: Red-throated Pipit, San Joaquin Wildlife Reserve, Orange Co. CA, 11/29/03: Bald Eagle, Tulare Co. CA; 12/13/03: Imperial Beach, San Diego Co., Pine Warbler and Blackburnian Warbler; 12/17/03: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Orange Co. CA; 12/26/03: Little Gull, Prado Reg. Park, Riverside Co. CA. Year list is for Central and So. Cal. only 24 Richard Wood American 274 Black-capped Vireo 7/22/2003 Texas only 25 Jill Wood American 270 Black-capped Vireo 7/22/2003 Texas only 26 Ross Gallardy USA-Pa 261 Very Slow year lastest bird was Snow Bunting 27 Anthony Miller Ontario , Hamilton 261 Many Birds , Harliquin Duck , Whimbrel, Red Knots, Whimbrel, Wilson's Phalarope, Barid's Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Loggerhead Shrike. Boreal Chickadee,Gray jays, White winged crossbills, Black Backed Wood pecker,Spruce and Ruffed grouse, Barred Owl Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl , Long Eared Owl , Saw Whet Owl , Red Throated Loons,Great Egret . Im 17 Years Old. 28 Ron Holland USA 245 Mar 24, 2003 Brown Booby, Nutting's Flycatcher, Sprague's Pipit. Eurasian Kestrel 29 David Daniels USA 242 (Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin only): Gray Partridge, Greater Prairie-Chicken, Parasitic Jaeger, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Hermit Warbler, Harris's Sparrow 30 Elliott Ashe CT 224 31 David Szmyr Canadian 205 32 Tom Reed NJ-USA 205 5/4/03 33 Karl Lukens US-NJ 179 03/27/03 34 matthew werner american- fl,nc,ct 169 updated 11/17/03 2003 Lower 48 Year List Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings 2003 Lower 48 Year List Showing Records 1 through 11 of 11 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Wain Barnes US MD 578 new 2 Jim Hengeveld U.S.--IN 535 12/31/03 3 Susan Hengeveld U.S.--IN 531 12/31/03 4 Joyce Bathke US-MO 493 Highlights: Gray Hawk, Colima Warbler, Flammulated Owl, Gray Vireo 5 Brandon Percival Colorado 488 Updated on 31 December 2003 6 Steve Sosensky US/CA 477 Little Gull 12/30 7 Larry Semo US 371 Northern Goshawk, Fox Sparrow, Willow Flycatcher 8 Sean Fitzgerald Wisconsin, USA 364 11/6/03 - U/C of TX in GTBC (April), WI, TN, and October trip to Outer Banks NC 9 Dave DeReamus USA (PA) 330 PA, TX, AZ, NM, RI (12/27/03). 10 Kreg Ellzey American 326 Only LA & TX. Same Birds as '03 N.A. Year List 11 L. Lade American 326 Sabine's 12 Nathan Moorhatch U.S.A. (California) 286 12/17/03: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Orange Co. CA; 12/26/03: Little Gull, Prado Reg. Park, Riverside Co. CA Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home