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 (March 20, 2026)
World
Ken Hooles 1154 Thick-billed Longspur s.e. Alberta
Christian Renault 1074 Crested Owl Nicaragua
Mike Macdonald 805 Willow Ptarmigan Newfoundland
Sandra MacDonald 712 Barnacle Goose Nova Scotia
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 Lesser Black-backed Gull South Carolina
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 255 Eastern Screech Owl Renfrew
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 282 Greater White-fronted Goose Cobden
Manson Fleguel 281 Dickcissel Pembroke
Mark Dojczman 257 Eastern Towhee Pembroke
Jacques Bouvier 249 Thick-billed Murre Cobden
Christian Renault 249 Eastern Screech Owl Renfrew
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 everyone who was able to add to winter lists. Special notice to Christian, Ken Brown, and Kristi for dramatically increasing their world list with some interesting exotic birds. Special shout out for Manson Fleguel who was able to add to his world and ABA list, the rare Asian Taiga Flycatcher that made an appearance at sunset beach in Vancouver.
Good birding to everyone this spring; I look forward to seeing your results.
Ken