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Dec 4, 2017 | by Greg Miller
Laysan Albatross off Monterey, CA

Laysan Albatross off Monterey, CA – photo by Greg Miler

Here is a big list of all 553 “possible” species listed in eBird format. By possible I mean any species that has been submitted to eBird, an online database of checklists, between 2006 and 2016 as of mid September 2016. I have further filtered the data so that what is listed are all at least moderately possible. But not all species are likely. Some are far less common than others. All target species have an eBird Frequency of Checklists that is greater than or equal to 7% on at least one of the trips. Here is list of priorities I am going to use for the master list:

1 – Species is a year target. This is not only the best location to find this species. It is the only location where one can expect to see this bird on this tour schedule.

2 – Species is a year target. This is the best location to find this species. But it can also be found on other trips.

3 – Species is a year target. But some other location has a better probability of adding this bird to your year list.

4 – Bonus birds. This uncommon species is not a year target. It has an eBird Frequency of Checklists greater than or equal to 2% but is less than the 7% target threshold. This is the best location on this year’s trip schedule to see this species.

Long weekends should fit as closely to the following time ranges as possible.

  • Trip 1 – April 22-30 Galveston County, TX
  • Trip 2 – May 1-7 Hidalgo County, TX
  • Trip 3 – June 1-7 Cochise County, AZ
  • Trip 4 – June 8-14 Flathead County, MT
  • Trip 5 – July 15-21 Albany County, WY
  • Trip 6 – August 8-14 Barnstable County, MA
  • Trip 7 – September 1-7 Kauai County, HI
  • Trip 8 – September 8-14 Monterey County, CA
  • Trip 9 – December 1-7 Clallam County, WA
  • Trip 10 – December 15-21 Cameron County, LA

 

