Complete US Bird List as of 1/1/10-

After reviewing my notes from the trip, notes from home, and my in progress year list from CT, here is what I've gotten so far (you can tell which were here in CT in winter before I left, and those not. I got to see many of our winter guys up in breeding territory... really neat):

(L)- indicates a lifer

1. Red-throated Loon
2. Common Loon
3. RN Grebe
4. Horned Grebe
5. Eared Grebe (L)
6. PB Grebe
7. Western Grebe
8. Clark's Grebe (L)
9. Am. White Pelican
10. DC Cormorant
11. AM. Bittern
12. Least Bittern
13. GB Heron
14. Great Egret
15. Snowy Egret
16. Little Blue Heron
17. Cattle Egret (L)
18. Green Heron
19. BC Night-Heron
20. YC Night-Heron
21. White-faced Ibis
22. Glossy Ibis
23. Mute Swan
24. Trumpeter Swan
25. Tundra Swan
26. Canada Goose
27. Cackling Goose (many in the middle fly-way)
28. Brant
29. GWF Goose (same as Cacklers... many migrants)
30. Ross's Goose
31. Snow Goose (blue and white)
32. Wood Duck
33. Mallard
34. Am. Black Duck
35. Gadwall
36. No. Pintail
37. Am. Wigeon
38. Eurasian Wigeon (Stratford)
39. No. Shoveler
40. Cinnamon Teal (L)
41. BW Teal
42. GW Teal
43. Canvasback
44. Redhead
45. RN Duck
46. Greater Scaup
47. Lesser Scaup
48. Long-tailed Duck
49. Surf Scoter
50. WW Scoter
51. Common Goldeneye
52. Barrow's Goldeneye (one female I found off Penfield late winter)
53. Bufflehead
54. Hooded Merganser
55. Co. Merganser
56. RB Merganser
57. Ruddy Duck
58. Turkey Vulture
59. Black Vulture
60. No. Harrier (LOTS of grey ghosts in the prairies)
61. SS Hawk
62. Cooper's Hawk
63. No. Goshawk (NJ)
64. RS Hawk
65. BW Hawk
66. Swainson's Hawks (many morphs)
67. RT Hawk (5 sbsps, including Kriders, and a possible 6th... maybe Harlan's... VERY dark, looked like those I've seen in AK)
68. Ferruginous Hawk (L)
69. Rough-legged Hawk
70. Golden Eagle (low-ball count around 15)
71. Bald Eagle
72. Osprey
73. Merlin
74. Am. Kestrel
75. Prairie Falcon (L)
76. Peregrine Falcon
77. California Quail (L)
78. Mountain Quail (L)
79. Chukar (L)
80. Gray Partridge
81. RN Pheasant
82. Blue Grouse (L)
83. Ruffed Grouse
84. Greater Prairie-Chicken (L)... and honor to see a bird on it's way out
85. Greater Sage-Grouse (L)
86. Wild Turkey
87. Common Moorhen (L)
88. Am. Coot
89. Clapper Rail
90. Virginia Rail
91. Sora (L)
92. Yellow Rail (L).. MAN that was hard to see!!
93. Sandhill Cranes... everywhere
94. BB Plover
95. AM. Golden Plover
96. Piping Plover
97. Semipal Plover
98. Snowy Plover (L) (Lake Taho region)
99. Killdeer
100. Am. Oystercatcher
101. Am. Avocet (L)
102. Black-necked Slilt (L)
103. Gr. Yellowlegs
104. L. Yellowlegs
105. Solitary Sandpiper
106. Willet
107. Spotted Sandpiper
108. Upland Sandpiper (abundant through some areas in the Dakotas and prairie land through IL/IN)
109. Long-billed Curlew (L)
110. Ruddy Turnstone
111. Purple Sandpiper
112. Red Knot
113. Sanderling
114. Dunlin
115. Pectoral Sandpiper
116. White-rumped Sandpiper
117. Baird's Sandpiper (L)
118. Western Sandpiper
119. Semipal Sandpiper
120. Least Sandpiper
121. Stilt Sandpiper
122. LB Dowitcher
123. SB Dowitcher
124. Buff-breasted Sandpiper
125. Am. Woodcock
126. Snipe
127. Wilson's Phalarope (L)
128. Boneparte's Gull
129. Franklin's Gull
130. RB Gull
131. California Gull (L)
132. Herring Gull
133. Iceland Gull
134. Glaucous Gull
135. Lesser BB Gull
136. GBB Gull
137. Caspian Tern
138. Co. Tern
139. Forster's Tern
140. Roseate Tern
141. Least Tern
142. Black Tern
143. Black Skimmer
144. Mourning Dove
145. WW Dove (L)
146. Rock Dove
147. Band-tailed Pigeon (L)
148. Monk Parakeet
149. YB Cuckoo
150. BB Cuckoo
151. Greater Roadrunner (L)... awesome bird
152. Long-eared Owl
153. Short-eared Owl
154. GH Owl
155. Snowy Owl
156. Barred Owl
157. No. Saw-whet Owl
158. Burrowing Owl (L)
159. W. Screech Owl
160. E. Screech Owl
161. Co. Poorwill (L)
162. Whip-poor-will
163. Co. Nighthawk
164. Lesser Nighthawk (L)
165. Vaux's Swift (L)
166. Chimney Swift
167. Black Swift (L)
168. White-throated Swift (L)
169. Black-chinned Hummingbird (L)
170. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
171. Calliope Hummingbird
172. Broad-tailed Hummingbird (L)
173. Rufous Hummingbird (L)
174. Belted Kingfisher
175. Red-headed Woodpecker
176. Lewis's Woodpecker (L)
177. Red-bellied Woodpecker
178. Red-naped Sapsucker (L)
179. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
180. Downy Woodpecker
181. Hairy Woodpecker
182. Three-toed Woodpecker
183. No. Flicker ('yellow' and 'red' shafted)
