How's Your 2024 List Going? (1 Viewer)

[qwerty5]

This afternoon I twitched another scoter, this time on my local lake, but unfortunately just outside my county:

213. White-winged Scoter

 

[lgonz1008]

[Southeast Brazil Tour]
(Driving through São Paulo)
389. Picazuro Pigeon
390. Eared Dove
391. Guira Cuckoo
392. Squirrel Cuckoo
393. Southern Lapwing
394. Bare-faced Ibis
395. Roadside Hawk
396. Green-barred Woodpecker
397. Campo Flicker
398. Rufous Hornero
399. Cattle Tyrant
400. Great Kiskadee
401. Chalk-browed Mockingbird
402. Sayaca Tanager

(Vale do Sol)
403. Ruddy Ground Dove
404. Gray-rumped Swift
405. Black Hawk-Eagle
406. White-eared Puffbird
407. Swallow-tailed Manakin
408. Bare-throated Bellbird
409. Cliff Flycatcher
410. Planalto Tyrannulet
411. Fork-tailed Flycatcher
412. Chivi Vireo
413. Southern Rough-winged Swallow
414. Yellow-legged Thrush
415. Violaceous Euphonia
416. Rufous-collared Sparrow
417. Red-rumped Cacique
418. Golden-crowned Warbler
419. Ruby-crowned Tanager
420. Green-headed Tanager
421. Red-necked Tanager
422. Saffron Finch

(Legado das Águas)
423. Black Jacobin
424. Festive Coquette
425. Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail
426. Plain Parakeet
427. Black-tailed Tityra
428. Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher
429. Blue-and-white Swallow
430. Southern House Wren
431. Creamy-bellied Thrush
432. Olive-green Tanager
433. Palm Tanager
434. Swallow Tanager
435. Blue Dacnis
436. Ornate Hawk-Eagle
437. Saffron Toucanet
438. Yellow-fronted Woodpecker
439. Bat Falcon
440. Spot-breasted Antvireo
441. Ferruginous Antbird
442. White-breasted Tapaculo
443. Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
444. Rufous-capped Spinetail
445. Pin-tailed Manakin
446. Black-headed Berryeater
447. Chestnut-crowned Becard
448. Sepia-capped Flycatcher
449. Streaked Flycatcher
450. Variegated Flycatcher
451. White-thighed Swallow
452. Rufous-bellied Thrush
453. Rufous-headed Tanager
454. Short-tailed Nighthawk
455. Tropical Screech-Owl
456. Tawny-browed Owl
457. Saw-billed Hermit
458. Black-throated Mango
459. Violet-capped Woodnymph
460. Versicolored Emerald
461. Atlantic Black-throated Trogon
462. Channel-billed Toucan
463. Ochre-collared Piculet
464. Blond-crested Wodpecker
465. Scaly-headed Parrot
466. Maroon-bellied Parakeet
467. Star-throated Antwren
468. Unicolored Antwren
469. Ochre-rumped Antbird
470. Streak-capped Antwren
471. Black-cheeked Gnateater
472. Olivaceous Woodcreeper
473. Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper
474. Black-capped Foliage-gleaner
475. White-eyed Foliage-gleaner
476. Black-capped Becard
477. Sao Paulo Bristle-Tyrant
478. Oustalet's Tyrannulet
479. Rough-legged Tyrannulet
480. Euler's Flycatcher
481. Long-tailed Tyrant
482. Sibilant Sirystes
483. Short-crested Flycatcher
484. Gray-breasted Martin
485. White-necked Thrush
486. Chestnut-bellied Euphonia
487. Azure-shouldered Tanager
488. Green Honeycreeper
489. Double-collared Seedeater
490. Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet
491. Gray-capped Tyrannulet
492. Plumbeous Pigeon
493. Silky-tailed Nightjar
494. Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
495. Black-capped Screech-Owl
496. White-spotted Woodpecker
497. Squamate Antbird
498. Rufous-capped Antthrush
499. Lesser Woodcreeper
500. Streaked Xenops
501. Greenish Schiffornis
502. White-winged Becard
503. Crested Becard
504. Gray-hooded Flycatcher
505. Eared Pygmy-Tyrant
506. Hangnest Tody-Tyrant
507. Gray-hooded Attila
508. Three-striped Flycatcher
509. Piratic Flycatcher
510. Rufous-browed Peppershrike
511. Green-winged Saltator
512. Pale-vented Pigeon
513. Dusky-throated Hermit
514. Rufous-breasted Leaftosser
515. Cinnamon-vented Piha
516. Gray-headed Elaenia
517. Brazilian Tanager
518. Green-backed Trogon
519. Surucua Trogon
520. Scaled Antbird
521. Rufous Gnateater
522. Atlantic Plain-Xenops
523. Buff-throated Purpletuft
524. Yellow-olive Flatbill
525. Rufous-tailed Attila
526. Pale-breasted Thrush
527. Flame-crested Tanager
528. White-collared Foliage-gleaner
529. Bay-ringed Tyrannulet
530. Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher
531. Magpie Tanager
532. Black-throated Grosbeak
533. Long-billed Gnatwren
534. Whiskered Flycatcher
535. Spot-billed Toucanet
536. Plain-winged Woodcreeper
537. Rufous-thighed Kite
538. Rufous-capped Motmot
539. Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner
540. Golden-chevroned Tanager
541. Half-collared Sparrow
542. Red-ruffed Fruitcrow
543. Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
544. Boat-billed Flycatcher
545. Rufous-margined Antwren
546. Southern Yellowthroat
547. Blue-black Grassquit
548. Wing-barred Piprites
549. White-tipped Dove
550. Riverbank Warbler
551. Dusky-legged Guan
552. Sick's Swift
553. Masked Water-Tyrant
554. Social Flycatcher
555. Scale-throated Hermit
556. Hooded Berryeater
557. Pavonine Cuckoo

