2007-2008 Milestones
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.
Tony White
An "arduous but wonderful" two weeks in the Netherlands Antilles pushed Tony well past his goal of attaining 400 in the West Indies; in fact, he reached his target on the second day with a Yellow-bellied Seedeater on Grenada, and ended the trip with a total of 431 for the region.
Jack Revare
Jack crossed the 2,000 threshold with a Capped Conebill in northwestern Ecuador. He ended his tour with 2,050 world species.
Are you a NARBA member that has recently passed a milestone that you would like to share with other members of the birding community? If so, please send your submission to the NARBA webmaster for inclusion in this section. Good birding!
