Conservation Big Year: Official List

Birds of Conservation Concern are in Boldface. Species seen are marked with a ✓, and the date and state where first seen following their name. Checklist courtesy of Santa Barbara Software Products.

      1. ✓ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Texas, February 17)
        Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
        Fulvous Whistling-Duck
      2. ✓ Greater White-fronted Goose (Illinois, January 30)Canada Geese and Greater White-fronted Goose
        Emperor Goose
      3. ✓ Snow Goose (Illinois, January 30)Snow Goose
      4. ✓ Ross’s Goose (Colorado, April 19)
        Ross's Goose
      5.  Brant (Delaware, May 14)Brant
        Cackling Goose
      6. ✓ Canada Goose (Wisconsin, January 8)Canada Goose
      7. ✓ Mute Swan (Wisconsin, May 24)
        Mute Swan
      8. ✓ Trumpeter Swan (Wisconsin, June 6)Trumpeter Swan
      9. ✓ Tundra Swan (Delaware, May 10)
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        Muscovy Duck
      10. ✓ Wood Duck (Oklahoma, April 26)Wood Duck
      11. ✓ Gadwall (Illinois, January 30)
        Gadwall
      12. ✓ Eurasian Wigeon (Florida, January 25)Eurasian Wigeon among American Wigeons
      13. ✓ American Wigeon (Florida, January 25)American Wigeon
      14. ✓ American Black Duck (Delaware, May 10)
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      15. Mallard (Minnesota, January 3)Mallard
      16. Mottled Duck (Florida, January 24)Mottled Duck
      17. ✓ Blue-winged Teal (Florida, January 24)Blue-winged Teal
      18. Cinnamon Teal (Texas, February 18)Cinnamon Teal
      19. Northern Shoveler (Florida, January 19)Northern Shoveler
      20. ✓ Northern Pintail (Florida, January 25)Northern Pintail
      21. ✓ Green-winged Teal (Florida, January 24)Green-winged Teal
      22. Canvasback (Texas, February 20)Canvasback
      23. Redhead (Texas, February 16)Redhead
      24. ✓ Ring-necked Duck (Florida, January 24)Ring-necked Duck
      25. ✓ Greater Scaup (Texas, February 17)Greater Scaup
      26. Lesser Scaup (Wisconsin-Minnesota, January 13)Lesser Scaup
        King Eider
      27. ✓ Common Eider (Connecticut, June 15)Common Eider
        Harlequin Duck
      28. ✓ Surf Scoter (Delaware, May 10)
        Surf Scoter
      29. ✓ White-winged Scoter (Minnesota, May 22)
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        Black Scoter
      30. ✓ Long-tailed Duck (Minnesota, April 22)Long-tailed Duck
      31. Bufflehead (Minnesota, January 3)Bufflehead
      32. ✓ Common Goldeneye (Minnesota, January 2)Common Goldeneye
      33. Barrow’s Goldeneye (Wisconsin, Minnesota, January 13)Barrow's Goldeneye with Common Goldeneyes
      34. ✓ Hooded Merganser (Florida, January 20)Hooded Merganser
      35. Common Merganser (Minnesota, January 5)Common Merganser
      36. Red-breasted Merganser (Wisconsin, January 14)Red-breasted Merganser
      37. ✓ Ruddy Duck (Texas, February 18)Ruddy Duck
      38. ✓ Plain Chachalaca (Texas, February 20)Plain Chachalacas
        Mountain Quail
      39. ✓ Scaled Quail (Colorado, April 18)Scaled Quail
        California Quail
        Gambel’s Quail
      40. Northern Bobwhite (Texas, February 22)Northern Bobwhite
        Montezuma Quail
        Chukar
        Himalayan Snowcock
        Gray Partridge
      41. ✓ Ring-necked Pheasant (Colorado, April 19)Ring-necked Pheasant
      42. Ruffed Grouse (Wisconsin, January 8)Ruffed Grouse
      43. ✓ Greater Sage-Grouse (Colorado, April 16) Greater Sage-Grouse
      44. ✓ Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Colorado, April 15)Gunnison Sage-Grouse
        Willow Ptarmigan
        Rock Ptarmigan
      45. ✓ White-tailed Ptarmigan (Colorado, April 21)White-tailed Ptarmigan
        Dusky Grouse
        Sooty Grouse
      46. ✓ Greater Prairie-Chicken (Kansas, April 28)Greater Prairie-Chicken
