Update December 30, 2008. LeConte's Sparrow in FL. Barnacle Goose, Harlequin Duck in NJ. Birded FL, TX, AZ, CA, GA, NC, PA, NJ.

Spuce Grouse, Boreal Chickadee, C. Redpoll, WW Crossbill, Pine Grosebeak, Razorbill, B. Guillemot, Harlequin Duck, Red-necked Grebe, Great Cormorant - Maine. Homebase FL, 10 days TX, 7 days AZ, 7 days CA, 4 day KS, and 4 days ME

12/31 - (All Lower 48 & no S. TX) - FINAL 2008 BIRD: Red-breasted Sapsucker (San Diego) - HIGHLIGHTS: (CA) RED-THROATED PIPIT, RED-FOOTED BOOBY, RED-NECKED STINT, YELLOW-GREEN VIREO, Arctic Tern, Craveri's Murrelet, LeConte's Thrasher, Spotted Owl, Yellow-footed Gull, Spotted Dove; (AZ) Lucifer, Violet-crowned & White-eared Hummers, Thick-billed Kingbird, Black-capped GC, Flame-colored Tanager, Elegant Trogon, Mexican Chickadee; (TX) Harris's Sparrow, Neotrop Corm, Least Grebe; (DE) WOOD SANDPIPER, Yellow Rail, WHITE-WINGED TERN; (MD) White-winged Crossbill; (FL) WW Parakeet, Mangrove Cuckoo, Black-whiskered Vireo, FL Scrub-Jay; (Niagara) Black-headed Gull; (PA) Henslow's Sparrow

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Chicago area birding, the Southwest, Portland, and the Lower Rio Grande Valley

Update 05/27/08: (TX) Swainson's Warbler, Black Rail: Le Conte's Thrasher (AZ), recently in FL (Banaquit, Yellow Rail highlights), plus MA and Central AZ so far. Highlights: Northern Jacana, Slaty-backed Gull, Pine Grosbeak, Dovekie, King Eider, Thayer's Gull - all MA.

Texas, Idaho only this year

(Last updated 4/11/09)

includes everything as of 9/18

FINAL TOTAL. Highlights: Sage Sparrow, Long-eared Owl (CO), Rufous-winged Sparrow, Bridled Titmouse (AZ), All Code 1-2 Rails, Bachman's Sparrow, Red-cockaded Woodpecker (TX)

July 15-31, Southeast Arizona trip

Red-naped Sapsucker (CO), Am. Three-toed Woodpecker (CO), Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (NY), Sandhill Crane (NJ), Black-whiskered Vireo, White-crowned Pigeon

Snowy Owl 12/24/08