2003 Summary - Stuart Healy, Western U.S. Bird Guide

Location	Species Seen	Unique Species	Birding Days
Alaska	139	55	20
Arizona	340	131	237
California	180	24	8
Colorado	83	3	3
Idaho	40	1	1
Montana	83	3	4
New Mexico	10	0	3
Oregon	8	0	2
Washington	20	0	2
Wyoming	64	1	2

445 species recorded 273 birding days in 10 states	A K	A Z	C A	C O	I D	M T	N M	O R	W A	W Y	106 species photographed, 149 total images Images open in New Window, switch to Main Window
DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL (37)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck		x
Greater White-fronted Goose	x		x
Snow Goose	x	x	x
Ross's Goose		x
Brant	x		x
Canada Goose	x	x	x	x	x
Trumpeter Swan	x										TRUS20030611AK-NEST
Tundra Swan	x
Wood Duck		x	x								WODU20030103AZ
Gadwall		x	x			x				x
American Wigeon	x	x	x			x				x	AMWI20030104AZ
Mallard	x	x	x	x		x				x
Blue-winged Teal		x	x			x
Cinnamon Teal		x	x								CITE20030407AZ
Northern Shoveler	x	x	x
Northern Pintail	x	x	x
Green-winged Teal	x	x	x
Canvasback	x	x
Redhead		x	x			x					REDH20030407AZ
Ring-necked Duck		x	x	x
Greater Scaup	x	x	x
Lesser Scaup	x	x	x			x				x
Steller's Eider	x										STEI20030606AK
Spectacled Eider	x										SPEI20030606AK
Common Eider	x
Harlequin Duck	x										HADU20030610AK
Surf Scoter	x		x
White-winged Scoter	x		x
Black Scoter	x
Long-tailed Duck	x										LTDU20030606AK
Bufflehead	x	x	x
Common Goldeneye		x
Barrow's Goldeneye	x
Hooded Merganser		x
Common Merganser	x	x		x	x					x
Red-breasted Merganser	x	x	x
Ruddy Duck		x	x			x
NEW WORLD QUAIL (4)
Scaled Quail		x
California Quail			x
Gambel's Quail		x	x
Montezuma Quail		x
PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES (6)
Gray Partridge						x
Ring-necked Pheasant			x
Willow Ptarmigan	x										WIPT20030610AK
Rock Ptarmigan	x										ROPT20030613AK ROPT20030613AK-F
Dusky Grouse		x
Wild Turkey		x	x
LOONS (4)
Red-throated Loon	x		x
Arctic Loon	x
Pacific Loon	x		x								PALO20030609AK
Common Loon	x	x	x
GREBES (6)
Pied-billed Grebe		x	x								PBGR20030123AZ
Horned Grebe		x	x								HOGR20031211AZ-DOC1 HOGR20031211AZ-DOC2
Red-necked Grebe	x
Eared Grebe		x	x			x
Western Grebe		x	x		x				x
Clark's Grebe		x							x
CORMORANTS AND SHAGS (4)
Neotropic Cormorant		x
Double-crested Cormorant	x	x	x	x
Red-faced Cormorant	x										RFCO20030602AK
Pelagic Cormorant	x		x								PECO20030328CA
PELICANS (2)
American White Pelican		x	x	x		x				x
Brown Pelican		x	x
HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS (8)
American Bittern		x
Least Bittern		x
Great Blue Heron		x	x			x			x
Great Egret		x	x
Snowy Egret		x	x							x
Cattle Egret		x	x
Green Heron		x	x
Black-crowned Night-Heron		x	x								BCNH20030925AZ
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS (1)
White-faced Ibis		x	x
NEW WORLD VULTURES (2)
Black Vulture		x
Turkey Vulture		x	x	x			x			x
OSPREY (1)
Osprey	x	x	x		x	x
HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES (17)
White-tailed Kite		x	x
Mississippi Kite		x
Bald Eagle	x	x									BAEA20030601AK BAEA20030603AK
Northern Harrier	x	x	x	x
Sharp-shinned Hawk		x				x					SSHA20031203AZ-1 SSHA20031203AZ-2
Cooper's Hawk		x	x	x
Northern Goshawk		x								x
Common Black-Hawk		x									COBH20030710AZ-NEST COBH20030710AZ-NEST-JUV
Harris's Hawk		x
Red-shouldered Hawk			x
