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This shows the top birders, by species or checklists submitted. Laysan Albatross – Phoebastria immutabilis. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Breezy Point Tip. 01 Jan 2020. Arctic Loon – Gavia arctica. 28 Jan 2020. Common Loon – Gavia immer. Breezy Point Tip.
They found 673 species and advanced the yearly total to 1019. White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta. Kaikoura–Albatross Encounter pelagic. Salvin’s Albatross – Thalassarche salvini. Kaikoura–Albatross Encounter pelagic. Royal Albatross – Diomedea epomophora.
During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Black-footed Albatross – Phoebastria nigripes. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. Glacier Bay.
They noted 598 species as a team, bringing the year total to 2118 and pushing the life list to 3555. Black-footed Albatross – Phoebastria nigripes. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. Buller’s Albatross – Thalassarche bulleri.
10 countries were birded by 9 beats and 892 species were noted from 144 checklists. Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. Buller’s Albatross – Thalassarche bulleri. White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta. Kaikoura–Albatross Encounter pelagic. Does Mel Gibson know?
In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Kaikoura–Albatross Encounter pelagic. Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. 23 Mar 2018.
During March, 11 beats shared 122 checklists to accumulate 680 species from 8 countries; USA, Costa Rica, Serbia, India, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Japan. Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. Buller’s Albatross – Thalassarche bulleri. Black-browed Albatross – Thalassarche melanophris.
They submitted 144 checklists, noting 628 species adding 72 to the year’s running total bringing it to 1890. Buller’s Albatross – Thalassarche bulleri. Taiaroa Head–Royal Albatross Centre. Royal Albatross – Diomedea epomophora. Taiaroa Head–Royal Albatross Centre. 25 Jan 2017.
The year list ends on a provisional (some beats will be birding ’til the final whistle to try and salvage a ravaged year) 1803 species from 1602 checklists submitted by 12 beats from 16 countries. Imagine that, 13 lists per year where once there were only 12.
All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta. Black-footed Albatross – Phoebastria nigripes. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.
All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta. Black-footed Albatross – Phoebastria nigripes. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.
All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Clark’s Grebe – Aechmophorus clarkii. 01 Jan 2016.
All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 09 May 2016.
Despite recording 370 species during the month, the list total has advanced by just 45. Just to confuse things a little, only 14 new species were recorded since June 1 st. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 09 May 2016.
All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. 13 Feb 2016.
All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Clark’s Grebe – Aechmophorus clarkii. 01 Jan 2016.
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