Brian and Darchelle's 2022 Washington Big Year List - ABA-countable and exotic species

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 Seq 
Species2
Date 
Location (link to eBird checklist) 
Journal3
Additional Photos4/ Notes5
379
Brambling
12/11
12/20 photos by ES,WH
378
Helmeted Guineafowl
12/04
Exotic #4
377
Muscovy Duck
12/03
Exotic #3
375
Black-throated Green Warbler
11/28
374
Spotted Owl
11/24
Packwood
-
Heard only
373
Hooded Oriole
11/21
372
Little Gull
11/08
371
Brown Booby
10/25
370
Eurasian Skylark
10/23
Id by others, photo by LH
369
Tropical Kingbird
10/20
367
Black-legged Kittiwake
10/09
366
Leach's Storm-Petrel
10/09
365
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
9/25
364
Stilt Sandpiper
9/24
Id by others
363
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
9/24
362
Parasitic Jaeger
9/17
361
Boreal Owl
9/15
Heard only
360
White-tailed Ptarmigan
9/15
Heard only
359
Arctic Tern
9/14
Id by others
357
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
9/06
356
Pacific Golden-Plover
9/03
355
Pomarine Jaeger
9/02
Id by others
353
Flesh-footed Shearwater
9/02
350
Long-tailed Jaeger
9/02
Id by spotters
347
Black-footed Albatross
9/02
346
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
9/02
344
Pink-footed Shearwater
9/02
341
Short-tailed Shearwater
9/02
340
Blackpoll Warbler
8/27
339
Bar-tailed Godwit
8/14
Id by photos
337
American Goshawk
8/12
B heard only
335
Horned Puffin
7/11
334
Tufted Puffin
7/11
333
Heermann's Gull
7/11
330
Chestnut-sided Warbler
6/16
329
Black-and-white Warbler
6/09
328
Great-tailed Grackle
6/05
326
Snowy Egret
6/02
325
Black-throated Sparrow
5/30
324
Amer Three-toed Woodpecker
5/29
323
Ash-throated Flycatcher
5/28
321
Willow Flycatcher
5/28
320
Green-tailed Towhee
5/28
photo by LH
319
Black Tern
5/27
318
Least Flycatcher
5/27
Heard only
316
Red-eyed Vireo
5/26
Recording 6/03
315
Northern Waterthrush
5/26
314
American Redstart
5/26
313
Clay-colored Sparrow
5/26
312
Eastern Kingbird
5/26
311
Common Nighthawk
5/25
310
Common Poorwill
5/25
Heard only
306
Swainson's Thrush
5/22
305
Olive-sided Flycatcher
5/20
304
Flammulated Owl
5/19
Heard only
303
Broad-winged Hawk
5/19
302
Hudsonian Godwit
5/14
301
Great Gray Owl
5/13
300
Black-chinned Hummingbird
5/13
298
White-faced Ibis
5/13
297
Western Wood-Pewee
5/13
296
Yellow-breasted Chat
5/13
295
Lazuli Bunting
5/13
294
Wilson's Phalarope
5/12
293
Bank Swallow
5/12
290
Common Tern
5/11
289
Black-headed Grosbeak
5/11
-
288
Costa's Hummingbird
5/09
286
Semipalmated Sandpiper
5/07
285
Red-necked Phalarope
5/07
282
Blue-winged Teal
5/05
281
Pectoral Sandpiper
5/05
280
Bullock's Oriole
5/05
279
Monk Parakeet
5/05
Exotic #2
278
American Golden-Plover
5/02
276
MacGillivray's Warbler
4/30
-
275
Hermit Warbler
4/30
274
Northern Bobwhite
4/30
273
Chipping Sparrow
4/30
272
Dusky Flycatcher
4/30
269
Western Flycatcher
4/29
-
268
Vaux's Swift
4/29
267
Gray Flycatcher
4/28
265
Calliope Hummingbird
4/28
264
Hammond's Flycatcher
4/28
262
Warbling Vireo
4/27
261
Black-throated Gray Warbler
4/27
260
Wilson's Warbler
4/27
259
Solitary Sandpiper
4/27
256
Western Kingbird
4/24
-
254
Short-billed Dowitcher
4/20
252
American Pipit
4/15
251
Black-headed Gull
4/08
249
Swainson's Hawk
4/03
246
Sora
3/30
B heard only
243
Common Yellowthroat
3/30
242
Northern Rough-winged Swal
3/28
241
Barn Swallow
3/28
240
Red-naped Sapsucker
3/27
239
Black-backed Woodpecker
3/27
235
White-throated Swift
3/26
233
Burrowing Owl
3/26
232
Tricolored Blackbird
3/25
231
Cliff Swallow
3/25
230
Long-billed Curlew
3/25
229
Sooty Grouse
3/25
Heard only
228
Vesper Sparrow
3/25
224
Red-flanked Bluetail
3/21
223
Ruddy Turnstone
3/17
222
Rufous Hummingbird
