White-chinned Petrel 10/18/09

12/31 Rufous, Calliope Hummingbirds, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Eastern Towhee

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, 12/29/09

Two weeks trip in mid-April. Many highlights including Yellow Rail, Tropical Parula, Varied Bunting and Masked Duck. One week trip in mid-Jan. Unlikely to return to TX this year.

Highlights: Ross's Goose, Yellow Rail, Ferrugenous Hawk, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Hudsonian Godwit, 14 owl sp., Lesser Black-backed Gull, Black Phoebe, W. Scrub-Jay, McCown's Longspur, Indigo Bunting

Upd 30-Aug. Latest: Curlew sandpiper, Brown Noddy, piping plover

ALABAMA ONLY; Dec 20 update: Burrowing Owl

White-chinned Petrel, 10/18/09!!!

Best so far: Tundra Swan, Red-throated Loon, American Flamingo, Thayer's Gull, and Little Gull. Most recent: Cory's Shearwater, Bridled Tern, and Red-necked Phalarope

All seen in the SE 1/8 of AZ: blue mockingbird, red phalarope, flame-colored tanager, Sinaloa wren, elegant tern, Pacific golden-plover, brown-backed solitaire, rufous-backed robin, varied thrush, rufous-capped warbler, rusty blackbird, bay-breasted warbler

Michigan

Little & Black-headed Gulls, Allen's Hummer, White-winged Dove

Palm Warbler, Western Bluebird, Slaty backed Gull, Snow Bunting, Common Teal, Iceland Gull

Best birds: Snow Bunting, Ocean Beach, San Diego Co. CA; Blue-footed Booby, N.Shore Salton Sea, Riverside Co. CA; Black-throated Blue Warbler, Riverside Co. CA; Dickcissel, Desert Center, Riverside Co. CA; Great Crested Flycatcher, O.C. CA; Ovenbird, O.C., CA; 10/19/09: Sedge Wren & Painted Bunting, Glen Helen Regional Park, SB Co. CA; 10/28/09: Painted Redstart, O.C. CA; 10/31/09: Bar-tailed Godwit, Newport Back Bay, CA; 11/09/09: Bay-breasted Warbler, Cactus City Rest Stop, CA; 12/28/09: King Eider, Cabrillo Beach Pier, L.A. Co. CA; and a good finale to 2009 = 12/30/09: White (Black-backed) Wagtail, Santa Barbara Co. CA

My first full year actively birding. Self found highlights include 2 Eared Grebes, Laughing Gull, Mississippi Kite, Sabine's Gull, Barn Owl. Other highlights include Black-tailed Gull, Phainopepla, Black-throated Sparrow, Western Kingbird, Western Grebe, Slaty-backed Gull

(Last updated 6/10/10)

Self found goodies: Black-tailed Gull, Black Swift, Tufted Duck, "Kam" Mew Gull, Blue Grosbeak, Mississippi Kite, Ruff, Barn Owl! Twitched megas: Black-throated Sparrow, Phainopepla

Phainopepla

11-24 - New State species this year (10): Pine Warbler, Blue Mockingbird, Elegant Tern, Dusky Grouse, Prothonotary Warbler, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Magnolia Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Rusty Blackbird, Bay-breasted Warbler

(2) Ross's Goose, Eurasian Wigeon, 7(!) Summer Tanagers, 2 Kentucky Warblers, Dickcissel, King Rail, BARN OWL, Ruff, Western Sandpiper, Long-tailed Jaeger, BLACK-THROATED SPARROW, ADULT Sabine's!, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Laughing Gull, PHAINOPEPLA, Black-headed and California Gull

So far the best for the year have been Red-throated Loon, Little Gull and American Flamingo... updated Nov '09

Sora,Purple Gallinulle,Swainson's Warbler,Common Tern,Black Tern,Blackpoll,Tennessee Warbler,Olive Sparrow,Buff-bellied Hummingbird,Couch's Kingbird,5/2/09

Mostly from a few birding trips to the UTC and one trip to the Valley early in the year.

