Onward and Upward

The last of the entries needed to get my list current are included in this posting.

May 18, 2008

Tawas Point State Park

East Tawas, MI

414) Cape May Warbler

415) American Pipit

416) Orchard Oriole

417) Grasshopper Sparrow

418) Clay Colored Sparrow

419) Bay Breasted Warbler

420) Blackburnian Warbler

June 07, 2008

Seney NWR

Germfask, MI

421) Mourning Warbler

422) Olive Sided Flycatcher

423) Spruce Grouse

424) Black-Backed Woodpecker

June 15, 2008

Port Huron State Game Area

Port Huron, MI

425) Cerulean Warbler

426) Golden-Winged Warbler

August 14, 2008

Pueblo Reservoir, CO

427) Western Grebe

428) California Gull

429) Swainson Hawk

430) Black-Chinned Hummingbird

431) Lesser Goldfinch

432) Bullock's Oriole

433) Canyon Towhee

434) Rock Wren

435) Bushtit

436) Juniper Titmouse

437) Say's Phoebe

438) Western Wood Peewee

439) Band Tailed Pigeon

440) Calliope Hummingbird

441) Red Naped Sapsucker

442) Lewis's Woodpecker

443) Rufous Hummingbird

444) Dusky Flycatcher

445) Cordileran Flycatcher

446) Black-Headed Grosbeak

447) MacGillivray's Warbler

448) Townsend's Solitaire

449) Western Bluebird

450) Pygmy Nuthatch

451) Violet Green Swallow

452) Western Scrub Jay

453) Cassin's King Bird

454) Gray Jay

455) Cassins Finch

456) Sage Thrasher

457) Lark Bunting

458) Lark Sparrow

459) Brown Capped Rosy Finch

460) Cassin's Sparrow

461) McCowen's Longspur

September 20, 2008

Whitefish Point, MI

462) American Golden Plover

September 28, 2008

Sheldon National Wildlife Reserve

Nevada

463) California Quail

464) Common Poorwill

465) Sage Sparrow

Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

California

466) Nuttals Woodpecker

467) Black Phoebe

468) Tri-Colored Blackbird

469) Clark's Grebe

470) Barn Owl

These Birds Don't Count for an ABA Life List

They were seen outside the continental US (Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands) and can not be counted as part of my "official" American Birding Association list. However, they are still eligible for my personal life list.



1) Brown Booby

2) Bananaquit

3) Pearly-Eyed Thrasher

4) Green-Throated Carib

5) Brown-Throated Parakeet

6) Scaly-Naped Pigeon

7) Zenaida Dove

8) Greater Antillean Grackle

9) Greater Antillean Oriole

10) White-Cheeked Pintail

11) American Flamingo

12)Bahama Mockingbird

13) Bahama Swallow

14) Scarlet Ibis

15) Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo

16) Red Legged Thrush

More of my list...

April 27, 2004
Baker State Park
Indiana
166) Field Sparrow
167) Whip-or-Will
168) Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
169) Summer Tanager
170) Bank Swallow


May 09, 2004
Harsen's Island, MI
171) Least Flycatcher


July 04, 2004
Big Bend National Park
172) Greater Road Runner
173) Black Chinned Sparrow
174) Pyrlohxia
175) Lesser Night Hawk

October 11, 2005
Saguaro National Park, AZ
176) Curve Billed Thrasher
177) Abert's Towhee
178) Phainopepla
179) Hepatic Tanager
180) Zone Tailed Hawk
181) Gambles Quail
182) Scaled Quail



August 19, 2005
Merritt Island, FL
183) Snowy Egret
184) Cattle Egret
185) Ainhinga
186) American Skimmer
187) Reddish Egret
188) Little Blue Heron
189) Tri-colored Heron
190) American Bittern
191) Clapper Rail
192) Red Headed Woodpecker


April 16, 2006
Pueblo Reservoir
193) Ring-Necked Pheasant
194) Brown Thrasher
195) American Robin
196) Mountain Bluebird
197) Marsh Wren
198) Canyon Wren
199) Mountain Chickadee
200) Barn Swallow
201) Common Raven
202) Black-Billed Magpie
203) Clark's Nutcracker
204) Stellar's Jay
205) Northern Shrike

