2013: A Year in Review

Brown-crested Flycatcher
Lake Apopka, FL

It's been a pretty fun birding year.  I began this year with two birding goals: get my Florida life list up to 300 species and my life lists for Seminole, Orange and Brevard Counties up to 200 species each.  But as the year progressed, my desires for the year changed.  I decided to concentrate more on my home county, Seminole and see if I could get 200 species in Seminole Co. in one year.

Whooping Crane
Near Joe Overstreet Rd, FL

As I concentrated more on Seminole Co, I went out to Orange and Brevard Co less frequently (I'm planning another post on Seminole County). I made almost all my goals:

	2013	Life
Florida	280	304
Seminole Co.	209	215
Orange Co.	177	207
Brevard Co.	138	197

Snowy Owl
Little Talbot Island SP, FL

Tropical Kingbird
St. Armands Circle, FL

I also added a total of 71 species to my life list this year, not including 3 exotics that are not ABA countable. Here is my list of the 74 new species I saw this year:

American Woodcock	Lake Jesup CA--Marl Bed Flats	US-FL	1/23/2013
Le Conte's Sparrow	Lake Jesup CA--Marl Bed Flats	US-FL	1/23/2013
Least Flycatcher	Lake Apopka Loop Trail--northeast section	US-FL	1/26/2013
Brown-crested Flycatcher	Lake Apopka Loop Trail--northeast section	US-FL	1/26/2013
White-crowned Sparrow	Canal St. (North)	US-FL	2/7/2013
Lincoln's Sparrow	Canal St. (South)	US-FL	2/8/2013
Whooping Crane	Joe Overstreet Road & Landing	US-FL	2/9/2013
Long-billed Curlew	Joe Overstreet Road & Landing	US-FL	2/9/2013
Brown Booby	Jetty Park	US-FL	2/16/2013
Cassin's Kingbird	Bunnell, by route 305 south of route 100	US-FL	2/16/2013
Virginia Rail	Lake Jesup CA--Marl Bed Flats	US-FL	2/18/2013
Cinnamon Teal	Merritt Island NWR--Peacocks Pocket	US-FL	2/23/2013
Black-legged Kittiwake	South Skyway Pier	US-FL	2/24/2013
Broad-billed Hummingbird	Lake Bradford Area	US-FL	3/3/2013
Black-necked Swan*	Lake Eola	US-FL	3/6/2013
Trumpeter Swan*	Lake Eola	US-FL	3/6/2013
Whooper Swan*	Lake Eola	US-FL	3/6/2013
Monk Parakeet	Old Gulf Harbors Abandoned Golf Course	US-FL	3/10/2013
Black Rail	Werner-Boyce Salt Springs SP	US-FL	3/10/2013
Seaside Sparrow	Werner-Boyce Salt Springs SP	US-FL	3/10/2013
Gull-billed Tern	Orlando Wetlands Park	US-FL	4/2/2013
Swainson's Warbler	Mead Botanical Gardens	US-FL	4/5/2013
Purple Finch	Seminole	US-FL	4/19/2013
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	Three Lakes WMA	US-FL	4/20/2013
Whimbrel	Fort De Soto County Park	US-FL	4/21/2013
Black-throated Green Warbler	Fort De Soto County Park	US-FL	4/21/2013
Bobolink	Lake Jesup CA--Marl Bed Flats	US-FL	5/4/2013
Mississippi Kite	Power Line Rd, Dade City	US-FL	5/27/2013
Burrowing Owl	Power Line Rd, Dade City	US-FL	5/27/2013
Wood Thrush	Wolf Ave (Haines House)	US-MD	6/12/2013
Ring-necked Pheasant	Butler Road	US-MD	6/13/2013
Tropical Kingbird	St. Armands Circle	US-FL	7/20/2013
Ruddy Ground-Dove	Gran Via Tropical	MX-GRO	8/4/2013
Cinnamon Hummingbird	Gran Via Tropical	MX-GRO	8/4/2013
Russet-crowned Motmot	Gran Via Tropical	MX-GRO	8/4/2013
Golden-cheeked Woodpecker	Gran Via Tropical	MX-GRO	8/4/2013
Orange-fronted Parakeet	Gran Via Tropical	MX-GRO	8/4/2013
Social Flycatcher	Gran Via Tropical	MX-GRO	8/4/2013
Gray-breasted Martin	Gran Via Tropical	MX-GRO	8/4/2013
Rufous-backed Robin	Gran Via Tropical	MX-GRO	8/4/2013
White-collared Seedeater	Gran Via Tropical	MX-GRO	8/4/2013
Grayish Saltator	Gran Via Tropical	MX-GRO	8/4/2013
Bronzed Cowbird	Gran Via Tropical	MX-GRO	8/4/2013
Cerulean Warbler	Lake Lotus Park	US-FL	8/16/2013
Philadelphia Vireo	Central Winds Park	US-FL	10/2/2013
Harlequin Duck	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/10/2013
Barrow's Goldeneye	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/10/2013
Heermann's Gull	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/10/2013
Mew Gull	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/10/2013
California Gull**	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/10/2013
Thayer's Gull	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/10/2013
Glaucous-winged Gull	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/10/2013
Hutton's Vireo	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/10/2013
Black-capped Chickadee**	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/10/2013
Chestnut-backed Chickadee	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/10/2013
Golden-crowned Kinglet	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/10/2013
Spotted Towhee	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/10/2013
Steller's Jay**	Bothell, WA	US-WA	11/11/2013
Red-breasted Sapsucker	Wallace Swamp Creek Park	US-WA	11/11/2013
Bewick's Wren	Wallace Swamp Creek Park	US-WA	11/11/2013
Fox Sparrow	Wallace Swamp Creek Park	US-WA	11/11/2013
Bushtit	Tracy Owen Station (Log Boom Park)	US-WA	11/12/2013
Anna's Hummingbird	Wallace Swamp Creek Park	US-WA	11/12/2013
Pacific Wren	Wallace Swamp Creek Park	US-WA	11/12/2013
Band-tailed Pigeon	Seattle	US-WA	11/13/2013
Cackling Goose	King	US-WA	11/13/2013
Pacific Loon	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/13/2013
Red-necked Grebe	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/13/2013
Eared Grebe	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/13/2013
Western Grebe	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/13/2013
Common Murre	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/13/2013
Rhinoceros Auklet	Picnic Point Park	US-WA	11/13/2013
Henslow's Sparrow	Tiger Bay Forest WMA	US-FL	11/23/2013
Snowy Owl	Little Talbot Island SP	US-FL	12/29/2013

* Exotics that are not ABA countable.
** I know I've seen these before as a kid, but I didn't have specific dates, so I didn't have them on my list.

Black-legged Kittiwake
South Skyway Pier, FL

Fork-tailed Flycatcher and Eastern Kingbird
Lake Apopka, FL

Broad-billed Hummingbird
Lake Bradford Area, FL

Whimbrel
Fort De Soto, FL

Henslow's Sparrow
Tiger Bay Forest WMA, FL

Eared Grebe
Canaveral National Seashore, FL