Updated: 12/22/12; Most recent notables - Northern Lapwing (MA), Dovekie (MA), Wood Sandpiper (RI), WR Sandpiper (MA), Spruce Grouse (VT) and Saltmarsh Sp (NH). From CA, Scripps's Murrelet amongst the highlights.Amazing pelagic off MA: White-faced and Band-rumped SP, Barolo and Audubon Shearwater, RBTropicbird. Recently in Oregon and Arizona: Bicknell's Thrush in VT, plus visits to Wyoming and Alaska (Gray-tailed Tattler, Spectacled Eider etc), MI - Yellow Rail, Kirtland's Warbler, Henslow's Sparrow. One visit to MA Coast for Snowy Owls, Harlequins etc, Jan highlights: Nutting's Fly, Rufous-capped Warbler, Smith's Longspur, Lawrence's Goldfinch, Thayer's Gull etc, all from AZ/CA

SIBERIAN BLUE ROBIN, Barnacle and Pink-footed Goose, Northern Lapwing, Little Egret, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Gray-tailed Tattler, Nutting's Flycatcher, Elaenia Sp., Golden-crowned Warbler, Streak-backed Oriole, Rufous-capped Warbler, Rufous-backed Robin, Black-capped Gnatcatcher, Black Rail, Ruddy Ground Dove, Rose-throated Becard, White-collared Seedeater, Black Noddy, Brown Booby, Masked Booby, Ivory Gull, Bristle-thighed Curlew Updated: 12/22/12

highlights: Pink-footed Goose, Barnacle Goose, Northern Lapwing, Little Egret, Tufted Duck, Arctic Loon, Slaty-backed Gull, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Plain-capped Starthroat, Rose-throated Becard, Golden-crowned Warbler, Nutting's Flycatcher, Black-capped Gnatcatcher, Rufous-backed Robin, Ruddy Ground-Dove, Rufous-capped Warbler, Streak-backed Oriole, Ruff, White-collared Seedeater, Black Rail UPDATED: 12/17/12

Pine Warbler, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Northern Gannet, Common Tern added in November

06/19/2012

AB, BC, ON, TX, AZ. Latest additions: CITRINE WAGTAIL, Ancient Murrelet, Marbled Murrelet, Common Murre, Surfbird, Short-eared Owl.

Mostly western/central Canada, plus 11 days in TX (HLs include 3 Tropicals--Kingbird, Mockingbird, and Parula)

Nutting's Flycatcher, Rufous-capped Warbler, White-collared Seedeater, Le Conte's Sparrow, Whooping Crane, American Three-toed Woodpecker, Brown Booby, Rufous-backed Robin, Hawaiian Petrel, Common Cuckoo

Updated Nov 26: An early winter weekend in SF Bay area. Picked up a few more gulls and a couple other species. Atlantic pelagic trip out of New Smyma Bch Florida (Cory's & Audubon's Shearwater, Black-capped Petrel, Bridled Tern, Sooty Tern, other pelagic species), SE Arizona (Plain-capped Starthroat, Lucifer Hummer, Five-Striped Sparrow, other SE-AZ specialties) 5/12-5/14 Central California (Monterey, Yosemite). More migrants coming through Michigan. High Island, Austin (4/19-4/22). 20 Warbler species, BC Vireo, several shorebirds, Seaside Sparrow, Bronzed Cowbird (not including Tropical Mockingbird - yet).

(All Texas) Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Travis County Texas

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Snowy Owl, Tufted Duck, Eurasian Widgeon, King Eider, YT Warbler, Harris's Sparrow, Red Knot, Snail Kite, Barred Owl, Red-cockaded Woodpecker - Wood Sandpiper, Ruff 11/20 Northern Lapwing, Mountain Bluebird (RI), Ross's Goose

1/4-8/12 LRGV: Golden-crowned Warbler, Crimson-collared Grosbeak, Black-vented Oriole, White-collared Seedeater, Tropical Parula, Green Parakeet, and Muscovy Duck; 1/14/12: Arctic Loon! San Simeon State Park, CA; 1/17/12: GYRFALCON, Riverside Co. CA; 2/05/12: COMMON REDPOLL, Julian, San Diego Co. CA; 9/30/12: COMMON CUCKOO, Santa Cruz Co. CA; 10/12/12: Philadelphia Vireo, Ventura Co. CA; 10/15/12: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, O.C. CA; 11/2/12: Rufous-backed Robin, Riv. Co. CA; 12/14/12: White Wagtail, Long Beach, CA

West Virginia, Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio. Pink-footed Goose (NJ), Hooded Crane (IN), Black-tailed Gull (OH), Calliope Hummingbird (First Indiana record)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Least Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone, Manx Shearwater, Great Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Cory's Shearwater, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Black Tern, Red-necked Phalarope, Parasitic Jaeger, Great Horned Owl, Clay-colored Sparrow, Swainson's Thrush, Wood Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Bald Eagle, Hermit Thrush, American Tree Sparrow, Northern Lapwing, American Pipit, Little Egret, Black-headed Gull 7/28/2012 - 12/2/2012

Sharp-shinned Hawk,Wrentit, Wood Duck, Hermit Thrush, CAQU,AMCR,NOMO,California Scrub Jay,SNGO,TUSW,NUWO,OATI,AMRO,NOFL,Greater White Fronted Goose,CEDW,YRWA,BEKI,TUVU,ANHU,SPTO,Dark-eyed Junco(Oregon),HOFI,Eurasian collared Dove,Great-Horned Owl,White-Tailed Kite,Song Sparrow, Sora,MAWR, VIRA,LISP,RUDU,Red Head,Common Moorhen,WEBL,AMPI,Yellow-billed Magpie,COHA,NORS,MALL,ROPI,EUST,Canvasback,Gadwall,BUFF,SNEG,GREG,Great-Blue Heron,BRBL,KILL,Golden-crowned Sparrow, Red-tailed hawk,BLPH,CALT,WCSP,LEGO,,AMCO,CANG,ACWO,MODO,White-breasted Nuthatch,Ring-billed Gull,Northern Harrier,RIKI,HOSP,Pied-billed Grebe,LASP,Say's Phoebe,BEWR,Cinnamon Teal, Swamp sparrow,Red-shouldered Hawk,Spotted Sandpiper,AMKE,American widgeon,Long-billed curlew,Greater Yellowlegs,Cackling Goose,Northern Pintail,Red-winged Black bird,Hutton's Vireo,White-throated Sparrow,