Lists

In late December, Dave and I decided to make lists of birds we'd like to see during our lifetime. We went through the Sibley's North America book to come up with our lists. I guess we could have gone worldwide, but we decided to keep it closer to home. We regret that we didn't do more birding when we were in Indonesia and Malaysia, but that was before we got the birding bug. Alas.

Anyway, here are our lists. I went all out and picked some birds that are very rare and in a very small area, but I figured I should go all out on some. We had 14 in common.

Also, since writing the lists, we have seen some of the birds there for the first time.

Jenn's list
Scarlet Tanager
Gunnison Sage Grouse
Greater Sage Grouse
Puffin
Blue-footed Booby
Other hummingbirds (any other than the ruby-throated we get here)
Green Heron
Black-Crowned Night Heron
White-faced Ibis
Cuckoo
Roadrunner
Roseate Spoonbill
Hook-billed kite
Harris Hawk
Gyrfalcon
Crested Caracara
Green Kingfisher
Barn Owl
Long-Eared Owl
Great-grey Owl
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Lewis WP
Red-headed WP
Sapsuckers
Red-Shouldered Hawk
California Condor
Vermillion Flycatcher
Fork and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Stellars Jay
Green Jay
Violet-Green Swallow
Mountain Bluebird
Curve-billed Thrasher
Bohemian Waxwing
Northern Parula
Any other grosbeaks
Any other buntings
Any other jays


Dave's list
Snow Goose (may have been spotted flying outside our house- no pics to confirm though)
Tundra Swan- seen in our January visit to the Hamilton Harbour. We had to post pics on whatbird.com to get confirmation and it came in.
Trumpeter Swan- I'm not sure if this was in that same batch. Dave? Can you confirm or deny this?
Harlequin Duck- so far we only have Harlequin Romance books (ha ha ha- I'm here all week)
Am. White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Little Blue Heron
Any Egret
Wood Stork
Any Crane
Black Vulture
California Condor
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel- we have spotted this twice together and Dave once more on his own. He hangs out near a strip mall on Dundas (Hwy 5)- I'm not sure of the cross street. We saw it again on the same day out as the swans etc. I still have to post about this bird. Sooo beautiful.
American Coot
Atlantic Puffin
Greater Roadrunner
Barn Owl
Snowy Owl
Other hummingbirds
Green Kingfisher
Red-headed WP
Gray Jay
Purple Martin
Tufted Titmouse
Common Wren
Blue-Gray Gnatcatccher
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Bohemian Waxwing
Phainopepla
Scarlet Tanager
Snow Bunting
Pyrrhuloxia
Blue Grosbeak
Painted Bunting
Yell-headed Blackbird
Hoary Redpoll
Evening Grosbeak