Newest: White-winged Dove, Allen's Hummingbird, Long-eared Owl, Red-throated Loon. Highlights: Black-headed Gull, Vermilion Flycatcher, (7!) state birds: Golden Eagle, Allen's Hummingbird, White-winged Dove, Mountain Bluebird, Northern Wheatear, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Smith's Longspur

2009 Indiana State Lifers: Fulvous Whistling Duck, Mottled Duck, Roseate Spoonbill, Western Cattle Egret, Blue-headed Vireo, White-winged Crossbill. Latest bird: Pacific Loon 11/29/09

FINAL

Arctic Tern, Western Grebe, Little Gull

Least Tern,Common Ringed Plover,Little Egret,Garganey,Slaty-backed Gull,Yellow-legged Gull,Swainson's Hawk,Wood Thrush,White-winged Dove,Prothonotary Warbler,Yellow-throated Vireo,Northern rough-winged Swallow,Hooded Warbler,Yellow-headed Blackbird- update Sept 29- all in NFLD.

Gray Vireo, Reddish Egret, Pacific Loon, Greater White Fronted Goose, Ruddy Ground Dove, BLUE MOCKINGBIRD, Worm Eating Warbler, Crescent Chested Warbler, Rose Breasted Grosbeak, Northern Parula, Little Blue Heron

9-12-09

Winter Wren, Gadwall, Purple Sandpiper 12/19/09

Latest: Red-breasted Merganser. Includes Evening Grosbeak, Northern Shrike, White-winged Crossbill, Common Redpoll.

Update: 05/02/09: Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

Update- 1/25: Eared Grebe at Round Valley, Barnacle Goose at Califon, Rough-legged Hawk, American Black Duck, and Snow Bunting at Alpha

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Tree Swallow, Muscovy Duck, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Chipping Sparrow, Eastern Phoebe, Tricolored Heron, Common Moorhen, Green Heron, Fish Crow, Double-crested Cormorant, Boat-tailed Grackle, Osprey, Laughing Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Great Blue Heron, American Robin, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Great Horned Owl, Gray Catbird, Reddish Egret, Eastern Towhee, Brown Pelican, Herring Gull, Forster's Tern, Ruddy Turnstone, Black Skimmer, Willet, Marbled Godwit, American Oystercatcher, Wood Stork 1/10/09 - 1/13/09

American Crow, American Robin, Western Scrub-Jay, Song Sparrow, European Starling, House Finch, House Sparrow, Violet-green Sparrow, Vaux's Swift, American Goldfinch, Mallard, Red-tailed Hawk, Osprey, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Cedar Waxwing, Anna's Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, Tree Swallow, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Black-capped Chickadee, House Wren, Mourning Dove, Bushtit, Western Wood-Pewee, Bullock's Oriole, Barn Swallow, Band-tailed Pigeon, Spotted Towhee, Bank Swallow, Killdeer, Northern Flicker, Red Crossbill, Bewick's Wren, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Turkey Vulture, Western Gull, California Gull, Brown Pelican, Caspian Tern, Pelagic Cormorant, Common Murre, Tufted Puffin, Red-winged Blackbird, Steller's Jay, Black-headed Grosbeak, Rock Pigeon, Canada Goose, Brown Creeper 6/8/09 - 6/11/09

European Starling, Rock Pigeon, House Sparrow, Canada Goose, Blue Jay, Monk Parakeet, Northern Mockingbird, Dark-eyed Junco, Fox Sparrow, Downy Woodpecker, Chipping Sparrow, Northern Flicker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Mallard, Northern Cardinal, American Black Duck, American Crow, Mourning Dove, Red-tailed Hawk, Song Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird 11/14/09 - 11/15/09

Great Black-backed Gull, Red-tailed Hawk, Rock Pigeon 11/15/09

Rock Pigeon 1/9/09