(Transfer to Parque Estadual Intervales)
558. Common Potoo
559. Rufescent Tiger-Heron
560. Mottled Owl
561. Rusty-barred Owl
562. Giant Antshrike
563. White-bearded Antshrike
564. Plain Antvireo
565. Swainson's Flycatcher
566. Brazilian Teal
567. Glittering-bellied Emerald
568. Sapphire-spangled Emerald
569. Pallid Spinetail
570. Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
571. Small-billed Elaenia
572. Golden-winged Cacique
573. Tropical Parula
574. Fawn-breasted Tanager
575. Black-backed Tanager
576. Araucaria Tit-Spinetail
577. Green Ibis
578. Wattled Jacana
579. Wing-banded Hornero
580. Yellow-chinned Spinetail
581. White-rumped Swallow
582. Brown-chested Martin
583. Chestnut-capped Blackbird
584. Striped Cuckoo
585. White Woodpecker
586. Spix's Spinetail
587. Yellow-bellied Elaenia
588. Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
589. Crested Oropendola
590. Blackish Rail
591. Buff-necked Ibis
592. Toco Toucan
593. Red-legged Seriema
594. White-eyed Parakeet
595. Streamer-tailed Tyrant
596. Cinnamon Tanager
597. Plush-crested Jay
598. Red-breasted Toucan
599. White-tailed Hawk

(Parque Estadual Intervales)
600. Hooded Siskin
601. Gray-throated Warbling Finch
602. Orange-breasted Thornbird
603. White-throated Spadebill
604. Yellow-browed Tyrant
605. Grayish Baywing
606. Diademed Tanager
607. Common Pauraque
608. Blue-bellied Parrot
609. Ringed Kingfisher
610. Black-fronted Piping-Guan
611. Hook-billed Kite
612. Gray-headed Kite
613. Short-tailed Antthrush
614. White-throated Woodcreeper
615. White-browed Foliage-gleaner
616. Brown-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant
617. Large-headed Flatbill
618. Rufous-crowned Greenlet
619. White-browed Warbler
620. Black-goggled Tanager
621. Uniform Finch
622. Temminck's Seedeater
623. Gray-fronted Dove
624. Red-and-white Crake
625. Bertoni's Antbird
626. Gray-bellied Spinetail
627. Sooty Tyrannulet
628. Bran-colored Flycatcher
629. Rufous-sided Crake
630. Rusty-breasted Nunlet
631. White-shouldered Fire-eye
632. Atlantic Royal Flycatcher
633. Purple-crowned Plovercrest
634. Variable Antshrike
635. Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin
636. Pileated Parrot
637. Dusky-tailed Antbird
638. Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet
639. Small-headed Elaenia
640. Greenish Tyrannulet
641. Chestnut-backed Tanager
642. Long-tufted Screech-Owl
643. Robust Woodpecker
644. Variegated Antpitta
645. Slaty Bristlefront
646. Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
647. Brown Tanager
648. Spot-winged Wood-Quail

(Transfer to São Luiz do Paraitinga)
649. Planalto Hermit
650. Marsh (São Paulo) Antwren
651. Common Tody-Flycatcher
652. Yellow-rumped Marshbird
653. Chopi Blackbird
654. Long-trained Nightjar
655. Large-tailed Antshrike
656. Firewood-gatherer

(Sítio Cotinga)
657. Brazilian Ruby
658. Green-crowned Plovercrest
659. White-barred Piculet
660. White-browed Woodpecker
661. Barred Forest-Falcon
662. Rufous-tailed Antbird
663. Speckle-breasted Antpitta
664. Rufous-tailed Antthrush
665. Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner
666. Orange-eyed Thornbird
667. Serra do Mar Bristle-Tyrant
668. Gray-backed Tachuri
669. Olivaceous Elaenia
670. White-crested Tyrannulet
671. Velvety Black-Tyrant
672. White-rumped Monjita
673. Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant
674. Buff-throated Warbling Finch
675. Burnished-buff Tanager
676. Brassy-breasted Tanager
677. Thick-billed Saltator
678. Mouse-colored Tapaculo
679. Scalloped Woodcreeper
680. Sharp-billed Treehunter
681. Chaco Eagle
682. Narrow-billed Woodcreeper
683. Curl-crested Jay

