My Birding Life List

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Though it is common terminology among birding enthusiasts, the idea of a so-called "Life List" might not be straightforward to everyone viewing this website. To define it simply, so as not to cause anyone who visits this page to feel left out, a Life List is a written account of all the species of birds one has seen or heard over the course of his/her life. With advances in digital photography, I have decided to add photographs to my species accounts to provide proof of just what I have seen. For my Life List, I only count birds that I have photographed, therefore some birds I have seen in the past are not counted, until I can provide a photograph of one in the wild. For example, I have seen Bobwhites before, but they were so fast, I was never able to photograph them. As such, they do not show up on this list yet. There are around 900 species of birds that can be seen at any point in time in North America (north of Mexico specifically). In summary, this page is my attempt to showcase all of the species that have made it to my list, as well as provide information on each type of bird & a short report of just how the sighting came to be, so I can always remember accurately each of my firsts, please enjoy!

Entry #200 - Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) - June 15, 2013

Entry #199 - Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) - June 15, 2013

Entry #198 - Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) - June 8, 2013

Entry #197 - Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) - June 3, 2013

Entry #196 - Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) - June 3, 2013

Entry #195 - Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) - June 3, 2013

Entry #194 - Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) - June 2, 2013

Entry #193 - Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) - June 2, 2013

Entry #192 - Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) - June 2, 2013

Entry #191 - Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) - May 30, 2013

Entry #190 - Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) - May 30, 2013

Entry #189 - Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) - May 29, 2013

Entry #188 - Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) - May 26, 2013

Entry #187 - Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) - May 19, 2013

Entry #186 - Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) - May 19, 2013

Entry #185 - Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) - May 11, 2013

Entry #184 - Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) - May 11, 2013

Entry #183 - Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) - May 11, 2013

Entry #182 - Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) - May 11, 2013

Entry #181 - Dunlin (Calidris alpina) - May 11, 2013

Entry #180 - Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) - April 23, 2013

Entry #179 - Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) - April 21, 2013

Entry #178 - Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) - April 14, 2013

Entry #177 - Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) - April 9, 2013

Entry #176 - Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) - March 29, 2013

Entry #175 - Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi) - March 17, 2013

Entry #174 - Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala) - March 14, 2013

Entry #173 - Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) - March 14, 2013

Entry #172 - Common Raven (Corvus corax) - March 12, 2013

Entry #171 - Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) - March 12, 2013

Entry #170 - Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) - March 12, 2013

Entry #169 - California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) - March 12, 2013

Entry #168 - Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) - March 11, 2013

Entry #167 - Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) - March 11, 2013

Entry #166 - Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) - March 11, 2013

Entry #165 - Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni) - March 10, 2013

Entry #164 - Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus) - March 10, 2013

Entry #163 - Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) - March 10, 2013

Entry #162 - Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) - February 28, 2013

Entry #161 - Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) - February 17, 2013

Entry #160 - Razorbill (Alca torda) - February 16, 2013

Entry #159 - Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) - February 10, 2013

Entry #158 - American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) - December 27, 2012

Entry #157 - Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) - December 27, 2012

Entry #156 - Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) - December 27, 2012

Entry #155 - Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) - December 25, 2012

Entry #154 - Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) - December 1, 2012

Entry #153 - King Rail (Rallus elegans) - December 1, 2012

Entry #152 - American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) - December 1, 2012

Entry #151 - Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) - November 23, 2012

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