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2009 (not a big year)

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2010 Birds Seen (definitely not a big year)
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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)
It's great to be birding again, just plain birding.
(updated as of September 20, 2009)(birds seen in Missouri are on 2009 taxonomic order page)

1. Jan. 1 (Aransas Co., TX) Great Horned Owl
2. Osprey
3. Boat-tailed Grackle
4. Northern Harrier
5. Tricolored Heron
6. American White Pelican
7. Clapper Rail
8. Snowy Egret
9. Ring-billed Gull
10. Great Egret
11. Snow Goose
12. White-fronted Goose
13. Forster's Tern
14. Marsh Wren
15. Sandhill Crane
16. Sedge Wren
17. American Coot
18. Great Blue Heron
19. Brown Pelican
20. Belted Kingfisher
21. Crested Caracara
22. Pied-billed Grebe
23. Common Yellowthroat
24. Loggerhead Shrike
25. Great-tailed Grackle
26. Turkey Vulture
27. Whooping Crane
28. Savannah Sparrow
29. Eatern Phoebe
30. Black Vulture
31. Northern Cardinal
32. Eurasian Collared-Dove
33. Red-winged Blackbird
34. Northern Mockingbird
35. Ladder-backed Woodpecker
36. Inca Dove
37. Laughing Gull
38. Yellow-rumped Warbler
39. Red-tailed Hawk
40. American Goldfinch
41. Grasshopper Sparrow
42. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
43. Killdeer
44. Roseate Spoonbill
45. Mottled Duck
46. Common Goldeneye
47. White Ibis
48. Willet
49. Double-crested Cormorant
50. Common Loon
51. Greater Yellowlegs
52. Ruddy Turnstone
53. Black-bellied Plover
54. Sanderling
55. Caspian Tern
56. Semipalmated Plover
57. Mourning Dove
58. House Wren
59. Green-winged Teal
60. Western Sandpiper
61. American Wigeon
62. American Pipit
63. Gadwall
64. Northern Pintail
65. Lesser Scaup
66. Canvasback
67. Spotted Sandpiper
68. Eastern Meadowlark
69. American Kestrel
70. House Sparrow
71. Northern Shoveler
72. Red-shouldered Hawk
73. Blue-winged Teal
74. Black-crested Titmouse
75. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
76. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
77. Rock Pigeon
78. Redhead
79. Bufflehead
80. European Starling
81. Herring Gull
82. Reddish Egret
83. Long-billed Curlew
84. Black Skimmer
85. American Avocet
86. Marbled Godwit
87. Orange-crowned Warbler
88. Vermilion Flycatcher
89. Lesser Yellowlegs
90. Royal Tern
91. Long-billed Dowitcher
92. Neotropic Cormorant
93. Green Jay
94. Golden-fronted Woodpecker
95. Long-billed Thrasher
96. Sandwich Tern
97. Catbird
98. Common Moorhen
99. King Rail
100. Black-necked Stilt
101. Ruddy Duck
102. Sora
103. Black-crowned Night-Heron
104. Yellow Warbler
105. White-winged Dove
106. American Robin
107. White-tailed Hawk
108. Peregrine Falcon
109. Least Sandpiper
110. Dunlin
111. Jan. 2 (Aransas Co., TX) Carolina Wren
112. (Nueces Co.) Couch's Kingbird
113. Great Kiskadee
114. Wilson's Snipe
115. Wood Duck
116. Pine Warbler
117. Baltimore Oriole
118. Northern Flicker
119. Cedar Waxwing
120. Blue-headed Vireo
121. Pyrrhuloxia
122. Ring-necked Duck
123. Least Grebe
124. Hooded Merganser
125. American Oystercatcher
126. Piping Plover
127. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
128. White-eyed Vireo
129. Clay-colored Thrush
130. (Aransas Co., TX) Buff-bellied Hummingbird
131. Jan. 3 (McMullen Co., TX) Lincoln's Sparrow
132. Verdin
133. Swamp Sparrow
[add here: Pine Flycatcher (if TBRC so rules)]
134. Scissortail Flycatcher
135. (San Patricio Co., TX) Horned Lark
136. Jan. 4 (Kenedy Co., TX) Brewer's Blackbird
137. Harris's Hawk
138. Brown-headed Cowbird
139. (Willacy Co., TX) Ross's Goose
140. White-tailed Kite
141. Cinnamon Teal
142. Masked Duck
143. White-faced Ibis