SpeciesT1T2T3T4T5T6T7T8T9T10
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck32
Fulvous Whistling-Duck1
Greater White-fronted Goose1
Snow Goose1
Ross’s Goose1
Brant1
Cackling Goose1
Canada Goose23333
Hawaiian Goose1
Mute Swan4
Trumpeter Swan1
Wood Duck1
Gadwall332
Eurasian Wigeon1
American Wigeon23
American Black Duck1
Mallard3333323
Mottled Duck332
Hawaiian Duck1
Blue-winged Teal3332
Cinnamon Teal1
Northern Shoveler3332
Northern Pintail32
Green-winged Teal32
Canvasback1
Redhead233
Ring-necked Duck32
Greater Scaup1
Lesser Scaup332
Common Eider1
Harlequin Duck1
Surf Scoter1
White-winged Scoter1
Black Scoter1
Long-tailed Duck1
Bufflehead23
Common Goldeneye32
Barrow’s Goldeneye4
Hooded Merganser23
Common Merganser32
Red-breasted Merganser23
Ruddy Duck3332
Plain Chachalaca1
Scaled Quail1
California Quail32
Gambel’s Quail1
Northern Bobwhite4
Montezuma Quail4
Black Francolin4
Red Junglefowl1
Ring-necked Pheasant1
Ruffed Grouse4
Wild Turkey1
Red-throated Loon1
Pacific Loon1
Common Loon32
Least Grebe1
Pied-billed Grebe3332
Horned Grebe1
Red-necked Grebe1
Eared Grebe32
Western Grebe1
Clark’s Grebe4
Black-footed Albatross1
Northern Fulmar4
Kermadec Petrel4
Hawaiian Petrel1
Bulwer’s Petrel1
Cory’s Shearwater1
Pink-footed Shearwater1
Great Shearwater1
Wedge-tailed Shearwater1
Buller’s Shearwater4
Sooty Shearwater32
Christmas Shearwater1
Manx Shearwater1
Newell’s Shearwater1
Black-vented Shearwater1
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel1
Ashy Storm-Petrel4
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel4
White-tailed Tropicbird1
Red-tailed Tropicbird1
Magnificent Frigatebird4
Great Frigatebird1
Masked Booby1
Brown Booby1
Red-footed Booby1
Northern Gannet1
Brandt’s Cormorant23
Pelagic Cormorant32
Neotropic Cormorant332
Double-crested Cormorant333332
Anhinga1
American White Pelican32
Brown Pelican332
American Bittern4
Least Bittern4
Great Blue Heron3333332
Great Egret33332
Snowy Egret33332
Little Blue Heron332
Tricolored Heron332
Reddish Egret1
Cattle Egret3323
Green Heron323
Black-crowned Night-Heron332
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron32
White Ibis332
Glossy Ibis4
White-faced Ibis332
Roseate Spoonbill332
Black Vulture23
Turkey Vulture3333332
California Condor4
Osprey323
White-tailed Kite1
Golden Eagle4
Mississippi Kite4
Northern Harrier3332
Sharp-shinned Hawk1
Cooper’s Hawk32
Bald Eagle3323
Harris’s Hawk1
White-tailed Hawk4
Gray Hawk1
Red-shouldered Hawk32
Broad-winged Hawk1
Swainson’s Hawk23
Zone-tailed Hawk4
Red-tailed Hawk3333332
Ferruginous Hawk4
King Rail1
Clapper Rail32
Virginia Rail1
Sora32
Purple Gallinule1
Common Gallinule3332
Hawaiian Coot1
American Coot333332
Sandhill Crane1
Black-necked Stilt33332
American Avocet3332
American Oystercatcher32
Black Oystercatcher23
Black-bellied Plover32333
Pacific Golden-Plover1
Snowy Plover4
Wilson’s Plover1
Semipalmated Plover3233
Piping Plover1
Killdeer33333332
Whimbrel323
Long-billed Curlew23
Hudsonian Godwit4
Marbled Godwit323
Ruddy Turnstone3233
Black Turnstone23
Red Knot1
Surfbird4
Stilt Sandpiper23
Sanderling32333
Dunlin332
Baird’s Sandpiper4
Least Sandpiper33233
White-rumped Sandpiper4
Buff-breasted Sandpiper4
Pectoral Sandpiper4
Semipalmated Sandpiper32
Western Sandpiper32
Short-billed Dowitcher323
Long-billed Dowitcher32
Wilson’s Snipe32
American Woodcock1
Wilson’s Phalarope233
Red-necked Phalarope1
Red Phalarope4
Spotted Sandpiper3323333
Solitary Sandpiper4
Wandering Tattler1
Greater Yellowlegs3332
Willet23333
Lesser Yellowlegs3332
South Polar Skua4
Pomarine Jaeger1
Parasitic Jaeger1
Long-tailed Jaeger4
Common Murre23
Pigeon Guillemot1
Marbled Murrelet1
Cassin’s Auklet4
Rhinoceros Auklet1
