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State Lists

Iowa State Life List - underlined names pop up the list (last year reported in parentheses; * deceased)

395   Tom Stone (2016)	326   Betty Lucas (2022)
394   *James L Fuller (2023)	323   Ed Thelen (2021)
394   Ann Johnson	323   *Michael Stephens (2015)
393   Pam Allen (2023)	322   Stuart Sparkman (2021)
393   Reid Allen (2023)	321   Tyler Harms (2015)
389   Gerald White	321   Vicky Stephens (2015)
387   Stephen J. Dinsmore (2016)	320   Kevin Murphy (2022)
387   Charles R Fuller (2016)	311   Mark Brown (2015)
385   *Thomas H Kent (2015)	311   Jeffrey Livingston (2016)
385   Mark Proescholdt	310   Linda Rudolph (2023)
379   Paul Roisen (2023)	309   Jerry Von Ehwegen
378   Dennis Thompson (2016)	305   Rose Stone (2015)
372   John Rutenbeck (2015)	305   Dean Hester (2021)
369   Ray Cummins	304   Karen Viste-Sparkman (2016)
368   Chris Edwards (2018)	293   Connor Langan (2021)
364   Aaron Brees (2015)	291   Richard Sayles (2017)
363   Danny Akers (2017)	289   Dick Bierman (2019)
354   James Dinsmore (2016)	289   Dana Siefer
353   Loren J Padelford (2015)	282   Anna Buckardt Thomas (2022)
353   Tommy Stone (2015)	276   Frederick Ruckersfeldt (2016)
352   Brandon Caswell (2022)	275   Douglas Chapman (2018)
351   Curt Nelson (2016)	266   David Shealer (2015)
349   Lee Schoenewe (2021)	245   Thomas Dougherty (2018)
349   Keith Dyche (2016)	244   Billy Reiter-Marolf (2016)
348   Rita Goranson (2022)	244   Patrick Keenan (2018)
346   Ric Zarwell (2016)	230   Steve Stucker (2022)
344   Bill Huser	209   Nan Buckardt
344   Paul Skrade (2023)	207   Paul Pearson (2021)
344   William Scheible (2018)	200   Steven Freed (2016)
343   John Bissell	199   Jim Rose (2017)
342   Thomas Johnson (2018)	179   Justin Ferguson (2018)
341   Wendy VanDeWalle (2023)	178   Sarah Bissell (2022)
340   Douglas Harr	174   Jeremy Winter (2023)
339   Paul Hertzel (2021)	136   Darcy Pinotti (2023)
335   Clayton Will (2022)	127   Bruce McKee (2019)
333   Richard Trieff (2017)	112   Melissa Cory (2017)
331   Carl Bendorf (2017)	111   Karl Fliris (2020)
330   Mary Lou Petersen (2015)

Personally Found List 326   Ray Cummins  311   Mark Proescholdt  293   Bill Huser

Pct Personally Found/Personal State List - min.state list of 250 and threshold of 75% 88.3%   Ray Cummins  85.2%   Bill Huser  80.8%   Mark Proescholdt

Yard List 190   Ann Johnson  156   Mark Proescholdt  143   John Bissell  104   Paul Skrade

Annual State List 276     John Bissell 238     Ray Cummins 218     Mark Proescholdt 193     Jerry Von Ehwegen	Top Birders List* 80.5%     John Bissell	Annual Yard List
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