Thursday, June 17, 2010

Complete US Bird List as of 1/1/10-

After reviewing my notes from the trip, notes from home, and my in progress year list from CT, here is what I've gotten so far (you can tell which were here in CT in winter before I left, and those not. I got to see many of our winter guys up in breeding territory... really neat):

(L)- indicates a lifer


  1. Red-throated Loon
  2. Common Loon
  3. RN Grebe
  4. Horned Grebe
  5. Eared Grebe (L)
  6. PB Grebe
  7. Western Grebe
  8. Clark's Grebe (L)
  9. Am. White Pelican
  10. DC Cormorant
  11. AM. Bittern
  12. Least Bittern
  13. GB Heron
  14. Great Egret
  15. Snowy Egret
  16. Little Blue Heron
  17. Cattle Egret (L)
  18. Green Heron
  19. BC Night-Heron
  20. YC Night-Heron
  21. White-faced Ibis
  22. Glossy Ibis
  23. Mute Swan
  24. Trumpeter Swan
  25. Tundra Swan
  26. Canada Goose
  27. Cackling Goose (many in the middle fly-way)
  28. Brant
  29. GWF Goose (same as Cacklers... many migrants)
  30. Ross's Goose
  31. Snow Goose (blue and white)
  32. Wood Duck
  33. Mallard
  34. Am. Black Duck
  35. Gadwall
  36. No. Pintail
  37. Am. Wigeon
  38. Eurasian Wigeon (Stratford)
  39. No. Shoveler
  40. Cinnamon Teal (L)
  41. BW Teal
  42. GW Teal
  43. Canvasback
  44. Redhead
  45. RN Duck
  46. Greater Scaup
  47. Lesser Scaup
  48. Long-tailed Duck
  49. Surf Scoter
  50. WW Scoter
  51. Common Goldeneye
  52. Barrow's Goldeneye (one female I found off Penfield late winter)
  53. Bufflehead
  54. Hooded Merganser
  55. Co. Merganser
  56. RB Merganser
  57. Ruddy Duck
  58. Turkey Vulture
  59. Black Vulture
  60. No. Harrier (LOTS of grey ghosts in the prairies)
  61. SS Hawk
  62. Cooper's Hawk
  63. No. Goshawk (NJ)
  64. RS Hawk
  65. BW Hawk
  66. Swainson's Hawks (many morphs)
  67. RT Hawk (5 sbsps, including Kriders, and a possible 6th... maybe Harlan's... VERY dark, looked like those I've seen in AK)
  68. Ferruginous Hawk (L)
  69. Rough-legged Hawk
  70. Golden Eagle (low-ball count around 15)
  71. Bald Eagle
  72. Osprey
  73. Merlin
  74. Am. Kestrel
  75. Prairie Falcon (L)
  76. Peregrine Falcon
  77. California Quail (L)
  78. Mountain Quail (L)
  79. Chukar (L)
  80. Gray Partridge
  81. RN Pheasant
  82. Blue Grouse (L)
  83. Ruffed Grouse
  84. Greater Prairie-Chicken (L)... and honor to see a bird on it's way out
  85. Greater Sage-Grouse (L)
  86. Wild Turkey
  87. Common Moorhen (L)
  88. Am. Coot
  89. Clapper Rail
  90. Virginia Rail
  91. Sora (L)
  92. Yellow Rail (L).. MAN that was hard to see!!
  93. Sandhill Cranes... everywhere
  94. BB Plover
  95. AM. Golden Plover
  96. Piping Plover
  97. Semipal Plover
  98. Snowy Plover (L) (Lake Taho region)
  99. Killdeer
  100. Am. Oystercatcher
  101. Am. Avocet (L)
  102. Black-necked Slilt (L)
  103. Gr. Yellowlegs
  104. L. Yellowlegs
  105. Solitary Sandpiper
  106. Willet
  107. Spotted Sandpiper
  108. Upland Sandpiper (abundant through some areas in the Dakotas and prairie land through IL/IN)
  109. Long-billed Curlew (L)
  110. Ruddy Turnstone
  111. Purple Sandpiper
  112. Red Knot
  113. Sanderling
  114. Dunlin
  115. Pectoral Sandpiper
  116. White-rumped Sandpiper
  117. Baird's Sandpiper (L)
  118. Western Sandpiper
  119. Semipal Sandpiper
  120. Least Sandpiper
