Western, Heerman’s and Glaucous-winged Gulls in California – R. Cunningham
Bird Lister’s Corner is an opportunity for PAFN club members to list their most recent total number of Life birds in four recognized categories. It is a great opportunity for club members to share in some friendly competition and to watch and measure your own progress over the upcoming months and years.
The four categories include:
Pembroke Circle (50 km circle) Pembroke Count Circle
Ontario (anywhere in the province of Ontario)
North America (ABA area-Canada and the United States including Alaska but excluding Hawaii).
ABA website ABA 2011 checklist
World – Includes all bird species from anywhere in the world including the ABA area. Must not include duplicates- a Mallard is a Mallard no matter what country. If there are any doubts, Latin names of the two birds must be compared. For example the Northern Gannet is not the same as the Gannet in Europe (two different Latin names).
To register, just forward your total life bird number for each of the categories and your best new lifer bird for each category and where you saw it to Ken Hooles at hooles@bell.net
for example: Pembroke Circle – 120 ( Rufous Hummingbird, etc. The list will be updated quarterly including the best new Lifer bird.
Bird Lister’s Corner (June 21, 2020)
World
Ken Hooles 1129 Whooping Crane Florida
Christian Renault 885 Sedge Wren Petawawa
Mike Macdonald 673 Pacific Loon Nova Scotia
Sandra MacDonald 585 Pacific Loon Nova Scotia
Manson Fleguel 564 Mew Gull Vancouver
Susan Ellis 526 Boat-billled Heron Costa Rica
Rob Cunningham 382 Greater Roadrunner New Mexico
Martin Roncetti 282 Barbados Bullfinch Barbados
Ken Brown 262 Horned Grebe Saskatchewan
ABA Area
Ken Hooles 584 Whooping Crane Florida
Jacques Bouvier 555 Anna’s Hummingbird Carleton, Ontario
Manson Fleguel 544 Mew Gull Vancouver, BC
Christian Renault 521 Sedge Wren Petawawa
Mike MacDonald 519 Pacific Loon Nova Scotia
Sandra MacDonald 460 Pacific Loon Nova Scotia
Rob Cunningham 367 Vermillion Flycatcher New Mexico
Vincent Agnesi 301 Baird’s Sandpiper Ft. William, QC
Mark Dojczman 245 Baird’s Sandpiper Pembroke, Ont
Martin Roncetti 231 Fish Crow Kingston, On
Ken Brown 212 Horned Grebe Saskatchewan
Ontario
Jacques Bouvier 346 Black-throated Gray Warbler Ottawa
Ken Hooles 319 Black-necked Stilt Rondeau Prov Park
Rob Cunningham 289 Black-bellied Whistling Duck Petrolia
Mike MacDonald 279 Brambling North Bay
Christian Renault 245 Sedge Wren Petawawa
Mark Dojczman 245 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Pembroke
Martin Roncetti 214 Fish Crow Kingston
Ken Brown 158 Hermit Thrush Pembroke
Pembroke Circle
Manson Fleguel 281 Dickcissel Pembroke
Ken Hooles 278 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Pembroke
Jacques Bouvier 249 Thick-billed Murre Cobden
Mark Dojczman 244 Tundra Swan Pembroke
Christian Renault 241 Sedge Wren Petawawa
Rob Cunningham 231 Buff-breasted sandpiper Pembroke
Mike MacDonald 224 Sabine’s Gull Lake Dore
Ken Brown 151 Hermit Thrush Pembroke
Congratulations to Ken Brown for his 6 new species and Christian for his new species. These numbers are good, especially considering the Covid epidemic limiting travel. Good luck this summer; stay safe and good birding.