      47. ✓  Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Colorado, April 20)Lesser Prairie-Chicken
      48. ✓ Wild Turkey (Florida, January 24)Wild Turkey
      49. ✓ Red-throated Loon (Delaware, May 10)
        Red-throated Loon
        Arctic Loon
        Pacific Loon
      50. ✓ Common Loon (Florida, January 19)Common Loon
        Yellow-billed Loon
      51. ✓ Least Grebe (Texas, February 19)Least Grebe
      52. Pied-billed Grebe (Florida, January 19)Pied-billed Grebe yawning
      53. Horned Grebe (Colorado, April 19) Horned Grebe
      54. ✓ Red-necked Grebe (Minnesota, May 22)Red-necked Grebe
      55. ✓ Eared Grebe (Texas, February 17) Eared Grebe
      56. Western Grebe (Colorado, April 18) Western Grebe
        Clark’s Grebe
        Laysan Albatross
        Black-footed Albatross
        Northern Fulmar
        Black-capped Petrel
      57. Cory’s Shearwater (Florida, January 28)
        NO PHOTO
        Pink-footed Shearwater
        Great Shearwater
        Buller’s Shearwater
        Sooty Shearwater
        Short-tailed Shearwater
        Manx Shearwater
        Black-vented Shearwater
        Barolo Shearwater
        Audubon’s Shearwater
        Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
        Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
        Leach’s Storm-Petrel
        Ashy Storm-Petrel
        Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
        Black Storm-Petrel
      58. Wood Stork (Florida, January 18)Wood Stork
        Magnificent Frigatebird
      59. Brown Booby (Florida, January 28)
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      60.  ✓ Northern Gannet (Florida, January 27)Northern Gannet
        Brandt’s Cormorant
      61. ✓ Neotropic Cormorant (Texas, February 17)Neotropic Cormorant
      62. ✓ Double-crested Cormorant (Florida, January 18)Double-crested Cormorant
      63. ✓ Great Cormorant (Maine, June 20)Great Cormorant (well, I'm 98% certain about that)
        Red-faced Cormorant
        Pelagic Cormorant
      64. ✓ Anhinga (Florida, January 18)Anhinga
      65. ✓ American White Pelican (Florida, January 19)American White Pelican
      66. Brown Pelican (Florida, January 19)
        Brown Pelican
      67. ✓ American Bittern (Florida, January 24)American Bittern
      68. ✓ Least Bittern (Florida, January 24)Least Bittern
      69. ✓ Great Blue Heron (Florida, January 19)Great Blue Heron
      70. ✓ Great Egret (Florida, January 18)Great Egret
      71. ✓ Snowy Egret (Florida, January 19)Snowy Egret
      72. Little Blue Heron (Florida, January 18)Little Blue Heron
      73. ✓ Tricolored Heron (Florida, January 19)Tricolored Heron
      74. Reddish Egret (Florida, January 19)Reddish Egret
      75. ✓ Cattle Egret (Florida, January 20)American Bison and Cattle Egret
      76. ✓ Green Heron (Florida, January 19)Green Heron
      77. ✓ Black-crowned Night-Heron (Florida, January 19)Black-crowned Night-Heron
      78. ✓ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Florida, January 19)Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
      79. ✓ White Ibis (Florida, January 19)White Ibises in flight
      80. ✓ Glossy Ibis (Florida, January 24)Glossy Ibis
      81. ✓ White-faced Ibis (Texas, February 21)White-faced Ibis
      82. ✓ Roseate Spoonbill (Florida, January 19)Roseate Spoonbill
      83. ✓ Black Vulture (Tennessee, January 17)Black Vulture
      84. ✓ Turkey Vulture (Kentucky, January 17)Turkey Vulture
        California Condor
      85. ✓ Osprey (Florida, January 19)Osprey
      86. ✓ White-tailed Kite (Texas, February 19)White-tailed Kite
        Swallow-tailed Kite
        Snail Kite
      87. ✓ Mississippi Kite (Oklahoma, April 29)Mississippi Kite
      88. ✓ Northern Harrier (Florida, January 23)Northern Harrier
      89. ✓ Sharp-shinned Hawk (Minnesota, January 1)Sharp-shinned Hawk
      90. ✓ Cooper’s Hawk (Wisconsin, January 14)Cooper's Hawk
