Fantasy Birding

2020 YARD SQUAD CHALLENGE

Rules

Each participant picks either their yard, or a patch within walking distance, to bird regularly between April 4 and the end of May. Volunteer captains draft players to create squads with as much geographical coverage as possible. One point is awarded for each unique species on a squad's list, and one bonus point is awarded for each 'life bird' - a species that is new to a participant's all-time yard/patch list. Observations are submitted to eBird and shared with dedicated squad accounts. The competition is divided into four two-week stretches, with a winner awarded for each stretch in addition to an overall champion.

Scores

Updated at 05/30/2020 08:20

Does not include bonus birds! View the current list of these here, and don't forget to enter your own. Click on any number on the scoreboard to view the corresponding species list.

	Squad	Stretch 1	Stretch 2	Stretch 3	Stretch 4	Overall
	TeKill-a Blue Mockingbirds	305	384	336	274	441	Full List	Profile
	QuaranTerns	248	297	288	269	363	Full List	Profile
	Bouton and the Ain't Goin Outons	-	-	333	229	362	Full List	Profile
	QuaranTinamous	218	284	222	181	351	Full List	Profile
	Yardbirds	236	253	256	267	350	Full List	Profile
	Unsociable Weavers	183	281	263	189	341	Full List	Profile
	Panic-Buying Patchers	220	249	254	218	331	Full List	Profile
	Stay-at-Homing Pigeons	241	250	244	207	329	Full List	Profile
	Masked Go-Away-Birds	-	248	257	195	314	Full List	Profile
	Social Distancing Flycatchers	208	220	201	173	293	Full List	Profile

TOTAL SPECIES, ALL TEAMS COMBINED

939

UNIQUE SPECIES BY TEAM

Bouton and the Ain't Goin Outons: Small Niltava, Himalayan Swiftlet, Gray-bellied Cuckoo, Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Pied Bushchat, White-capped Redstart, Tickell's Thrush, Ashy Drongo, Yellow-breasted Greenfinch, Plumbeous Redstart, Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler, Golden-throated Barbet, Indian Cuckoo, Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch, Spotted Forktail, Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler, Pied Thrush, Gray-bellied Tesia, Himalayan Bulbul, Gray-throated Babbler, Rufous-bellied Niltava, Crimson Sunbird, Black Bulbul, Gray Nightjar, Himalayan Black-lored Tit, Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher, Himalayan Cuckoo, Greater Yellownape, Lesser Yellownape, Long-legged Buzzard, Oriental Turtle-Dove, Bell's Vireo, Common Iora, Spotted Owlet, Great Barbet, Blue-throated Barbet, White-breasted Waterhen, Black-throated Thrush, Indian Paradise-Flycatcher, Hodgson's Redstart, Black-chinned Babbler, Gray Treepie, Black-backed Forktail, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Gray-hooded Warbler, Fire-breasted Flowerpecker, Blue Whistling-Thrush, Plain Flowerpecker, Gray-backed Shrike, Green-billed Malkoha, Red Collared-Dove, Hume's Warbler, Verditer Flycatcher, Tickell's Leaf Warbler, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Gray Bushchat, Gray-headed Woodpecker, Zitting Cisticola, Gray-throated Martin, Cinereous Tit, Black-winged Cuckooshrike, Blue-throated Flycatcher, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Long-tailed Shrike, Bronzed Drongo, Large Cuckooshrike, Himalayan Buzzard, Collared Scops-Owl, Greater Coucal, White-rumped Munia, Siberian Stonechat, Rufous Woodpecker, Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo, Hair-crested Drongo, Dusky Warbler, Indian White-eye, Blue-capped Rock-Thrush, Red-billed Blue-Magpie, Maroon Oriole, Scarlet Minivet, Baya Weaver, Paddyfield Pipit, Long-tailed Minivet, Thick-billed Warbler, Asian House-Martin, Black-throated Tit, Taiga Flycatcher

Panic-Buying Patchers: White-throated Dipper, Little Owl, Tundra Swan, Snow Bunting, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Pink-footed Goose, Eurasian Siskin, European Stonechat, Willow Ptarmigan, Common Scoter, Pinyon Jay, Juniper Titmouse, Common Grasshopper-Warbler, Chihuahuan Raven, Common Snipe, Lapland Longspur, Red-throated Pipit, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Redstart, Willow Tit, Hen Harrier, Eurasian Woodcock, Eurasian Hobby

Stay-at-Homing Pigeons: Short-toed Treecreeper, Limpkin, Black Redstart, Green Sandpiper, Gray Kingbird, Hooded Crow, Nanday Parakeet

QuaranTinamous: Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Wandering Tattler, African Silverbill, Bohemian Waxwing, Dusky Grouse, Iceland Gull, Pine Grosbeak, Kalij Pheasant, Redhead, Bell's Sparrow, Black-chinned Sparrow, Yellowhammer, Bristle-thighed Curlew, Java Sparrow, Black Tern, Warbling White-eye, Gray Francolin, Yellow-fronted Canary, Saffron Finch, Pacific Golden-Plover, Canada Jay, Clark's Nutcracker, Zebra Dove, Common Waxbill, Yellow-billed Cardinal, Hawaiian Goose

Social Distancing Flycatchers: Swift Parrot, Northern Pygmy-Owl, Dusky Woodswallow, Striated Thornbill, Red-browed Firetail, Sedge Wren, Sage Thrasher, Straw-necked Ibis, Gray Teal, Superb Fairywren, New Holland Honeyeater, Hoary-headed Grebe

