2007 Birding

January 11, 2008 Marty
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Birding

It was a good year of birding in 2007. I got my lifelist over 300, and added 60 new species (and 9 new sub-species). The highlight of the year was our trip to the lower Rio Grande Valley, where we got to see a lot of new species and had a heck of a time to boot. Sighting-wise:

  • Harris’ Hawks mating at Santa Ana NWR.
  • seeing Aplomado Falcons back in the U.S. (Laguna Atascosa NWR)
  • seeing a pair of Least Grebes build a nest and lay an egg (Sable Palm Audubon Center)
  • Having a group of 4 Sandhill Cranes walk right up to and around me (Reifel Migratory Bird Refuge)
  • Adding 8 new raptors to my lifelist this year
  • Piping Plover and Least Tern chicks at Cape May

So, without further ado, here’s my review of 2007…
√ = New species in 2007. * = New sub-species in 2007.

Loons, Grebes and Pelicaniformes

  1. Common Loon
  2. Red-throated Loon
  3. Pied-billed Grebe
  4. Horned Grebe √
  5. Eared Grebe
  6. Least Grebe √
  7. Double-crested Cormorant
  8. Neotropic Cormorant √
  9. Pelagic Cormorant √
  10. Anhinga
  11. Brown Pelican
  12. White Pelican √

Wading Birds

  1. Great Blue Heron
  2. Tri-colored Heron
  3. Little Blue Heron
  4. Green Heron
  5. Black-crowned Night Heron
  6. Great Egret
  7. Reddish Egret √
  8. Snowy Egret
  9. Glossy Ibis √
  10. White-faced Ibis √
  11. White Ibis
  12. Roseate Spoonbill
  13. Sandhill Crane √
  14. Clapper Rail √

Waterfowl

  1. Canada Goose
  2. Snow Goose
  3. Snow Goose (Blue Morph)
  4. Brant
  5. Mute Swan
  6. Wood Duck
  7. Gadwall
  8. American Wigeon
  9. American Black Duck
  10. Mallard
  11. Muscovy Duck √
  12. Black-bellied Whistling Duck √
  13. Blue-winged Teal
  14. Cinnamon Teal √
  15. Green-winged Teal
  16. Northern Shoveler
  17. Northern Pintail
  18. Canvasback
  19. Redhead √
  20. Ring-necked Duck
  21. Greater Scaup √
  22. Lesser Scaup
  23. Mallard x American Black Duck
  24. Mallard x Northern Pintail √
  25. Surf Scoter
  26. Harlequin Duck
  27. Long-tailed Duck
  28. Bufflehead
  29. Common Eider
  30. Barrow’s Goldeneye √
  31. Hooded Merganser
  32. Red-breasted Merganser
  33. Ruddy Duck
  34. Mottled Duck

Birds of Prey

  1. Black Vulture
  2. Turkey Vulture
  3. Osprey
  4. Bald Eagle
  5. Northern Harrier
  6. Sharp-shinned Hawk
  7. Cooper’s Hawk
  8. Harris’ Hawk √
  9. White-Tailed Hawk √
  10. Crested Caracara √
  11. Red-tailed Hawk
  12. Swainson’s Hawk √
  13. White-tailed Kite √
  14. American Kestrel
  15. Merlin √
  16. Aplomado Falcon √
  17. Peregrine Falcon
  18. Prairie Falcon

Shorebirds

  1. American Coot
  2. Common Moorhen
  3. Killdeer
  4. Ruddy Turnstone
  5. Short-billed Dowitcher
  6. Long-billed Dowitcher
  7. Greater Yellowlegs
  8. Lesser Yellowlegs
  9. Sanderling
  10. Dunlin
  11. Least Sandpiper
  12. Solitary Sandpiper
  13. Spotted Sandpiper
  14. Semi-Palmated Sandpiper
  15. Stilt Sandpiper
  16. Purple Sandpiper
  17. Black-bellied Plover
  18. Semi-Palmated Plover
  19. Piping Plover √
  20. Whimbrel
  21. Willet (Eastern)
  22. Willet (Western) *
  23. Long-billed Curlew √
  24. Hudsonian Godwit √
  25. American Avocet
  26. Black-necked Stilt √
  27. American Oystercatcher

Gulls & Terns

  1. Laughing Gull
  2. Ring-billed Gull
  3. Herring Gull
  4. Greater Black-backed Gull
  5. Western Gull √
  6. Western x Glaucous-winged Gull √
  7. Caspian Tern
  8. Royal Tern
  9. Least Tern √
  10. Forster’s Tern
  11. Common Tern
  12. Sandwich Tern
  13. Gull-billed Tern √
  14. Black Skimmer √

Pigeons & Doves

  1. Rock Pigeon
  2. Common Ground Dove √
  3. Inca Dove √
  4. Mourning Dove
  5. White-winged Dove √
  6. White-tipped Dove √

