Edward Borowik
On Feb 2, 2010 Edward Borowik saw the Amazon Kingfisher in Laredo, TX, which, if accepted by the records committee, will be his ABA #800.

Larry Peavler
Larry Peavler saw a Yellow-breasted Bunting in a bone yard in Gambell, AK on September 2, 2009. It was his 850 ABA area bird.

Kirk Zufelt
On his 2009 spring trip to Alaska Kirk got his 70Oth ABA bird at Gambell with a Steller's Eider at the seawatch. Other good birds for the trip included Taiga Bean Goose, Green Sandpiper, Smew, Eye-browed Thrush, Rustic Bunting and Hawfinch to name just a few. Red-legged Kittiwake was the last lifer of the trip bringing him to ABA #714.

Steve Kornfeld
Steve Kornfeld reached his ABA 800 with a Tufted Flycatcher which was seen in Arizona on May 17, 2008.

David Chaffin
Thanks to a cooperative Jabiru in Raymondville, TX in August, 2008, David Chaffin was able to reach #400 on his Texas list (and ABA #806, World #2612).

Mark Cudney
After 27 years of birding, Mark saw his 800th ABA bird - an immature dark-phase Red-footed Booby on the Dry Tortugas. Many thanks to his birding friends including Tim Steurer who saw most of them with Mark.

Alan Whitehead
Alan, who lives in England, has a particular interest in ABA birds. He has made 7 trips to Texas during the Easter fortnight, 2 three-week summer trips to California/Arizona and this past summer went to Alaska for 3 weeks. By the end of his Alaska trip his ABA total was exactly 600.

Lamont Brown
On February 8, 2008 Lamont was able to identify the White-collared Seedeater (Sporophila Torqueola) as world bird number 1000 on his life list. This was observed near the Las Palmas Nature Center in Laredo, Texas while he was attending the Laredo Birding Festival.

Jim Haw
Jim saw the Green-breasted Mango in Beloit, Wisconsin, in 2007 for his 750th North American lifer -- for the second time. He had reached 750 with a Little Stint in Kentucky in August 2006, but then dropped back to 749 when the Yellow-chevroned Parakeet was delisted.

Mike Austin
Mike found his 3,000th bird, a Maroon Woodpecker, on Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, in July, 2007.

Karl Stecher, Jr.
Karl got his 800th bird in January, 2007. He actually got both numbers 799 and 800 on the same day: Pink-footed Goose and Barnacle Goose in Newport, Rhode Island. He also has checked off all the Wood-Warblers. The last one he needed was a Slate-throated Redstart which he saw in June, 2005 in Carr Canyon, Arizona. The top birds Karl is currently seeking are Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Eskimo Curlew, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Eurasian Hobby, and Eurasian Dotterel.

Robert Walton
Robert observed his 7,500th world bird, a Brown Jacamar, on the Gran Sabana of Venezuela in February, 2007.

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