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Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights
1 Steve Sosensky US 556 Best birds of the year were Little Stint (CA), Plain-capped Starthroat (AZ), 19 lifers in TX
2 Brandon K. Percival USA-CO 515 updated on 31 December 2002.
3 Nicholas Block DE, USA 507 Birding in AZ, SD, CO, WY, TX (incl. Great TX Birding Classic), DE, ME, NH, NJ, MO, WI, NY, MD
4 Karl Lukens US-NJ 488 12/31/02-NJ, DE, PA, MA, NH, ON, CA, AZ, NY. TX, Baird's SP, Dickcissel, Swainson's Warbler, Gull-billed Tern, Swallow-tailed Kite, Bohemian Waxwing, Pileated Woodpecker,LA Waterthrush.
5 Christian Nunes USA- RI 477 RI,CA, AZ, TX, NJ, NH, ME. Great TX Birding Classic and World Series of Birding helped a bit, and a short trip to AZ. NH and ME picked up Black-backed Woodpecker, Bicknell's Thrush, Saw-whet Owl, Leach's Storm-petrel, Actic Tern. Another trip to ME and NH got At. Puffin, Com Murre, Black Guillemot, Spruce Grouse. RI pelagic- South Polar Skua! REEVE- 8/3School in AZ and trip to CA, last updated 11/11
6 Colin Thoreen American 468 Flame-colored Tanager, Yellow-green Vireo, Barnacle Goose, Falcated Duck
7 Mikael Bauer Swedish 451 Birded 10 Canadian provinces + TX NY MI WA (Jan-Aug) Ross's Gull, 4 Longspurs, Blue Bunting, Whooping Crane, Rock Ptarmigan, Painted Bunting (Ont), Black-footed Albatross
8 Charlie Wright WA, USA 443 WA: Hoary Redpolls, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 3 species of godwit, Tufted Duck, Falcated Duck, Painted Bunting, Alder Flycatcher, Flesh-footed Shearwater, Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, Swamp Sparrow, Blue Jay, Bean Goose, Thick-billed Murre, Ruff, all the state breeders.
OR: Black-and-white, Magnolia, Mourning Warblers, Ovenbird, Plumbeous Vireo, Pinyon Jays.
AZ: Least Grebe, Short-tailed Hawk, Montezuma Quail, White-eared & Lucifer Hummers, Elegant Trogon, Flame-colored Tanager, many more.
Last update: Ruff in WA 12/31.
9 Matt Hafner Maryland 433 as of 7/31 - Curlew Sandpiper at Chincoteague
10 Mike Creese USA-TX 431 Alaska and Monterey Bay, Ca Pelagic
11 Jamie Fenneman BC (Canada) 427 BC, CA, AZ. Tricolored Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Emperor Goose, King Eider, Tufted Duck, Short-tailed Hawk, Black Rail, Purple Gallinule, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Black-tailed Gull, Iceland Gull, 15 species of hummer (inc Lucifer, Berylline, White-eared, Pl-c Starthroat), Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Island Scrub-Jay, Palm Warbler, Rufous-capped Warbler, Flame-colored Tanager, Five-striped Sparrow, Harris's Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, Hoary Redpoll. Latest Additions (12/18): Rock Sandpiper
12 Nathan Hentze Canadian - B.C. 423 15 species of hummer, 5 spp of Falcon, Rufous-cpd Warbler, Five-striped Sparrow, Yellow Rail, McCown's Longspur, Baird's Sparrow, Crested Myna, South Polar Skua, Tufted Puffin, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Rock Sandpiper. Just BC, SK, and AZ
13 Kevin Guse USA 407 Washington Trip (11/02) -- Gyrfalcon, Ancient Murrelet, Trumpeter Swan, Harlequin Duck, Northwestern Crow
14 Olivier Barden Quebec, Canada 389 Quebec: Purple gallinule (26/10), Common Ringed Plover, Swallow-tailed kite Az.: 14 sp. of hummers, rufous-capped warbler, LeConte's thrasher