Owls

  1. Eastern Screech Owl
  2. Great Horned Owl

Woodpeckers

  1. Golden-fronted Woodpecker √
  2. Ladder-backed Woodpecker √
  3. Downy Woodpecker
  4. Hairy Woodpecker
  5. Northern Flicker

Flycatchers and Related

  1. Eastern Wood-pewee
  2. Willow Flycatcher
  3. Eastern Phoebe
  4. Great Crested Flycatcher
  5. Brown-Crested Flycatcher √
  6. Scissor-Tailed Flycather √
  7. Eastern Kingbird
  8. Western Kingbird √
  9. Couch’s Kingbird √
  10. Loggerhead Shrike √
  11. Warbling Vireo
  12. Red-eyed Vireo
  13. White-Eyed Vireo

Jays and Corvids

  1. Blue Jay
  2. Green Jay
  3. Great Kiskadee √
  4. American Crow
  5. Fish Crow
  6. Northwester Crow √
  7. Common Raven √

Other Birds

  1. Northern Bobwhite
  2. Wild Turkey
  3. Roadrunner √
  4. Chachalaca
  5. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  6. Black-chinned Hummingbird
  7. Belted Kingfisher
  8. Ringed Kingfisher √
  9. Purple Martin
  10. Tree Swallow
  11. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  12. Barn Swallow

Songbirds

  1. Black-capped Chickadee
  2. Black-capped Chickadee (occidentalis ssp.) *
  3. Carolina Chickadee
  4. Tufted Titmouse
  5. Black-crested Titmouse √
  6. Red-breasted Nuthatch
  7. White-breasted Nuthatch
  8. Brown-headed Nuthatch √
  9. Brown Creeper
  10. Carolina Wren
  11. House Wren
  12. Marsh Wren
  13. Golden-crowned Kinglet
  14. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  15. Bushtit √
  16. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Thrushes, Thrashers & Relations

  1. Eastern Bluebird
  2. Hermit Thrush
  3. American Robin
  4. Clay-colored Robin √
  5. Gray Catbird
  6. Northern Mockingbird
  7. Brown Thrasher
  8. Long-billed Thrasher √
  9. Curve-billed Thrasher √
  10. Cedar Waxwing
  11. Scarlet Tanager
  12. Northern Cardinal

Warblers

  1. Tennessee Warbler
  2. Nashville Warbler
  3. Northern Parula
  4. Yellow Warbler
  5. Magnolia Warbler
  6. Prothonotary Warbler
  7. Wilson’s Warbler √
  8. Cape May Warbler
  9. Black-throated Blue Warbler
  10. Black-throated Green Warbler
  11. Yellow-rumped Warbler
  12. Pine Warbler
  13. Palm Warbler
  14. Black-and-white Warbler
  15. American Redstart
  16. Ovenbird √
  17. Louisiana Waterthrush
  18. Common Yellowthroat
  19. Yellow-breasted Chat √

Blackbirds

  1. Red-winged Blackbird
  2. Eastern Meadowlark
  3. Western Meadowlark
  4. Common Grackle
  5. Boat-tailed Grackle
  6. Great-tailed Grackle
  7. Brown-headed Cowbird
  8. Orchard Oriole
  9. Baltimore Oriole
  10. European Starling

Finches & Sparrows

  1. Eastern Towhee
  2. Spotted Towhee √
  3. Dark-eyed Junco
  4. “Oregon” Junco *
  5. Indigo Bunting
  6. Lark Sparrow √
  7. Chipping Sparrow
  8. Golden-crowned Sparrow √
  9. Olive Sparrow √
  10. Savannah Sparrow
  11. Fox Sparrow
  12. Fox Sparrow (Sooty ssp.) *
  13. Song Sparrow
  14. Song Sparrow (morpha ssp.) *
  15. Swamp Sparrow
  16. White-throated Sparrow
  17. Lincoln’s Sparrow √
  18. House Sparrow
  19. House Finch
  20. American Goldfinch
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5 Responses to “2007 Birding”

  • mon@rch
    16 years ago

    amazing list and high five to your trip in getting those numbers up! I know so many of these birds would also be lifers to me! Can’t wait to see what you find next year!

  • mon@rch
    16 years ago

    Or should I say for this year? You know what I mean!

  • furiousball
    16 years ago

    i noticed you still haven’t logged the Pipsquack bird

  • Marty
    16 years ago

    Tom – Thanks: it was one of my best year’s yet of birding. And I had a lot of fun doing it!

    Van – Do I even want to know where you pulled that from?

  • Marty
    16 years ago

    Wow – I just realized how badly IE messes up the numbering on this. It is supposed to be 2 columns per section (which I knew wouldn’t work in IE), but IE messes up the numbering, too. Can I just say that I HATE hacking everything for IE?

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