      91. ✓ Northern Goshawk (Colorado, April 14)Northern Goshawk
      92. ✓ Bald Eagle (Minnesota, January 2)Bald Eagle
        Common Black-Hawk
      93. ✓ Harris’s Hawk (Texas, February 19)Harris's Hawk
      94. ✓ White-tailed Hawk (Texas, February 17)White-tailed Hawk
      95. ✓ Red-shouldered Hawk (Florida, January 18)
        Red-shouldered Hawk
      96. ✓ Broad-winged Hawk (Oklahoma, May 5)Broad-winged Hawk
      97. ✓ Gray Hawk (Texas, February 22)
        NO PHOTO
        Short-tailed Hawk
      98. ✓ Swainson’s Hawk (Colorado, April 20)Hawk Ridge's Second-ever Banded Swainson's Hawk
      99. ✓ Zone-tailed Hawk (Texas, February 20)Zone-tailed Hawk
      100. ✓ Red-tailed Hawk (Wisconsin, January 14)Red-tailed Hawk with prey, an American Coot
      101. ✓ Ferruginous Hawk (Colorado, April 17)
        NO PHOTO
      102. ✓ Rough-legged Hawk (Minnesota, January 2)Rough-legged Hawk
      103. ✓ Golden Eagle (Colorado, April 14)Bald Eagle
        Yellow Rail
        Black Rail
      104. Clapper Rail (Texas, February 16)
        Clapper Rail
      105. King Rail (Florida, January 27)
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      106. ✓ Virginia Rail (Wisconsin, May 23)
        Virginia Rail chick
      107. ✓ Sora (Florida, January 27)Katie and Sora
      108. ✓ Purple Gallinule (Florida, January 27)Purple Gallinule
      109. ✓ Common Gallinule (Florida, January 24)Common Moorhen and chick
      110. ✓ American Coot (Florida, January 24)American Coot
      111. ✓ Limpkin (Florida, January 24)Limpkin and apple snail
      112. ✓ Sandhill Crane (Florida, January 20)
        Sandhill Crane
      113. Whooping Crane (Texas, February 17)Whooping Crane
      114. ✓ Black-bellied Plover (Florida, January 19)
        Black-bellied Plover
        American Golden-Plover
        Pacific Golden-Plover
      115. Snowy Plover (Texas, February 16)Snowy Plover
      116. Wilson’s Plover (Florida, January 19)
        Wilson's Plover
        Common Ringed Plover
      117. ✓ Semipalmated Plover (Florida, January 19)Semipalmated Plover
      118. Piping Plover (Florida, January 19)Piping Plover
      119. ✓ Killdeer (Florida, January 19)Killdeer
      120. ✓ Mountain Plover (Colorado, April 2)Mountain Plover
      121. ✓ American Oystercatcher (Texas, February 16)American Oystercatcher
        Black Oystercatcher
      122. ✓ Black-necked Stilt (Texas, February 16)
        Black-necked Stilt
      123. ✓ American Avocet (Florida, January 25)
        American Avocet
      124. ✓ Spotted Sandpiper (Florida, January 20)Spotted Sandpiper
      125. ✓ Solitary Sandpiper (Texas, February 19)Solitary Sandpiper
        Wandering Tattler
      126. ✓ Greater Yellowlegs (Florida, January 25)Greater Yellowlegs
      127. ✓ Willet (Florida, January 19)Willet
      128. ✓ Lesser Yellowlegs (Florida, January 25)Yellowlegs
        Wood Sandpiper
      129. ✓ Upland Sandpiper (Kansas, April 28)Upland Sandpiper
      130. ✓ Whimbrel (Minnesota, May 30Whimbrel
        Bristle-thighed Curlew
      131. Long-billed Curlew (Texas, February 16)
        Long-billed Curlew
        Hudsonian Godwit
        Bar-tailed Godwit
      132. Marbled Godwit (Texas, February 16)Marbled Godwits and Willet
      133. ✓ Ruddy Turnstone (Florida, January 19)Ruddy Turnstone
        Black Turnstone
        Surfbird
      134. Red Knot (Florida, January 19)Red Knot
      135. Sanderling (Florida, January 19)Sanderling
      136. ✓ Semipalmated Sandpiper (Colorado, April 17)Semipalmated Sandpiper
      137. Western Sandpiper (Florida, January 19)
        NO PHOTO
      138. ✓ Least Sandpiper (Florida, January 19)
        Least Sandpiper
        White-rumped Sandpiper
      139. ✓ Baird’s Sandpiper (Colorado, April 18)Baird's Sandpiper
      140. ✓ Pectoral Sandpiper (Kansas, April 27)
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        Purple Sandpiper
