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I'm going to keep track of each new bird species seen or heard this year (new for the year, not my life) starting with today's January 1st tally. 馃挌
1. Northern cardinal
2. Black-capped chickadee
3. American crow
4. Rock pigeon
5. Common raven
6. Snowy owl
7. Snow bunting
8. European starling
9. Red-tailed hawk
@idzie I am Elphaba green with envy over your Snowy Owl sighting! 馃
@cheriecreationstruck it was quite a distant sighting, but still always exciting! I don't know where you live but I hope it's possible to spot one, and that you can https://kolektiva.social/@idzie/115822602763888789
January 4th:
10. Blue jay
January 9th:
11. White-breasted nuthatch
January 15th:
12. Hairy woodpecker
January 17th:
13. House sparrow
14. Common merganser
January 18th:
15. Lapland longspur (lifer!)
February 3rd:
16. Red-bellied woodpecker
17. Red-breasted nuthatch
18. American goldfinch
19. Pileated woodpecker
20. Bohemian waxwing
February 6th:
21. House finch
22. Bald eagle
February 14th:
23. Downy woodpecker
February 16th:
24. Mourning dove
February 17th:
25. Wild turkey
March 1st:
26. Mallard
27. Brown creeper
28. Screech owl (lifer!!)
29. Lincoln's sparrow (also a lifer!)
30. White-throated sparrow
31. Cooper's hawk
32. American robin
March 9th:
33. Ring-billed gull
34. Canada goose
35. Cedar waxwing
March 10th:
36. Red-winged blackbird
March 13th:
37. Common goldeneye
38. Bufflehead
39. Great black-backed gull
40. Greater scaup (probably, I don't know how anyone tells greater scaups with female plumage apart from lesser)
March 14th:
41. Northern pintail (lifer!)
@idzie Awesome duck - congrats!
@cheriecreationstruck thanks, I've been lucky with new birds this year!
@idzie oooo LOVE mergansers!
@inherentlee they're so fun!! I hope I can find some hooded ones soon, I haven't seen any hooded mergansers yet this winter and I miss those silly little ducks
@idzie That's a good start!
@stephanie I think so :)
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