15 Lee Hoy US (Texas) 380 All in Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico!!
16 Ross Gallardy Pa--USA 372 14 species of hummingbirds, Elegant Trogon, Short-tailed Hawk, White-tailed Kite, Least Grebe, Montezuma Quail, Flame-colored Tanager, Varied Bunting newest bird- Lapland Longspur PA,DE,MD,AZ,OH last update 12/15/02
17 Mark Gray USA-TX 333 Best birds Curlew Sandpiper, Blue Mockingbird, Golden-crowned Warbler
18 DW Holmes US-DC 331 black-headed gull, stilt sandpiper, pectoral sandpiper
19 Tim Lenz USA 324 1/1/02 Falcated Duck, Spotted Owl (CA); Tricolored Blackbird,Yellow-billed Loon (NV),Purple Sandpiper (NY)
20 Sean Fitzgerald WI, USA 316 12/24/02
21 Ron Holland USA-CA 309 Masked Booby, Golden-winged Warbler, Tufted Duck, Laysan's Albatross, Emperor Goose, Long-Tail Duck - Updated Mar 24, 2002
22 Chris Gentes All seen in Mass 308 9/18/02 Found a Say's Phoebe in Mass!
23 Nathan Moorhatch U.S.A. - CA. 307 12/11/02: Least Flycatcher & Ruddy Ground Dove @ Lake Perris, Riverside Co. CA.
24 Tom Reed NJ-USA 283
25 Andrew Sigerson USA-NJ 279 Northern Shrike in Great Swamp NWR
26 Ben Coulter PA-USA 276 All birds in PA except COEI in Ohio; LBCU, PABU, WEKI, BTGR in New Jersey
27 Chris Brown American- New Jersey 275 Redhead, Redheaded-Woodpecker 6-26-02
28 Elliott Ashe CT-USA 269 Snow Bunting, White Crowned Sparrow, BLACK THROATED GRAY WARBLER.
29 Phred Benham USA- NH 269 Razorbill, Black Guillemont 12/21
30 Matt Brady CA 263 Thick-billed Murre, Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Redpoll WA, Tufted Duck, Laysan Albatross, White-Winged Dove CA. Newest: Greater Sage Grouse, Harris's Sparrow, Lassen Co. CA. No Falcated Duck, though.
31 Randall Mains USA - Illinois 257 Bell's Vireo, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Bank Swallow
32 Craig McLauchlan Ont. Canada 234 02-02-02-Smiths Longspur -Brown Pelican, Tropical Kingbird , Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
33 Chris Charlesworth BC - Canada 217 Crested Myna, Yellow-billed Loon, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Iceland Gull, Great Gray Owl, Palm Warbler, Great-tailed Grackle, Hoary Redpoll, Gyrfalcon, Blue Jay
34 Andrew Spencer USA-CO 215 Ruddy Ground-Dove, Common Redpoll, Barn Owl, Hermit Thrush, Townsend's Warbler, Snowy Owl
35 Terry Brashear USA 152(3/4/02) Three-toed Woodpecker, Townsend's Solitaire
36 Wichyanan Limparungpatthanakij Thai 144 Hudsonian Godwit in Milwaukee, WI
37 Dixie Burkhart US 136 5/11 Wonderful flow of migrant warblers, grosbeaks & orioles thru my yard this week.
38 David Allen MA, USA 121 Gyrfalcon, spruce grouse eastern phobe
39 John Lowry MIchigan, US 110 Black-throated Grey Warbler in Mich. - update 1 Feb 02

Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights
1 Todd McGrath CA 455 Streaked Shearwater 12/31/02
2 Steve Sosensky US/CA for CA 435
3 Andrew Spencer CO 368 ARCTIC LOON (first state record, 11/19), BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD (first state record, 11/14), RUFF (second CO record, 10/6), SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (first CO record, 9/19), PURPLE GALLINULE, ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD, BLACK VULTURE (first state record, 8/14), Reddish Egret, Little Gull, Arctic Tern, Red Knot, Brant (black)
4 Charlie Wright Washington State, USA 352 Hoary Redpolls, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, three godwit species, Emperor Goose, Tufted Duck, Falcated Duck, Painted Bunting, Red-shouldered Hawks, Blue Jay, Rusty Blackbird, Bean Goose, Thick-billed Murre, all the currently breeding birds
Last update: Ruff 12/31.
5 Lee Hoy USA - TX 343 Rose-throated Becard, Black Rail, Cape May Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler
6 Brandon K. Percival Colorado 340 updated 25 December 2002.
7 Mark Gray TX 335 Curlew Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Black-crested Titmouse, Golden-crowned Warbler, Blue Mockingbird, Gray Hawk
8 Karl Lukens New Jersey-US 312 12/31/02- Western Kingbird, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Long-billed Curlew, Cerulean Warbler, Am. G. plover, Baird's SP, Grasshopper Sparrow, Upland Sandpiper, King Rail, Willow Flycatcher, Least Bittern, Common Nighthawk, Pomerine Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger, Black Tern, Manx, Greater, Cory's Shearwaters, Leach's Storm-Petrel, Chuck-wills-Widow, Whip-Poor Will, Black-necked Stilt, Sooty Shearwater.
