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

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Species2
Date 
Location (link to eBird checklist) 
Journal3
Additional Photos4/ Notes5
1
Emperor Goose
1/08
2
Snow Goose
1/01
-
4
Greater White-fronted Goose
1/28
6
Cackling Goose
1/07
-
7
Canada Goose
1/02
-
8
Trumpeter Swan
1/01
-
14
Northern Shoveler
1/02
-
16
Eurasian Wigeon
1/01
-
17
American Wigeon
1/01
19
Northern Pintail
1/01
-
20
Green-winged Teal
1/01
-
21
Canvasback
1/16
-
23
Ring-necked Duck
1/13
-
29
White-winged Scoter
1/29
-
31
Long-tailed Duck
1/27
33
Common Goldeneye
1/01
-
34
Barrow's Goldeneye
1/07
-
35
Hooded Merganser
1/17
36
Common Merganser
1/20
-
37
Red-breasted Merganser
1/01
-
38
Ruddy Duck
1/16
-
39
Mountain Quail
3/07
Heard only
40
Northern Bobwhite
4/30
41
California Quail
1/13
-
42
Wild Turkey
1/14
46
Sooty Grouse
3/25
Heard only
47
Sharp-tailed Grouse
1/14
48
White-tailed Ptarmigan
9/15
Heard only
50
Gray Partridge
1/14
53
Pied-billed Grebe
1/03
-
54
Horned Grebe
1/16
-
55
Red-necked Grebe
1/02
-
57
Western Grebe
1/28
-
58
Clark's Grebe
2/06
61
Eurasian Collared-Dove
1/02
-
62
Mourning Dove
1/01
-
63
Common Nighthawk
5/25
64
Common Poorwill
5/25
Heard only
66
Vaux's Swift
4/29
67
White-throated Swift
3/26
68
Black-chinned Hummingbird
5/13
69
Anna's Hummingbird
1/02
-
71
Calliope Hummingbird
4/28
72
Rufous Hummingbird
3/16
73
Virginia Rail
1/30
Heard only
74
Sora
3/30
B heard only
75
American Coot
1/03
-
79
Black Oystercatcher
1/29
-
80
Black-bellied Plover
1/02
-
81
American Golden-Plover
5/02
82
Pacific Golden-Plover
9/03
84
Semipalmated Plover
1/27
87
Long-billed Curlew
3/25
88
Bar-tailed Godwit
8/14
Id by photos
89
Hudsonian Godwit
5/14
90
Marbled Godwit
1/28
91
Ruddy Turnstone
3/17
95
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
9/25
96
Stilt Sandpiper
9/24
Id by others
102
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
9/06
103
Pectoral Sandpiper
5/05
104
Semipalmated Sandpiper
5/07
105
Western Sandpiper
1/27
106
Short-billed Dowitcher
4/20
107
Long-billed Dowitcher
1/24
-
109
Wilson's Phalarope
5/12
110
Red-necked Phalarope
5/07
113
Solitary Sandpiper
4/27
115
Greater Yellowlegs
1/01
-
119
Pomarine Jaeger
9/02
Id by others
120
Parasitic Jaeger
9/17
121
Long-tailed Jaeger
9/02
Id by spotters
122
Common Murre
1/01
-
123
Pigeon Guillemot
1/01
-
124
Marbled Murrelet
2/17
127
Rhinoceros Auklet
1/31
128
Horned Puffin
7/11
129
Tufted Puffin
7/11
130
Black-legged Kittiwake
10/09
132
Bonaparte's Gull
2/17
133
Black-headed Gull
4/08
134
Little Gull
11/08
136
Heermann's Gull
7/11
137
Short-billed Gull
1/01
-
138
Ring-billed Gull
1/20
-
140
California Gull
1/21
-
141
Herring Gull
1/21
-
142
Iceland Gull
1/21
-
143
Lesser Black-backed Gull
1/07
144
Slaty-backed Gull
2/04
145
Glaucous-winged Gull
1/01
-
146
Glaucous Gull
1/21
148
Black Tern
5/27
149
Common Tern
5/11
150
Arctic Tern
9/14
Id by others
152
Red-throated Loon
1/01
-
153
Pacific Loon
2/17
155
Yellow-billed Loon
3/16
photo by ST
157
Black-footed Albatross
9/02
158
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
9/02
159
Leach's Storm-Petrel
10/09
161
Pink-footed Shearwater
9/02
162
Flesh-footed Shearwater
9/02
165
Short-tailed Shearwater
9/02
167
Brown Booby
10/25
168
Brandt's Cormorant
1/07
-
169
Pelagic Cormorant
1/01
-
170
Double-crested Cormorant
1/01
-
171
American White Pelican
1/21
174
Great Blue Heron
1/03
-
175
Great Egret
1/24
-
176
Snowy Egret
6/02
177
Green Heron
1/17
178
Black-crowned Night-Heron
1/21
179
White-faced Ibis
5/13
180
Turkey Vulture
3/07
-
183
Golden Eagle
1/14
184
Northern Harrier
1/01
-
185
Sharp-shinned Hawk
1/14
-
186
Cooper's Hawk
1/01
-
187
American Goshawk
8/12
B heard only
189
Red-shouldered Hawk
1/24
190
Broad-winged Hawk
5/19
191
Swainson's Hawk
4/03
192
Red-tailed Hawk
1/01
-
193
Rough-legged Hawk
1/01
-
194
Ferruginous Hawk
2/25
195
Barn Owl
1/23
-
196
Flammulated Owl
5/19
Heard only
197
Western Screech-Owl
2/26
Heard only
201
Burrowing Owl
3/26
203
Spotted Owl
11/24
Packwood
-
Heard only
204
Great Gray Owl
5/13
207
Boreal Owl
9/15
Heard only
