Rank | Name | Nationality | Total | Highlights |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Phil Chaon |
Ohio | 1277 | ECUADOR- Hoary Redpoll, Black Turnstone, Rock Sandpiper, Surfbird, Broad-billed Hummingbird (FL), Smith's Longspur, Wood Sandpiper, Roseate Tern, Fea's Petrel, BERMUDA PETREL, South Polar Skua, Long-tailed Jaeger, Black Rail in OH, most Lower Rio Grande Specialties, Flame-colored Tanager, Black Swift, Black-capped Gnatcatcher, Colima Warbler |
2 |
Ian Davies |
USA-Massachusetts | 1071 | California, Northeastern US, and Ecuador. Not including a month in Spain, still need to add. (Last updated 4/11/09) |
3 |
Michael Woodruff |
US - WA | 745 | 5 weeks in Costa Rica birding & studying Spanish, 2 week mission trip to Borneo, & a good deal of birding around Washington state and a little bit in other parts of the west coast |
4 |
Daniel Riley |
Canadian | 633 | 7 Weeks in Costa Rica and the rest spent in Ontario |
5 |
Ben Griffith |
USA-NH | 482 | 11/19/08. Lower 48. 23 Lifers. Unfortunately, very little chance of hitting 500. Highlights: White-tailed Ptarmigan (winter plumage!); Ruff (CO); Bridled Tern (MA); Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (MA); Royal Tern (NH); Mississippi Kite (NH); Baird's Sparrow; Sprague's Pipit; 3 Rosy-Finches |
6 |
Erik Enbody |
USA - MI (currently CO) | 471 | Highlights this year: Brown Noddy, Sooty and Bridled Terns, Masked and Brown Booby, Yellow Rail, Bermuda and Fea's Petrel, Gray Vireo, Fulvus W. Duck, Y-f Gull, Bery Hum, Mtn Quail, Hermit Warb |
7 |
Chris West |
USA, WI | 461 | Elegant Trogon, Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Spotted Owl, Whiskered Screech Owl, Black-chinned Sparrow, Sabine's Gull, Red-throated Loon |
8 |
Scott Schuette |
USA- MO | 459 | updated Nov 8th |
9 |
Neil Gilbert |
California | 415 | Yeah... birded Texas, California, and Minnesota (very briefly) only |
10 |
Bret McCarty (15) |
Lakewood, OH | 401 | ND/MI/Manitoba: Baird's Sparrow, WW Crossbills, Kirtland's Warblers. AZ: FC Tanager, BC Gnatcatcher, WE Hummingbird :: 12-21-08: Pomarine Jaeger |
11 |
Trey Mccuen |
GA | 366 | Flame colored tanager, Black capped gnatcatcher, Masked and Brown boobies, Brown noddy, Long tailed jaeger |
12 |
Hope Batcheller |
NY state | 366 | Final total |
13 |
Tyler Loomis |
AZ | 353 | |
14 |
David Hollie |
USA -- GA | 349 | |
15 |
Sean Williams |
MA | 346 | 7/12/08 |
16 |
Marcel Such (13) |
Colorado | 343 | 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) |
17 |
Christian Brinkman |
Dutch | 276 | Black-winged Pratincole, Booted warbler, Citrine wagtail, Lesser Grey Shrike. 29th September |
18 |
John Garrett |
USA - California | 255 | 05/03/08 - Semipalmated Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Franklin's Gull, Painted Redstart |
19 |
Dennis Riederer |
Swiss | 251 | Pallied Harrier, Great Northen Diver, Purple Sandpiper, Sabine`s Gull, Long tailed Jaegger, Great Skua, Yellowe browed Warbler, Spectacled Warbler, Slender Billed Gull etc. all in Switzerland! |
20 |
Oliver Simms |
British | 173 | Trip to Scotland with 9 lifers, including Golden + White Tailed Eagles, Spoonbill, Crested Tit and Corncrake |
21 |
Tucker Lutter |
USA-IA | 108 | 11 New LB-Golden Eagle, Glaucous Gull, Band-tailed Pigeon, Snowy Owl, Bohemian Waxwing, Scott's Oriole, Common Redpoll |
22 |
Josh Covill |
USA, MT | 70 | 2/6/08 Barred Owl, Gyrfalcon, Red-breasted Merganser, Northern Shrike, Barrow's Goldeneye, E C Dove, Short-eared Owl, Merlin, Prairie Falcon, and Harris's Sparrow |