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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-tailed 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
    Caprimulgiformes (goatsuckers)
27. Common Nighthawk
    Cathartiformes (condors and vultures)
28. Turkey Vulture
    Charadriiformes (shorebirds)
29. American Herring Gull
30. American Woodcock
31. Caspian Tern
32. Greater Yellowlegs
33. Killdeer
34. Lesser Yellowlegs
35. Pectoral Sandpiper
36. Ring-Billed Gull
37. Solitary Sandpiper
38. Spotted Sandpiper
39. Wilson's Snipe
    Columbiformes (pigeons and doves)
40. Mourning Dove
41. Rock Pigeon
    Coraciiformes (kingfishers)
42. Belted Kingfisher
    Falconiformes(Falcons)
43. American Kestrel
    Galliformes (landfowl)
44. Ring-necked Pheasant
    Gaviiformes (loons)
45. Common Loon
    Gruiformes (rails)
46. American Coot
47. Great Egret
48. Sandhill Crane
49. Sora
    Passeriformes (perching birds) (internally alphabetized by family)
50. Indigo Bunting
51. Northern Cardinal
52. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
53. Brown Creeper
54. American Crow
55. Blue Jay
56. American Goldfinch
57. House Finch
58. Purple Finch
59. Barn Swallow
60. Purple Martin
61. Rough-winged Swallow
62. Tree Swallow
63. Baltimore Oriole
64. Brown-Headed Cowbird
65. Common Grackle
66. Eastern Meadowlark
67. Red-Winged Blackbird
68. Brown Thrasher
69. Gray Catbird
70. Black-Capped Chickadee / Carolina Chickadee (integrade zone)
71. Black-capped Chickadee
72. Tufted Titmouse
73. Black-and-white Warbler
74. Blackburnian Warbler
75. Black-throated Green Warbler
76. Blue-winged Warbler
77. Chestnut-sided Warbler
78. Common Yellowthroat
79. Nashville Warbler
80. Northern Parula
81. Northern Waterthrush
82. Orange-crowned Warbler
83. Ovenbird
84. Palm Warbler
85. Pine Warbler
86. Tennessee Warbler
87. Yellow Warbler
88. Yellow-Rumped Warbler
89. American Tree Sparrow
90. Chipping Sparrow
91. Dark-Eyed Junco
92. Eastern Towhee
93. Field Sparrow
94. Song Sparrow
95. Swamp Sparrow
96. White-Throated Sparrow
97. House Sparrow
98. Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher
99. Golden-crowned Kinglet
100. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
101. Red-Breasted Nuthatch
102. White-Breasted Nuthatch
103. European Starling
104. Carolina Wren
105. Northern House Wren
106. American Robin
107. Eastern Bluebird
108. Hermit Thrush
109. Wood Thrush
110. Eastern Kingbird
111. Eastern Phoebe
112. Great Crested Flycatcher
113. Blue-headed Vireo
114. Red-eyed Vireo
115. Warbling Vireo
     Pelecaniformes (large waterbirds)
116. American White Pelican
117. Black-crowned Night Heron
118. Great Blue Heron
     Piciformes (woodpeckers)
119. Downy Woodpecker
120. Hairy Woodpecker
121. Northern Flicker
122. Pileated Woodpecker
123. Red-Bellied Woodpecker
124. Red-Headed Woodpecker
125. Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
     Podicepediformes (grebes)
126. Pied-Billed Grebe
127. Horned Grebe
     Strigiformes (owls)
128. Barred Owl
129. Northern Saw-Whet Owl
     Suliformes (cormorants)
130. 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
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