184. Pileated Woodpecker
185. Olive-sided Flycatcher
186. W. Wood-Pewee (L)
187. E. Wood-Pewee
188. Cordilleran Flycatcher (L)
189. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
190. Willow Flycatcher
191. Alder Flycatcher
192. Least Flycatcher
193. Dusky Flycatcher (L)
194. E. Phoebe
195. Say's Phoebe (L)
196. Vermillion Flycatcher (L)
197. Ash-throated Flycatcher (L)
198. Great-crested Flycatcher
199. E. Kingbird
200. W. Kingbird (L)
201. Loggerhead Shrike (L)
202. Red-eyed Vireo
203. Warbling Vireo
204. Bell's Vireo (L)
205. White-eyed Vireo
206. Yellow-throated Vireo
207. Blue-headed Vireo
208. Steller's Jay
209. Blue Jay
210. W. Scrub-Jay (L)
211. Gray Jay
212. Pinyon Jay (L)...maybe my fav of the trip
213. Black-billed Magpie
214. Co. Raven
215. Am. Crow
216. Fish Crow
217. Horned Lark
218. Purple Martin
219. NRW Swallow
220. Bank Swallow
221. Violet-green Swallow (L)
222. Tree Swallow
223. Cliff Swallow
224. Barn Swallow
225. Juniper Titmouse (L)
226. Tufted Titmouse
227. BC Chickadee
228. Mountain Chickadee (L)..really cool little birds
229. Bushtit (L)
230. RB Nuthatch
231. WB Nuthatch
232. Brown Creeper
233. Carolina Wren
234. Bewick's Wren (L)
235. House Wren
236. Winter Wren
237. Sedge Wren
238. Marsh Wren
239. Rock Wren (L)
240. Canyon Wren (L)
241. GC Kinglet
242. RC Kinglet
243. BG Gnatcatcher
244. Mountain Bluebird (L)
245. W. Bluebird (L)
246. E. Bluebird
247. Am. Robin
248. Wood Thrush
249. Veery
250. Swainson's Thrush
251. Hermit Thrush
252. Gray Catbird
253. No. Mockingbird
254. Brown Thrasher
255. Sage Thrasher (L)
256. Euro. Starling
257. Sprague's Pipit
258. Am. Pipit
259. Cedar Waxwing
260. No. Parula
261. Orange-crowned Warbler
262. Tennessee Warbler
263. Blue-winged Warbler
264. Virginia's Warbler (L)
265. Nashville Warbler
266. Yellow Warbler
267. Chestnut-sided Warbler
268. Magnolia Warbler
269. Cape May Warbler
270. Black-throated Blue Warbler
271. Cerulean Warbler
272. Blackburnian Warbler
273. Yellow-rumped Warbler ('Myrtle' and 'Audubon's... latter a lifer)
274. Black-throated Gray Warbler (L)
275. Townsend's Warbler (L).... wow, gorgeous
276. Black-throated Green Warbler
277. Prairie Warbler
278. Palm Warbler ('yellow' and 'brown')
279. Pine Warbler
280. Bay-breasted Warbler
281. Blackpoll Warbler
282. Yellow-throated Warbler
283. Grace's Warbler (L)... thought YTWA until I realized I was in NV
284. Worm-eating Warbler
285. Prothonotary Warbler...still one of my fav warbs
286. Black-and-white Warbler
287. Am. Redstart
288. Ovenbird
289. No. Waterthrush
290. Mourning Warbler
291. MacGillivray's Warbler (L)
292. Co. Yellowthroat
293. Wilson's Warbler
294. Canada Warbler... dripping off the trees in Ann Arbor, MI
295. Hooded Warbler
296. Yellow-breasted Chat (L)...been waiting a while for that one
297. W. Tanager (L)
298. Scarlet Tanager
299. No. Cardinal
300. Black-headed Grosbeak (L)
301. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
302. Blue Grosbeak (L)... seen while getting a speeding ticket
303. Lazuli Bunting (L)... been waiting since I got my first field guide
304. Indigo Bunting
305. Dickcissel
306. Spotted Towhee (L)
307. E. Towhee
308. Green-tailed Towhee (L)
309. Sage Sparrow (L)
310. Black-throated Sparrow (L)
311. Am. Tree Sparrow
312. Field Sparrow
313. Brewer's Sparrow (L)
314. Clay-colored Sparrow
315. Chipping Sparrow
316. Baird's Sparrow
317. Grasshopper Sparrow
318. Henslow's Sparrow (L)
319. Nelson's Sparrow... weird to see in ND
320. Savannah Sparrow
321. Vesper Sparrow
322. Lark Bunting (L)
323. Lark Sparrow (L)
324. White-throated Sparrow
325. White-crowned Sparrow
326. Fox Sparrow (2 subspecies)
327. Song Sparrow
328. Lincoln's Sparrow
329. Swamp Sparrow
330. Dark-eyed Junco ('pink-sided', 'oregon'. and 'slate')
331. McCown's Longspur (L)
332. Chestnut-collared Longspur (L)
333. Smith's Longspur (L)
334. Lapland Longspur
335. Snow Bunting
336. W. Meadowlark (L)
337. E. Meadowlark
338. Bobolink
339. Brown-headed Cowbird
340. Yellow-headed Blackbird
341. Red-winged Blackbird
342. Brewer's Blackbird (L)
343. Co. Grackle
344. Boat-tailed Grackle
345. Great-tailed Grackle (L)... seen from airplane in Dallas
346. Bullock's Oriole (L)
347. Baltimore Oriole
348. Orchard Oriole
349. Scott's Oriole (L)
350. Purple Finch
351. Cassin's Finch (L)
352. House Finch
353. Red Crossbill
354. Pine Siskin... neat to see in the dessert
355. Lesser Goldfinch (L)
356. Am. Goldfinch
357. House Sparrow

