Gear

  • One pair of binoculars (mine)
  • Merlin Bird ID app (mine)
  • Ebird app (mine)

Locations

A list of places I have consciously gone birding. I’ve also seen birds elsewhere, but I don’t count those as birding locations.

Birds I’ve Seen

A list of birds I’ve seen in the wild. Calling out the ones I’ve seen in my backyard, because that’s just fun information to have. Both lists are in the order I saw them, roughly. The first ~60 in the list are not in order, because I didn’t start keeping track until I was in my 20s, but I know I saw them before that.

Backyard List

  1. Northern Cardinal
  2. Red-winged Blackbird
  3. Dark-eyed Junco
  4. Chipping Sparrow
  5. American Goldfinch
  6. House Finch
  7. House Sparrow
  8. American Robin
  9. Eastern Bluebird
  10. Gray Catbird
  11. White-breasted Nuthatch
  12. Tufted Titmouse
  13. American Crow
  14. Blue Jay
  15. Pilated Woodpecker
  16. Downy Woodpecker
  17. Red-tailed Hawk
  18. Cooper’s Hawk
  19. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  20. Mourning Dove
  21. Carolina Wren
  22. Song Sparrow
  23. Black-capped Chickadee
  24. Red-bellied Woodpecker
  25. Northern Flicker
  26. Hairy Woodpecker

Life List

  1. Northern Cardinal
  2. Brown-headed Cowbird
  3. Red-winged Blackbird
  4. Baltimore Oriole
  5. Dark-eyed Junco
  6. Chipping Sparrow
  7. American Goldfinch
  8. House Finch
  9. House Sparrow
  10. American Robin
  11. Eastern Bluebird
  12. Northern Mockingbird
  13. Gray Catbird
  14. House Wren
  15. White-breasted Nuthatch
  16. Tree Swallow
  17. Tufted Titmouse
  18. American Crow
  19. Blue Jay
  20. Peregrine Falcon
  21. Pilated Woodpecker
  22. Downy Woodpecker
  23. Belted Kingfisher
  24. Barred Owl
  25. Red-tailed Hawk
  26. Red-shouldered Hawk
  27. Bald Eagle
  28. Cooper’s Hawk
  29. Osprey
  30. Turkey Vulture
  31. Black Vulture
  32. Roseate Spoonbill
  33. White Ibis
  34. Black-crowned Night Heron
  35. Little Blue Heron
  36. Snowy Egret
  37. Great Egret
  38. Great Blue Heron
  39. Brown Pelican
  40. Double-crested Cormorant
  41. Anhinga
  42. Wood Stork
  43. Common Loon
  44. Ring-billed Gull
  45. Sanderling
  46. Killdeer
  47. Semipalmated Plover
  48. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  49. Mourning Dove
  50. Rock Pigeon
  51. Wild Turkey
  52. Mallard
  53. Canada Goose
  54. Carolina Wren
  55. Song Sparrow
  56. Black-capped Chickadee
  57. Red-bellied Woodpecker
  58. Northern Flicker
  59. European Starling
  60. American Black Duck
  61. Hooded Merganser
  62. Gadwall
  63. Northern Harrier
  64. Common Grackle
  65. Common Merganser
  66. Ring-necked Duck
  67. American Wigeon
  68. Wood Duck
  69. Rusty Blackbird
  70. Hairy Woodpecker
  71. White-throated Sparrow
  72. Bufflehead
  73. Eastern Phoebe
  74. Pied-billed Grebe
  75. Blue-winged Teal
  76. Brown Creeper
  77. Golden-crowned Kinglet
  78. American Tree Sparrow
  79. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  80. Fish Crow
  81. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker