2015 Year List

The birds I listed are all found here in the summer, but yes, the birds here are getting restless and moving around a lot. The early migrants are probably moving out now.

162. Broad-winged Hawk, 12 September
163. Orange-crowned Warbler, 9 October
164. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 10 October

165. Brown Creeper, 15 October

I had no idea we didn't get this one earlier. It was not shy at all and gave us a good look in our yard today.

cool Our only birds which manage upside down are the white breasted nuthatches.

I guess it's time to update my list:

1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Downy Woodpecker
3 European Starling
4 Northern Cardinal
5 House Sparrow
6 Mourning Dove
7 American Robin
8 House Finch
9 Canada Goose
10 Mallard
11 Long-tailed Duck
12 Ring-billed Gull
13 Rock Pigeon
14 American Wigeon
15 Red-breasted Merganser
16 Red-tailed Hawk
17 Killdeer
18 Blue Jay
19 American Goldfinch
20 Northern Mockingbird
21 Double-crested Cormorant
22 Great Black-backed Gull
23 American Crow
24 Red-winged Blackbird
25 Common Grackle
26 Carolina Chickadee
27 Eastern Bluebird
28 Song Sparrow
29 Wild Turkey
30 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
31 Turkey Vulture
32 Semipalmated Plover
33 Spotted Sandpiper
34 Dunlin
35 Least Sandpiper
36 Cedar Waxwing
37 Yellow Warbler
38 Great Blue Heron
39 Herring Gull
40 Common Eider
41 Common Murre
42 Razorbill
43 Black Guillemot
44 Atlantic Puffin
45 Laughing Gull
46 Common Tern
47 Arctic Tern
48 Great Shearwater
49 Black-throated Green Warbler
50 Common Yellowthroat
51 Osprey
52 Eastern Kingbird
53 Black-crowned Night-Heron
54 Pacific Golden-Plover
55 Spotted Dove
56 Common Myna
57 Saffron Finch
58 Zebra Dove
59 White-tailed Tropicbird
60 Chimney Swift
61 Red-bellied Woodpecker
62 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
63 Northern Flicker
64 Tufted Titmouse
65 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
66 Belted Kingfisher

Thanks,
Cui

166. Fox Sparrow

It doesn't seem like I have done much bird-watching or seen many birds, but I amazed myself by exceeding last year's count of 101. September & October birds:
102 Wild Turkey
103 Sandhill Crane
104 Rufous Hummingbird
105 Hairy Woodpecker
106 Bushtit
107 Yellow-headed Blackbird

Congratulations, pollengarden!

We are about 20 behind from last year. It was bound to happen sometime, since the last three years each list surpassed the year before.

My little 50 was ahead of last year, but it was helped by a trip to the west coast.

167. LeConte's Sparrow in my prairie patch.

November Birds:
108 Gadwall
109 Greater Roadrunner (thanks to my daughters sharp eyes - I hadn't seen one around here in over 10 years)
110 Song Sparrow
But I am still missing some common easy ones including Black-capped Chickadee

Neat birds! I'll have to travel if I ever want to see a Greater Roadrunner.

168. Wilson's Snipe, 8 November
169. Common Loon, 14 November
170. Red-breasted Nuthatch, 14 November

Though not countable, last week I saw what I believe was a Pink-sided Junco. I had wondered before if we had them, but this bird really leaped out at me. It was neither the Oregon or Slate-colored race that we commonly have.

December birds part 1 (in case I don't get any more this year)
111 Green-winged Teal
112 Ring-necked Duck
113 Common Goldeneye
114 Hooded Merganser
115 Ferruginous Hawk
116 Bewick's Wren

Those are some nice birds, pollengarden. The year is winding down, so I do not think I'll get any new birds. There was a Snowy Owl spotted in our county, but not sure I want to find it. The last time we tried, we got hit by a deer.

New Year's eve, on vacation in California:
117 Anna's Hummingbird (Hummingbirds on New Year's eve, what a treat!)
118 Ruddy Duck
And I'm off to start 2016 with a flourish -Happy New Year everyone!

DH thinks that our reddish feathered bird on the tube feeder is a red poll rather than a purple finch which usually arrive. He has much better field glasses than I use as they are a bit heavy for me to hold.

My 2015 year list

1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Downy Woodpecker
3 European Starling
4 Northern Cardinal
5 House Sparrow
6 Mourning Dove
7 American Robin
8 House Finch
9 Canada Goose
10 Mallard
11 Long-tailed Duck
12 Ring-billed Gull
13 Rock Pigeon
14 American Wigeon
15 Red-breasted Merganser
16 Red-tailed Hawk
17 Killdeer
18 Blue Jay
19 American Goldfinch
20 Northern Mockingbird
21 Double-crested Cormorant
22 Great Black-backed Gull
23 American Crow
24 Red-winged Blackbird
25 Common Grackle
26 Carolina Chickadee
27 Eastern Bluebird
28 Song Sparrow
29 Wild Turkey
30 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
31 Turkey Vulture
32 Semipalmated Plover
33 Spotted Sandpiper
34 Dunlin
35 Least Sandpiper
36 Cedar Waxwing
37 Yellow Warbler
38 Great Blue Heron
39 Herring Gull
40 Common Eider
41 Common Murre
42 Razorbill
43 Black Guillemot
44 Atlantic Puffin
45 Laughing Gull
46 Common Tern
47 Arctic Tern
48 Great Shearwater
49 Black-throated Green Warbler
50 Common Yellowthroat
51 Osprey
52 Eastern Kingbird
53 Black-crowned Night-Heron
54 Pacific Golden-Plover
55 Spotted Dove
56 Common Myna
57 Saffron Finch
58 Zebra Dove
59 White-tailed Tropicbird
60 Chimney Swift
61 Red-bellied Woodpecker
62 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
63 Northern Flicker
64 Eastern Wood-Pewee
65 Tufted Titmouse
66 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
67 Belted Kingfisher
68 Tundra Swan
69 Redhead
70 Ruddy Duck
71 Common Loon
72 American Coot
73 Gadwall
74 American Black Duck
75 Bald Eagle
76 Bonaparte's Gull
77 Lesser Black-backed Gull
78 Black-capped Chickadee
79 Snow Bunting
80 Common Gallinule
81 Great Egret
82 Common Ground-Dove
83 Brown Pelican
84 Snowy Egret
85 Little Blue Heron
86 Roseate Spoonbill
87 Black-bellied Plover
88 Willet
89 Marbled Godwit
90 Ruddy Turnstone
91 Red Knot
92 Short-billed Dowitcher
93 Forster's Tern
94 Royal Tern
95 Black Skimmer
96 Boat-tailed Grackle
97 Pine Warbler
98 American White Pelican
99 Eastern Phoebe
100 Black-and-white Warbler
101 Tricolored Heron
102 Reddish Egret
103 Anhinga
104 White Ibis
105 Black Vulture

Congrats to Chillybean with the most reported birds in 2015.

Chillybean - 170
StefanNL-157
Burhinus-137


2016 Continues here:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1412867/