9 Chris Gentes Massachusetts 308 Dec. 27 - Clay-colored Sparrow, Nov. 2 - CASSIN'S KINGBIRD!
HIGHLIGHTS 9/18 - Found SAY'S PHOEBE in Northampton. Dovekie, Gyrfalcon, Eurasian Kestrel, Pacific Golden-Plover, Thayer's Gull, Pacific Loon, Townsend's Solitaire, American White Pelican, American Avocet, Rufous Hummingbird.
10 Heather McQueen MA 307 12/27 - Clay-colored Sparrow, 12/21 - Dovekie, 10/01 - Say's Phoebe, Yellow-breasted Chat, Pomarine Jaeger
11 Jeff R. Wilson USA-Tennessee 307 Long-billed Murrelett, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Long-eared Owl, Ruff, all 3 phalaropes,Black Rail,Sooty Tern,Pacific loon, western Grebe,all 3 scoter,
12 Mike Creese USA/TX 293 curlew sandpiper
13 Judy Lukens New Jersey-US 292 12/01/02- Long-billed Curlew, American Golden Plover, Stilt Sandpiper,Wilson's Phalarope.Sandwich Tern. Eurasian Collared Dove,Cerulean Warbler,Least Flycatcher,Olive-sided Flycatcher 06/23/02 Black Tern seen over Jarvis Sound from the Skimmer 06/22/02-Upland Sandpiper, Grasshopper Sparrow, King Rail, Kentucky Warber, Brown Pelican, Mississippi Kite 05/28/02- Bank Swallow, Whip-Poor-Will, Chuck-Wills-Widow, Sooty Shearwater, Black-necked Stilt, Willow Flycatcher, Dickcissel, Black Rail.
14 Chris Brown American- New Jersey 290 10-24 Greater WF Goose, Tufted Duck, Am. Avocet, Marbed Godwit, Connecticut Warb
15 Larry L Lade Missouri, USA 289 A female Ruff (Reeve) on May 24. A Red-necked Stint, July 28-30. (The stint documentation sent to some Swedish experts by the Missouri Bird Records Committee for evaluation.) Eight owl species, Barn, Snowy, Northern Saw-whet, Long-eared, Short-eared, Barred, Eastern Screech and Great-horned. (Burrowing Owl can be gotten in Kansas, but not in Missouri.)
16 Michael Dossett Washington 288 Curlew Sandpiper, American Black Duck, Bay-breasted Warbler, Costa's Hummingbird, WW Crossbill, Yellow-throated Warbler, Hoary Redpoll, Cattle Egret, Swamp Sparrow, Glaucous Gull, Thick-billed Murre, Painted Bunting, Falcated Duck, Palm Warbler, Ross' Goose, found an Indigo Bunting on 5/25, missing lots of migrants because of school -- 8/28/02
17 Tom Reed New Jersey 281 12/22- saw-whet
18 Hans Holbrook Maryland 279 11/29 great cormorant, purple sandpiper, sedge wren, harlaquin duck 11/26 Cave Swallow, Clay-colored Sparrow
19 Sean Fitzgerald Wisconsin, USA 278 12/24/02 - N. Shrike, LE Owl, Barrow's Goldeneye, Western Grebe, RT Loon, WW Scoter, LARK BUNTING, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Harris' Sparrow, LB Dowitcher, LONG-TAILED JAEGER, Parasitic Jaeger, LeConte's Sparrow, BT Blue Warbler, Olive-sided Flycatcher, A. Pipit, Bay-breasted Warbler, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK!!!, Hudsonian Godwit, Stilt Sandpiper, Franklin's Gull, A. Golden-Plover, Black-bellied Plover, YB Chat, WE Warbler, Bell's Vireo, Kentucky Warbler, Prothonatary Warbler, Snowy Egret, Thayer's Gull, Ross's Goose, Iceland Gull, Harlequin Duck, Caspian Tern, A. White Pelican, Bohemian Waxwing, Forster's Tern, White-crowned Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and American Avocet, Willet, Cattle Egret, Lincoln's Sparrow
20 Mike and Kenny Burrell Ontario 272 COMMON GROUND DOVE (2nd Canadian record!), TROPICAL KINGBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, Smith's Longspur, Lewis' Woodpecker, Ross' Goose, G. White-fronted Goose, Laughing and Franklin's Gull, Parasitic Jaeger, Marbled Godwit, Northern Gannet, Dec. 16 SPOTTED TOWHEE
21 Nathan Moorhatch U.S.A. - Southern & Central CA. only 271 12/11/02: Least Flycatcher & Ruddy Ground Dove @ Lake Perris, Riverside Co. CA.
