From Barbados to Beyond: Chasing 300 Birds (updated July 03)

#64/130. Brown Noddy, lifer #181/442

It’s been a while since I last shared an update on my chase to 300 species, and things have been moving along slowly but surely. Since my last report, the count now stands at 78 species here in Barbados and 140 worldwide. The real push is coming soon: on July 29th I’ll be heading to Canada, and I’m hoping to add more than 120 species during that trip.  If all goes well, this adventure will bring me close to the 300 mark, the milestone I’ve been chasing all year. Numbers aside, it’s the experiences behind them that make the journey worthwhile, and I’m looking forward to sharing those moments as they unfold.

Key: Rare birds; Barbados Purple lifer; W.I Lifers; World Lifer; World total * Rare for the time of year

78.140. Hudsonian Whimbrel - Numenius hudsonicus
77.139. Black Swift - Cypseloides niger
76. Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor
75. Yellow-crowned Night Heron - Nyctanassa violacea
74.138. Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
73.137. Orange-winged Amazon - Amazona amazonica
72.136. Willet - Tringa semipalmata
71.135. American Golden-Plover - Pluvialis dominica
70. Red-billed Tropicbird - Phaethon aethereus
69.134. Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
68.133. Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri
67.132.Common Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula 

66.131. Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 

65. Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
64.130.Brown Noddy - Anous stolidus (Bar:181;W.I:245;Wor:442)
63.129. Masked Duck - Nomonyx dominicus
62. Prairie Warbler - Setophaga discolor (Barbados: 180)
61. Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes
60.128. Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia
59. Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus griseus
58. Caribbean Martin - Progne dominicensis

57. Brown Booby - Sula leucogaster

56. Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias

55. Sora - Porzana carolina

54. Great Egret  - Ardea alba

53. Black-crowned Night Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
52. Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
51. Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria
50. Black-whiskered Vireo - Vireo altiloquus
49. Rose-ringed Parakeet - Psittacula krameri
48. American Herring Gull - Larus smithsonianus
47. Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis (Bar:179; W.I 227)
46. Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla*
45. Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
44. Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
43. Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
42. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis
41. Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
40. American Coot - Fulica americana
39. Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
38. Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
37. Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
36. Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata
35. Mangrove Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
34. Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis
33. Gray Kingbird - Tyrannus dominicensis
32. Western Reef-Heron - Egretta gularis
31. Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
30. Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
29. Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
28. Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
27. Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
26. Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
25. Eared Dove - Zenaida auriculata
24. Blue-winged Teal - Spatula discors
23. Black-faced Grassquit - Melanospiza bicolor
22. Grassland Yellow-Finch - Sicalis luteola
21. Carib Grackle - Quiscalus lugubris
20. Caribbean Elaenia - Elaenia martinica
19. Green-throated Carib - Eulampis holosericeus
18. Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
17. Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
16. Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus
15. Barbados Bullfinch - Loxigilla barbadensis
14. Bananaquit - Coereba flaveola
13. Shiny Cowbird - Molothrus bonariensis
12. Western Cattle-Egret - Ardea ibis 
11. Green Heron - Butorides virescens
10. Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens
9.   Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus
8.   Sanderling - Calidris alba
7.   Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
6.   Antillean Crested Hummingbird - Orthorhyncus cristatus
5.   Zenaida Dove - Zenaida aurita
4.   Common Ground Dove - Columbina passerina
3.   Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
2.   Scaly-naped Pigeon  - Patagioenas squamosa
1.   Rock Pigeon - Columba livia