        Rock Sandpiper 
      141. ✓ Dunlin (Florida, January 19)Dunlin
      142. ✓ Stilt Sandpiper (Delaware, May 10)
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        Buff-breasted Sandpiper
      143. ✓ Short-billed Dowitcher (Florida, January 19)Short-billed Dowitcher
      144. ✓ Long-billed Dowitcher (Texas, February 16)Long-billed Dowitcher
      145. ✓ Wilson’s Snipe (Colorado, April 15)
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      146. ✓ American Woodcock (Wisconsin, June 2)American Woodcock
      147. ✓ Wilson’s Phalarope (Colorado, April 18)Wilson's Phalarope
        Red-necked Phalarope
      148. ✓ Red Phalarope (Florida, January 28)
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      149. Black-legged Kittiwake (Texas, February 18Screen Shot 2013-05-22 at 7.21.54 PM
        Red-legged Kittiwake
        Sabine’s Gull
      150. ✓ Bonaparte’s Gull (Florida, January 19)Bonaparte's Gull
      151. ✓ Laughing Gull (Florida, January 19)Laughing Gull
      152. ✓ Franklin’s Gull (Colorado, April 17)Franklin's Gull amidst Ring-billed Gulls
        Heermann’s Gull
        Mew Gull
      153. ✓ Ring-billed Gull (Minnesota, January 3)Ring-billed Gull
        Western Gull
        Yellow-footed Gull
      154. ✓ California Gull (Colorado, April 17)
        NO PHOTO
      155. ✓ Herring Gull (Minnesota, January 1)Herring Gull
      156. Thayer’s Gull (Minnesota, January 3)Thayer's Gull
      157. Iceland Gull (Minnesota, January 5)Iceland Gull
      158. ✓ Lesser Black-backed Gull (Florida, January 28)
        NO PHOTO
      159. ✓ Slaty-backed Gull (Minnesota, January 5)Slaty-backed Gull
        Glaucous-winged Gull
      160. ✓ Glaucous Gull (Minnesota, January 5)Glaucous Gull
      161. ✓ Great Black-backed Gull (Minnesota, January 3)Great Black-backed Gull on Long Island in August 2009.
        Brown Noddy
        Sooty Tern
      162. Bridled Tern (Florida, January 28)Bridled Tern
        Aleutian Tern
      163. ✓ Least Tern (Delaware, May 10)Least Tern
      164. Gull-billed Tern (Texas, February 17)
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      165. ✓ Caspian Tern (Florida, January 19)
        NO PHOTO
      166. ✓ Black Tern (Florida, January 28)Black Tern
      167. ✓ Roseate Tern (Maine, June 20)
        NO PHOTO
      168. ✓ Common Tern (Texas, February 18)
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      169. ✓ Arctic Tern (Maine, June 19)
        NO PHOTO
      170. ✓ Forster’s Tern (Florida, January 19)Forster's Tern
      171. ✓ Royal Tern (Florida, January 19)Royal Tern
      172. ✓ Sandwich Tern (Florida, January 20)Sandwich Tern
        Elegant Tern
      173. Black Skimmer (Florida, January 27)Black Skimmer
        South Polar Skua
      174. ✓ Pomarine Jaeger (Florida, January 28)
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      175. ✓ Parasitic Jaeger (Florida, January 28)Parasitic Jaeger
        Long-tailed Jaeger
        Dovekie
      176. ✓ Common Murre (Maine, June 19)Common Murres
        Thick-billed Murre
      177. Razorbill (Florida, January 28)Razorbill
      178. ✓ Black Guillemot (Maine, June 19)Black Guillemot
        Pigeon Guillemot
        Long-billed Murrelet
        Marbled Murrelet
        Kittlitz’s Murrelet
        Scripps’s Murrelet
        Guadalupe Murrelet
        Ancient Murrelet
        Cassin’s Auklet
        Parakeet Auklet
        Least Auklet
        Whiskered Auklet
        Crested Auklet
        Rhinoceros Auklet
      179. ✓ Atlantic Puffin (Maine, June 19)
        Atlantic Puffin

        Horned Puffin
        Tufted Puffin
      180. ✓ Rock Pigeon (Minnesota, January 1)Rock Pigeon
        White-crowned Pigeon
      181. ✓ Red-billed Pigeon (Texas, February 23)
        NO PHOTO
        Band-tailed Pigeon
      182. ✓ Eurasian Collared-Dove (Florida, January 19)Eurasian Collared-Dove
        Spotted Dove
