287 Mountain Plovers in Frio County, Dec. 25

11/16 Amazon Kingfisher, Groove-billed Ani, Painted Restart, Rose-throated Becard

glaucous Gull, Chestnut Collared Longspur, Boreal Owl,

Lapland longspur, Snow buntings, American pipits, Horned Larks

Started Apr 22. HLs: Manx Shearwater, Flesh-footed Shearwater, Willet, White-rumped Sandpiper, Loggerhead Shrike, Sage Thrasher, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Black-throated Sparrow, Dickcissel

Yellow-naped Sapsucker this Fall!!! Baikal Teal, by far, best bird of the year! Great Spring and Early Summer trip throughout the East, as well as nearly all Glacier-area specialties in the state, plus a few vagrants.

White-winged Scoter, American Black Duck, Long-tailed Jaeger, Glaucous-winged Gull, White-winged Dove, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Costa's Hummingbird, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, etc.

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Red-throated Loon, Pacific Loon, Neotropic Cormorant, Snowy Egret, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Whooping Crane, Long-billed Curlew (in eastern NE), Red Phalarope, Long-tailed Jaeger, Laughing Gull (seen twice, once in May and once in September), California Gull, Thayer's Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull (4th state record), Glaucous Gull, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Say's Phoebe (in eastern NE), Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Northern Mockingbird, Golden-winged Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler.

2/18/13: First lifer of 2013 - Iceland Gull, Riverside Co. CA; 3/13: Neotropic Cormorant, Cave Swallow, Imperial Co. CA; 7/20/13: Red-necked Stint, L.A. Co. CA; 11/29/13: Harris' Sparrow, Baker, CA

2013 West Virginia Lifers: Cackling Goose, Mute Swan, Trumpeter Swan, Canvasback, Black Scoter, American Bittern, Rough-legged Hawk, Herring Gull, Snowy Owl, Philadelphia Vireo, Fish Crow, Horned Lark, Marsh Wren, American Pipit, Connecticut Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Vesper Sparrow, Red Crossbill, Common Redpoll, Evening Grosbeak

Best: Black-throated Green Warbler - latest MT date, and first W of Divide in MT; NO chases; by 30 Dec 2014 - only Sanders County MT; 6-8 Bluejays; Harris's sparrow Dec'13-May'14

blue grosbeak red eyed vireo yellow throated vireo magnolia warbler

Eastern Screech-Owl, Spotted Sandpiper, Great Horned Owl, Swamp Sparrow, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Snowy Egret, Dunlin, Black-bellied Plover, Yellow-rumped Warbler 8/17/13 - 10/14/13

Razorbill, Costa's Hummingbird, Red-necked Grebe, Cackling Goose

Bonaparte's Gull (1-1-13 Venice North Jetty), Razorbill (1-12-13 Anna Maria Island), Painted Bunting (1-12-13 Felts Preserve), Lincoln's Sparrow (1-12-13 Felts Preserve)

Eurasian Collared-Dove, American Oystercatcher, Ring-billed Gull, Royal Tern, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Forster's Tern, Sandwich Tern, Willet, European Starling, Loggerhead Shrike, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Bluebird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Pine Warbler, Carolina Chickadee 2/6/13

American Kestrel, Turkey Vulture, Cooper's Hawk, White-breasted Nuthatch, Great Blue Heron 10/20/13 - 11/10/13

Red-tailed Hawk, Blue Jay, Rock Pigeon, Herring Gull, Turkey Vulture, European Starling 10/18/2013

Red-winged Blackbird, Mourning Dove, Red-tailed Hawk, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robin 7/31/13

European Starling, Rock Pigeon 10/18/2013