May 04, 2006
Wetzel State Recreation Area
206) Alder Flycatcher
207) Black and White Warbler
208) Blue-Winged Warbler
209) Yellow-Warbler
210) Magnolia Warbler
211) Palm Warbler

May 22, 2006
Harsen's Island, MI
213) Swamp Sparrow
214) Common Yellowthroat
215) Common Tern
216) Purple Martin
217) Bank Swallow
218) Tree Swallow
219) Forster's Tern
220) Northern Rough-Winged Swallow

May 24, 2006
Kirtland's Warbler Breeding Area
Mio, MI
221) Kirtland Warbler
222) Brown Headed Cowbird
223) Vesper Sparrow
224) American Crow

May 26, 2006
Rose Lake State Game Area, MI
225) Northern Bobwhite
226) Great Egret
227) Hermit Thrush
228) Field Sparrow
229) Horned Lark
230) Red-Eyed Vireo
231) Chimney Swift

June 04, 2006
Wetzel State Recreation Area
New Haven, MI
232) American Goldfinch
233) Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
234) European Starling
235) Blue Jay
236) Great Crested Flycatcher
237) Eastern Towhee
238) House Wren
239) Tufted Titmouse
240) Ring Billed Gull

August 12, 2006
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
241) Double Crested Cormorant
242) Mottled Duck
243) Western Sandpiper
244) Ruddy Turnstone
245) Willet
246) Red-Tailed Hawk
247) White Ibis
248) Common Ground Dove
249) Royal Tern
250) Common Moorhen
251) American Kestrel
252) Lesser Yellow-legs

August, 27 2006
Sterling State Park
253) Scarlet Tanager
254) Belted Kingfisher
255) Savannah Sparrow
256) Ruby Throated Hummingbird
257) Philadelphia Vireo
258) Horned Grebe
259) Canvasback
260) Merlin

October 02, 2006
Cheyenne Bottoms, KS
261) Long-Billed Dowitcher
262) Greater White-Fronted Goose
263) American Wigeon
264) Green-Winged Teal
265) Blue-Winged Teal
266) Baird's Sandpiper
267) White-Faced Ibis
268) Prairie Falcon
269) Eared Grebe
270) Cinnamon Teal
271) Great-Tailed Grackle
272) Western Meadowlark

October 15, 2006
Wetzel State Recreation Area; Michigan
273) Chipping Sparrow
274) Yellow-Rumped Warbler
275) House Finch
276) Bobolink

November 09, 2006
Land Between the Lakes; Kentucky & Tennessee
277) Red-Necked Grebe
278) Snow Bunting
279) Bonaparte's Gull
280) Eastern Blue-Bird
281) White-Throated Sparrow

November 13, 2006
Belle Isle
Detroit, MI
282) Common Goldeneye
283) Bufflehead
284) Greater Scaup
285) Lesser Scaup
286) Tundra Swan
287) Common Merganser
288) Red-Breasted Merganser

November 26, 2006
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge; MI
289) Ross's Goose
290) Snow Goose
291) Short-Eared Owl

February 05, 2007
Port Aransas Overlook, TX
291) Lesser Black-Backed Gull
292) Carolina Wren
293) Black-Necked Stilt
294) Wilson's Snipe
295) Henslow's Sparrow
296) Boat-Tailed Grackle
297) White-Tailed Kite
298) Semi-Palmated Plover
299) Seaside Sparrow
300) White-Winged Dove
301) Loggerhead Shrik
302) Short-Billed Dowitcher
303) Snowy Plover
304) American White Pelican
305) Sandwich Tern
306) Dunlin
307) Long-Billed Curlew
308) Black-Bellied Plover