85 lifers, added to my standing 306 gives me 391. My trip goal was to reach 400.... if only I got to the 2nd half! Perhaps I can pull 400 for the US in 2010....

-Brian-

So heres the story....

I made it to California, about 6200mi of wandering our amazing country in such places like Pitsburg, NYC, Columbus and Cleveland (OH), camped in Ann Arbor (MI), saw the Sox get slammed by the Tigers in Comerica Park in Detroit (!!!! GO YANKS!!), has amazing looks at downtown Chicago from my motel window, including the Sears tower, Fargo (ND, Lewis & Clark SP (Williston, ND), Deadwood (SD), Mt. Rushmore, explored the black hills and picked up boreal species such as Mountain Chickadee and Gray Jay... as well as my first 'Audubon's butter-butt.

From Rapid City (after exploring AMAZING crystal caverns) I chugged south down the entire WY east side into Colorado... a rainbow awaited me. I stayed in a motel in Boulder (by far my favorite spot, with the Ann Arbor camping, and overall town a close second... L&P was hard to beat too!) I took a drive to Denver to see if the Rockies were playing, they weren't, though thats one more major city I visited for the first time.

During this western drive I saw hundreds of Pronghorns, wild Buffalo (not a ranch), Bighorn Sheep, several Golden Eagles, Prarie dogs, coyotes, ground squirrels, some sort of weasel, bull snakes, a prarie rattler (stayed my distance!!). For those of you who know me, and know Boulder.... I could see myself living there forever. Hopefully my job interview for the CO Dep. NFS will pan out.

