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THE 2011 LIST REPORT744At the end of 1998, Sandy Komito completedhis second ABA-area big year with a total of745 species—a number that was expected tostand forever—or until airplanes could land atAttu again.The biggest story of 2011 is without a doubtthe run at Komito’s record by John Vanderpoelof Niwot, Colorado. John started out the yearwith a bang, finding an adult Black-headedGull on the Loveland, CO Christmas Bird Count,finishing his first 24 hours with 57 species.365 days later, he would see his last of theyear: a Nutting’s Flycatcher. By some bizarretwist of fate, Nutting’s Flycatcher was the firstbird Sandy Komito chased on January 1, 1998.During the year, John saw some amazing vagrants:White-chinned Petrel, Gray-headedGull, Cuban Pewee, Willow Warbler, Pallas’sBunting and Black-vented Oriole. He gatheredquite a fan club as we followed along on hisblog and on Facebook. With the finish line insight, hundreds of birders from around theworld cheered as he went into “full-chasemode”in December, nabbing a Graylag Goosein Quebec, Falcated Duck in California, and theHooded Crane in Tennessee among others. Andwe felt his disappointment when Whitby Harborin Toronto did not deliver #744, a Smew, onDecember 30. The next day found John in Arizona,where he did get #744—the Nutting’sFlycatcher—but that was it. Time had run out,and he finished one species behind Komito.“Early on December 31, my brother Bill andI drove from Scottsdale to the Bill WilliamsNWR on the Colorado River to successfully tryfor the Nutting’s Flycatcher”, John recountsthat last day of 2011. “We nailed the flycatcherby 8:30 AM, at which time Bill asked me if therewas anything else we could possibly add. I immediatelysaid “Streak-backed Oriole” whichwas the most likely candidate. That’s the way Iapproached the last 100 days of my big year.Always optimistic, knowing that the next megararity was only a phone call away. Calculatingwhat rarities were the best candidates to turnup then being utterly amazed when somethingelse took its place.”He continued, “On January 1, I stopped for amoment to reflect about the year. I couldn’t believeit was actually over... I was naturally disappointedthat Komito’s record had beenwithin my grasp, but that disappointment wasovershadowed by the realization that I’d justexperienced one huge wild, crazy year-long rideand the thrill of a lifetime”At the beginning of 2011, conventional wisdomwas that Komito’s record would never bebroken—as long as Attu was not reachable byair. Vanderpoel’s amazing year set that notionright on its ear, and even though he did not seta new ABA-area big year record, he did prove beyonddoubt that the current record is vulnerable.But perhaps the biggest achievement of his bigyear was the excitement and inspiration Johnbrought to the sport of birding, and to us all.ThoughtsThe ABA-area life and annual list totals thisyear include nearly 1,000 birders, and the totalnumber of lists we’re compiling and publishinghere (not including big day efforts) number wellover 100. Add everything else in, and we’re jugglingnearly 150 spreadsheets.But I have to wonder how many peoplewould send in their list totals and “play thegame” if the thresholds necessary to keep thisprinted report manageable were not in place?And what if the ABA were to keep track ofand allow you to share county lists, patch lists,or define your own big day areas? Which bringsme to…The FutureIt only takes a moment of glancing throughthese pages to realize that the bulk is dedicatedto compiling and presenting lots and lotsof numbers. It also only takes a moment ofthought to realize that the best way to do thatis via a “live” database. So we’re making achange.The Big Day & List Report will be changingsubstantially—going forward most of what’sin this report will be in the form of an interactiveweb site that will feature many improvements:• You will be able to manage your own accountand entries. Just got back from a trip thatadded lifers, year-birds, state-birds, etc.? Login and update your totals.