3/16
221
Yellow-billed Loon
3/16
photo by ST
220
Mountain Bluebird
3/11
219
Sagebrush Sparrow
3/11
218
Williamson's Sapsucker
3/10
217
Evening Grosbeak
3/10
214
Violet-green Swallow
3/07
213
Turkey Vulture
3/07
-
212
Mountain Quail
3/07
Heard only
211
Gyrfalcon
3/03
210
Rock Wren
2/27
-
209
Western Screech-Owl
2/26
Heard only
208
Ferruginous Hawk
2/25
207
Say's Phoebe
2/25
206
Loggerhead Shrike
2/25
204
American Dipper
2/18
201
Marbled Murrelet
2/17
200
Bonaparte's Gull
2/17
199
Pacific Loon
2/17
198
Western Bluebird
2/14
-
197
Lapland Longspur
2/13
Heard only
196
White-headed Woodpecker
2/13
188
Orange-crowned Warbler
2/07
187
Swamp Sparrow
2/06
186
Lewis's Woodpecker
2/06
185
Acorn Woodpecker
2/06
184
Clark's Grebe
2/06
183
Yellow-headed Blackbird
2/04
-
181
Slaty-backed Gull
2/04
180
Common Grackle
2/03
179
Rhinoceros Auklet
1/31
178
Black Phoebe
1/31
177
Hutton's Vireo
1/31
-
Heard only
174
Virginia Rail
1/30
Heard only
172
Black Oystercatcher
1/29
-
170
White-winged Scoter
1/29
-
169
White-throated Sparrow
1/29
168
Brown-headed Cowbird
1/29
-
165
Greater White-fronted Goose
1/28
164
Western Grebe
1/28
-
163
Marbled Godwit
1/28
158
Semipalmated Plover
1/27
156
Western Sandpiper
1/27
154
Red-breasted Sapsucker
1/27
-
153
Long-tailed Duck
1/27
152
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
1/27
-
151
Pacific Wren
1/27
-
148
Long-billed Dowitcher
1/24
-
147
Golden-crowned Kinglet
1/24
-
145
Great Egret
1/24
-
144
Red-shouldered Hawk
1/24
142
Sandhill Crane
1/24
-
141
California Scrub-Jay
1/24
-
140
Tennessee Warbler
1/24
139
Barn Owl
1/23
-
138
Northern Mockingbird
1/23
134
Herring Gull
1/21
-
133
Iceland Gull
1/21
-
132
Glaucous Gull
1/21
131
Lesser Goldfinch
1/21
130
Prairie Falcon
1/21
-
129
Harris's Sparrow
1/21
128
Black-crowned Night-Heron
1/21
127
American Goldfinch
1/21
-
126
California Gull
1/21
-
125
American White Pelican
1/21
123
Mandarin Duck
1/20
Exotic #1
122
Common Merganser
1/20
-
121
Ring-billed Gull
1/20
-
120
Brown Creeper
1/20
-
119
Hooded Merganser
1/17
118
Green Heron
1/17
117
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1/17
-
116
Canvasback
1/16
-
115
Ruddy Duck
1/16
-
114
Horned Grebe
1/16
-
113
American Tree Sparrow
1/16
112
Hairy Woodpecker
1/16
110
White-breasted Nuthatch
1/15
-
109
Clark's Nutcracker
1/15
-
108
Mountain Chickadee
1/15
-
107
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
1/15
106
Snow Bunting
1/15
105
White-winged Crossbill
1/14
104
Gray Partridge
1/14
103
Sharp-shinned Hawk
1/14
-
102
Wild Turkey
1/14
101
Golden Eagle
1/14
100
Red-breasted Nuthatch
1/14
-
99
Pygmy Nuthatch
1/14
-
98
Townsend's Solitaire
1/14
-
97
Red Crossbill
1/14
-
96
Sharp-tailed Grouse
1/14
93
Black-billed Magpie
1/14
-
92
Northern Saw-whet Owl
1/13
-
90
Ring-necked Duck
1/13
-
87
California Quail
1/13
-
86
Bewick's Wren
1/10
-
85
Rusty Blackbird
1/09
82
Northern Shrike
1/08
-
80
Emperor Goose
1/08
79
Brewer's Blackbird
1/08
-
78
Barrow's Goldeneye
1/07
-
76
Brandt's Cormorant
1/07
-
74
Cackling Goose
1/07
-
73
Lesser Black-backed Gull
1/07
72
Pied-billed Grebe
1/03
-
71
American Coot
1/03
-
70
Hoary Redpoll
1/03
68
Great Blue Heron
1/03
-
67
Canada Goose
1/02
-
66
Purple Finch
1/02
-
65
Black-bellied Plover
1/02
-
64
Red-necked Grebe
1/02
-
63
Eurasian Collared-Dove
1/02
-
62
Downy Woodpecker
1/02
-
61
Northern Shoveler
1/02
-
57
Yellow-rumped Warbler
1/02
55
Anna's Hummingbird
1/02
-
53
Common Goldeneye
1/01
-
52
Red-breasted Merganser
1/01
-
51
Common Murre
1/01
-
50
Pigeon Guillemot
1/01
-
49
Red-throated Loon
1/01
-
48
Pelagic Cormorant
1/01
-
45
Northern Pintail
1/01
-
44
Green-winged Teal
1/01
-
39
Greater Yellowlegs
1/01
-
38
Short-billed Gull