After dreading leaving a town that, juxtaposed to CT.... fails with a F---. Prices, people, healthy aspect, freindly... as I plan to relocate sooner than late, Boulder sits a top, again with Ann Arbor right there. So... got off track... I chugged to Las Vegas...

..,.THE MOST OVER-RATED PLACE IN OUR COUNTRY! I put $200 aside to gamble, made $15 on Star Wars slots... then realized I might as well just hand the floor guys $500 bux then ask for a dollar change. So, I got a tattoo instead. One what would cost upwards of $300 here in CT.... $140 plus tip.

One great thing about vegas... other than the drunks, hobos, crime and dispair.... I got to see George Clinton w. P-Funk for the 6th time in my life. The show lasted until late-late night, so I didn't sleep and got out around 5:00a(pst) to head for Frisco.**

** Now here is where GPS fails... about 75% of the passes through Yosemete NP were closed due to a 12" snow blast the night before. So, I navigated using my atlas, compass, and locals to find a away around. I made it to the Caliornia (Walker, to be exact...border od CA/NE in the Sierra Nevadas), still on icey roads, and I swerve for a Jack Rabbit, 4x4 off, turned to the driver side and my baby (my green Colorado) flipped 6 times and wound up in a 6' ditch in the mountainous dessert.

Would list... broken left arm in 2 spots, 2 broken ribs, cartlidge torn between 4-5 ribs, one of the ribs pokes my lung (no better time to quit smoking, huh??, lol), a grade 2 concussion, 5 staples in the skull, and various raspberrys and deep cuts. Thank whoever is to thank that I had my seatbelt on.

I lost about 2 days due to brain trauma, only remembering someone asking if this driven over laptop was mine, off-duty parameds telling to lay down because of my head bleeding, someone asking if a globe of pure (100%, not .999%) Silver flakes taken from the Black Hills... next memory is getting stabbed in the skull 5-6 times with novacaine, and feeling every bit of each staple being inserted.

Unfortunately, my photos end at Mt. Rushmore (until I figure out how to get some from the droid), and I have many yet to upload from the Sierra Nevadas/Reno/Vegas.etc...


Let me say this right now, to anyone who reads this.... WEAR YOUR SAFETY BELT!! Mine, 100% saved my life. And I had a friend who sits in a hospice going on 4 years as a veggie.... due to lack of seat-belts. PLEASE wear them.


I will do a bit of a break down in a day or so, as it kinda hurts to type with a broken arm and stupid cast!!! Someone, whoever it may be in whoever's eyes, thought I had more time on this planet.

More soon,

-MoJo-

Back in CT... tentative bird list from 3 weeks of pure America....

I tallied dozens of lifers, and I didn't even make it down the south of California.... I made it there, but the Sierra Nevada mountains, and a stupid Jack-rabbit now has my baby (Colorado) as a pile of scrap metal, never to bee seen again.

I made this list on the plane ride home, I just need to positively ID a few.... this is about it though. 3-5 more at best.

