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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
    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. Cliff Swallow
61. Purple Martin
62. Rough-winged Swallow
63. Tree Swallow
64. Baltimore Oriole
65. Brown-Headed Cowbird
66. Common Grackle
67. Eastern Meadowlark
68. Red-Winged Blackbird
69. Brown Thrasher
70. Gray Catbird
71. Black-Capped Chickadee / Carolina Chickadee (integrade zone)
72. Black-capped Chickadee
73. Tufted Titmouse
74. Black-and-white Warbler
75. Blackburnian Warbler
76. Black-throated Blue Warbler
77. Black-throated Green Warbler
78. Blue-winged Warbler
79. Chestnut-sided Warbler
80. Common Yellowthroat
81. Hooded Warbler
82. Nashville Warbler
83. Northern Parula
84. Northern Waterthrush
85. Orange-crowned Warbler
86. Ovenbird
87. Palm Warbler
88. Pine Warbler
89. Tennessee Warbler
90. Yellow Warbler
91. Yellow-Rumped Warbler
92. American Tree Sparrow
93. Chipping Sparrow
94. Dark-Eyed Junco
95. Eastern Towhee
96. Field Sparrow
97. Song Sparrow
98. Swamp Sparrow
99. White-crowned Sparrow
100. White-Throated Sparrow
101. House Sparrow
102. Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher
103. Golden-crowned Kinglet
104. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
105. Red-Breasted Nuthatch
106. White-Breasted Nuthatch
107. European Starling
108. Carolina Wren
109. Northern House Wren
110. American Robin
111. Eastern Bluebird
112. Gray-cheeked Thrush
113. Hermit Thrush
114. Wood Thrush
115. Acadian Flycatcher
116. Eastern Kingbird
117. Eastern Phoebe
118. Eastern Wood-Pewee
119. Great Crested Flycatcher
120. Blue-headed Vireo
121. Red-eyed Vireo
122. Warbling Vireo
     Pelecaniformes (large waterbirds)
123. American White Pelican
124. Black-crowned Night Heron
125. Great Blue Heron
     Piciformes (woodpeckers)
126. Downy Woodpecker
127. Hairy Woodpecker
128. Northern Flicker
129. Pileated Woodpecker
130. Red-Bellied Woodpecker
131. Red-Headed Woodpecker
132. Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
     Podicepediformes (grebes)
133. Pied-Billed Grebe
134. Horned Grebe
     Strigiformes (owls)
135. Barred Owl
136. Northern Saw-Whet Owl
     Suliformes (cormorants)
137. 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