1/01
-
36
Belted Kingfisher
1/01
-
35
Spotted Towhee
1/01
-
34
Snow Goose
1/01
-
33
Trumpeter Swan
1/01
-
32
Eurasian Wigeon
1/01
-
31
American Wigeon
1/01
30
Mourning Dove
1/01
-
29
Northern Harrier
1/01
-
28
Cooper's Hawk
1/01
-
27
Red-tailed Hawk
1/01
-
26
Northern Flicker
1/01
-
25
American Kestrel
1/01
-
24
Peregrine Falcon
1/01
23
Steller's Jay
1/01
-
22
Common Raven
1/01
-
21
Black-capped Chickadee
1/01
-
20
Varied Thrush
1/01
19
American Robin
1/01
-
18
House Finch
1/01
-
17
Common Redpoll
1/01
-
16
Pine Siskin
1/01
-
15
Fox Sparrow
1/01
-
14
Dark-eyed Junco
1/01
-
13
White-crowned Sparrow
1/01
-
12
Golden-crowned Sparrow
1/01
-
11
Lincoln's Sparrow
1/01
-
10
Western Meadowlark
1/01
-
5
Red-winged Blackbird
1/01
-
4
Glaucous-winged Gull
1/01
-
3
Double-crested Cormorant
1/01
-
Footnotes
1 Explanation of Filters:
"All" lists all 380 species seen or heard.
"Exclude Exotics" lists the 376 non-Exotic species seen or heard.
"Include missed species (non-exotic)" lists 376 non-Exotic species along with the 15 species missed but observed in the state by others during 2022. This constitutes a complete list of all ABA-countable species recorded in eBird in Washington during 2022.
"Missed species only" lists the 15 non-Exotic species observed in the state by others but not by us.
"Seen once" lists the species which we observed only once, or at least recorded on only one checklist, during the year.
"Rare/difficult" lists the species which in Brian's opinion are either rare or usually not easy to find even in suitable habitat in the state. These, along with the "Seen once" species, are the ones to prioritize if doing a big year in Washington.
"Heard only" are the species which we identified by call or song but did not see.
2 Species taxonomy is based on the 64th supplement + to the AOU Check-list of North American Birds published July 2023.
3 Dates in the Journal column are links to entries in Brian's online journal including commentary and/or photos about the initial sighting for the species. As noted in the journal, all photos were taken by Darchelle unless otherwise attributed.
4 Similar to the Journal column, dates under Additional Photos are links to journal entries with commentary and/or photos about additional sightings of the species.
5 Explanation of Notes
"Heard only" indicates that neither of us saw the bird but were able to identify it by call or song.
"B Heard only" indicates that although Darchelle saw the bird, Brian only heard it.
"Photo by" with initials indicates that Brian included a photo by someone other than Darchelle in the journal entry, with attribution in the journal entry Itself.
"Id by D" indicates that Brian saw or heard the bird with Darchelle but not well enough to identify it. She described what she saw or heard at the time to Brian who confirmed her identification.
"Id by others" indicates that neither Darchelle nor Brian saw the bird well enough or at close enough range to identify it, but that other people (including spotters on the pelagic trip) viewing the same bird at the same time were able to identify it.
"Id by photos" describes a situation where Darchelle saw the bird through the spotting scope, identified it and got photos while Brian, watching without optics, was unable to distinguish the bird from others in the flock but was able to confirm its presence and identity from Darchelle's photos. Including these birds in Brian's list is a concession made because his disability prevents him from standing to look through the scope; he saw the bird but was unable to pick it out due to his inability to use optics.

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