*(Starting from where the Merritt turns into the Hutch)
*(L)-indicates lifer

1. RT Loon
2. Common Loon
3. RN Grebe
4. Horned Grebe
5. Eared Grebe (L)
6. PB Grebe
7. Western Grebe
8. Clark's Grebe (L)
9. Am. White Pelican
10. DC Cormorant
11. Am. Bittern
12. Least Bittern
13. GB Heron
14. Great Egret
15. Snowy Egret
16. Cattle Egret (L)
17. Green Heron
18. BC Night-heron
19. White-faced Ibis
20. Mute Swan
21. Tundra Swan
22. Canada Goose (including several 'cacklers')
23. Great-white Fronted Goose
24. Snow Goose
25. Wood Duck
26. Mallard
27. Am. Black Duck
28. Gadwall
29. No. Pintail
30. Am. Wigeon
31. No. Shovelor
32. Cinnamon Teal (L)
33. BW Teal
34. GW Teal
35. Canvasback
36. Redhead
37. RN Duck
38. L. Scaup
39. Co. Goldeneye
40. H. Merganser
41. Co. Merganser
42. Ruddy Duck
43. T. Vulture
44. B. Vulture
45. No. Harrier
46. SS Hawk
47. Cooper's Hawk
48. No. Goshawk (NJ)
49. RS Hawk
50. BW Hawk
51. Swainson's Hawk
52. RT Hawk (5+ sbs/morphs, including 'Krider's')
53. Ferruginous Hawk (L)
54. Golden Eagle
55. Bald Eagle
56. Osprey
57. Merlin
58. Am. Kestrel
59. Prairie Falcon (L)
60. Peregrine Falcon
61. California Quail (L)
62. Chukar (L)
63. Gray Partridge
64. RN Pheasant
65. Blue Grouse (L)
66. Ruffed Grouse
67. Sharp-tailed Grouse
68. Wild Turkey
69. Co. Moorhen (L)
70. Am. Coot
71. Virginia Rail
72. Sora (L)
73. Sandhill Crane
74. Am. Golden Plover
75. Semipal Plover
76. Killdeer
77. Am. Avocet (L)
78. Black-necked Stilt (L)
79. G. Yellowlegs
80. L. Yellowlegs
81. Solitary Sandpiper
82. Willet
83. Spotted Sandpiper
84. Upland Sandpiper (tons!)
85. Long-billed Curlew (L.... needed Sibley's for that one... amazing bird)
86. Dunlin
87. Pectoral Sandpiper
88. White-rumped Sandpiper
89. Semipal Sandpiper
90. Least Sandpiper
91. Stilt Sandpiper (L)
92. LB Dowitcher
93. Baird's Sandpiper (L)
94. Buff-breasted Sandpiper
95. Am. Woodcock
96. Snipe
97. Wilson's Phalarope (L)
98. Boneparte's Gull
99. Franklin's Gull
100. RB Gull
101. California Gull (L)
102. Herring Gull
103. GBB Gull
104. Caspian Tern
105. Common Tern
106. Forster's Tern
107. Black Tern
108. Mourning Dove
109. White-winged Dove (L)
110. Rock Dove
111. YB Cuckoo
112. BB Cuckoo
113. Short-eared Owl (strange to see them over prairies and not marshes)
114. Long-eared Owl
115. GH Owl
116. Barred Owl
117. No. Saw-whet Owl
118. Burrowing Owl (L!!... was sitting dead center in a country road north of Vegas enjoying small mammal.... on of my target birds!)
119. E. Screech Owl
120. W. Screech Owl (L)
121. Co. Poorwill (L)
122. Whip-poor-will
123. Co. Nighthawk
124. Lesser Nighthawk (swarms around billboard lights in the dessert) (L)
125. Chimney Swift
126. White-throated Swift (L)
127. Black-chinned Hummer (L)
128. Ruby-throated Hummer
129. Calliope Hummer
130. Broad-tailed Hummer (L)
131. Rufous Hummer (L)
132. Belted Kingfisher
133. Red-headed Woodpecker (numerous is some spots)
134. Lewis's Woodpecker (L....amazing bird...looks like water-colors)
135. RB Woodpecker
136. Red-naped Sapsucker (L)
137. YB Sapsucker
138. Downy WP
139. Hairy WP
140. 3-toed Woodpecker (L)
141. No. Flicker (both 'yellow' and red'-shafted')
142. Pileated Woodpecker
143. Olive-sided Flycatcher
144. W. Wood-pewee (L)
145. E. Wood-pewee
146. Cordillion Fly (L)
147. YB Fly
148. Willow Fly
149. Alder Fly
150. Least Fly
151. Dusky Fly (L)
152. E. Phoebe
153. Say's Phoebe (L)
154. Vermillion Fly (L)
155. Ash-throated Fly (L)
156. GC Fly
157. E. Kingbird
158. W. Kingbird (L)
159. Loggerhead Shrike (L)
160. RE Vireo
161. Warb Vireo
162. White-eyed Vireo
163. YT Vireo
164. BH Vireo
165. Steller's Jay
166. Blue Jay
167. W. Scrub Jay (L)
168. Gray Jay
169. Pinion Jay (L)
170. Black-billed Magpie
171. Co. Raven
172. A. Crow
