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Birding

I started going birding in the winter of 24/25, being newly enrolled in an Ornithology course and making some friends interested in the hobby. Here is my life list, organized by order and, for the passerines, by family.

    Accipitriformes (dirunal birds of prey)
  1. Bald Eagle
  2. Broad-winged Hawk
  3. Cooper's Hawk
  4. Northern Harrier
  5. Osprey
  6. Red-Shouldered Hawk
  7. Red-Tailed Hawk
    Anseriformes (waterfowl)
  8. American Black Duck
  9. Blue-Winged Teal
  10. Bufflehead
  11. Canada Goose
  12. Common Goldeneye
  13. Common Merganser
  14. Egyptian Goose
  15. Graylag Goose
  16. Greater White-Fronted Goose
  17. Green-Winged Teal
  18. Hooded Merganser
  19. Lesser Scaup
  20. Long-Tailed Duck
  21. Mallard
  22. Mute Swan
  23. Northern Pintail
  24. Northern Shoveler
  25. Red-Breasted Merganser
  26. Redhead
  27. Ring-Necked Duck
  28. Wood Duck
    Apodiformes (swifts)
  29. Chimney Swift
  30. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
    Caprimulgiformes (goatsuckers)
  31. Common Nighthawk
    Cathartiformes (condors and vultures)
  32. Turkey Vulture
    Charadriiformes (shorebirds)
  33. American Herring Gull
  34. American Woodcock
  35. Black Gull
  36. Caspian Tern
  37. Greater Yellowlegs
  38. Killdeer
  39. Least Sandpiper
  40. Lesser Yellowlegs
  41. Pectoral Sandpiper
  42. Piping Plover
  43. Ring-Billed Gull
  44. Solitary Sandpiper
  45. Spotted Sandpiper
  46. Wilson's Snipe
    Columbiformes (pigeons and doves)
  47. Common Wood-Pigeon
  48. Eurasian Collared Dove
  49. Mourning Dove
  50. Rock Pigeon
    Coraciiformes (kingfishers)
  51. Belted Kingfisher
    Falconiformes(Falcons)
  52. American Kestrel
  53. Merlin
    Galliformes (landfowl)
  54. Ring-necked Pheasant
    Gaviiformes (loons)
  55. Common Loon
    Gruiformes (rails)
  56. American Coot
  57. Common Moorhen
  58. Great Egret
  59. Sandhill Crane
  60. Sora
    Passeriformes (perching birds) (internally alphabetized by family)
  61. Cedar Waxwing
  62. Indigo Bunting
  63. Northern Cardinal
  64. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  65. Scarlet Tanager
  66. Summer Tanager
  67. Brown Creeper
  68. American Crow
  69. Blue Jay
  70. Carrion Crow/Hooded Crow
  71. Common Raven
  72. Eurasian Jackdaw
  73. Eurasian Jay
  74. Eurasian Magpie
  75. American Goldfinch
  76. House Finch
  77. Purple Finch
  78. Bank Swallow
  79. Barn Swallow
  80. Cliff Swallow
  81. Purple Martin
  82. Rough-winged Swallow
  83. Tree Swallow
  84. Western House-Martin
  85. Baltimore Oriole
  86. Brown-Headed Cowbird
  87. Common Grackle
  88. Eastern Meadowlark
  89. Red-Winged Blackbird
  90. Brown Thrasher
  91. Gray Catbird
  92. Carolina Chickadee
  93. Black-capped Chickadee
  94. Coal Tit
  95. Eurasian Blue Tit
  96. Great Tit
  97. Tufted Titmouse
  98. American Redstart
  99. Black-and-white Warbler
  100. Blackburnian Warbler
  101. Black-throated Blue Warbler
  102. Black-throated Green Warbler
  103. Blue-winged Warbler
  104. Chestnut-sided Warbler
  105. Common Yellowthroat
  106. Hooded Warbler
  107. Louisiana Waterthrush
  108. Magnolia Warbler
  109. Mourning Warbler
  110. Nashville Warbler
  111. Northern Parula
  112. Northern Waterthrush
  113. Orange-crowned Warbler
  114. Ovenbird
  115. Palm Warbler
  116. Pine Warbler
  117. Tennessee Warbler
  118. Wilson's Warbler
  119. Yellow Warbler
  120. Yellow-Rumped Warbler
  121. Yellow-throated Warbler
  122. American Tree Sparrow
  123. Chipping Sparrow
  124. Dark-Eyed Junco
  125. Eastern Towhee
  126. Field Sparrow
  127. Song Sparrow
  128. Swamp Sparrow
  129. White-crowned Sparrow
  130. White-Throated Sparrow
  131. House Sparrow
  132. Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher
  133. Golden-crowned Kinglet
  134. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  135. Red-Breasted Nuthatch
  136. White-Breasted Nuthatch
  137. European Starling
  138. Carolina Wren
  139. Northern House Wren
  140. American Robin
  141. Eastern Bluebird
  142. Gray-cheeked Thrush
  143. Hermit Thrush
  144. Swainson's Thrush
  145. Veery
  146. Wood Thrush
  147. Acadian Flycatcher
  148. Alder/Willow Flycatcher
  149. Eastern Kingbird
  150. Eastern Phoebe
  151. Eastern Wood-Pewee
  152. Great Crested Flycatcher
  153. Blue-headed Vireo
  154. Red-eyed Vireo
  155. Warbling Vireo
  156. White-Eyed Vireo
    Pelecaniformes (large waterbirds)
  157. American White Pelican
  158. Black-crowned Night Heron
  159. Gray Heron
  160. Great Blue Heron
  161. Green Heron
    Piciformes (woodpeckers)
  162. Downy Woodpecker
  163. Greater Spotted Woodpecker
  164. Hairy Woodpecker
  165. Northern Flicker
  166. Pileated Woodpecker
  167. Red-Bellied Woodpecker
  168. Red-Headed Woodpecker
  169. Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
    Podicepediformes (grebes)
  170. Pied-Billed Grebe
  171. Horned Grebe
    Strigiformes (owls)
  172. Barred Owl
  173. Northern Saw-Whet Owl
    Suliformes (cormorants)
  174. Double-crested Cormorant