22 Ryan Tomlinson British Columbia 261 Swamp Sparrow, Short-eared Owl
23 Guy L. Monty British Columbia coastal only 260 Snowy Egret, King Eider, Broad-winged Hawk, Gyrfalcon, Pacific and American Golden-Plovers, Bar-tailed Godwit, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Long-tailed Jaeger, South Polar Skua, Iceland Gull, Horned Puffin, Tufted Puffin, Western Scrub Jay, Prothonotary Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Snow Bunting, Rusty Blackbird, Common and Hoary Redpoll, White-winged Crossbill.
24 Brandon Holden Ontario Canada 254 Smith's Longspur, Townsend's Solitaire, King Eider, BROWN PELICAN, American White Pelican, Henslow's Sparrow, Piping Plover, Barn Owl, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Glossy Ibis, Black-legged Kittiwake, Parasitic Jaeger, ROYAL TERN,Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Western Grebe(two!), Hudsonian Godwit, Harlequin Duck, TROPICAL KINGBIRD, Harlequin Duck, Northern Gannet, California Gull, Latest- White winged Crossbills(tons)
25 George Myers New Jersey 252 Mourning Warbler, Wilson's Storm Petrel-to 5/29
26 Brandon K. Percival Arizona 250 updated on 18 Oct 2002.
27 Brandon Percival California 250 updated on 31 Dec 2002.
28 Matt Brady CA 242 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Yellow-Billed Loon, Common Grackle, Emperor Goose, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Tufted Duck, Black Rail, Barred Owl, White-Winged Dove, Greater Sage Grouse, Harris's Sparrow
29 Brandon K. Percival Kansas 237 updated on 19 October 2002.
30 Craig McLauchlan Ont.Canada 234 02-02-02-Smiths Longspur ,Greater White-fronted Goose
31 Chris Charlesworth BC - Canada 217 Yellow-billed Loon, Great Gray Owl, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Iceland Gull, Blue Jay, Palm Warbler, Hoary Redpoll, Great-tailed Grackle, White-throated & Harris' Sparrows, Gyrfalcon
32 Elliott Ashe New Jersey 217 All in two visits (may and october). Highlights - - Dickcissel, Black Rail, Swainson's Warbler.
33 Randall Mains Illinois 209 Bell's Vireo, Bank Swallow, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Marsh Wren
34 Chris Mansfield Minneapolis, MN 203 6-13-02 ABA convention in Duluth: Great Gray Owl, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 6-11 had Connecticut Warbler, Black-billed Magpie, Northern Mockingbird, Le Conte's Sparrow. Five group field trips aside, all my birding so far this year has been by bike, foot, or public transportation.
35 Andy Birch CA 200 Calliope Hummingbird, Thick-billed Kingbird, Masked Booby, Golden-winged, Bay-breasted, Black & White, Chestnut-sided Warblers, N.Parula and Tufted Duck and Brown Thrasher - updated 4/14/02
36 Brandon Percival Washington 195 updated on 17 August 2002. Successful Westport Pelagic Trip on 10 Aug 2002 (six lifers: BfAlb, NoFul, SPSku, BulSh, LeStP, FtStP), other lifers in WA from 31 July-13 Aug were: EmGoo, TuPuf, NwCro, BoChi, and SpGro.

Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights
1 Karl Lukens Cape May County, NJ-US 300 12/31/02- Western kingbird, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Long-billed Curlew, Cerulean Warbler, Am. G. Plover, Baird's SP, King Rail, Willow Flycatcher, Least Bittern, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Whip-Poor-Will, Chuck-wills-Widow, Black-necked Stilt, Cliff Swallow, Sooty Shearwater, Dickcissel, Swainson's Thrush.
2 Judy Lukens US-NJ-Cape May County 281 12/01/02-Long-billed Curlew, Upland Sandpiper, Grasshopper Sparrow, Mississippi Kite, King Rail, Sooty Shearwater, Chuck-Wills-Widow, Whip-Poor-Will, Black-necked Stilt, Dickcissel, Black Rail.