173. F. Crow
174. H. Lark
175. P. Martin
176. NRW Swallow
177. Bank Swallow
178. Violet-green Swallow (L)
179. Tree Swallow
180. Cliff Swallow
181. Barn Swallow
182. Juniper Titmouse (L)
183. Tufted Titmouse
184. BC Chickadee
185. Mountain Chickadee (L)
186. Bushtit (L)
187. RB Nut
188. WB Nut
189. Brown Creeper
190. Carolina Wren
191. Bewick's Wren (L)
192. House Wren
193. Winter Wren
194. Sedge Wren
195. Marsh Wren
196. Rock Wren (L)
197. Canyon Wren (L)
198. RC Kinglet
199. GC Kinglet
200. BG Gnatcatcher
201. Mountain Bluebird (L)
202. Western Bluebird (L)
203. Eastern Bluebird
204. Am. Robin
205. Wood Thrush
206. Veery
207. Swaison's Thrush
208. Hermit Thrush
209. Gray Catbird
210. No. Mockingbird
211. Brown Thrasher
212. Sage Thrasher (L)
213. Sprague's Pipt
214. Am. Pipit
215. Cedar Waxwing
216. No. Parula
217. Orange-crowned Warbler
218. Tennessee Warbler
219. BW Warbler
220. Virginia's Warbler (L)
221. Nashville Warbler
222. Yellow Warbler
223. Chestnut-sided Warbler
224. Magnolia Warbler
225. Cape May Warbler
226. BTB Warbler
227. Cerulean Warbler
228. Blackburnian Warbler
229. Yellow-rumped Warbler (both 'myrtle' and 'audubon')
230. Black-thated Grey Warbler (L.... another on checked from the wish list)
231. Townsend's Warbler (L... striking)
232. BTGreen Warbler
233. Prairie Warbler
234. Palm Warbler (both 'yellow' & 'western')
235. Pine Warbler
236. Bay-breasted Warbler
237. Blackpoll Warbler
238. Yellow-throated Warbler
239. Grace's Warbler (L)
240. Worm-eating Warbler
241. Prothonotary Warbler
242. B&W Warbler
243. Am. Redstart
244. Ovenbird
245. No. Waterthrush
246. Mourning Warbler
247. MacGillivray's Warbler (L)
248. Common Yellowthroat
249. Wilson's Warbler
250. Canada Warbler
251. Hooded Warbler
252. YB Chat (L... finally!)
253. Euro. Starling (most numerous bird seen, 2nd to TVs)
254. Western Tanager (L)
255. Scarlet Tanager
256. No. Cardinal
257. Black-headed Grosbeak (L)
258. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
259. Blue Grosbeak (L)
260. Lazuli Bunting (L... another on the 'hitlist')
261. Indigo Bunting
262. Dickcissel
263. Spotted Towhee (L... 'great plains')
264. E, Towhee
265. Green-tailed Towhee (L)
266. Sage Sparrow (L)
267. Black-throated Sparrow (L)
268. Field Sparrow
269. Brewer's Sparrow (L)
270. Clay-colored Sparrow
271. Chipping Sparrow
272. Baird's Sparrow (L)
273. Grasshopper Sparrow
274. Henslow's Sparrow (L)
275. Nelson's (sharp-tailed) Sparrow
276. Savannah Sparrow
277. Vesper Sparrow
278. Lark Bunting (L)
279. Lark Sparrow (L)
280. White-throated Sparrow
281. White-crowned Sparrow
282. Fox Sparrow ('interior west')
283. Song Sparrow
284. Lincoln's Sparrow
285. Swamp Sparrow
286. Dark-eyed Junco ('pink-sided', 'slate', & 'Oregon sbs.)
287. McCown's Longspur (L)
288. Chestnut-naped Longspur (L)
289. Smith's Longspur (L)
290. W. Meadowlark (L)
291. E. Meadowlark
292. Bobolink
293. BH Cowbird
294. Yellow-headed Blackbirds (tons!)
295. RW Blackbird
296. Brewer's Blackbird (L... once I IDed one, they seemed everywhere)
297. Co. Grackle
298. Great-tailed Grackle (L... seen from my airplane window in Dallas/Ft. Worth)
299. Bullock's Oriole (L)
300. Baltimore Oriole
301. Orchard Oriole
302. Scott's Oriole (L... very, very neat bird)
303. Purple Finch
304. Cassin's Finch (L)
305. House Finch
306. Red Crossbill (I love the Black Hills... winter birds don't winter there, they stay!)
307. Pine Siskin ('yellow adult, in the end of May, in Nevada... cool stuff)
308. Lesser Goldfinch (L)
309. Am. Goldfinch
310. House Sparrow

By my tally, that is 78 lifers, jumping my life total to 387. Sucks to be home, but with staples in the brain, sprained wrist, and 2 busted ribs.... it feels great to relax.

-Brian-