Checklists

As of May 31st, 2014, my current tallies are:

Life List:      530 species
ABA List:    311 species
Alberta List: 248 species

2011 - 202 species (160 Alberta)
2012 - 297 species (201 Alberta) - This list is archived on this google doc
2013 - 385 species (206 Alberta) - This list is archived on this google doc
2014 - 152 species (108 Alberta)

Year List - Life birds in bold, Alberta firsts in italics

Note: On the following list location is only given for the first bird in sequence - so 1 to 7 were all seen in Banff on January 1st.
  1. Mallard, Jan-01, Banff townsite area, Banff National Park, AB
  2. Rock Pigeon
  3. Black-billed Magpie
  4. Common Raven
  5. Black-capped Chickadee
  6. Mountain Chickadee
  7. Red-breasted Nuthatch
  8. White-breasted Nuthatch, Jan-01, Three Sisters, Canmore, AB
  9. European Starling, Jan-10, Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, BC
  10. Steller's Jay, Jan-11, North Vancouver, BC
  11. Canada Goose, Jan-12, Maplewood Conservation Area, North Vancouver, BC
  12. Northern Pintail
  13. Bufflehead
  14. Common Goldeneye
  15. Hooded Merganser
  16. Great Blue Heron
  17. Cooper's Hawk
  18. Bald Eagle
  19. Mew Gull
  20. Glaucous-winged Gull
  21. Belted Kingfisher
  22. Northwestern Crow
  23. Brown Creeper
  24. Golden-crowned Kinglet
  25. Varied Thrush
  26. Spotted Towhee
  27. Fox Sparrow
  28. Song Sparrow
  29. Dark-eyed Junco
  30. Great Horned Owl, Feb-09, Frank Lake, AB
  31. Horned Lark
  32. Snow Bunting
  33. Red-breasted Sapsucker, Apr 05-09, Gulf Islands, BC
  34. Pileated Woodpecker
  35. Brewer's Blackbird
  36. House Sparrow
  37. Northern Shoveler
  38. Lesser Scaup
  39. Harlequin Duck
  40. Surf Scoter
  41. Long-tailed Duck
  42. Pacific Loon
  43. Common Loon
  44. Horned Grebe
  45. Western Grebe
  46. Brandt's Cormorant
  47. Pelagic Cormorant
  48. Turkey Vulture
  49. Black Oystercatcher
  50. Black Turnstone
  51. Common Murre
  52. Pigeon Guillemot
  53. Marbled Murrelet
  54. Rhinoceros Auklet
  55. Bonaparte's Gull
  56. California Gull
  57. Downy Woodpecker
  58. Tree Swallow
  59. Violet-green Swallow
  60. Chestnut-backed Chickadee
  61. Pacific Wren
  62. Hermit Thrush
  63. American Robin
  64. Yellow-rumped Warbler
  65. Red-winged Blackbird
  66. Trumpeter Swan, Apr-13, North Glenmore Park, Calgary, AB
  67. American Wigeon
  68. Canvasback
  69. Redhead
  70. Common Merganser
  71. Ruddy Duck
  72. Killdeer
  73. Greater Yellowlegs
  74. Ring-billed Gull
  75. Herring Gull
  76. Northern Flicker
  77. American Crow
  78. Bohemian Waxwing
  79. American Tree Sparrow
  80. House Finch
  81. Red-tailed Hawk, Apr-13, Weaselhead Natural Area, Calgary, AB
  82. Franklin's Gull
  83. Blue Jay
  84. Savannah Sparrow, Apr-18, Nose Hill Park, Calgary, AB
  85. Merlin, Apr-20, Carburn Park, Calgary, AB
  86. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  87. American Pipit
  88. Blue-winged Teal, Apr-27, Carburn Park, Calgary, AB
  89. Double-crested Cormorant
  90. American White Pelican
  91. Osprey
  92. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  93. Common Grackle
  94. Gadwall, Apr-29, Weed Lake, Langdon, AB
  95. Cinnamon Teal
  96. Green-winged Teal
  97. Red-breasted Merganser
  98. Eared Grebe
  99. Northern Harrier
  100. Swainson's Hawk
  101. American Coot
  102. Black-necked Stilt
  103. Marbled Godwit
  104. Western Meadowlark
  105. Wilson's Snipe
  106. Mourning Dove
  107. Lesser Yellowlegs, Apr-29, MacIlroy's Slough, Chestermere, AB
  108. Ring-necked Duck, May-03, South Glenmore Park, Calgary, AB
  109. Red-necked Grebe
  110. Say's Phoebe
  111. Warbling Vireo
  112. Bank Swallow
  113. Cliff Swallow
  114. White-crowned Sparrow
  115. Tennessee Warbler, May-08, Confederation Park, Calgary, AB
  116. Orange-crowned Warbler
  117. Wilson's Warbler
  118. Western Tanager
  119. Ring-necked Pheasant, May-10, Fish Creek Provincial Park, Calgary, AB
  120. Chipping Sparrow
  121. Lincoln's Sparrow
  122. Brown-headed Cowbird
  123. Spotted Sandpiper, May-11, Confederation Park, Calgary, AB
  124. Solitary Sandpiper
  125. Pacific-slope Flycatcher
  126. House Wren
  127. Eastern Phoebe, May-18, nr. Cambridge, ON
  128. Northern Cardinal
  129. American Goldfinch
  130. Eastern Kingbird, May-19, Point Pelee National Park, ON
  131. Barn Swallow
  132. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  133. Yellow Warbler
  134. Black-throated Green Warbler
  135. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  136. Baltimore Oriole
  137. Red-bellied Woodpecker, May-21, Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto, ON
  138. Willow Flycatcher
  139. Gray-cheeked Thrush
  140. Swainson's Thrush
  141. Gray Catbird
  142. Brown Thrasher
  143. Northern Parula
  144. Chestnut-sided Warbler
  145. Scarlet Tanager
  146. Field Sparrow, May-23, Lemoine Point Conservation Area, Kingston, ON
  147. Bobolink
  148. Forster's Tern, May-31, Pine Creek Wastewater Plant, Calgary, AB
  149. Western Wood-Pewee
  150. Veery
  151. Cedar Waxwing
  152. Clay-colored Sparrow