Birding Year in Review

Last January, I listed ten bird species that I hoped to see for the first time in 2006. In the end, I saw five of those species. I figure that five from that list is a good return, since I saw twenty-seven other life birds during 2006. A large portion of my life birds this year came from the trip to Seattle in June. My life list ends the year at 283. My year list was 254 species.

Here are the new species.

1. Snowy Owl
2. White-winged Scoter
3. Razorbill
4. Broad-winged Hawk
5. Yellow-throated Warbler
6. Cape May Warbler
7. Sedge Wren
8. Cerulean Warbler
9. Bobolink
10. Clapper Rail
11. Mourning Warbler
12. Western Gull
13. Glaucous-winged Gull
14. Northwestern Crow
15. California Gull
16. Chestnut-backed Chickadee
17. Bushtit
18. Steller's Jay
19. Brewer's Blackbird
20. Anna's Hummingbird
21. Spotted Towhee
22. Black-headed Grosbeak
23. Pigeon Guillemot
24. Rhinoceros Auklet
25. Violet-green Swallow
26. Vaux's Swift
27. Cinnamon Teal
28. Western Kingbird
29. Black-throated Gray Warbler
30. Pacific-slope Flycatcher
31. Townsend's Warbler
32. Northern Shrike