Gray Hawk		x
Swainson's Hawk		x				x	x			x
Zone-tailed Hawk		x
Red-tailed Hawk		x	x	x		x			x	x
Ferruginous Hawk		x
Rough-legged Hawk	x
Golden Eagle		x		x
FALCONS (6)
Crested Caracara		x
American Kestrel		x	x		x	x	x		x	x
Merlin		x									MERL20030122AZ MERL20030310AZ MERL20031118AZ
Gyrfalcon	x
Peregrine Falcon		x	x
Prairie Falcon		x								x	PRFA20031008AZ
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS (4)
Virginia Rail		x
Sora		x	x
Common Moorhen		x	x
American Coot		x	x			x
CRANES (1)
Sandhill Crane	x	x
PLOVERS (7)
Black-bellied Plover		x	x								BBPL20030907AZ-JUV
American Golden-Plover	x										AMGP20030610AK
Pacific Golden-Plover	x										PAGP20030614AK-1 PAGP20030614AK-2-NEST PAGP20030614AK-3
Snowy Plover			x
Semipalmated Plover	x	x	x
Killdeer		x	x		x	x			x	x	KILL20030102AZ
Mountain Plover		x									MOUP20030103AZ
OYSTERCATCHERS (1)
Black Oystercatcher	x		x
STILTS AND AVOCETS (2)
Black-necked Stilt		x	x			x
American Avocet		x	x							x
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES (28)
Spotted Sandpiper	x	x	x	x		x
Solitary Sandpiper	x
Wandering Tattler	x		x								WATA20030325CA WATA20030530AK
Greater Yellowlegs	x	x	x
Willet		x	x
Lesser Yellowlegs	x	x	x
Upland Sandpiper						x
Whimbrel	x		x
Bristle-thighed Curlew	x
Long-billed Curlew		x	x
Bar-tailed Godwit	x										BARG20030616AK
Marbled Godwit		x	x			x
Ruddy Turnstone	x		x
Black Turnstone			x
Surfbird			x
Sanderling		x									SAND20031001AZ-JUV
Semipalmated Sandpiper	x	x									SESA20030606AK
Western Sandpiper	x	x	x
Least Sandpiper		x	x								LESA20031024AZ
Baird's Sandpiper	x	x									BASA20030814AZ
Pectoral Sandpiper	x	x									PESA20030607AK PESA20030918AZ-JUV
Dunlin	x	x	x								DUNL20030608AK
Stilt Sandpiper		x
Long-billed Dowitcher	x	x	x								LBDO20030606AK
Wilson's Snipe	x	x				x
Wilson's Phalarope		x		x		x				x
Red-necked Phalarope	x	x									RNPH20030607AK
Red Phalarope	x										REPH20030606AK REPH20030607AK
GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS (21)
Black-legged Kittiwake	x										BLKI20030602AK-1 BLKI20030602AK-2
Sabine's Gull	x	x
Bonaparte's Gull	x	x	x
Franklin's Gull		x				x					FRGU20030814AZ
Heermann's Gull			x								HEEG20030325CA
Mew Gull	x										MEGU20030530AK
Ring-billed Gull		x	x		x	x			x	x
Western Gull			x
Yellow-footed Gull			x
California Gull		x	x			x				x
Herring Gull	x	x
Glaucous-winged Gull	x
Glaucous Gull	x
Aleutian Tern	x
Gull-billed Tern			x
Caspian Tern		x	x								CATE20030925AZ-AD+JUV-DOC
Black Tern		x				x
Common Tern		x				x
Arctic Tern	x										ARTE20030608AK ARTE20030610AK
Forster's Tern		x	x			x			x
Elegant Tern			x
SKUAS AND JAEGERS (3)
Pomarine Jaeger	x										POJA20030608AK
Parasitic Jaeger	x
Long-tailed Jaeger	x										LTJA20030617AK-NEST
AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS (5)
Common Murre	x
Thick-billed Murre	x
Pigeon Guillemot	x		x
Marbled Murrelet	x
Tufted Puffin	x										TUPU20030602AK
PIGEONS AND DOVES (9)
Rock Pigeon	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	x
Band-tailed Pigeon		x	x								BTPI20030715AZ
Eurasian Collared-Dove		x									EUCD20030411AZ EUCD20031008AZ
Spotted Dove			x
White-winged Dove		x
Mourning Dove		x	x	x	x	x				x
Inca Dove		x
Common Ground-Dove		x	x
Ruddy Ground-Dove		x									RUGD20030110AZ
