Big January 2013 Stats and Photos

 

 Hammond’s Flycatcher Tubac, AZ 1-13-2013

 

Well, the sun has set on my Big January attempt and it has been my best year EVER! In spite of brutal cold weather and family crisis and the flu I still managed to get out to more places and see more birds than any other Big January Year. This is partly due to Chris Rohrer who pushed me to go birding more often and to more locations than ever before. I would say that we are both exhausted by now, but you can bet this weekend we will be out birding once again! While I would have liked to tell the stories as they were happening I am going to do things a bit backwards this time and post the stats, then tell the stories of how I got to this point.  So, for now, enjoy a few photos and look over the statistics if that interests you! The Year and month stats will be the same since this is the start of a new year. Next month that will change!

Northern Pintails at Whitewater Draw 1-3-2013

Life Totals 2013

Life List 2013	Life	Year/Month
Total Species	435	145
Total Checklists	4939	90

 

Ferruginous Hawk, Kansas Settlement Rd. January 3, 2013

Stats Broken Down by County:

County	Life	Year/Month
Pima	235	96
Santa Cruz	172	70
Cochise	159	46
Pinal	114	67

 Northern Flicker in Tubac, AZ 1-13-2013

  Long-billed Curlews at Lake Cochise, Wilcox, AZ 1-3-2013

 Western Spotted Towhee, Florida Canyon, AZ 1-4-13

 Hepatic Tanager Madera Canyon 1-4-2013

 Blue-gray Gnatcathcer, Tumacacori NHP 1-6-13

 White-Crowned Sparrow, Tubac, 1-13-13

 Rufous-winged Sparrow, Tumacacori NHP 1-13-13

 Orange-crowned Warbler, Tumacacori NHP 1-13-13

Big January by the Years

Year/State	2008/AZ	2009/AZ	2010/AZ	2011/MA	2012/MA	2013/AZ
Totals	89	107	113	55	68	145

 Chipping, Lark, and White-crowned Sparrow at Tumacacori NHP

Big January 2013 Bird List in order of species seen:

(Bold type denotes a new location and/or a new date)

1. Cooper’s Hawk-My Yard 1-1-2013
2. Rock Pigeon
3. Mourning Dove
4. Anna’s Hummingbird
5. Common Raven
6. Yellow-rumped Warbler 
7. House Finch
8. Lesser Goldfinch
9. House Sparrow
10. American Widgeon-Reid Park
11. Mallard
12. Canvasback
13. Redhead
14. Ring-necked duck
15. Common merganser
16. Pied-billed Grebe
17. Great Blue Heron
18. Great Egret
19. Snowy Egret
20. Black-crowned Night Heron
21. Red-tailed Hawk
22. American Coot
23. Gila Woodpecker 
24. Northern Flicker
25. Vermillion Flycatcher
26. Cassin’s Kingbird
27. Verdin
28. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
29. Western Bluebird
30. Curve-billed Thrasher
31. European Starling
32. White-crowned Sparrow
33. Great-tailed Grackle
34. Cactus Wren-Saguaro National Park Rincon Unit
35. Phainopepla
36. Black-throated Sparrow
37. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
38. American Kestrel-Lakeside Park 1-2-2013
39. Say’s Phoebe
40. Red-winged Blackbird
41. Brewer’s Blackbird
42. Bronzed Cowbird
43. Brown-headed Cowbird
44. Snow Goose-Whitewater Draw 1-3-2013
45. Gadwall
46. Cinnamon Teal
47. Northern Shoveler
48. Northern Pintail
49. Green-winged Teal
50. Northern Harrier
51. Sharp-shinned Hawk
52. Sandhill Crane 
53. Killdeer
54. Spotted Sandpiper
55. Greater yellowlegs
56. Long-billed Dowitcher
57. Barn Owl
58. Black Phoebe
59. Marsh Wren
60. Brewer’s Sparrow
61. Lark Bunting
62. Savannah Sparrow
63. Song Sparrow
64. Pyrrhuloxia
65. Yellow-headed Blackbird
66. Eurasian Collared-Dove
67. Greater Roadrunner
68. Loggerhead Shrike
69. Eastern Meadowlark
70. Western Meadowlark
71. Ferruginous Hawk-Kansas Settlement Road
72. Vesper sparrow
73. Ruddy Duck-Kansas Settlement Faria Dairy Pond
74. Long-billed Curlew**-Lake Cochise, Wilcox
75. Chihuahuan Raven-South Nogales Highway 1-4-2013
76. Northern Mockingbird-Whitehouse Canyon Road
77. Acorn Woodpecker-Florida Canyon (lower)
78. Ladder-backed Woodpecker
79. Mexican Jay
80. Rock Wren 
81. Bewick’s Wren
82. Hermit Thrush
83. Green-tailed Towhee
84. Spotted Towhee
85. Black-chinned Sparrow
86. Northern Cardinal
87. Bridled Titmouse-Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Lodge
88. White-breasted Nuthatch
89. Chipping Sparrow
90. Dark-eyed Junco
91. Yellow-eyed Junco
92. Hepatic Tanager
93. Pine Siskin
94. Magnificent Hummingbird-Madera Canyon Kubo B&B
95. Canada Goose-Kennedy Park, Tucson
96. Western Grebe
97. Hooded merganser-Sam Lena Park and KERP
98. Costa’s Hummingbird-My Yard 1-5-2013
99. Red-naped Sapsucker-Tumacacori NHP 1-6-2013
100. Gilded Flicker
101. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
102. Black Vulture-Rio Rico
103. Turkey Vulture
104. Gambel’s Quail-private backyard in Tucson 1-9-13
105. Broad-billed Hummingbird
106. Lesser scaup-Amado Wastewater Treatment Plant 1-13-2013
107. Hammond’s flycatcher-Ron Morris Park, Tubac
108. Gray Flycatcher
109. American Robin
110. Orange-crowned Warbler
111. Abert’s Towhee
112. Swamp Sparrow
113. Golden Eagle-Tumacacori NHP
114. Hutton’s Vireo
115. Rufous-winged sparrow
116. Lark Sparrow
117. Least Sandpiper-Rio Rico
118. Merlin
119. Pacific Loon*-Christopher Columbus Park, Tucson 1-19-2013
120. Neotropic Cormorant
121. Creasted Caracara-Red Rocks Feedlot
122. Horned Lark
123. Common Yellowthroat
124. Lincoln’s Sparrow
125. White-winged Dove-Santa Cruz Flats Travel Count
126. Common Ground Dove
127. Burrowing Owl
128. White-throated Swift
129. Prairie Falcon
130. Bendire’s Thrasher*
131. American Pipit
132. Chestnut Collared Longspur**
133. Sage Sparrow**
134. Eared Grebe-Arizona City Lake
135. Black-necked Stilt
136. Inca Dove
137. Great Horned Owl
138. Wood Duck-Roger Road WRF 1-24-2013
139. Harris Hawk
140. Bufflehead-Sweetwater Wetlands
141. Wilson’s Warbler
142. Wild Turkey-Madera Canyon 1-25-2013
143. Belted Kingfisher-Christopher Columbus Park 1-30-2013
144. Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
145. Tree Swallow

*Life Bird, (2 new species)

**Arizona Life Bird (5 species new to my AZ Life List)

Savannah Sparrow, Whitewater Draw 1-3-2013

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