While I'm not doing any kind of official Big Year, this certainly is a big year for me. I started the year off in Ecuador doing my dissertation research, I attended a 1-week biology course in Belize, joined my husband during his 1-week contract work out in California, have an upcoming trip to Colorado (to run a high altitude marathon, so I'm planning on getting there a week early to acclimate and of course to go birding), and will be attending a scientific meeting in Peru later this year. The biggest trip of all will be my 3.5 weeks in South Africa this summer, my first visit to this continent! There is also the possibility of a short trip to India at the end of the year, but that's not yet certain. And, of course, there is the birding I do in my home state... when I'm here.
So here I am, starting this thread after half the year has already gone by... oh well.
Mammals so far: 40, 2 not identified to species (well, maybe three, isn't bottlenose dolphin now split?)
West Indian Manatee
Nine-banded Armadillo
Armadillo sp (one of smaller Amazonian spp)
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Amazon Red Squirrel
Neotropical Pygmy Squirrel
Yucatan Gray Squirrel
American Red Squirrel
Eastern Chipmunk
California Ground Squirrel
Black-tailed Prairie-Dog
Groundhog
Agouti sp.
Eastern Cottontail
Desert Cottontail
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Red Brocket Deer
White-tailed Deer
Mule Deer
Brazilian Tapir
Two-toed Sloth
Common Racoon
White-nosed Coati
Golden-mantled Tamarin
Squirrel Monkey
Night (Owl) Monkey
Dusky Titi Monkey
Brown Capuchin
Equatorial Saki
Red Howler Monkey
Mexican Black Howler Monkey
White-bellied Spider Monkey
Geoffroy's Spider Monkey
Humboldt's Woolly Monkey
Ocelot
Coyote
Island Fox
California Sea Lion
Common Dolphin
Bottlenose Dolphin
Edit: Actually it should be 42, I forgot White-lipped and Collared Peccaries
Birds: 775. So far this includes birds from Ecuador (mostly Amazonia, some from Quito and also mid-elevation eastern Andes), Belize and Guatemala (Tikal), Arkansas, California, western Oklahoma, northern Minnesota (forgot to mention that trip in first post), and a few from the Florida panhandle (brief trip for family reunion).
Great Tinamou
White-throated Tinamou
Cinereous Tinamou
Undulated Tinamou
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Canada Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Mallard
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Wood Duck
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Surf Scoter
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Torrent Duck
Ruddy Duck
Anhinga
Double-crested Cormorant
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Brown Pelican
American White Pelican
Cocoi Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Striated Heron
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Boat-billed Heron
White-faced Ibis
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Jabiru
Black Vulture
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture
Turkey Vulture
King Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Mississippi Kite
Snail Kite
Double-toothed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Harrier
Great Black Hawk
Black-faced Hawk
Semiplumbeous Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Variable Hawk
Black Hawk-Eagle
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Bat Falcon
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Orange-breasted Falcon
Lined Forest-Falcon
Laughing Falcon
Red-throated Caracara
Black Caracara
Speckled Chachalaca
Plain Chachalaca
Sickle-winged Guan
Wattled Guan
Spix's Guan
Common Piping-Guan
Salvin's Curassow
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Marbled Wood-Quail
California Quail
Northern Bobwhite
Chestnut-headed Crake
Gray-necked Wood-Rail
Rufous-necked Wood-Rail
Clapper Rail
Sora
American Coot
Limpkin
Gray-winged Trumpeter
Sunbittern
Sungrebe
Wattled Jacana
Northern Jacana
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Black Oystercatcher
Southern Lapwing
Black-bellied Plover
Collared Plover
Snowy Plover
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Black Turnstone
Ruddy Turnstone
Surfbird
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Dunlin
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Short-billed Dowitcher
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Andean Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Thayer's Gull
Western Gull
Yellow-billed Tern
Least Tern
Forster's Tern
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Cassin's Auklet
Xantus's Murrelet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Plumbeous Pigeon
Ruddy Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Pale-vented Pigeon
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Eared Dove
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
Gray-fronted Dove
White-tipped Dove
Blue Ground-Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Ruddy Quail-Dove
White-throated Quail-Dove
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
Red-and-green Macaw
Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Colbalt-winged Parakeet
Olive-throated Parakeet
Dusky-headed Parakeet
Maroon-tailed Parakeet
Blue-headed Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
Red-billed Parrot
White-capped Parrot
Brown-hooded Parrot
Black-headed Parrot
Orange-cheeked Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
