Extreme Birder: One Woman's Big Year

Index

index ABA, 210 ABA area, xv, xviii-xix, xxii-xxiii, 17 ABA big year, xviii-xix, xxi ABA big year, women xv, xxvi ABA codes, xxiii ABA guidelines, 24 ABA rules xix, 44, 86, 131 Adak “forests,” 91 Adak Island, Alaska, 89–94, 96 Alameda County, California, 192 Alaska, 84, 104, 149, 186 Alaska Bird Observatory, Alaska, 125 Albatross: Black-footed, 41–42, 244; Laysan, 42, 92, 244 Albuquerque, New Mexico, 22, 144, 146, 216 alcids, 106 American Birding Association, ix, xviii-xix, xxiii American Ornithological Union, x, 51 Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, 49, 57, 81, 85–86 Anchorage, Alaska, 88–90, 95, 97, 103, 113, 168, 194 Angelina County, Texas, 84 Anhinga, 83, 244 Ani: Groove-billed, 154, 247; Smooth-billed, 36, 73, 150, 199– 200, 247 Antone Slough, Alaska 164 Anzalduas County Park, Texas, 5, 154, 211 AOU, x, 51 Appalachian Trail, Maine, 130 Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, 6, 124 arctic fox, 198 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, 117, 119 Arctic Valley Road, Anchorage, Alaska, 103, 168 Arctic Village, Alaska, 117, 124 Arizona, 1, 127, 149, 169, 205, 222 Arkansas, 41 Arlington, Texas, 88 Ash Canyon, Arizona, 134 Attu Island, Alaska, x, xv, 89 Auklet: Cassin’s, 42, 178, 205, 247; Crested, 94, 247; Least, 94, 101, 247; Parakeet 94, 100, 247; Rhinoceros , 18, 42, 178, 247; Whiskered 94, 95, 247 Austin Rare Bird Alert, 72 Austin, Texas, 71 Avocet, American, 82, 245 Back Bay Drive, California, 69 Bainbridge Island ferry, 187 Bainbridge Island, Washington, 187 Balcones Canyonlands, Texas 53, 56 Bananaquit, 26, 31, 34–35, 251 Barber, David, 209 Barrow, Alaska, 113–15, 194–95, 197 Barry, Anna Kingman, viii Basham, Benton, ix-x, 210 Bass Inn, Texas, 81 Battery Hotel, Newfoundland, 225 266 index BBS. See Breeding Bird Survey Bean-Goose, Tundra, 90–92, 243 Beatty’s Guest Ranch, Arizona, 133–34, 156 Beatty, Tom, 159–60 Beaumont, Texas, 85–87 Becard, Rose-throated, 157, 208–10, 249 Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Texas, 5, 52, 83 Bering Sea, Alaska, 94 Beverly Beach State Park, Oregon, 39 Bickel, Barbara, 141 Biddeford, Maine, 127 Big Bend. See Big Bend National Park Big Bend National Park, Texas, 56, 60–61 Big Pine Key, Florida, 201 Big Year, The, x, xvii, 38, 61, 194 Birdchat, 186 Birder’s Guide to Minnesota, A, 8 Birding, ix Birding Center. See Port Aransas Birding Center Bird-Lore, vii, ix Birds of North America, x Birdtreks, 88, 188 Bittern: American, 57, 85, 244; Least, 57–58, 244 Blackbird: Brewer’s, 215, 252; Redwinged , 26, 36, 252; Rusty, 26, 252; Tricolored, 18, 252; Yellowheaded , 81–82, 142, 215–16, 252 Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado, 71 Blucher Park, Texas, 84 Bluebird: Eastern, 7, 250; Mountain, 18, 67, 142, 193, 250; Western, 17, 145, 192–93, 250 Blue Creek trail, Texas, 64 Bluethroat, 106, 250 Bobolink, 79, 86, 131, 252 Bobwhite, Northern, 82, 244 Bodega Bay, California, 191 Bog Springs trail, Arizona, 140–41, 155 Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, 49–50, 58–59, 86 boneyards, 105, 106, 108 Bonine, 163 Booby: Brown, 78, 244; Masked, 78–80, 163, 244; Red-footed, 80 Boot Springs, Texas, 56, 60, 62 Boquillas Canyon trail, Texas, 61 Border Patrol, 158, 184, 211 Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, 214 Boy Scout Woods, Texas, 49, 86 Bradbury State Park, Maine, 133 Brambling, 1 Brant, 17, 111, 207, 243 Brazoria County, Texas, 213 Breeding Bird Survey, x, 126 British Columbia, 39, 41 Brooks Range, Alaska, 120 Brownsville, Texas, 3–4, 83, 153 Buddy Stewart Park, Texas, 26 Budgerigar, 150, 199, 202, 247 budgies. See Budgerigar Bufflehead, 39, 90, 243 Bulbul, Red-whiskered, 35, 250 Bunting: Blue, 28–30, 227, 229–31, 252; Indigo, 76, 88, 127, 252; Lark, 12, 252; Lazuli, 88, 146, 157, 252; Little, 105–106, 252; McKay’s, 102, 105–106, 252; McKay’s (hybrid), 102; Painted, 35, 88, 252; Snow, 92, 112, 115, 252; Varied, 139, 155, 252 267 index Bushtit, 18, 172, 180, 182, 250 Buxton Woods, North Carolina, 33 BVD, 11 Cake Eater Road, Alaska, 115 Calidris, 72 Califon, New Jersey, 38 California, 1, 169, 186, 205 California Gulch, Arizona, 137, 139–40 Calliham Unit, Texas, 81 Canjilon Lakes, New Mexico, 145–46 Canning River, Alaska, 118, 121 Canvasback, 111, 142, 243 Capisic Pond Park, Maine, 133 Caracara, Crested, 153, 245 Cardinal, Northern, 20, 135, 185, 241, 252 caribou, 124 Carpenter, Eric, xvii, 72 Carr Canyon, Arizona, 134...