Here’s my list of birds seen by yours truly.
Some of you birders who are longer in the tooth than myself may think, “You’ve never seen a Veery?” and the answer would be NO.
This is my second full year of birding, and with little kids and limited traveling funds, I get to very few good birding places. And I haven’t been on any sponsored, guided hiking trips. It’s all me, all the time.
So I am rather proud of my list for this trip.
(Did I sound too defensive in the above paragraph? Sorry…didn’t mean to)
(I had a lofty goal of listing these in taxonomic order, but it’s late and I’m tired)
*Listing with an asterick is a Life Bird
Bald Eagle*
Magnolia Warbler*
Wilson’s Warbler*
Common Yellowthroat*
Chestnut-sided Warbler*
Lincoln’s Sparrow*
Black-throated Green Warbler*
Great Crested Flycatcher*
Lesser Yellowlegs*
Sharp-shinned hawk*
Palm Warbler*
White-Crowned Sparrow*
Baltimore Oriole*
Brown Trasher*
Veery *
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet*
Common Loon*
Heard: American Bittern*
Double Crested Cormorant
Red-winged Blackbird
American Robin
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
American Redstart
Grey Catbird
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Yellow Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Downy Woodpecker
Pied-billed Grebe
American Coot
Common Grackle
Canada Goose
Killdeer
Herring Gull
Mallard
Turkey Vulture
Mourning Dove
American Crow
So that’s 41 birds total seen or heard in a weekend, and 18 Life Birds.
Not bad, for just little ol’ me.