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2025 Birding Checklist

This list is a rather arbitrary selection drawn from the approximately 150 birds in my ornithology class of birds I would like to make a concentrated effort to learn to identify. I will probably update this last as the year goes on, as I might have the opportunity to visit some other countries and states this year, and will want to choose some specific targets for those trips.

    High-Priority Checklist
  1. Green-Winged Teal [Seen! 05 March]
  2. Bufflehead [Seen! 05 March]
  3. Common Nighthawk - [Seen! 27 March]
  4. Green Heron - [Seen! 01 August]
  5. Great Horned Owl - at least one individual frequenting Meadowbrook at dusk.
  6. Cooper's Hawk [Seen! 11 March]
  7. Northern Flicker [Seen! 17 March]
  8. Purple Martin [Seen! 12 April]
  9. Carolina Wren [Seen! 08 March]
  10. Wood Thrush - [Seen! 27 April]
  11. Eastern Meadowlark [Seen! 14 March]
  12. Indigo Bunting [Seen! 04 May]

As of 30 April, I've seen most of these species! I've been working on a secondary list, which I've made below:

    High-Priority List: Update!
  1. Veery [Seen! 30 Aug]
  2. Orchard Oriole
  3. Yellow-Breasted Chat
  4. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  5. Prairie Warbler
  6. Black-throated Blue Warbler [Seen! 06 May]
  7. Blue Grosbeak
  8. Scarlet Tanager [Seen! 06 July]
  9. American Bittern
  10. Eastern Kingbird [Seen! 02 May]
  11. White-eyed Vireo [Seen! 23 Aug]
  12. Marsh Wren
  13. Eastern Whip-poor-will
  14. Bank Swallow [Seen! June]

As of 11 October, I don't have a chance to see many of the rest of these birds. I am planning a trip for next winter to northern Arizona and to southern California, so I am currently coallating a checklist for these trips.