Sunday, December 31, 2006

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