208
Northern Saw-whet Owl
1/13
-
209
Belted Kingfisher
1/01
-
210
Williamson's Sapsucker
3/10
211
Red-naped Sapsucker
3/27
212
Red-breasted Sapsucker
1/27
-
213
Lewis's Woodpecker
2/06
214
Acorn Woodpecker
2/06
215
Amer Three-toed Woodpecker
5/29
216
Black-backed Woodpecker
3/27
217
Downy Woodpecker
1/02
-
218
Hairy Woodpecker
1/16
219
White-headed Woodpecker
2/13
221
Northern Flicker
1/01
-
222
American Kestrel
1/01
-
224
Gyrfalcon
3/03
225
Peregrine Falcon
1/01
226
Prairie Falcon
1/21
-
227
Olive-sided Flycatcher
5/20
228
Western Wood-Pewee
5/13
229
Willow Flycatcher
5/28
230
Least Flycatcher
5/27
Heard only
231
Hammond's Flycatcher
4/28
232
Gray Flycatcher
4/28
233
Dusky Flycatcher
4/30
234
Western Flycatcher
4/29
-
235
Black Phoebe
1/31
237
Say's Phoebe
2/25
238
Ash-throated Flycatcher
5/28
239
Tropical Kingbird
10/20
240
Western Kingbird
4/24
-
241
Eastern Kingbird
5/26
242
Hutton's Vireo
1/31
-
Heard only
244
Warbling Vireo
4/27
245
Red-eyed Vireo
5/26
Recording 6/03
246
Loggerhead Shrike
2/25
247
Northern Shrike
1/08
-
249
Steller's Jay
1/01
-
251
California Scrub-Jay
1/24
-
252
Black-billed Magpie
1/14
-
253
Clark's Nutcracker
1/15
-
254
American Crow
1/01
-
255
Common Raven
1/01
-
256
Black-capped Chickadee
1/01
-
257
Mountain Chickadee
1/15
-
258
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
1/27
-
261
Eurasian Skylark
10/23
Id by others, photo by LH
262
Northern Rough-winged Swal
3/28
265
Violet-green Swallow
3/07
266
Bank Swallow
5/12
267
Barn Swallow
3/28
268
Cliff Swallow
3/25
270
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1/17
-
271
Golden-crowned Kinglet
1/24
-
272
Red-breasted Nuthatch
1/14
-
273
White-breasted Nuthatch
1/15
-
274
Pygmy Nuthatch
1/14
-
275
Brown Creeper
1/20
-
277
Rock Wren
2/27
-
280
Pacific Wren
1/27
-
282
Bewick's Wren
1/10
-
283
American Dipper
2/18
287
Northern Mockingbird
1/23
289
Western Bluebird
2/14
-
290
Mountain Bluebird
3/11
291
Townsend's Solitaire
1/14
-
292
Varied Thrush
1/01
294
Swainson's Thrush
5/22
296
American Robin
1/01
-
297
Red-flanked Bluetail
3/21
300
House Sparrow
1/01
-
301
American Pipit
4/15
302
Brambling
12/11
photos by ES,WH
303
Evening Grosbeak
3/10
305
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
1/15
306
House Finch
1/01
-
307
Purple Finch
1/02
-
309
Common Redpoll
1/01
-
310
Hoary Redpoll
1/03
311
Red Crossbill
1/14
-
312
White-winged Crossbill
1/14
313
Pine Siskin
1/01
-
314
Lesser Goldfinch
1/21
315
American Goldfinch
1/21
-
316
Lapland Longspur
2/13
Heard only
317
Snow Bunting
1/15
319
Chipping Sparrow
4/30
320
Clay-colored Sparrow
5/26
322
Black-throated Sparrow
5/30
324
American Tree Sparrow
1/16
325
Fox Sparrow
1/01
-
326
Dark-eyed Junco
1/01
-
327
White-crowned Sparrow
1/01
-
328
Golden-crowned Sparrow
1/01
-
329
Harris's Sparrow
1/21
330
White-throated Sparrow
1/29
331
Sagebrush Sparrow
3/11
332
Vesper Sparrow
3/25
335
Lincoln's Sparrow
1/01
-
336
Swamp Sparrow
2/06
337
Green-tailed Towhee
5/28
photo by LH
338
Spotted Towhee
1/01
-
339
Yellow-breasted Chat
5/13
340
Yellow-headed Blackbird
2/04
-
342
Western Meadowlark
1/01
-
343
Hooded Oriole
11/21
344
Bullock's Oriole
5/05
345
Red-winged Blackbird
1/01
-
346
Tricolored Blackbird
3/25
347
Brown-headed Cowbird
1/29
-
348
Rusty Blackbird
1/09
349
Brewer's Blackbird
1/08
-
350
Common Grackle
2/03
351
Great-tailed Grackle
6/05
352
Northern Waterthrush
5/26
353
Black-and-white Warbler
6/09
354
Tennessee Warbler
1/24
355
Orange-crowned Warbler
2/07
357
MacGillivray's Warbler
4/30
-
358
Common Yellowthroat
3/30
359
American Redstart
5/26
361
Chestnut-sided Warbler
6/16
362
Blackpoll Warbler
8/27
364
Yellow-rumped Warbler
1/02
365
Black-throated Gray Warbler
4/27
367
Hermit Warbler
4/30
368
Black-throated Green Warbler
11/28
369
Wilson's Warbler
4/27
371
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
9/24
372
Black-headed Grosbeak
5/11
-
374
Lazuli Bunting
5/13
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 not usually 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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