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Birding

I started going birding this winter, being newly enrolled in an Ornithology course and making some friends interested in the hobby. Here is my life list, organized by order and family. My eBird is here

Accipitriformes (dirunal birds of prey)
1. Bald Eagle
2. Broad-winged Hawk
3. Cooper's Hawk
4. Northern Harrier
5. Osprey
6. Red-Tailed Hawk
   Anseriformes (waterfowl)
7. American Black Duck
8. Blue-Winged Teal
9. Bufflehead
10. Canada Goose
11. Common Goldeneye
12. Common Merganser
13. Greater White-Fronted Goose
14. Green-Winged Teal
15. Hooded Merganser
16. Lesser Scaup
17. Long-Tailed Duck
18. Mallard
19. Mute Swan
20. Northern Pintail
21. Northern Shoveler
22. Red-Breasted Merganser
23. Redhead
24. Ring-Necked Duck
25. Wood Duck
    Apodiformes (swifts)
26. Chimney Swift
27. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
    Caprimulgiformes (goatsuckers)
28. Common Nighthawk
    Cathartiformes (condors and vultures)
29. Turkey Vulture
    Charadriiformes (shorebirds)
30. American Herring Gull
31. American Woodcock
32. Caspian Tern
33. Greater Yellowlegs
34. Killdeer
35. Lesser Yellowlegs
36. Pectoral Sandpiper
37. Piping Plover
38. Ring-Billed Gull
39. Solitary Sandpiper
40. Spotted Sandpiper
41. Wilson's Snipe
    Columbiformes (pigeons and doves)
42. Eurasian Collared Dove
43. Mourning Dove
44. Rock Pigeon
    Coraciiformes (kingfishers)
45. Belted Kingfisher
    Falconiformes(Falcons)
46. American Kestrel
    Galliformes (landfowl)
47. Ring-necked Pheasant
    Gaviiformes (loons)
48. Common Loon
    Gruiformes (rails)
49. American Coot
50. Great Egret
51. Sandhill Crane
52. Sora
    Passeriformes (perching birds) (internally alphabetized by family)
53. Cedar Waxwing
54. Indigo Bunting
55. Northern Cardinal
56. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
57. Brown Creeper
58. American Crow
59. Blue Jay
60. American Goldfinch
61. House Finch
62. Purple Finch
63. Bank Swallow
64. Barn Swallow
65. Cliff Swallow
66. Purple Martin
67. Rough-winged Swallow
68. Tree Swallow
69. Baltimore Oriole
70. Brown-Headed Cowbird
71. Common Grackle
72. Eastern Meadowlark
73. Red-Winged Blackbird
74. Brown Thrasher
75. Gray Catbird
76. Black-Capped Chickadee / Carolina Chickadee (integrade zone)
77. Black-capped Chickadee
78. Tufted Titmouse
79. Black-and-white Warbler
80. Blackburnian Warbler
81. Black-throated Blue Warbler
82. Black-throated Green Warbler
83. Blue-winged Warbler
84. Chestnut-sided Warbler
85. Common Yellowthroat
86. Hooded Warbler
87. Nashville Warbler
88. Northern Parula
89. Northern Waterthrush
90. Orange-crowned Warbler
91. Ovenbird
92. Palm Warbler
93. Pine Warbler
94. Tennessee Warbler
95. Yellow Warbler
96. Yellow-Rumped Warbler
97. Yellow-throated Warbler
98. American Tree Sparrow
99. Chipping Sparrow
100. Dark-Eyed Junco
101. Eastern Towhee
102. Field Sparrow
103. Song Sparrow
104. Swamp Sparrow
105. White-crowned Sparrow
106. White-Throated Sparrow
107. House Sparrow
108. Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher
109. Golden-crowned Kinglet
110. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
111. Red-Breasted Nuthatch
112. White-Breasted Nuthatch
113. European Starling
114. Carolina Wren
115. Northern House Wren
116. American Robin
117. Eastern Bluebird
118. Gray-cheeked Thrush
119. Hermit Thrush
120. Swainson's Thrush
121. Wood Thrush
122. Acadian Flycatcher
123. Alder/Willow Flycatcher
124. Eastern Kingbird
125. Eastern Phoebe
126. Eastern Wood-Pewee
127. Great Crested Flycatcher
128. Blue-headed Vireo
129. Red-eyed Vireo
130. Warbling Vireo
     Pelecaniformes (large waterbirds)
131. American White Pelican
132. Black-crowned Night Heron
133. Great Blue Heron
     Piciformes (woodpeckers)
134. Downy Woodpecker
135. Hairy Woodpecker
136. Northern Flicker
137. Pileated Woodpecker
138. Red-Bellied Woodpecker
139. Red-Headed Woodpecker
140. Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
     Podicepediformes (grebes)
141. Pied-Billed Grebe
142. Horned Grebe
     Strigiformes (owls)
143. Barred Owl
144. Northern Saw-Whet Owl
     Suliformes (cormorants)
145. 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 - common in wetland and riparian areas in town
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
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
9. American Bittern
10. Eastern Kingbird [Seen! 02 May]
11. White-eyed Vireo
12. Marsh Wren
13. Eastern Whip-poor-will
14. Bank Swallow [Seen! June]