February 08, 2007
Laguna Astascosa National Wildlife Refuge; Texas
309) Plain Chachalaca
310) White-Tipped Dove
311) Long-Billed Thrasher
312) Chihuahuan Raven
313) Green Jay
314) Crested Cara Cara
315) Wilson's Plover
316) Common Black-Hawk
317) Aplomado Falcon
318) Bewick's Wren
319) Golden-Fronted Woodpecker
320) Common Paraque
321) Sanderling
322) White-Rumped Sandpiper
323) Black-Crested Titmouse
324) Orange Crowned Warbler
325) Olive Sparrow
326) Tennesee Warbler
327) Muscovy Duck
328) Whooping Crane

February 17, 2007
Humbolt Bog,
Sault Ste Marie, MI
329) American Black Duck
330) Snowy Owl
331) Red Crossbill
332) White Winged Crossbill
333) Purple Finch
334) Pine Sisken
335) Pine Grosbeak

March 29, 2007
Metro Beach Metropark, MI
336) Eastern Screech Owl
337) Peregrin Falcon
338) Red-Throated Loon
339) Pectoral Sandpiper
340) Rusty Blackbird
341) Winter Wren
342) Sora

April 28, 2007
Wetzel State Recreation Area
343) Northern Waterthrush
344) Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
345) Chestnut Sided Warbler
346) Swainson's Thrush
347) Eastern Wood Peewee
348) Wood Thrush
349) Red Knot
350) Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher
351) Semi-Palmated Sandpiper
352) Black-Billed Cuckoo
353) Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
354) Veery
355) Nashville Warbler
356) Willow Flycatcher
357) Dickcissel

July 01, 2007
Arcadia National Park
Bar Harbor, ME
358) Greater Shearwater
359) Manx Shearwater
360) Leach's Storm Petrel
361) Ovenbird
362) Black-Throated Green Warbler
363) Northern Parula
364) Razorbill
365) Arctic Tern
366) Wilson's Storm Petrel
367) Sooty Shearwater
368) Surf Scoter

July 04, 2007
Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Nova Scotia, CAN
369) Great Cormorant
370) Bicknell's Thrush
371) Nelson's Sharp-Tailed Sparrow

July 12, 2007
Magee Marsh/Crane Creek
Ohio
372) Prothonotary Warbler
373) Hooded Warbler
374) White Eyed Vireo
375) American Redstart
376) Yellow-Breasted Chat
377) Virginia Rail
378) Yellow-Breasted Chat
379) Sedge Wren
380) Solitary Sandpiper
381) Blue Grosbeak

August 01, 2007
Lake Logan State Park
Ohio
382) Mississippi Kite
383) Louisiana Waterthrush
384) Acadian Flycatcher

August 22, 2007
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
385) Least Tern
386) Fish Crow
387) Roseate Tern
388) American Oystercatcher
389) Piping Plover

September 03, 2007
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
390) Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
391) Blackpoll Warbler

Sepbember 09, 2007
Metrobeach Metro Park
392) Canada Warbler
393) Black-Throated Blue Warbler
394) Wilson's Warbler
395) Gray-Cheeked Thrush

October 12, 2007
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
396) Le Conte's Sparrow
397) Lincoln's Sparrow

November 10, 2007
Plum Island National Wildlife Refuge
Massachusetts
398) Harelequin Duck
399) White-Winged Scoter
400) Red Phalarope
401) Brandt
402) Black-Headed Gull
403) Black-Legged Kittiwake

November 18, 2008
Harsen's Island, MI
404) Cackling Goose
405) Long-Tailed Duck

December 27, 2007
Portage Lake, MI
406) Pacific Loon

January 20, 2008
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
407) Hoary Redpoll

February 09, 2008
Lake Erie Metro Park, MI
408) Long-Eared Owl
409) Golden Eagle

March 21, 2008
Everglades National Park, FL
410) Masked Booby
411) Shiny Cowbird
412) Cave Swallow
413) Brown Booby

On and on it goes.....

