Biannual update?
Still in Texas. Still rocking out the birds.
Note the following split:
65 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay - Aphelocoma woodhouseii Seven Springs Recreation Area US-AZ 30 Nov 2003
158 California Scrub-Jay - Aphelocoma californica Montana de Oro SP--Bluff Trail US-CA 26 May 2004
This moves my Little Gull from 710 to 711.
Lifers since last time:
712 American Woodcock - Scolopax minor Pace Bend Park US-TX 15 Feb 2016
713 Thayer's Gull - Larus thayeri Cherry Creek SP--Marina & nearby Dam Trail US-CO 20 Feb 2016
714 American Dipper - Cinclus mexicanus Wheat Ridge Greenbelt US-CO 20 Feb 2016
715 Common Redpoll - Acanthis flammea (private) De France Court residence, Golden US-CO 20 Feb 2016
716 California Condor - Gymnogyps californianus Pinnacles NP--High Peaks Trail (36.4778, -121.190), Pinnacles US-CA 25 Aug 2016
717 Tricolored Blackbird - Agelaius tricolor Moonglow Dairy US-CA 25 Aug 2016
718 Common Murre - Uria aalge Monterey Bay pelagic--inshore Monterey Harbor to Pt. Pinos (MTY Co.) US-CA 26 Aug 2016
719 Black-footed Albatross - Phoebastria nigripes Shearwater Journeys_08/26/2016_Leg 1/6 US-CA 26 Aug 2016
720 Pink-footed Shearwater - Ardenna creatopus Shearwater Journeys_08/26/2016_Leg 1/6 US-CA 26 Aug 2016
721 Cassin's Auklet - Ptychoramphus aleuticus Shearwater Journeys_08/26/2016_Leg 1/6 US-CA 26 Aug 2016
722 Rhinoceros Auklet - Cerorhinca monocerata Shearwater Journeys_08/26/2016_Leg 1/6 US-CA 26 Aug 2016
723 Long-tailed Jaeger - Stercorarius longicaudus Shearwater Journeys_08/26/2016_Leg 3/6 US-CA 26 Aug 2016
724 Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis Shearwater Journeys_08/26/2016_Leg 6/6 US-CA 26 Aug 2016
725 Buller's Shearwater - Ardenna bulleri Shearwater Journeys_08/26/2016_Leg 6/6 US-CA 26 Aug 2016
726 Island Scrub-Jay - Aphelocoma insularis Santa Cruz Island--Prisoners Harbor US-CA 27 Aug 2016
727 Variegated Flycatcher - Empidonomus varius South Padre Is.--Birding and Nature Center US-TX 02 Oct 2016
It's been a good year. Next year: (hopefully) Japan!
(sorry Russian LJ overlords, not this time, you've gotta replace your leader with someone more хорошо ... if you could find a real life Eli Ayase maybe LOLOL)