• New lists, including:– All U.S. and Canadian counties — life, yearand month.– More big days (region, country, state,county, region within a state, national park,etc.)• You’ll also be able to view the data in a numberof ways… slice, dice and filter the entriesto your heart’s content. Would you like tocompare county life lists from CuyahogaCounty in Ohio, with say, Black Hawk Countyin Iowa? Easy.• Also, each participating ABA member willhave a profile page, with all of their stats inone place... think of it like the back of a baseballcard.There’s more (much more), and we’ll be keepingyou up to speed in Birding, Winging It,and the ABA Blog. So stay tuned, some excitingstuff is around the corner.AOU North and SouthIn last year’s List Report, we announced thecreation of two “new” lists—AOU North andSouth—and explained in great detail the geographicdefinitions of these areas. On theprinted submission form included with the lastsupplement, the AOU area was indeed, splitinto north and south... but the online versiondid not reflect the change until well after manyof you had sent in your totals. What is there tosay? We messed up. So, for this issue, there arethree AOU areas: AOU Area, AOU North andAOU South, so as to include everyone who sentin totals via the two forms.Greg Neise, EditorTHANK YOUAs in past years, the submissions to the ABABig Day and List Report were accompanied bygenerous donations which allow us to continueto provide a printed version of these reports.Those members that submitted donations appearthroughout the report in bold type face asa sign of recognition for their support.28 | 2011 ABA Big Day Report & ABA List Report
LIFE LIST DATA – AreasABA AREAABA AREA – 9701 887 N Smith, Macklin (MI)2 876 Basham, Benton (TN)3 875 N Sykes, Paul (GA)4 874 N Koundakjian, Theodore (CA)5 871 N Koundakjian, Christine (CA)6 870 Peavler, Larry (IN)7 864 Narins, David (FL)8 845 N Banstorp, Ebbe (CA)9 829 N Barrett, Bruce (CA)10 827 Funston, Bob (OK)11 826 Baicich, Paul (MD)12 821 Gambill, Charles (TX)12 821 Gambill, Mary Louise (TX)14 819 N Steurer, Timothy (CA)14 819 N Taylor, Monte (CA)16 818 Peterson, Ted (WA)16 818 Shrader, Karen (OH)18 817 Shrader, John (OH)19 815 N McCullough, Louise (CA)20 814 N Kornfeld, Steve (OR)21 813 N Cudney, Mark (CA)22 811 N Chaffin, David (TN)23 809 N Johnson, Bud (AZ)23 809 N Stecher, Karl (CO)25 807 N Borowik, Edward (NJ)26 806 N Sanders, Daniel (OH)27 805 O’Brien, Paul (MD)27 805 Stitzinger, Gary (ID)29 804 Bretz, Greg (FL)29 804 N Ward, Kenneth F. (VT)31 802 Harper, Ed (CA)32 800 Burden, Kenneth (WA)33 797 Schwitters, Michael (MT)34 795 N Heatley, Thomas (MI)35 794 Bruce, Lucie (TX)36 793 N Steurer, Grace (CA)37 792 Holmes, James (CA)38 791 N McGregor, Ian (WA)39 790 N Drummond, William (MA)39 790 Theis, Jerry (AZ)41 789 N Berrigan, Paul (MI)41 789 N Cooper, Linda (FL)41 789 Hemink, Lynn (CA)41 789 Pierce, Barrett (TX)41 789 Smith, Stuart (GA)46 788 Meyers, Martin (CA)47 787 N Campbell, Colin (DE)48 784 N Camburn, Keith (NC)48 784 Morse, Bob (WA)50 782 N Belyea, Glenn (MI)50 782 Haynie, Carl (WA)50 782 Moore, Stephen (MA)53 780 Cooney, Nick (TX)54 777 Bouton, Bill (CA)54 777 Hollinga, Ken (CA)56 776 Hirth, John (AZ)56 776 Matherly, Steven (TX)58 775 N Biggs, Wes (FL)59 773 Foxall, Roger (BC)60 772 Lindley, William (ON)60 772 Nelson, David W. (CA)60 772 N Robbins, Dorothy (FL)63 771 Colyer, Richard (PA)63 771 Toochin, Michael (BC)65 770 Burlett, Donald (MI)65 770 N Kuecherer, Dennis (WI)65 770 Ohmart, Robert (TX)65 770 Pincelli, Thomas (TX)69 769 Prince, Thomas (MA)69 769 N Steurer, Maryanne (CA)71 767 Fuller, Jim (IA)71 767 N Henderson, John (TN)71 767 N Osborne, Bill (OH)71 767 N Rostron, Philip (TX)75 766 Oberle, Mark (WA)75 766 Vanderpoel, John (CO)75 766 N Wade, M.K. Edge (MO)78 765 N Crowe, David (NC)78 765 N Davis, Phil (MD)80 764 Einspahr, Howard (NJ)80 764 Mulligan, Mike (AB)80 764 Volkle, Barbara (MA)83 763 N Walton, Robert (IN)84 762 Janowski, John (DE)84 762 Turner, Henry (NY)86 761 N Myers, Dollyann (TN)87 760 N Blakeslee, William (GA)87 760 Chalfant, Don (MI)87 760 N Hutman, Gary (MI)87 760 N Jacobson, Daniel (TN)87 760 Manor, Dale (MI)92 759 Patterson, Easy (Australia)92 759 N Wulkowicz, Stanley (NC)94 758 Hirth, Martha (AZ)94 758 Tessen, Daryl (WI)94 758 N Wells, LaRue (MI)97 756 Carlson, Helen (MT)97 756 Carlson, W. Bradley (NY)97 756 Haw, James (IN)97 756 Smith, Edwin (MI)97 756 Timm, Richard (PA)102 755 N Hagan, Ed (FL)102 755 Seegert, Greg (IL)104 754 N Fowler, Jim (MI)104 754 N Rogers, Tommie (TN)106 753 N Kahle, Anne (WA)107 752 McDavit, Mary (NC)107 752 Merritt, Bradford (NJ)107 752 N Steurer, Fritz (CA)107 752 Whelton, Bart (WA)111 751 N Saphir, Starr (NY)112 750 Calhoon, Kevin (TN)112 750 N O’Connor, Robert (MN)112 750 N Tess, Roger (AZ)112 750 White, Tony (WY)116 749 Barnes, Sally (AZ)116 749 N Dereamus, Dave (PA)116 749 Kittleman, Jane (TX)116 749 N Kutska, Michael (IL)120 748 Kersting, Cecil (RI)120 748 Wyatt, Betty P. (CA)122 747 N Revare, Jack (KS)122 747 N Telford, Dave (CA)122 747 N Telford, Sharon (CA)125 746 Chapin, Gary (NY)126 745 N Bailey, Stephen F. (CA)126 745 Gilchrist, Peter (ON)128 743 Barnes, Gordon (AZ)129 742 Clark, Roger (NM)129 742 N Eastman, Roger (AZ)129 742 Frank, Phyllis (TX)129 742 Frank, Tony (TX)129 742 N Garner, Tom (PA)129 742 N Traver, Donald (NY)129 742 N Traver, Donna (NY)136 741 N Cooper, Byrum (FL)137 740 Currie, Rigdon (CA)137 740 Ekblad, Robert (MN)137 740 N Huffman, Ronald (TX)137 740 N Lucchesi, Caryl (CT)137 740 N Tischner, Kenneth (NJ)137 740 N Trott, Anthony (FL)143 739 Blum, Clyde (TN)143 739 N Holmes, James F. (AL)143 739 Schwitters, Constance (MT)146 738 Schottler, George (CO)146 738 N Waldrop, Rick (TN)146 738 N Woessner, Warren (MN)149 737 Armstrong, Richard (AZ)149 737 Morris, Bernard (PA)149 737 VanDyke, Beverly (MO)152 736 Armstrong, Nanette (AZ)152 736 N Hays, Jim (AZ)152 736 N Pratt, Frederick (VT)155 735 N Campbell, Drew (NY)156 734 Bradley, Robert (CO)156 734 Cobb, John (CO)156 734 N Tkachuk, Russ (BC)159 733 Freeland, David (FL)159 733 Guse, Kevin (CA)159 733 Linzell, Doreene (OH)159 733 Weigant, Leo (MD)163 732 Matthiessen, Matthew (CA)163 732 N Pepper, Todd (ON)163 732 Prytherch, Kenneth (NJ)166 731 N Smith, David (OR)167 730 Broderick, Carol (MD)167 730 N Butts, Judy (OR)167 730 Eliot, Ted (CA)167 730 Lebo, Harold (PA)167 730 N Mansen, Thor (BC)167 730 Robert, Fox (MA )173 729 Jornvall, Hans (Sweden)174 728 Mark, David (NY)174 728 Smith, Shirley (MI)176 727 N Brown, James (MT)176 727 N Drummond, John (CO)176 727 Gay, Parker (UT)176 727 Steveson, Mark (AZ)176 727 Stilwell, Elton (TX)176 727 Stites, Bob (OR)176 727 N Wright, David (NC)183 726 N Argabrite, Wendell (WV)183 726 Bates, Bob (AZ)183 726 N Chapell, Tom (MI)183 726 N Davis, Barbara (MD)183 726 Del Grande, William (PA)183 726 Humbert, Richard (PA)183 726 Miller, Leo (IL)183 726 Paul, Leonard (MI)191 725 Bieda, Robert (MA)191 725 Gordon, Jeffrey (CO)191 725 N Halsey, Laurens (AZ)191 725 N Kritchevsky, Evelyn (PA)191 725 Payne, Gordon (ON)191 725 N Russell, Ken (AK)191 725 N Simon, Joel (TX)191 725 N Swarr, James (FL)191 725 Wilt, Richard (AZ)200 724 N Litterst, Chuck (VA)200 724 N Maxwell, Bob (SC)200 724 Oldenettel, Jerry (NM)200 724 N Sigsbee, James (FL)204 723 Bumgardner, Michael (CA)204 723 Resch, Michael (MA)206 722 Hoye, John (MA)206 722 N Munthe, Kathleen (UT)206 722 Sanders, Jeffrey (IL)209 721 Carter, Derb (NC)209 721 McDaniel, John (NY)209 721 Offill, Kennett (TX)212 720 Berger, Byron (OH)A R E A SBold = Donation N = No-Heard Birds 2011 ABA Big Day Report & ABA List Report | 29
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