March 26, 2000
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge
San Luis Valley, CO
89) Least Sandpiper
90) Sandhill Crane
91) Northern Shoverler
92) Northern Harrier
93) Northern Pintail

April 10, 2000
Environmental Learning Center
CSU Exentsion Building
Fort Collins, CO
94) Greater Yellowlegs
95) Red Head
96) Song Sparrow
97) White Crowned Sparrow

June 12, 2000
Oglala National Grasslands
Niobara County, NE
98) Broad Tailed Hummingbird
99) Wilson's Phalarope
100) Upland Sandpiper
101) Eastern Kingbird
102) Sharp-Tailed Grouse

June 29, 2000
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
National Wildlife Refuge
103) Great Horned Owl
104) Burrowing Owl

August 07, 2000
Cape Cod National Seashore
Massachusetts
105) Herring Gull
106) Mute Swan
107) Northern Gannett

August 11, 2000
Bar Harbor, ME
Acadia National Park, ME
108) Cedar Waxwing
109) Atlantic Puffin
110) Black Guillemot
111) Common Eider
112) Greater Shearwater
113) Great Black-Backed Gull

August 22, 2000
Yampa, CO
114) Brewers Blackbird
115) Spotted Sandpiper

July 01, 2001
Seney National Wildlife Refuge
116) Trumpeter Swan
117) White-Breasted Nuthatch

August 18, 2001
Wolf Lake, MI
118) Redbellied Woodpecker
119) Ruby Throated Hummingbird
120) Osprey

March 21, 2002
Oxford, MI
121) Ring-Necked Duck

May 08, 2001
Everglades, FL
122) Collared Dove
123) Brown Pelican
124) Black Vulture
125) Glossy Ibis
126) Swallow-Tailed Kite
127) Laughing Gull
128) Red-Shouldered Hawk
129) Least Bittern
130) Roseated Spoonbill
131) Wood Stork
132) Eastern Meadowlark
133) Magnificient Frigate Bird

May 11, 2002
Harsen's Island, MI
134) Swamp Sparrow
135) Baltimore Oriole
136) Common Snipe
137) Common Tern
138) Black Tern

July 03, 2002
Stellwagon's Bank, MA
139) Wilson's Storm Petrel
140) Sooty Shearwater

April 26, 2003
Whitefish Point, MI
141) Pileated Woodpecker
142) White-Throated Sparrow
143) Brown Creeper
144) American Tree Sparrow
145) Broadwinged Hawk
146) Sharpshinned Hawk

May 17, 2003
Huron Metropark, MI
147) Eastern Phoebe
148) Pine Warbler
149) Gray Catbird
150) Gadwall

June 11, 2003
Kensington Metropark
Brighton, MI
151) Coopers Hawk
152) Indigo Bunting
153) Barred Owl
154) Green Heron

August 23, 2003
Colorado National Monument
155) White-Throated Swift
156) Brown Capped Rosy Finch

October 19, 2003
Lake Erie Metro Park
Michigan
157) Ruddy Duck
158) Forster's Tern
159) Golden Crowned Kinglet
160) Nashville Warbler
161) Blue Throated Vireo

April 17, 2004
Oakman Marsh
Oakland County, MI
162) American Woodcock
163) American Wood Duck
164) Northern Parula
165) Fox Sparrow

Trying to get my list caught-up

Finding the time to complete my blog is more difficult than I would have thought. I am in grad-school right now (taking two classes this semester) and am busier than I would have thought possible. So, for the time being it may take a little longer to get the bird listing finished.



However, I have a trip planned to Arizona toward the end of this year and hope to pick up 30 to 40 life birds. With any luck, I might just get my coveted 500 for the year.



So without any further adieu, here it goes...