144. (Kleberg Co., TX) Common Ground-Dove
145. Lark Sparrow
146. Cattle Egret
147. Jan. 5 (Nueces Co., TX) Bonaparte's Gull
148. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
149. Eared Grebe
150. Northern Gannet
151. Little Blue Heron
152. Red-breasted Merganser
153. Winter Wren
154. Jan. 6 (Nueces Co., TX) Virginia Rail
155. Merlin
156. Cooper's Hawk
157. Brown Thrasher
158. (Aransas Co., TX) Anhinga
159. Jan. 7 (Aransas Co., TX) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (forgot to include earlier)
160. Chipping Sparrow
161. Le Conte's Sparrow
162, (Refugio Co., TX) American Crow
163. (Milam Co., TX) Eastern Bluebird
164. (Tarrant Co., TX) Downy Woodpecker
165. Jan. 8 (Tarrant Co., TX) Dark-eyed Junco
166. Blue Jay
167. Rufous Hummingbird
168. Carolina Chickadee
169. Jan. 9 (Tarrant Co., TX) Short-eared Owl
170. (Parker Co., TX) Harris's Sparrow
171. Bewick's Wren
172. White-crowned Sparrow
173. Red-bellied Woodpecker
174. (Tarrant Co., TX) Tufted Titmouse
175. Jan. 10 (Tarrant Co., TX) Greater Scaup
176. Jan. 16 (Matagorda Co., TX) Bald Eagle
177. Canada Goose
178. Tree Swallow
179. American Bittern
180. Burrowing Owl
181. Ferruginous Hawk
182. Hermit Thrush
183. Jan. 17 (Matagorda Co., TX) Common Grackle
184. Pileated Woodpecker
185. Eastern Towhee
186. Bronzed Cowbird
187. Indigo Bunting
188. Summer Tanager
189. Jan. 24 (Tarrant Co., TX) Song Sparrow
190. Sharp-shinned Hawk
191. Jan. 31 (Tarrant Co., TX) White-throated Sparrow
192. Monk Parakeet
193. Feb. 2 (Walker Co., TX) Brown-headed Nuthatch
194. White-breasted Nuthatch
195. Feb. 7 (Tarrant Co., TX) Brown Creeper
196. Feb. 13 (Tarrant Co., TX) Golden-crowned Kinglet
197. Western Meadowlark
198. Rusty Blackbird
199. Feb. 14 (Tarrant Co., TX) Fox Sparrow
200. Feb. 16 (Tarrant Co., TX) Barred Owl
201. Feb. 19 (Hidalgo Co., TX) Plain Chachalaca
202. White-tipped Dove
203. Rough-winged Swallow
204. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
205. Altamira Oriole
206. Feb. 20 (Hidalgo Co., TX) Green Parakeet
207. Olive Sparrow
208. Curve-billed Thrasher
209. Ovenbird
210. Wilson's Warbler
211. Black-throated Green Warbler
212. Blue Bunting
213. Lesser Goldfinch
214. Black-chinned Hummingbird
215. Black Phoebe
216. Black-and-white Warbler
217. Yellow-throated Warbler
218. Common Pauraque
219. Eastern Screech-Owl
220. Feb. 21 (Kleberg Co., TX) Northern Bobwhite
221. Feb. 26 (Tarrant Co., TX) House Finch
222. Mallard
223. Field Sparrow
224. Feb. 28 (Tarrant Co., TX) American Woodcock
225. Vesper Sparrow
226. Mar. 2 (Jack Co., TX) Wild Turkey
227. (Hardeman Co, TX) Chihuahuan Raven
228. (Hemphill Co., TX) American Tree Sparrow
229. (Ochiltree Co., TX) Mountain Bluebird
230. (Hutchinson Co., TX) Ring-necked Pheasant
231. Rough-legged Hawk
232. Golden Eagle
233. (Moore Co., TX) Cackling Goose
234. Common Merganser
235. Mar. 3 (Wheeler Co., TX) Prairie Falcon
236. (Collinsworth Co., TX) Greater Roadrunner
237. Mar. 17 (Llano Co., TX) Barn Swallow
238. Western Grebe
239. Red-necked Grebe
240. (Travis Co., TX) Golden-cheeked Warbler
241. Mar. 18 (McLennan Co., TX) Purple Martin
242. Mar. 19 (Tarrant Co., TX) Clay-colored Sparrow
243. Apr. 2 (Tarrant Co., TX) Swainson's Hawk
244. Apr. 10 (Tarrant Co., TX) Chimney Swift
245. Wilson's Phalarope
246. Baird's Sandpiper
247. Pectoral Sandpiper
248. Cliff Swallow
249. Apr. 16 (Tarrant Co., TX) Upland Sandpiper
250. (Jefferson Co., TX) Scarlet Tanager
251. Orchard Oriole
252. Chestnut-sided Warbler
253. Eastern Kingbird
254. Worm-eating Warbler
255. American Redstart
256. Tennessee Warbler
257. Kentucky Warbler
258. Hooded Warbler
259. Prothonotary Warbler
260. Blue-winged Warbler
261. Apr. 17 (Jefferson Co., TX) Green Heron
