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 #100 - Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) - May 15, 2011

Entry #99 - Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) - May 15, 2011

Entry #98 - Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) - May 15, 2011

Entry #97 - Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) - May 8, 2011

Entry #96 - Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) - May 7, 2011

Entry #95 - Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) - May 3, 2011

Entry #94 - Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans) - April 10, 2011

Entry #93 - Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) - April 1, 2011

Entry #92 - Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) - January 22, 2011

Entry #91 - American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) - January 22, 2011

Entry #90 - Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) - January 22, 2011

Entry #89 - Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) - January 15, 2011

Entry #88 - Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) - January 15, 2011

Entry #87 - White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) - December 31, 2010

Entry #86 - White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) - December 28, 2010

Entry #85 - Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) - December 4, 2010

Entry #84 - Willet (Tringa semipalmata) - November 20, 2010

Entry #83 - Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) - August 20, 2010

Entry #82 - Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) - August 7, 2010

Entry #81 - Purple Martin (Progne subis) - July 30, 2010

Entry #80 - Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) - July 2, 2010

Entry #79 - Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) - June 18, 2010

Entry #78 - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) - June 11, 2010

Entry #77 - Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) - June 4, 2010

Entry #76 - Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) - May 30, 2010

Entry #75 - Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) - May 30, 2010

Entry #74 - Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) - May 29, 2010

Entry #73 - Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) - May 29, 2010

Entry #72 - Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) - May 29, 2010

Entry #71 - American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) - May 29, 2010

Entry #70 - Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) - May 29, 2010

Entry #69 - Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) - May 22, 2010

Entry #68 - Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) - May 15, 2010

Entry #67 - House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) - May 14, 2010

Entry #66 - Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) - May 9, 2010

Entry #65 - Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) - May 8, 2010

Entry #64 - Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) - May 7, 2010

Entry #63 - European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) - May 5, 2010

Entry #62 - Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) - May 2, 2010

Entry #61 - Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) - May 1, 2010

Entry #60 - Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) - April 25, 2010

Entry #59 - Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) - April 17, 2010

Entry #58 - Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) - April 17, 2010

Entry #57 - Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) - April 11, 2010

Entry #56 - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) - April 11, 2010

Entry #55 - American Robin (Turdus migratorius) - April 10, 2010

Entry #54 - Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) - February 28, 2010

Entry #53 - Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) - February 27, 2010

Entry #52 - Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) - February 21, 2010

Entry #51 - Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) - February 21, 2010

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