White-fronted Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Orange-winged Parrot
Yellow-crowned Parrot
Hoatzin
Squirrel Cuckoo
Black-bellied Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Groove-billed Ani
Smooth-billed Ani
Greater Ani
Greater Roadrunner
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Vermiculated Screech-Owl
Burrowing Owl
San Isidro Owl
Black-banded Owl
Mottled Owl
Barred Owl
Crested Owl
Spectacled Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Great Gray Owl
Great Horned Owl
Common Nighthawk
Lesser Nighthawk
Ocellated Poorwill
Paraque
Chuck-will's-widow
Whip-poor-will
Common Potoo
Great Potoo
Gray-rumped Swift
Short-tailed Swift
Chimney Swift
Vaux's Swift
Neotropical Palm-Swift
Chestnut-collared Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
White-collared Swift
Black-throated Hermit
Reddish Hermit
Great-billed Hermit
White-bearded Hermit
Straight-billed Hermit
Tawny-bellied Hermit
Rufous-breasted Hermit
Pale-tailed Barbthroat
Fork-tailed Woodnymph
Black-eared Fairy
White-necked Jacobin
Green-breasted Mango
Gray-breasted Sabrewing
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing
Sparkling Violetear
Speckled Hummingbird
White-bellied Woodstar
Canivet's Emerald
White-bellied Emerald
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Buff-tailed Coronet
Mountain Velvetbreast
Sword-billed Hummingbird
Collared Inca
Bronzy Inca
Tyrian Metaltail
Long-tailed Sylph
Black-tailed Trainbearer
Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Gould's Jewelfront
Tourmaline Sunangel
Amazonian White-tailed Trogon
Amazonian Violaceous Trogon
Violaceous Trogon
Black-headed Trogon
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Masked Trogon
Black-throated Trogon
Collared Trogon
Golden-headed Quetzal
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Rufous Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Blue-crowned Motmot
Highland Motmot
Yellow-billed Jacamar
Purplish Jacamar
Great Jacamar
Gilded Barbet
Lemon-throated Barbet
White-chested Puffbird
Collared Puffbird
Brown Nunlet
Black-fronted Nunbird
White-fronted Nunbird
Yellow-billed Nunbird
Swallow-winged Puffbird
Golden-collared Toucanet
Emerald Toucanet
Many-banded Aracari
Ivory-billed Aracari
Collared Aracari
Black-billed Mountain-Toucan
Channel-billed Toucan
White-throated Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Lafresnaye's Piculet
Rufous-breasted Piculet
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
Red-stained Woodpecker
Yellow-vented Woodpecker
Yellow-throated Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Golden-green Woodpecker
Spot-breasted Woodpecker
Scale-breasted Woodpecker
Chestnut Woodpecker
Cream-colored Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Lineated Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-necked Woodpecker
Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper
Strong-billed Woodcreeper
Ocellated Woodcreeper
Spix's Woodcreeper
Striped Woodcreeper
Buff-throated Woodcreeper
Olive-backed Woodcreeper
Montane Woodcreeper
Lineated Woodcreeper
Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper
Red-billed Scythebill
Long-billed Woodcreeper
Azara's Spinetail
Rufous-breasted Spinetail
Speckled Spinetail
Stout-billed Cinclodes
Pearled Treerunner
Plain Xenops
Slender-billed Xenops
Chestnut-winged Hookbill
Rufous-rumped Foliage-Gleaner
Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-Gleaner
Chestnut-winged Foliage-Gleaner
Olive-backed Foliage-Gleaner
Brown-rumped Foliage-Gleaner
Buff-throated Foliage-Gleaner
Eastern Woodhaunter
Lineated Foliage-Gleaner
Montane Foliage-Gleaner
Streaked Tuftedcheek
Black-tailed Leaftosser
Short-billed Leaftosser
Tawny-throated Leaftosser
Fasciated Antshrike
Undulated Antshrike
Barred Antshrike
Plain-winged Antshrike
Mouse-colored Antshrike
Spot-winged Antshrike
Cinereous Antshrike
Dusky-throated Antshrike
Dot-winged Antwren
Dugand's Antwren
Chestnut-shouldered Antwren
Gray Antbird
Black Antbird
White-flanked Antwren
Long-winged Antwren
Gray Antwren
Plain-throated Antwren
Ornate Antwren
Yasuni Antwren
Rufous-tailed Antwren
Pygmy Antwren
Short-billed Antwren
Amazonian Streaked-Antwren
Warbling Antbird
Yellow-browed Antbird
Black-faced Antbird
Spot-winged Antbird
Sooty Antbird
White-shouldered Antbird
Scale-backed Antbird
Spot-backed Antbird
Banded Antbird
Bicolored Antbird
Lunulated Antbird
Hairy-crested Antbird
Reddish-winged Bare-eye
White-plumed Antbird
Black-faced Antthrush
Rufous-capped Antthrush
Striated Antthrush
Thrush-like Antpitta
Ochre-striped Antpitta
White-bellied Antpitta
Tawny Antpitta
Ash-throated Gnateater
Rusty-belted Tapaculo
Long-tailed Tapaculo
Blackish Tapaculo
Ashy-headed Tyrannulet
Paltry Tyrannulet
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
Streak-necked Flycatcher
Rufous-breasted Flycatcher
White-tailed Tyrannulet
Golden-faced Tyrannulet
Slender-footed Tyrannulet
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
Zimmer's Flatbill
Gray-crowned Flatbill
Yellow-olive Flatbill
Olive-faced Flatbill
Forest Elaenia
Gray Elaenia
White-crested Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Eye-ringed Flatbill
Cinnamon Flycatcher
Whiskered Flycatcher
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher
Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher
Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher
Double-banded Pygmy-Tyrant
Golden-crowned Spadebill
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Smoke-colored Pewee
Tropical Pewee
Torrent Tyrannulet