June 14, 1994
Lee Martinez Park
Fort Collins, CO
23) Black-Crowned Night Heron
24) Western Meadowlark
25) American Robin
26) Northern Flicker
27) Rock Dove
28) Mourning Dove
29) Common Grackle
30) Horned Lark
31) American Kestrel

June 21, 1994
Walden Ponds
Boulder, CO
32) Pied Billed Grebe
33) House Finch
34) House Sparrow
35) Black Capped Chickadee
36) Yellow-Headed Blackbird
37) Red-Winged Blackbird
38) Canada Goose
39) Mallard Duck
40) Common Night Hawk

June 28, 2008
Berthoud, CO
41) Blue Jay
42) Franklin's Gull
43) American Avocet
44) Western Tanager
45) Ring-Necked Pheasant
46) Lark Bunting

June 19, 1995
Pawnee National Grasslands
47) Prairie Falcon
48) Cliff Swallow
49) Turkey Vulture

August 12, 1995
Teller County, CO
50) Steller's Jay

May 03, 1997
Barr Lake State Park
51) Tree Swallow
52) Downy Woodpecker
53) Blue-Winged Teal
54) Dark Eyed Junco

June 21, 1997
Dinosaur National Monument
55) Green-Tailed Towhee
56) Lazuli Bunting

October 28, 1997
Bear Lake Park
Lakewood, CO

57) American Tree Sparrow
58) Common Golden Eye
59) Hooded Merganser
60) American Coot

June 09, 1998
Grand Island, NE
61) Northern Cardinal

June 22, 1998
International Falls/Voyageur National Park MN
62) Evening Grosbeak
63) Common Loon
64) Ruffed Grouse
65) Warbling Vireo
66) American Goldfinch
67) Chipping Sparrow
68) Great Egret
69) Eastern Blue Bird
70) Yellow Warbler
71) Downey Woodpecker

May 17, 1999
Waverly Colorado
72) Scrub Jay
73) Western Kingbird
74) Yellow-Rumped Warbler

June 24, 1999
Pine Bluffs, WY
75) Canyon Wren
76) Lark Sparrow

July 04, 1999
Breckenridge, CO
77) American Dipper
78) Spotted Towhee

October 4, 1999
Lake John
Jackson County, CO
79) Rusty Blackbird

October 17, 1999
Warwick, RI
80) Great Egret

November 06, 1999
Barr Lake State Park
Brighton, CO
81) Northern Shrike

November 13, 1999
Buckhorn Canyon
Larimer County, CO
82) Red Breasted Nuthatch
83) Red Crossbill
84) Wild Turkey

January 20, 2000
Ozark Mountains, AR
84) Tufted Titmouse
85) Great Tailed Grackle
86) Carolina Chickadee
87) Caspian Tern
88) Northern Mockingbird

Ok, this is good for now but will have much more to come

My First Formal Entry

I have been blogging in other areas but it has been disjointed and not very productive. Today I am going to start a blog about my favorite passion, Birding. I have been birding for 14 years and have a life list of 465 birds. I had hoped to hit 500 this year, but it looks like it will have to wait until 2009.

Let's start with the basics... According to ABA (American Birding Associations) rules (as I understand them) you must see a bird that is wild, has been reared from a wild and self sustaining population, and is documented in a free and natural state. There is some discussion about counting birds during bird banding... that is, if you observe a bird in the hand during a banding session you can not count the bird... UNLESS you are actively involved in the banding process. Since I volunteer with a local bird bander, and I actually take the birds out of the nets, I am allowed to count these birds. I am pleased to say that I have gotten a few "lifers" that way.

Ok, now to the postings...

January 29, 2004
Rawhide Power Plant, Larimer County, CO

(1) Bufflehead

(2) American Wigeon

(3) Bald Eagle

(4) Ring-Billed Gull

(5) Killdeer

April 19, 1994
Timnath Reserviour, Larimer County CO

(6) Western Grebe

(7) Red-Tailed Hawk

(8) Ferruginous Hawk

(9) White Pelican

(10) Common Merganser

(11) Cinnamon Teal

(12) Green-Winged Teal

(13) Great Blue Heron

May 5, 1994
Environmental Learning Center, Fort Collins, CO

(14) House Wren

(15) Double Crested Cormorant

(16) Brown Headed Cowbird

June 11, 1994

Rocky Mountain National Park, CO

(17) Barn Swallow

(18) Raven

(19) American Crow

(20) Mountain Blue Bird

(21) Clark's Nutcracker

(22) Black-Billed Magpie

I will work on other entries later.