Tufted Puffin4
Black-legged Kittiwake4
Sabine’s Gull4
Bonaparte’s Gull1
Laughing Gull3323
Franklin’s Gull1
Heermann’s Gull1
Mew Gull1
Ring-billed Gull33332
Western Gull23
California Gull323
Herring Gull323
Thayer’s Gull1
Lesser Black-backed Gull4
Glaucous-winged Gull1
Great Black-backed Gull1
Brown Noddy1
Black Noddy1
Blue-gray Noddy1
White Tern1
Sooty Tern1
Gray-backed Tern1
Least Tern332
Gull-billed Tern1
Caspian Tern32
Black Tern32
Roseate Tern1
Common Tern32
Forster’s Tern3332
Royal Tern32
Sandwich Tern1
Elegant Tern1
Black Skimmer23
Rock Pigeon333332
Band-tailed Pigeon1
Eurasian Collared-Dove3333323
Spotted Dove1
Zebra Dove1
Inca Dove323
Common Ground-Dove1
White-tipped Dove1
White-winged Dove3233
Mourning Dove323333333
Groove-billed Ani1
Greater Roadrunner1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo32
Black-billed Cuckoo4
Barn Owl1
Eastern Screech-Owl23
Whiskered Screech-Owl4
Great Horned Owl1
Northern Pygmy-Owl4
Elf Owl4
Spotted Owl4
Short-eared Owl4
Lesser Nighthawk4
Common Nighthawk233
Common Pauraque1
Common Poorwill4
Chuck-will’s-widow4
Mexican Whip-poor-will4
Black Swift4
Chimney Swift32
Vaux’s Swift1
White-throated Swift1
Magnificent Hummingbird1
Blue-throated Hummingbird1
Lucifer Hummingbird4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird323
Black-chinned Hummingbird323
Anna’s Hummingbird323
Costa’s Hummingbird4
Broad-tailed Hummingbird32
Rufous Hummingbird1
Calliope Hummingbird1
Broad-billed Hummingbird1
Buff-bellied Hummingbird1
White-eared Hummingbird4
Elegant Trogon1
Ringed Kingfisher4
Belted Kingfisher3332
Green Kingfisher1
Acorn Woodpecker23
Gila Woodpecker1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker1
Red-bellied Woodpecker1
Williamson’s Sapsucker4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker1
Red-naped Sapsucker23
Red-breasted Sapsucker1
Ladder-backed Woodpecker23
Nuttall’s Woodpecker1
Downy Woodpecker33332
Hairy Woodpecker33332
Arizona Woodpecker1
American Three-toed Woodpecker4
Northern Flicker323333
Pileated Woodpecker1
Crested Caracara32
American Kestrel32
Merlin32
Peregrine Falcon32
Prairie Falcon1
Red-crowned Parrot1
Green Parakeet1
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet1
Tufted Flycatcher4
Olive-sided Flycatcher1
Greater Pewee1
Western Wood-Pewee233
Eastern Wood-Pewee23
Acadian Flycatcher4
Willow Flycatcher1
Least Flycatcher1
Hammond’s Flycatcher1
Dusky Flycatcher1
Pacific-slope Flycatcher1
Cordilleran Flycatcher1
Buff-breasted Flycatcher4
Black Phoebe1
Eastern Phoebe32
Say’s Phoebe1
Vermilion Flycatcher32
Dusky-capped Flycatcher1
Ash-throated Flycatcher1
Great Crested Flycatcher323
Brown-crested Flycatcher23
Great Kiskadee1
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher1
Tropical Kingbird1
Couch’s Kingbird1
Cassin’s Kingbird1
Western Kingbird32
Eastern Kingbird2333
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher32
Loggerhead Shrike32
Northern Shrike4
White-eyed Vireo323
Bell’s Vireo1
Hutton’s Vireo23
Yellow-throated Vireo1
Cassin’s Vireo1
Blue-headed Vireo32
Plumbeous Vireo1
Philadelphia Vireo1
Warbling Vireo3323
Red-eyed Vireo1
Kauai Elepaio4
Gray Jay4
Green Jay1
Steller’s Jay3332
Blue Jay323
California Scrub-Jay1
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay4
Mexican Jay1
Black-billed Magpie1
Clark’s Nutcracker1
American Crow33233
Northwestern Crow4
Fish Crow1
Chihuahuan Raven4
Common Raven3332
Horned Lark1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow32
Purple Martin32
Tree Swallow32333
Violet-green Swallow23
Bank Swallow3233
Barn Swallow2333333
Cliff Swallow332
Cave Swallow1
Carolina Chickadee1
Black-capped Chickadee323
Mountain Chickadee32
Mexican Chickadee4