262. Bay-breasted Warbler
263. Cerulean Warbler
264. Blackpoll Warbler
265. Northern Waterthrush
266. Wood Thrush
267. Swainson's Thrush
268. Yellow-breasted Chat
269. Magnolia Warbler
270. Painted Bunting
271. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
272. Acadian Flycatcher
273. Black-whiskered Vireo
274. Gray-cheeked Thrush
275. Dickcissel
276. Red-eyed Vireo
277. Yellow-throated Vireo
278. Blue Grosbeak
279. Blackburnian Warbler
280. Eastern Wood-Pewee
281. Golden-winged Warbler
282. Apr. 18 (Jefferson Co.) Ash-throated Flycatcher
283. Northern Parula
284. (Anderson) Red-headed Woodpecker
285. Apr. 20 (Tarrant Co.) Western Kingbird
286. Apr. 21 (Tarrant Co.) Spotted Towhee
287. Apr. 24 (Travis Co.) Chuck-will's-widow
288. Common Poorwill
289. Rufous-crowned Sparrow
290. Great Crested Flycatcher
291. Western Scrub-Jay
292. Least Flycatcher
293. Apr. 25 (Travis Co.) Bell's Vireo
294. Canyon Towhee
295. Canyon Wren
296. Common Raven
297. Cave Swallow
298. Apr. 30 (Hardin Co.) Swainson's Warbler
299. Louisiana Waterthrush
300. (Jefferson Co.) Mississippi Kite
301. Fish Crow
302. Bobolink
303. Black-throated Blue Warber
304. Bank Swallow
305. Least Tern
306. Seaside Sparrow
307. (Chambers Co.) Fulvous Whistling-Duck
308. Common Nighthawk
309. May 1 (Chambers Co.) Purple Gallinule
310. Whimbrel
311. Least Bittern
312. (Jefferson Co.) Yellow-headed Blackbird
313. Buff-breasted Sandpiper
314. White-rumped Sandpiper
315, American Golden-Plover
316. (Hardin Co.) Broad-winged Hawk
317. Prairie Warbler
318. (Tyler Co.) Red-headed Woodpecker
319. (Jasper Co.) Swallow-tailed Kite
320. Bachman's Sparrow
321. May 2 (Angelina Co.) Red-cockaded Woodpecker
322, (Jefferson Co.) Common Tern
323. Magnificent Frigatebird
324. Stilt Sandpiper
325. Pomarine Jaeger
326. Short-billed Dowitcher
327. (Chambers Co.) Semipalmated Sandpiper
328. Gull-billed Tern
329. Glossy Ibis
330. (Galveston Co.) Black Tern
331. May 3 (Nueces) Groove-billed Ani
332. Green Kingfisher
333. (Nueces Co.) Surfbird
334. Red Knot
335. Willow Flycatcher
336. Philadelphis Vireo
337. Warbling Vireo
338. May 14 (Tarrant) Pine Siskin
339. May 23 (Tarrant) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
340. Alder Flycatcher
341. May 25 (Kaufman Co.) Franklin's Gull
342. June 10 (Cottle) Cassin's Sparrow
343. June 11 (Wilbarger Co.) Bullock's Oriole
344. July 10 (Tarrant) Solitary Sandpiper
345. July 13 (Pecos Co.) Cactus Wren
346. (Brewster Co.) Cassin's Kingbird
347. Common Black-Hawk
348. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
349. Scott's Oriole
350. Mexican Jay
351. Black-headed Grosbeak
352. July 14 (Brewster Co.) Western Screech-Owl
353. Acorn Woodpecker
354. Dusky-capped Flycatcher
355. Band-tailed Pigeon
356. Colima Warbler
357. Hutton's Vireo
358. White-throated Swift
359. Blue-throated Hummingbird
360. Painted Redstart
361. Cordilleran Flycatcher
362. Zone-tailed Hawk
363. Magnificent Hummingbird
364. Say's Phoebe
365. Varied Bunting
366. Black-throated Sparrow
367. Scaled Quail
368. Elf Owl
369. Lesser Nighthawk
370. July 15 (Brewster Co.) Gray Hawk
371. Tropical Kingbird
372. Lucy's Warbler
373. July 21 (Nueces) Wood Stork
374. Wilson's Plover
375. Snowy Plover
376. Aug. 28 (Nueces) Curlew Sandpiper
377. Aug. 29 (Cameron) Cory's Shearwater
378. Audubon's Shearwater
379. Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
380. Bridled Tern
381. Sooty Tern
382. Masked Booby
383. Leach's Storm-Petrel
384. Aug. 30 (Nueces) Brown Noddy
385. Canada Warbler
386. Mourning Warbler
387. Sept. 16 (Refugio Co.) Brown-crested Flycatcher

And the "normal" birds trickle in. It's so hard to just sit back and watch those rarities come and go, and not chase them.