QuaranTerns: Northern Gannet, Australasian Pipit, Bell Miner, Whistling Kite, Australasian Gannet, Australasian Darter, Common Eider, Canvasback, Little Eagle, Piping Plover, Little Black Cormorant, Hardhead, Rufous Night-Heron, Great Crested Tern, Hudsonian Godwit, Common Murre, Baird's Sandpiper, Long-tailed Duck, Red-rumped Parrot, White-winged Scoter, Silver Gull

Unsociable Weavers: Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Black-winged Kite, White-rumped Sandpiper, Purple-rumped Sunbird, Red-breasted Parakeet, Red-necked Falcon, Asian Palm-Swift, Black-rumped Flameback, Henslow's Sparrow, LeConte's Sparrow, Striated Heron, Reddish Egret, Red-masked Parakeet, Boreal Chickadee, Indian Silverbill, Long-billed Curlew, Black-hooded Oriole, Amur Falcon, Little Cormorant, Upland Sandpiper, Lesser Whistling-Duck, Common Redpoll, Brahminy Kite, Asian Pied Starling, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Brown Shrike, Least Tern, Elegant Tern, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Purple Sunbird

Masked Go-Away-Birds: Rhinoceros Auklet, Scarlet Myzomela, Topknot Pigeon, Australian King-Parrot, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Rainbow Bee-eater, Olive-backed Oriole, Pied Butcherbird, Bush Thick-knee, Australasian Figbird, Pacific Baza, Australian Brushturkey, Abert's Towhee, Marbled Murrelet, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Noisy Friarbird, Little Lorikeet, Pale-headed Rosella, Torresian Crow

TeKill-a Blue Mockingbirds: White-throated Towhee, Streak-backed Oriole, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Rosy Thrush-Tanager, Northern Potoo, Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Squirrel Cuckoo, Morelet's Seedeater, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Mexican Parrotlet, Plain Chachalaca, Sinaloa Crow, Red-legged Honeycreeper, Common Chlorospingus, Greenish Elaenia, Northern Jacana, Rufous-backed Robin, Crested Caracara, Band-backed Wren, Turquoise-browed Motmot, Brown-capped Vireo, Purple Gallinule, Gray Silky-flycatcher, Black-vented Oriole, Chestnut-collared Swift, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Sinaloa Wren, Gull-billed Tern, Berylline Hummingbird, Russet-crowned Motmot, Collared Trogon, Common Black Hawk, Clay-colored Thrush, Singing Quail, Rufous-collared Robin, Yellow-headed Parrot, Mangrove Swallow, Audubon's Oriole, Rufous-capped Warbler, Chestnut-headed Oropendola, Common Pauraque, Russet-naped Wood-Rail, Zone-tailed Hawk, Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem, Cinnamon Hummingbird, Buff-collared Nightjar, Yellowish Flycatcher, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Azure-hooded Jay, Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet, Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater, Slate-throated Redstart, Barred Antshrike, Red-billed Pigeon, Social Flycatcher, Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush, Mexican Whip-poor-will, Green Parakeet, Crescent-chested Warbler, Blue-throated Motmot, Great Kiskadee, Montezuma Oropendola, Tropical Parula, Cactus Wren, Blue-black Grassquit, Green Kingfisher, Ruddy Ground Dove, Melodious Blackbird, Golden-olive Woodpecker, Olive Warbler, Greater Pewee, Nutting's Flycatcher, Black-headed Saltator, Azure-crowned Hummingbird, White-winged Tanager, Gray Thrasher, Mediterranean Gull, Hook-billed Kite, Rufous-bellied Chachalaca, Red-throated Ant-Tanager, White-tipped Dove, Black-throated Magpie-Jay, Blue-footed Booby, White-bellied Emerald, Spot-breasted Wren, Green Jay, White-naped Brushfinch, Scrub Euphonia, Violet Sabrewing, Lineated Woodpecker, Blue-capped Motmot, Spotted Rail, Brown-backed Solitaire, Blue Mockingbird, Altamira Oriole, Smoky-brown Woodpecker, Rusty Sparrow, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Bananaquit, Purplish-backed Jay, Blue-gray Tanager, Blue Bunting, Yellow-winged Tanager, Snail Kite, Ivory-billed Woodcreeper, Botteri's Sparrow, Collared Forest-Falcon, Chestnut-capped Brushfinch, Gray-breasted Martin, Tropical Mockingbird, Boucard's Wren, Northern Emerald-Toucanet, Brown Jay, Magnificent Frigatebird, Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Yucatan Jay, Keel-billed Toucan, Yucatan Woodpecker, White-collared Swift, Tropical Kingbird, Ringed Kingfisher, Mountain Trogon, Dusky Hummingbird, Elegant Euphonia, Citreoline Trogon, Orange Oriole, Plain-capped Starthroat, Masked Tityra, Gartered Trogon, Pyrrhuloxia, Grayish Saltator, White-eared Hummingbird, Bright-rumped Attila, Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Rose-throated Becard, White-crowned Parrot, Rivoli's Hummingbird, Gray Hawk, Roadside Hawk, Golden-cheeked Woodpecker, Happy Wren, Mottled Owl, Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer, Black-capped Swallow, Gray Vireo, Wedge-tailed Sabrewing, Yellow-winged Cacique, Lesson's Motmot, Golden-crowned Warbler, Hooded Grosbeak, Yellow-throated Euphonia, Stripe-headed Sparrow, Yellow-eyed Junco, White-fronted Parrot, Yellow-backed Oriole, Elf Owl, Gray-breasted Woodpecker, Black-headed Siskin, Bat Falcon, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Groove-billed Ani, Thick-billed Kingbird

Yardbirds: Eurasian Nightjar, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Sandwich Tern, Black-tailed Godwit, Cetti's Warbler, Common Ringed Plover, Common Redshank, Red-naped Sapsucker, Whinchat