(Pousada Oikos and surroundings)
684. White-throated Hummingbird
685. Amazon Kingfisher
686. Rufous-fronted Thornbird
687. Crested Black-Tyrant
688. Tufted Antshrike
689. Drab-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant
690. Whistling Heron
691. Swallow-tailed Cotinga
692. Golden-rumped Euphonia

(Ubatuba and Parque Mambucaba)
693. Reddish Hermit
694. White-vented Violetear
695. Frilled Coquette
696. Sombre Hummingbird
697. White-chinned Sapphire
698. Cocoi Heron
699. Savanna Hawk
700. Mantled Hawk
701. Rufous-tailed Jacamar
702. Black-hooded Antwren
703. Lemon-chested Greenlet
704. Long-billed Wren
705. Buffy-fronted Seedeater
706. Sooty Grassquit
707. Buff-throated Saltator
708. Glittering-throated Emerald
709. Green Kingfisher
710. Laughing Falcon
711. Chestnut-backed Antshrike
712. Pale-browed Treehunter
713. White-bearded Manakin
714. Orange-headed Tanager
715. White-bellied Seedeater
716. Giant Cowbird
717. Spot-backed Antshrike
718. Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant

(Parque Estadual Cantareira)
719. Tataupa Tinamou
720. Striated Heron
721. Crescent-chested Puffbird
722. Such's Antthrush
723. Southern Bristle-Tyrant
724. Gilt-edged Tanager

 

[lgonz1008]

(Guiding around Everglades National Park)
725. Clapper Rail
726. Redhead
727. Ruddy Duck
728. Golden-winged Warbler
729. Chipping Sparrow

 

[Nightjar61]

This morning I found a relatively scarce winter vagrant.

523. Greater White-fronted Goose

Dave

 

[qwerty5]

Added an uncommon migrant this afternoon

214. Snow Goose

 

[lgonz1008]

(Day trip to Central Florida)
730. Snow Bunting LIFER
731. Hooded Merganser
732. Blue-winged Warbler LIFER
733. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher LIFER

Probably the last time in a long while I'll get 3 lifers in one day in Florida.

 

[Tero]

Managed the 200 again...but more lifers thist time
196 Barred Owl

197 Sedge Wren

198 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

199 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

200 Pine Warbler

201 Grasshopper Sparrow

202 LeConte's Sparrow

203 Swamp Sparrow

 

[lgonz1008]

(Morning walk in New Brunswick, NJ)
734. White-throated Sparrow

 

[Jacana]

One new one last week in King's Lynn:

248. Pink-footed Goose

And 6 today in Musselburgh:

249. Eurasian Curlew (quite impressed with myself for missing that for this long!)
250. Red-throated Loon
251. Long-tailed Duck
252. Velvet Scoter
253. Eurasian Rock Pipit
254. Common Scoter

 

[lgonz1008]

(Miami CBC)
735. Northern Gannet

 

[temmie]

915. Green-and-gold Tanager (near Santa Cruz, Bolivia)

I could still get to 1000. but I fear I'll be too lazy to spend too much time scraping for species between X-Mas and NY...

 

[qwerty5]

Picked up a very rare loon yesterday in a nearby county, almost certainly my last new bird for the year.

215. Pacific Loon

 

[Jacana]

255. Tundra Bean Goose

Near Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Also takes me to 192 for my old home county!

Might be my last one of the year. I'm going to try and rustle up a Brambling or Jack Snipe tomorrow, if I can dodge the rain.

 

[AlexC]

Wrapping out my 2024 numbers before the end of January here. Just getting my bearings back after recovering from the fires.

Apropos the fires...
287. Red-lored Parrot
A September sighting - heard first - in Altadena at my daughter's former school which now in January is, tragically, completely lost - fallen victim to the Eaton Fire. We are extremely lucky to not have lost our home as well. We are 1 mile away from the nearest burned out structures. If the winds had gone a different direction the night of January 7th, it would be a different story.

In December, CBCs:
Lancaster, CA:
288. Vesper Sparrow
289. Brewer's Sparrow
290. Merlin
291. Sandhill Crane

Tejon Ranch, CA:
292. Rock Wren
293. Ferruginous Hawk
294. Prairie Falcon
295. Greater Scaup (outside CBC circle)

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA:
296. Swinhoe's White-eye
297. California Gnatcatcher

Bear Valley Springs, CA (I restarted this CBC circle as compiler after it went unsurveyed for a 5-yr hiatus):
298. Wilson's Snipe

Final bird of the year on December 30th, overdue no doubt, but happenstance freeway flyby of a gorgeous flock:
299. White-faced Ibis

Yes one short of 300, but I took solace in spending the final day of the year very happy with family, content to not bird just to chase a semi-arbitrary number. I did not travel outside the U.S. in 2024, and generally my ABA number the past 10 years floats within ~25 species above or below the 300 mark. So an average year domestically. Cheers, everyone.