  121. Stilt Sandpiper
  122. LB Dowitcher
  123. SB Dowitcher
  124. Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  125. Am. Woodcock
  126. Snipe
  127. Wilson's Phalarope (L)
  128. Boneparte's Gull
  129. Franklin's Gull
  130. RB Gull
  131. California Gull (L)
  132. Herring Gull
  133. Iceland Gull
  134. Glaucous Gull
  135. Lesser BB Gull
  136. GBB Gull
  137. Caspian Tern
  138. Co. Tern
  139. Forster's Tern
  140. Roseate Tern
  141. Least Tern
  142. Black Tern
  143. Black Skimmer
  144. Mourning Dove
  145. WW Dove (L)
  146. Rock Dove
  147. Band-tailed Pigeon (L)
  148. Monk Parakeet
  149. YB Cuckoo
  150. BB Cuckoo
  151. Greater Roadrunner (L)... awesome bird
  152. Long-eared Owl
  153. Short-eared Owl
  154. GH Owl
  155. Snowy Owl
  156. Barred Owl
  157. No. Saw-whet Owl
  158. Burrowing Owl (L)
  159. W. Screech Owl
  160. E. Screech Owl
  161. Co. Poorwill (L)
  162. Whip-poor-will
  163. Co. Nighthawk
  164. Lesser Nighthawk (L)
  165. Vaux's Swift (L)
  166. Chimney Swift
  167. Black Swift (L)
  168. White-throated Swift (L)
  169. Black-chinned Hummingbird (L)
  170. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  171. Calliope Hummingbird
  172. Broad-tailed Hummingbird (L)
  173. Rufous Hummingbird (L)
  174. Belted Kingfisher
  175. Red-headed Woodpecker
  176. Lewis's Woodpecker (L)
  177. Red-bellied Woodpecker
  178. Red-naped Sapsucker (L)
  179. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  180. Downy Woodpecker
  181. Hairy Woodpecker
  182. Three-toed Woodpecker
  183. No. Flicker ('yellow' and 'red' shafted)
  184. Pileated Woodpecker
  185. Olive-sided Flycatcher
  186. W. Wood-Pewee (L)
  187. E. Wood-Pewee
  188. Cordilleran Flycatcher (L)
  189. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
  190. Willow Flycatcher
  191. Alder Flycatcher
  192. Least Flycatcher
  193. Dusky Flycatcher (L)
  194. E. Phoebe
  195. Say's Phoebe (L)
  196. Vermillion Flycatcher (L)
  197. Ash-throated Flycatcher (L)
  198. Great-crested Flycatcher
  199. E. Kingbird
  200. W. Kingbird (L)
  201. Loggerhead Shrike (L)
  202. Red-eyed Vireo
  203. Warbling Vireo
  204. Bell's Vireo (L)
  205. White-eyed Vireo
  206. Yellow-throated Vireo
  207. Blue-headed Vireo
  208. Steller's Jay
  209. Blue Jay
  210. W. Scrub-Jay (L)
  211. Gray Jay
  212. Pinyon Jay (L)...maybe my fav of the trip
  213. Black-billed Magpie
  214. Co. Raven
  215. Am. Crow
  216. Fish Crow
  217. Horned Lark
  218. Purple Martin
  219. NRW Swallow
  220. Bank Swallow
  221. Violet-green Swallow (L)
  222. Tree Swallow
  223. Cliff Swallow
  224. Barn Swallow
  225. Juniper Titmouse (L)
  226. Tufted Titmouse
  227. BC Chickadee
  228. Mountain Chickadee (L)..really cool little birds
  229. Bushtit (L)
  230. RB Nuthatch
  231. WB Nuthatch
  232. Brown Creeper
  233. Carolina Wren
  234. Bewick's Wren (L)
  235. House Wren
  236. Winter Wren
  237. Sedge Wren
  238. Marsh Wren
  239. Rock Wren (L)
  240. Canyon Wren (L)
  241. GC Kinglet
  242. RC Kinglet
  243. BG Gnatcatcher
  244. Mountain Bluebird (L)
  245. W. Bluebird (L)
  246. E. Bluebird
  247. Am. Robin
  248. Wood Thrush
  249. Veery
  250. Swainson's Thrush
  251. Hermit Thrush
  252. Gray Catbird
  253. No. Mockingbird
  254. Brown Thrasher
  255. Sage Thrasher (L)