CUCKOOS (2)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo		x
Greater Roadrunner		x									GRRO20030111AZ
BARN-OWLS (1)
Barn Owl		x
OWLS (7)
Western Screech-Owl		x
Whiskered Screech-Owl		x
Great Horned Owl		x				x
Northern Pygmy-Owl		x									NOPO20030928AZ
Elf Owl		x
Burrowing Owl		x	x								BUOW20030326CA
Spotted Owl		x									SPOW20030112AZ SPOW20030115AZ SPOW20030324AZ-1 SPOW20030324AZ-2 SPOW20030422AZ SPOW20030426AZ SPOW20030506AZ SPOW20030807AZ-ADULT SPOW20030807AZ-JUV SPOW20030821AZ SPOW20030823AZ SPOW20030903AZ-HY SPOW20030916AZ-HY SPOW20031125AZ-1 SPOW20031125AZ-2 SPOW20031128AZ
NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES (5)
Lesser Nighthawk		x	x
Common Nighthawk		x		x
Common Poorwill		x
Buff-collared Nightjar		x
Mexican Whip-poor-will		x
SWIFTS (3)
Black Swift				x							BLSW20030625CO-NEST
Vaux's Swift		x
White-throated Swift		x	x	x						x
HUMMINGBIRDS (13)
Magnificent Hummingbird		x
Plain-capped Starthroat		x
Blue-throated Hummingbird		x
Lucifer Hummingbird		x
Black-chinned Hummingbird		x
Anna's Hummingbird		x	x
Costa's Hummingbird		x
Broad-tailed Hummingbird		x		x						x
Rufous Hummingbird	x	x									RUHU20030404AZ
Allen's Hummingbird			x
Calliope Hummingbird		x
Broad-billed Hummingbird		x									BBLH20030314AZ
Violet-crowned Hummingbird		x
TROGONS (1)
Elegant Trogon		x
KINGFISHERS (1)
Belted Kingfisher	x	x	x
WOODPECKERS (15)
Lewis's Woodpecker		x	x	x							LEWO20030223AZ
Acorn Woodpecker		x	x								ACWO20030130AZ
Gila Woodpecker		x	x
Williamson's Sapsucker		x				x
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker		x
Red-naped Sapsucker		x		x		x					RNSA20030201AZ RNSA20030717AZ-JUV
Ladder-backed Woodpecker		x
Nuttall's Woodpecker			x
Downy Woodpecker			x
Hairy Woodpecker		x	x	x		x
Arizona Woodpecker		x									ARWO20030404AZ-F
White-headed Woodpecker			x
American Three-toed Woodpecker		x
Northern Flicker	x	x	x	x	x	x				x
Gilded Flicker		x
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (26)
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet		x
Olive-sided Flycatcher	x	x									OSFL20030602AK
Greater Pewee		x
Western Wood-Pewee	x	x	x	x	x	x				x
Alder Flycatcher	x
Willow Flycatcher		x			x
Least Flycatcher						x
Hammond's Flycatcher		x
Gray Flycatcher		x
Dusky Flycatcher		x		x		x
Pacific-slope Flycatcher		x	x
Cordilleran Flycatcher		x		x	x
Buff-breasted Flycatcher		x
Black Phoebe		x	x								BLPH20030107AZ
Eastern Phoebe		x
Say's Phoebe		x	x
Vermilion Flycatcher		x									VEFL20030107AZ-IMM VEFL20030114AZ-IMM-F VEFL20031104AZ
Dusky-capped Flycatcher		x
Ash-throated Flycatcher		x	x
Brown-crested Flycatcher		x
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher		x
Tropical Kingbird		x
Cassin's Kingbird		x	x
Thick-billed Kingbird		x									TBKI20030502AZ
Western Kingbird		x	x	x		x
Eastern Kingbird				x	x	x
TITYRAS AND ALLIES (1)
Rose-throated Becard		x
SHRIKES (1)
Loggerhead Shrike		x	x	x						x	LOSH20030409AZ
VIREOS (7)
Bell's Vireo		x
Gray Vireo		x
Plumbeous Vireo		x		x
Cassin's Vireo		x						x
Hutton's Vireo		x
Warbling Vireo		x	x	x	x	x				x
Red-eyed Vireo					x
CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES (13)
Gray Jay	x	x		x							GRAJ20030604AK-JUV
Pinyon Jay		x
Steller's Jay	x	x	x	x
Blue Jay				x						x
