Aves specta means watch birds

Aves specta means watch birds.*

I do. Do you?

I list. Not too fanatically. For the curious...

  • World 626
  • USA 601
  • Washington 290
  • Maine 256
  • Wells NERR 199
  • Yard 131 (16 as single occurrence)
  • Midway Atoll 49

Building a Yard List

Year Species New Ones Cumulative
2000 92 92 92
2001 90 14 106
2002 74 4 110
2003 83 1 111
2004 79 3 114
2005 81 5 119
2006 75 0 119
2007 92 5 124
2008 83 3 127
2009 85 0 127
2010 71 1 128
2011 86 3 131

Lists updated 21 October 2011.

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* Well, not exactly: Avis specta means watch birds. A little Latin/Spanish mixup several years ago and I suppose I'm stuck with it. At least nobody's pointed out my error yet (but if I'm still off the mark, please feel free to comment; I'll be grateful even if I don't change the domain).