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Drab Water-Tyrant
Vermilion Flycatcher
Brownish Twistwing
Ringed Antpipit
Bright-rumped Attila
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Pale-edged Flycatcher
Short-crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Golden-crowned Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Dark-chested Flycatcher
Lesser Kiskadee
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Tropical Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Black-tailed Tityra
Masked Tityra
Black-crowned Tityra
Rose-throated Becard
Pink-throated Becard
Chestnut-crowned Becard
Screaming Piha
White-browed Purpletuft
Green-and-black Fruiteater
Black-chested Fruiteater
Black-necked Red Cotinga
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Bare-necked Fruitcrow
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock
Golden-headed Manakin
White-capped Manakin
Wire-tailed Manakin
Blue-crowned Manakin
Blue-backed Manakin
Striped Manakin
Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin
Wing-banded Piprites
Thrush-like Schiffornis
Varzea Schiffornis
Northern Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike
Dusky-capped Greenlet
Tawny-crowned Greenlet
Lesser Greenlet
Hutton's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yucatan Vireo
Mangrove Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Black-billed Peppershrike
Violaceous Jay
Inca Jay
Blue Jay
Steller's Jay
Brown Jay
Gray Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Island Scrub-Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Fish Crow
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Gray-chested Martin
Purple Martin
White-banded Swallow
White-winged Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Mangrove Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Brown-bellied Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Tawny-faced Gnatwren
Long-billed Gnatwren
Thrush-like Wren
Band-backed Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Plain-tailed Wren
Coraya Wren
Spot-breasted Wren
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
House Wren
Mountain Wren
Canyon Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Southern Nightingale-Wren
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Wrentit
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Andean Solitaire
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Varied Thrush
Pale-eyed Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Lawrence's Thrush
White-necked Thrush
Black-billed Thrush
Glossy-black Thrush
Great Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Tropical Mockingbird
Black Catbird
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
California Thrasher
Le Conte's Thrasher
American Pipit
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Tropical Parula
Northern Parula
Black-and-white Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Pine Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Kentucky Warbler
Canada Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Russet-crowned Warbler
Three-striped Warbler
Black-crested Warbler
Spectacled Redstart
Slate-throated Redstart
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Ovenbird
Buff-rumped Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Bananaquit
Black Flowerpiercer
Masked Flowerpiercer
Bluish Flowerpiercer
Cinereous Conebill
Purple Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Black-faced Dacnis
Blue Dacnis
Yellow-backed Tanager
Swallow Tanager
Saffron-crowned Tanager
Flame-faced Tanager
Beryl-spangled Tanager
Black-capped Tanager
Green-and-gold Tanager
Yellow-bellied Tanager
Opal-rumped Tanager
Opal-crowned Tanager
Turquoise Tanager
Paradise Tanager
Grass-green Tanager
Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Yellow-winged Tanager
Crimson-collared Tanager
Silver-beaked Tanager
Flame-crested Tanager
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Northern Black-capped Hemispingus
Black-eared Hemispingus
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Hepatic Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Blue Bunting
Dickcissel
Black-headed Saltator
Grayish Saltator
Southern Yellow-Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Slate-colored Grosbeak
Blue-black Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Red-capped Cardinal
Lesser Seed-Finch
Blue-black Grassquit
White-collared Seedeater
Variable Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Stripe-headed Brush-Finch
Eastern Towhee
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Green-backed Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Yellow-browed Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Rufous-collared Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Russet-backed Oropendola
Crested Oropendola
Green Oropendola
Olive Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
Yellow-billed Cacique
Subtropical Cacique
Northern Mountain-Cacique
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Black-cowled Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
Red-breasted Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Melodious Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
House Finch
Purple Finch
Olivaceous Siskin
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Grosbeak
Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Scrub Euphonia
Orange-bellied Euphonia
Thick-billed Euphonia
White-lored Euphonia
Rufous-bellied Euphonia
House Sparrow