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ABA BIG Year 2008

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2013 South Dakota - Pennington County - Big Years "A" and "B"
2013 BIG YEAR B - Pennington Co. - Day-by-Day- begins July 1
2013 BIG YEAR A - Pennington Co. Day-by-day - begins January 1
2013 - Big Year C (Sept 1, 2013 to August 31, 2014)
2013 - where I birded (goes into 2014 for big year B)
2013 - photos, South Dakota
Honduras - February 2013
2014 Birds Seen in SD (Pennington Co.)
2014 - day by day
2014 - 2015 - Alaska!
2016 AK bird checklist
2016 Day-by-day AK BIG YEAR
2016 Where I birded
2017 - Birds Seen in AK (NOT a big year)

Here is where I'll give the updates and travel plans during 2008 

It's true--I am doing a big year of birding in the continental US and Canada (the "ABA area") during 2008. I started the year in Rockport with a birding big day with friends, and during January traveled to California, Arizona, New Mexico and Minnesota. Stay tuned (and yes, I am continuing to do client work and maintain a law practice throughout 2008). It just takes a bit more planning!

MONTH
WHERE I HOPE TO GO (OR WENT)

BIRD SPECIES SEEN THIS MONTH

TOTAL SPECIES FOR YEAR SEEN BY END OF MONTH

January
 
TX (Rockport area-1/1; Lower Rio Grande Valley-1/2-1/4; Rockport-1/5-1/6; Fort Worth-1/7), MN (1/8-1/11), TX (1/12-1/15); NM (1/15); AZ (1/16); CA (1/17-1/22); AZ (1/22-24); NM (1/25); TX (1/26-1/31)

333

333

February
 
TX (2/1-2/15), NC (2/15-18), FL (2/18-21), NJ (2/21-23), NY (2/23), NJ (2/23-24) NC (2/24-27), OR (2/27-3/2), WA (3/2-3/4), BC (3/3)
 

400

March
 
OR (3/1-3/2), WA (3/2-3/3), BC (3/3), OR (3/3-3/4), TX (3/4-3/11), OK/KS (3/11), NE (3/11-3/12), AR (3/12-3/13), TX (3/13-3/23), GA (3/23-3/25), TX (3/25-
 

452

April
 
TX (4/1-4/9), CO (4/9-??),FL (4/17-4/25); TX (4/25-4/30)
 

536

May
 
TX (5/1-5/10), AK-Adak (5/10-5/19), TX (5/19-5/21), MI (5/21-5/22), TX (5/22-5/24), AK (5/24-5/31)
 

580

June

AK (6/1-6/23), TX (6/23-6/30)

 

604

July

ME (7/1-7/3), TX (7/4-7/9), AZ (7/9-7/14), NV (7/15-7/17), NM (7/18-7/21), TX (7/22-end)

 

649

August

FL(8/1-8/2), TX (8/3-8/4), UT/NV(8/4-8/8), TX (8/8-8/14), AZ (8/14-8/18), TX (8/18-8/20), NC (8/20-8/24), AK (8/24-8/31), TX (8/31)

 

666

September

TX (9/1), CA (9/1-9/8), TX (9/8-9/12), CA (9/12-9/17), TX (9/17-9/22), AZ (9/22-24), NM (9/24), TX (9/25-end)

 

691

October

WA (10/1-10/5), TX (10/5-10/7), CA (10/7-10/10), AK (10/10-10/14), TX (10/14-10/17), MO (10/18-10/19), TX (10/20-10/23), FL (10/23-10/27), TX (10/27-10/29), CA (10/29-10/31)

 

704

November

CA (11/1- 11/4), TX (11/5-11/18), NM (11/19), AZ (11/20-21), NM (11/22), CO (11/22-23), TX (11/24), WA (11/25-28), TX

 

715

December

TX (12/1-12/4), NL (12/5-12/9), TX (12/9-12/13), WA (12/14-12/16), TX (12/16-12/20), ON (12/21-12/23), TX (12/24-

   

What an adventure awaits!