Western Scrub-Jay		x	x					x			WESJ20030223AZ
Mexican Jay		x									MEJA20030220AZ
Black-billed Magpie	x			x		x	x		x	x
Yellow-billed Magpie			x
Clark's Nutcracker		x		x		x				x
American Crow		x	x	x	x	x			x
Northwestern Crow	x										NOCR20030529AK
Chihuahuan Raven		x
Common Raven	x	x	x	x		x		x	x	x
LARKS (1)
Horned Lark	x	x	x	x		x				x	HOLA20031023AZ
SWALLOWS (7)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow		x	x
Purple Martin		x
Tree Swallow	x	x	x		x	x				x
Violet-green Swallow	x	x	x	x	x					x
Bank Swallow	x	x								x	BASW20030623WY-NEST
Barn Swallow		x	x	x		x			x	x
Cliff Swallow	x	x	x	x					x	x
CHICKADEES AND TITS (8)
Black-capped Chickadee	x
Mountain Chickadee		x	x	x		x				x
Mexican Chickadee		x
Chestnut-backed Chickadee	x		x		x
Boreal Chickadee	x
Bridled Titmouse		x
Oak Titmouse			x
Juniper Titmouse		x		x
PENDULINE-TITS (1)
Verdin		x	x
LONG-TAILED TITS (1)
Bushtit		x	x
NUTHATCHES (3)
Red-breasted Nuthatch	x	x				x				x
White-breasted Nuthatch		x	x
Pygmy Nuthatch		x	x
CREEPERS (1)
Brown Creeper		x
WRENS (6)
Cactus Wren		x
Rock Wren		x		x						x
Canyon Wren		x	x
Bewick's Wren		x	x
House Wren		x	x	x	x	x
Marsh Wren		x	x
GNATCATCHERS (4)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher		x
California Gnatcatcher			x
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher		x
Black-capped Gnatcatcher		x									BCGN20030414AZ-NEST
DIPPERS (1)
American Dipper	x	x
KINGLETS (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet	x	x		x		x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	x	x	x	x		x				x	RCKI20031203AZ
LEAF-WARBLERS (1)
Arctic Warbler	x										ARWA20030613AK
OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS (2)
Bluethroat	x										BLUE20030616AK-1 BLUE20030616AK-2
Northern Wheatear	x										NOWH20030614AK-1 NOWH20030614AK-2
THRUSHES AND ALLIES (10)
Eastern Bluebird		x
Western Bluebird		x	x		x
Mountain Bluebird		x		x		x				x
Townsend's Solitaire		x		x
Gray-cheeked Thrush	x										GCTH20030609AK GCTH20030610AK
Swainson's Thrush	x	x				x				x
Hermit Thrush	x	x		x		x				x	HETH20030223AZ
Rufous-backed Robin		x
American Robin	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x	AMRO20030223AZ
Varied Thrush	x
OLD WORLD WARBLERS (1)
Wrentit			x
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS (8)
Gray Catbird		x			x
Northern Mockingbird		x	x
Sage Thrasher		x		x
Bendire's Thrasher		x									BETH20030129AZ
Curve-billed Thrasher		x									CBTH20030129AZ CBTH20030220AZ
California Thrasher			x
Crissal Thrasher		x
Le Conte's Thrasher		x									LCTH20030120AZ
STARLINGS (1)
European Starling		x	x	x	x	x			x	x
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS (3)
Eastern Yellow Wagtail	x
American Pipit	x	x	x	x		x				x	AMPI20030123AZ
Sprague's Pipit		x
WAXWINGS (1)
Cedar Waxwing		x		x		x		x
SILKY-FLYCATCHERS (1)
Phainopepla		x					x				PHAI20030717AZ
OLIVE WARBLER (1)
Olive Warbler		x
LONGSPURS AND ALLIES (5)
Lapland Longspur	x										LALO20030608AK
Chestnut-collared Longspur		x
Smith's Longspur	x										SMLO20030610AK
McCown's Longspur		x		x						x	MCLO20030623CO
Snow Bunting	x										SNBU20030607AK
NEW WORLD WARBLERS (26)
Tennessee Warbler		x
Orange-crowned Warbler	x	x	x
Nashville Warbler		x
Virginia's Warbler		x		x
Lucy's Warbler		x
Yellow Warbler	x	x	x	x	x	x				x
