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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-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]