3 Tom Reed Cape May County, NJ 269
4 Brandon K. Percival Pueblo County, Colorado 262 updated on 25 December 2002.
5 Ben Coulter Erie Co., PA-USA 244 11 gull sp., including CALIFORNIA GULL., 2 NORTHERN GANNETS, Northern Shrike-12/3/02
6 Mike Creese Bexar Cty, TX, US 240 Least Grebe, Calliope Hummingbird
7 Clifford Hawley 239
8 Brennan Mulrooney San Diego County CA, US 227 6 Mar: Masked Booby, Eurasian Wigeon, Zone-tailed Hawk, Pacific Golden-Plover, Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Grace's Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Summer Tanager, Clay-colored Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Orchard Oriole
9 Aaron R. Polichar San Diego Co., CA USA 192 up to 9/24/02 - Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, LeConte's Thrasher, Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron, Ruff, Grace's Warbler
10 Hans Holbrook Howard Co., MD 190 10/14 Connecticut Warbler, Peregrin Falcon, Am. Bittern, Dickcissel, Orange-crowned Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Marsh Wren
11 Matt Brady Santa Cruz Co. CA 181 Tufted Duck (2nd Co. Record), Orchard Oriole, W.-W. Dove, Blk.-throated Blue Warbler. Newest:Black Scoter, Red-necked Grebe, Forester's Tern, early Swainson's Thrush, Ash-throated Flycatcher, B-G Gnatcatcher, R-B Nuthatch, W-T Swift, Hermit Warbler, Red Crossbill
12 Sean Fitzgerald USA, Wisconsin, Walworth county 170 9/13 - Conn. Warbler, BT Blue Warbler, Ross' Goose, and Pileated WP
13 Spencer Galen Monmouth County- NJ 156
14 Tom Reed Cumberland County, NJ 140 8/4/02
15 Matt Brady Monterey Co. CA 137 Yellow-billed Loon, Black-footed Albatross, Red-necked Grebe. Newest: Tri-colored Blackbird, Cliff Swallow, Pacific Golden-Plover

Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights
1 Karl Lukens Cape May County-South of Canal,NJ-US 268 12/31/02- Western Kingbird, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Black-legged Kittiwake, Cerulean Warbler, Am. G Plover, Baird's SP, King Rail, Willow Flycatcher, Peregrine Falcon, Acadian Flycatcher, Least Bittern, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Cliff Swallow, Black-necked Stilt, Common Nighthawk, Sooty Shearwater, Dickcissel, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Olive-sided Flycatcher.
2 Chris Charlesworth Okanagan Valley, BC 247 Peregrine Falcon
3 Judy Lukens Cape May County-South of Canal,NJ-US 245 12/01/02- Black-legged Kittiwake, Mississippi Kite, Acadian Flycatcher, Brown Pelican, King Rail, Parasitic Jaeger, Black-necked Stilt, Willow Flycatcher, Swallow-tailed Kite, Dickcissel, Black Rail.
4 Ben Coulter Northern Erie County, PA (mostly Presque Isle State Park) 243 11 gull sp., Long-tailed Duck, HARLEQUIN DUCK, Red-necked Grebe, Sandhill Crane, EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE, DICKCISSEL, 5 owl species, 27 warbs, MARBLED GODWIT, Willet, Black Tern, American Avocet, Olive-sided Flycatcher, HUDWIT, Red Knot, NORTHERN GANNET
5 Tom Reed South of Canal, Cape May County, NJ 225 highlights W-w Dove, Rufous Hummer, Cerulean and Golden-winged Warbs
6 Tom Reed Middle Township/Cape May County/NJ 203 highlights- Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Am. Avocet, Clay-colored sp
7 Tom Reed Reed's Beach, NJ 185 A very dismal year variety-wise
8 Daryl Aspery Crosswinds Marsh, W.C. Mich 166 Date started 5/12/02
9 Spencer Galen Sandy Hook, NJ 145 All seen in only five visits this year, last update: Baird's Sandpiper, Wilson's Storm-petrel, Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow, No. Waterthrush, Long-billed Dowitcher, and other shorebirds- 8/24
10 Kevin Guse Yard List (Sacramento, CA, USA) 40
11 Craig SA McLauchlan Tommy Thompson park Toronto Ontario 33

Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights
1 Rafael G. Campos-Ramírez Costa Rica 189 Grecia's CBC. Dec. 14, 2002
2 Jeremiah Trimble 133 personal total from 5 Massachusetts CBCs.
3 Brandon Percival CO 121 5 Colorado CBCs (Pueblo Res., Penrose, Rocky Ford, John Martin Reservoir, and Westcliffe.
4 Tom Reed NJ 95 cape may cbc- 73, belleplain cbc- 75, cumberland cbc- 69