Magnolia Warbler		x
Yellow-rumped Warbler	x	x	x	x		x
Black-throated Gray Warbler		x	x
Townsend's Warbler	x	x	x
Hermit Warbler		x
Grace's Warbler		x
Palm Warbler		x
Blackpoll Warbler	x										BLPW20030610AK
Black-and-white Warbler		x
Prothonotary Warbler		x
Ovenbird		x
Northern Waterthrush	x
Louisiana Waterthrush		x
MacGillivray's Warbler		x	x							x
Common Yellowthroat		x	x		x	x
Wilson's Warbler	x	x	x		x
Red-faced Warbler		x
Painted Redstart		x
Rufous-capped Warbler		x									RCWA20030317AZ
Yellow-breasted Chat		x
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES (32)
Green-tailed Towhee		x		x						x
Spotted Towhee		x	x	x
Rufous-crowned Sparrow		x
Canyon Towhee		x					x
California Towhee			x
Abert's Towhee		x	x
Rufous-winged Sparrow		x
Botteri's Sparrow		x
Cassin's Sparrow		x
American Tree Sparrow	x										ATSP20030615AK
Chipping Sparrow		x	x	x	x	x		x			CHSP20030220AZ
Clay-colored Sparrow		x				x
Brewer's Sparrow		x		x						x
Black-chinned Sparrow		x
Vesper Sparrow		x		x	x	x
Lark Sparrow		x	x				x
Five-striped Sparrow		x									FSSP20030517AZ
Black-throated Sparrow		x
Sage Sparrow		x	x
Lark Bunting		x		x						x
Savannah Sparrow	x	x		x	x	x				x
Grasshopper Sparrow		x		x							GRSP20031111AZ
Baird's Sparrow		x									BAIS20031023AZ-1 BAIS20031023AZ-2 BAIS20031023AZ-3 BAIS20031111AZ
Fox Sparrow	x		x
Song Sparrow	x	x	x	x	x					x
Lincoln's Sparrow	x	x								x
Swamp Sparrow		x
White-throated Sparrow		x
White-crowned Sparrow	x	x	x	x		x				x	WCSP20030306AZ-IMM WCSP20031203AZ-JUV
Golden-crowned Sparrow	x	x	x								GCSP20030603AK
Dark-eyed Junco	x	x	x	x		x				x
Yellow-eyed Junco		x
CARDINALS AND ALLIES (12)
Hepatic Tanager		x
Summer Tanager		x
Western Tanager		x		x	x	x
Flame-colored Tanager		x
Northern Cardinal		x
Pyrrhuloxia		x
Black-headed Grosbeak		x	x		x	x
Blue Grosbeak		x
Lazuli Bunting		x
Indigo Bunting		x
Varied Bunting		x
Dickcissel		x
TROUPIALS AND ALLIES (16)
Bobolink		x			x	x
Red-winged Blackbird		x	x	x	x	x				x
Tricolored Blackbird			x
Eastern Meadowlark		x									EAME20030129AZ EAME20031023AZ
Western Meadowlark		x	x	x		x			x	x
Yellow-headed Blackbird		x				x					YHBL20030620MT-JUV
Rusty Blackbird	x
Brewer's Blackbird		x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x
Common Grackle				x		x				x
Great-tailed Grackle		x	x
Bronzed Cowbird		x
Brown-headed Cowbird		x	x	x	x	x	x
Orchard Oriole				x
Hooded Oriole		x
Bullock's Oriole		x	x	x			x				BUOR20030306AZ
Scott's Oriole		x
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES (14)
Black Rosy-Finch										x
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch				x
Pine Grosbeak		x								x
Purple Finch			x
Cassin's Finch		x								x	CAFI20030220AZ
House Finch		x	x	x	x	x			x
Red Crossbill	x	x			x
White-winged Crossbill	x
Common Redpoll	x
Hoary Redpoll	x										HORE20030608AK
Pine Siskin	x	x		x	x	x				x	PISI20030215AZ
Lesser Goldfinch		x	x								LEGO20030215AZ-F LEGO20030220AZ-F
Lawrence's Goldfinch		x
American Goldfinch		x	x								AMGO20030220AZ
OLD WORLD SPARROWS (1)
House Sparrow		x	x	x		x			x
445 species recorded 273 birding days in 10 states	A K	A Z	C A	C O	I D	M T	N M	O R	W A	W Y	106 species photographed, 149 total images Images open in New Window, switch to Main Window

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