Western, Heerman’s and Glaucous-winged Gulls in California – R. Cunningham

Bird Lister’s Corner is an opportunity for PAFN club members to list their most recent total number of Life birds in four recognized categories. It is a great opportunity for club members to share in some friendly competition and to watch and measure your own progress over the upcoming months and years.

The four categories include:

Pembroke Circle (50 km circle) Pembroke Count Circle

Ontario (anywhere in the province of Ontario)

North America (ABA area-Canada and the United States including Alaska but excluding Hawaii).

ABA website ABA 2011 checklist

World – Includes all bird species from anywhere in the world including the ABA area. Must not include duplicates- a Mallard is a Mallard no matter what country. If there are any doubts, Latin names of the two birds must be compared. For example the Northern Gannet is not the same as the Gannet in Europe (two different Latin names).

To register, just forward your total life bird number for each of the categories and your best new lifer bird for each category and where you saw it to Ken Hooles at hooles@bell.net

for example: Pembroke Circle – 120 ( Rufous Hummingbird, etc. The list will be updated quarterly including the best new Lifer bird.

Bird Lister’s Corner – compiled by Ken Hooles    (June 14, 2026)

World

Ken Hooles                1154        Thick-billed Longspur   s.e. Alberta   

Christian Renault      1074       Crested Owl    Nicaragua

Mike Macdonald        855          Great Bustard    Portugal

Sandra MacDonald    750          Common Hoopoe      Portugal

Manson Fleguel         567           Taiga Flycatcher           Vancouver BC

Kristi Beatty               566       Turquoise-browed Motmot  Costa Rica

Susan Ellis                  551            Wood Sandpiper              Allumette Island, Quebec

Ken Brown                 405            Indian Peafowl                  India

Rob Cunningham      400            Harris’s Sparrow              Whitby, ON

Martin Roncetti         285           American White Pelican    Kingston, ON

 

ABA Area

Ken Hooles                  591            Thick-billed Longspur          s.e. Alberta       

Jaques Bouvier            591            European Robin                Montreal

Christian Renault         555            Eastern Screech Owl          Ontario

Mike MacDonald         552            Common Shelduck              Nova Scotia

Manson Fleguel           547           Taiga Flycatcher               Vancouver BC

Sandra MacDonald      485           Ross’s Goose                 Nova Scotia

Rob Cunningham        385            Harris’s Sparrow            Whitby, ON

Vincent Agnesi            308            Short-eared Owl            Cobden ON          

Mark Dojczman          263             Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  Ontario               

Martin Roncetti          235             American White Pelican     Kingston, ON       

Ken Brown                  234              Clapper Rail                      Connecticut

Kristi Beatty                229            Pygmy Nuthatch BC

 

 

Ontario     

Jacques Bouvier       357                Western Tanager              Ottawa                   

Ken Hooles              322                Tufted Duck                      Brighton        

Rob Cunningham      293                Harris’s Sparrow              Whitby                   

Mike MacDonald      279                 Brambling                          North Bay          

Mark Dojczman       257                 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  Westmeath  

Christian Renault     256                 Connecticut Warbler Petawawa

Martin Roncetti       218                  Eurasian Tree Sparrow      Wolfe Island

Ken Brown              162                  Whip-poor-will                  Pembroke

Kristi Beatty            162                  Glaucous Gull                    Niagara-on-the-Lake

Pembroke Circle

Ken Hooles                  283              Tufted Titmouse              Laurentian Valley

Manson Fleguel           281                Dickcissel                          Pembroke

Mark Dojczman           257               Eastern Towhee                 Pembroke

Christian Renault         250              Connecticut Warbler        Petawawa

Jacques Bouvier          249              Thick-billed Murre              Cobden 

Rob Cunningham        232              Willet                                    Pembroke

Mike MacDonald        224              Sabine’s   Gull                    Lake Dore

Kristi Beatty                158              Upland Sandpiper               Laurentian Valley  

Ken Brown                  155              Whip-poor-will                    Pembroke

Congratulations to Mike and Sandra for adding several new birds to their world list. During this period, I was pleasantly surprised to have a Tufted Titmouse show up at my feeder for a few minutes enough to tale a couple of quick photos and confirmed by Bruce Dilabio.

Good birding to everyone this summer. I look forward to seeing your finds.

Ken