Bird Watching: 2013 Yearlists, 1 by Chillybean

Chillybean wrote:
Amazing list, Resin.

So I wonder, how is the Eurasian Tree Sparrow population over there as compared to the House sparrow. They struggle here, but seem to have developed a little bit of a niche in the area where they were released. We were so excited when we saw our first one this summer in southeast Iowa.

We beat our last year second day total by a few. On 2 January 2012, we were at 22. But this year, we got 30 on day one, now we are at 32. I will try to keep it official on this site, but for our personal list, we count subspecies if they have separate mentions in the field guides, like the various Juncos and Snow Geese. So I already knocked off one of the Junco subspecies.

1. Great Horned Owl – 1 Jan
2. Northern Cardinal- 1 Jan
3. Dark-eyed Junco- 1 January
4. American Tree Sparrow- 1 January
5. American Goldfinch- 1 January
6. House Sparrow- 1 January
7. Blue Jay- 1 January
8. House Finch- 1 Jan
9. Red-bellied – 1 January
10. Hairy Woodpecker- 1 January
11. Downy Woodpecker- 1 Jan
12. White-breasted Nuthatch- 1 January
13. Horned Lark- 1 Jan
14. European Starling- 1 January
15. Black-capped Chickadee- 1 Jan
16. American Crow- 1 January
17. Bald Eagle- 1 Jan
18. Belted Kingfisher- 1 Jan
19. Red-tailed Hawk- 1 January
20. Northern Flicker- 1 Jan
21. Tufted Titmouse- 1 Jan
22. Rough-legged Hawk- 1 Jan
23. Ring-necked Pheasant- 1 Jan
24. Mallard- 1 Jan
25. Common Goldeneye – 1 Jan
26. Canada Goose- 1 Jan
27. Cackling Goose- Jan
28. Lesser Scaup- 1 Jan.
29. Common Grackle 1 Jan
30. American Kestrel- 1 January
31. Common Redpoll- 3 January
32. Northern Shrike- 3 January

Like the common red pole?