Big Day Record Shattered on 5th of October and Updates

    Haven't updated in a long time. On October 5th, 2013, I went on a birdathon/big day with the Fledglings Team of young birders, led by Pati Rouzer, and broke my big day record by 29 species. The young birders identified the birds, while the parents helped find them. My current record is now 71 species. I had a great time, and here are some highlights:


  Finding an Osprey on the way out to a banding station
  Watching a bird-banding demonstration, including a rare MacGillivray's Warbler!
  Releasing an (at that time) banded (but not countable) lifer, Fox Sparrow
  Lifer #1 of the day Red-breasted Sapsucker at Ed Levin County Park
  Yellow-billed Magpies aplenty on Marsh Rd.
  At least two semi-close Golden Eagle flyovers, also at Marsh Rd.
  Spotting scope view of a faraway Tricolored Blackbird lifer
  Huge flock of possible (not counted) Snow Geese
  Confirmatory look at Greater Yellowlegs at Shoreline
  Lifers Western Sandpiper, Common Gallinule/Moorhen (whichever), Green-winged and Cinnamon Teals, Gadwall, and (finally!) Golden-crowned Sparrow
  The scenery and being out in the wild for about five hours
  Getting to meet all the young birders, their parents, and Pati

Thank you for the warm welcome, everyone!

  
 Recently, I've gotten quite a bit of lifers

Lifers since the birdathon:

Guadalupe Oak Grove Park, 10/19:
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush

Lake Cunningham Regional Park, 10/27
Eared Grebe

Eared Grebe

Great-tailed Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

American Pipit

John Nicholas Trail, Sanborn County Park, 11/2

John Nicholas Trail in Sanborn County Park

Varied Thrush

Lake Ranch Reservoir, Sanborn County Park, 11/2

Lake Ranch Reservoir in Sanborn County Park

Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Fox Sparrow
Pacific Wren

Pearson-Arastradero Preserve, 11/3
Lincoln's Sparrow

  
After much tearful crossing-outs, painstaking adding-ons, and lifers-that-weren't-really-lifers, I have finally synchronized my eBird and my actual lifelists! Also, I've crossed out some birds I wasn't sure of on both my lists. From now on, I will mainly use eBird to keep track of all my lists.

Updates:

ABA Lifelist: 166
ABA Yearlist: 157
World Lifelist: 198
World Yearlist: 191

Can't wait to see what World #200 will be!

Good birding,
Sergey