Chestnut-backed Chickadee23
Bridled Titmouse1
Oak Titmouse1
Tufted Titmouse1
Black-crested Titmouse1
Verdin1
Bushtit323
Red-breasted Nuthatch2333
White-breasted Nuthatch23
Pygmy Nuthatch1
Brown Creeper1
Rock Wren1
Canyon Wren1
House Wren3332
Pacific Wren1
Winter Wren4
Sedge Wren1
Marsh Wren332
Carolina Wren3233
Bewick’s Wren233
Cactus Wren1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher1
American Dipper4
Golden-crowned Kinglet323
Ruby-crowned Kinglet3332
Japanese Bush-Warbler4
Millerbird4
Wrentit1
Japanese White-eye1
Chinese Hwamei1
White-rumped Shama1
Eastern Bluebird1
Western Bluebird4
Mountain Bluebird32
Townsend’s Solitaire32
Veery1
Gray-cheeked Thrush1
Swainson’s Thrush332
Hermit Thrush32
Wood Thrush1
Clay-colored Thrush1
American Robin323333
Varied Thrush32
Gray Catbird23333
Curve-billed Thrasher23
Brown Thrasher32
Long-billed Thrasher1
California Thrasher4
Crissal Thrasher4
Sage Thrasher1
Northern Mockingbird323333
European Starling3333332
Common Myna1
American Pipit32
Cedar Waxwing3233
Phainopepla4
Olive Warbler4
Chestnut-collared Longspur1
McCown’s Longspur1
Ovenbird23
Worm-eating Warbler4
Louisiana Waterthrush4
Northern Waterthrush32
Golden-winged Warbler1
Blue-winged Warbler1
Black-and-white Warbler23
Prothonotary Warbler1
Tennessee Warbler23
Orange-crowned Warbler332
Lucy’s Warbler1
Nashville Warbler1
Virginia’s Warbler4
MacGillivray’s Warbler1
Mourning Warbler4
Kentucky Warbler1
Common Yellowthroat333332
Hooded Warbler1
American Redstart332
Cerulean Warbler1
Northern Parula1
Magnolia Warbler23
Bay-breasted Warbler1
Blackburnian Warbler23
Yellow Warbler3332333
Chestnut-sided Warbler23
Blackpoll Warbler1
Palm Warbler1
Pine Warbler1
Yellow-rumped Warbler3332
Yellow-throated Warbler4
Prairie Warbler4
Grace’s Warbler1
Black-throated Gray Warbler1
Townsend’s Warbler23
Black-throated Green Warbler23
Canada Warbler4
Wilson’s Warbler323
Red-faced Warbler1
Painted Redstart1
Yellow-breasted Chat323
Red-crested Cardinal1
Botteri’s Sparrow4
Le Conte’s Sparrow1
Nelson’s Sparrow1
Saltmarsh Sparrow1
Seaside Sparrow1
Olive Sparrow1
Chipping Sparrow2333
Clay-colored Sparrow4
Field Sparrow1
Brewer’s Sparrow1
Black-throated Sparrow1
Lark Sparrow1
Lark Bunting1
Fox Sparrow1
Dark-eyed Junco3332
Yellow-eyed Junco1
White-crowned Sparrow3332
Golden-crowned Sparrow1
Harris’s Sparrow4
White-throated Sparrow1
Vesper Sparrow23
Savannah Sparrow3332
Song Sparrow333323
Lincoln’s Sparrow3332
Swamp Sparrow1
Canyon Towhee1
Abert’s Towhee4
California Towhee1
Rufous-crowned Sparrow1
Green-tailed Towhee1
Spotted Towhee332
Eastern Towhee23
Hepatic Tanager1
Summer Tanager23
Scarlet Tanager1
Western Tanager323
Northern Cardinal323333
Pyrrhuloxia1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak23
Black-headed Grosbeak23
Blue Grosbeak32
Lazuli Bunting4
Indigo Bunting23
Varied Bunting4
Painted Bunting23
Dickcissel32
Bobolink1
Red-winged Blackbird333333332
Tricolored Blackbird4
Western Meadowlark23
Eastern Meadowlark32
Yellow-headed Blackbird23
Rusty Blackbird4
Brewer’s Blackbird3323
Common Grackle323
Boat-tailed Grackle32
Great-tailed Grackle3233
Bronzed Cowbird23
Brown-headed Cowbird333332
Orchard Oriole23
Hooded Oriole23
Bullock’s Oriole23
Altamira Oriole1
Baltimore Oriole233
Scott’s Oriole1
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch4
Pine Grosbeak1
Nihoa Finch4
Apapane4
Anianiau4
Kauai Amakihi4
House Finch233333
Purple Finch1
Cassin’s Finch1
Red Crossbill1
Pine Siskin233
Lesser Goldfinch233
American Goldfinch33233
Evening Grosbeak1
House Sparrow323333333
Red Avadavat1
African Silverbill1
Scaly-breasted Munia1
Chestnut Munia1
Java Sparrow4

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