  256. Euro. Starling
  257. Sprague's Pipit
  258. Am. Pipit
  259. Cedar Waxwing
  260. No. Parula
  261. Orange-crowned Warbler
  262. Tennessee Warbler
  263. Blue-winged Warbler
  264. Virginia's Warbler (L)
  265. Nashville Warbler
  266. Yellow Warbler
  267. Chestnut-sided Warbler
  268. Magnolia Warbler
  269. Cape May Warbler
  270. Black-throated Blue Warbler
  271. Cerulean Warbler
  272. Blackburnian Warbler
  273. Yellow-rumped Warbler ('Myrtle' and 'Audubon's... latter a lifer)
  274. Black-throated Gray Warbler (L)
  275. Townsend's Warbler (L).... wow, gorgeous
  276. Black-throated Green Warbler
  277. Prairie Warbler
  278. Palm Warbler ('yellow' and 'brown')
  279. Pine Warbler
  280. Bay-breasted Warbler
  281. Blackpoll Warbler
  282. Yellow-throated Warbler
  283. Grace's Warbler (L)... thought YTWA until I realized I was in NV
  284. Worm-eating Warbler
  285. Prothonotary Warbler...still one of my fav warbs
  286. Black-and-white Warbler
  287. Am. Redstart
  288. Ovenbird
  289. No. Waterthrush
  290. Mourning Warbler
  291. MacGillivray's Warbler (L)
  292. Co. Yellowthroat
  293. Wilson's Warbler
  294. Canada Warbler... dripping off the trees in Ann Arbor, MI
  295. Hooded Warbler
  296. Yellow-breasted Chat (L)...been waiting a while for that one
  297. W. Tanager (L)
  298. Scarlet Tanager
  299. No. Cardinal
  300. Black-headed Grosbeak (L)
  301. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  302. Blue Grosbeak (L)... seen while getting a speeding ticket
  303. Lazuli Bunting (L)... been waiting since I got my first field guide
  304. Indigo Bunting
  305. Dickcissel
  306. Spotted Towhee (L)
  307. E. Towhee
  308. Green-tailed Towhee (L)
  309. Sage Sparrow (L)
  310. Black-throated Sparrow (L)
  311. Am. Tree Sparrow
  312. Field Sparrow
  313. Brewer's Sparrow (L)
  314. Clay-colored Sparrow
  315. Chipping Sparrow
  316. Baird's Sparrow
  317. Grasshopper Sparrow
  318. Henslow's Sparrow (L)
  319. Nelson's Sparrow... weird to see in ND
  320. Savannah Sparrow
  321. Vesper Sparrow
  322. Lark Bunting (L)
  323. Lark Sparrow (L)
  324. White-throated Sparrow
  325. White-crowned Sparrow
  326. Fox Sparrow (2 subspecies)
  327. Song Sparrow
  328. Lincoln's Sparrow
  329. Swamp Sparrow
  330. Dark-eyed Junco ('pink-sided', 'oregon'. and 'slate')
  331. McCown's Longspur (L)
  332. Chestnut-collared Longspur (L)
  333. Smith's Longspur (L)
  334. Lapland Longspur
  335. Snow Bunting
  336. W. Meadowlark (L)
  337. E. Meadowlark
  338. Bobolink
  339. Brown-headed Cowbird
  340. Yellow-headed Blackbird
  341. Red-winged Blackbird
  342. Brewer's Blackbird (L)
  343. Co. Grackle
  344. Boat-tailed Grackle
  345. Great-tailed Grackle (L)... seen from airplane in Dallas
  346. Bullock's Oriole (L)
  347. Baltimore Oriole
  348. Orchard Oriole
  349. Scott's Oriole (L)
  350. Purple Finch
  351. Cassin's Finch (L)
  352. House Finch
  353. Red Crossbill
  354. Pine Siskin... neat to see in the dessert
  355. Lesser Goldfinch (L)
  356. Am. Goldfinch
  357. House Sparrow

85 lifers, added to my standing 306 gives me 391. My trip goal was to reach 400.... if only I got to the 2nd half! Perhaps I can pull 400 for the US in 2010....

-Brian-

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