      183. ✓ White-winged Dove (Texas, February 18)White-winged Dove
      184. ✓ Mourning Dove (Wisconsin, January 8)Mourning Dove
      185. ✓ Inca Dove (Texas, February 16)Inca Dove
      186. ✓ Common Ground-Dove (Florida, January 19)Common Ground-Dove
      187. ✓ White-tipped Dove (Texas, February 19)White-tipped Dove
      188. ✓ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Oklahoma, May 3)
        Yellow-billed Cuckoo
        Mangrove Cuckoo
        Black-billed Cuckoo
      189. ✓ Greater Roadrunner (Texas, February 23)Greater Roadrunner
        Groove-billed Ani
      190. ✓ Barn Owl (Colorado, April 20)Barn Owl
      191. Flammulated Owl (Texas, February 19)Flammulated Owl
        Western Screech-Owl
      192. ✓ Eastern Screech-Owl (Florida, January 26)Eastern Screech-Owl
        Whiskered Screech-Owl
      193. ✓ Great Horned Owl (Wisconsin, January 14)Great Horned Owl
      194. ✓ Snowy Owl (Wisconsin, January 2)Snowy Owl
      195. ✓ Northern Hawk Owl (Minnesota, January 2)Northern Hawk Owl
        Northern Pygmy-Owl
        Elf Owl
      196. ✓ Burrowing Owl (Texas, February 20)Burrowing Owl
        Spotted Owl
      197. ✓ Barred Owl (Florida, January 24)Barred Owl
      198. ✓ Great Gray Owl (Minnesota, January 2)Great Gray Owl
        Long-eared Owl
      199. ✓ Short-eared Owl (Colorado, April 14)Short-eared Owl
      200. ✓ Boreal Owl (Minnesota, February 3)Boreal Owl
      201. ✓ Northern Saw-whet Owl (Minnesota, February 3)Northern Saw-whet Owl
        Lesser Nighthawk
      202. ✓ Common Nighthawk (Wisconsin, June 6)Common Nighthawk
        Antillean Nighthawk
      203. ✓ Common Pauraque (Texas, February 20)Common Pauraque
        Common Poorwill
        Chuck-will’s-widow
      204. ✓ Eastern Whip-poor-will (Wisconsin, June 6)
        NO PHOTO
        Mexican Whip-poor-will
        Black Swift
      205. ✓ Chimney Swift (Kansas, April 27)Chimney Swift
        Vaux’s Swift
        White-throated Swift
        Magnificent Hummingbird
        Blue-throated Hummingbird
        Lucifer Hummingbird
      206. ✓ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Florida, January 26)Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest-building
      207. ✓ Black-chinned Hummingbird (Texas, February 22)
        Anna’s Hummingbird
        Costa’s Hummingbird
        Broad-tailed Hummingbird
        Rufous Hummingbird
        Allen’s Hummingbird
        Calliope Hummingbird
        Broad-billed Hummingbird
      208. ✓ Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Texas, February 20)
        Buff-bellied Hummingbird
        Violet-crowned Hummingbird
        Elegant Trogon
      209. ✓ Ringed Kingfisher (Texas, February 22)Ringed Kingfisher
      210. ✓ Belted Kingfisher (Florida, January 19)
        Belted Kingfisher
      211. ✓ Green Kingfisher (Texas, February 20)
        Green Kingfisher
      212. ✓ Lewis’s Woodpecker (Colorado, April 18)Lewis's Woodpecker
      213. ✓ Red-headed Woodpecker (Oklahoma, May 5)
        Red-headed Woodpecker
        Acorn Woodpecker
        Gila Woodpecker
      214. ✓ Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Texas, February 18)Golden-fronted Woodpecker
      215. ✓ Red-bellied Woodpecker (Wisconsin, January 14)Red-bellied Woodpecker
      216. ✓ Williamson’s Sapsucker (Colorado, April 21)Williamson's Sapsucker
      217. ✓ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Florida, January 26)Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
      218. ✓ Red-naped Sapsucker (Colorado, April 13)
        Red-naped Sapsucker
        Red-breasted Sapsucker
      219. ✓ Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Texas, February 17)
        Ladder-backed Woodpecker
        Nuttall’s Woodpecker
      220. ✓ Downy Woodpecker (Minnesota, January 1)Downy Woodpecker
      221. ✓ Hairy Woodpecker (Minnesota, January 2)
        Hairy Woodpecker
        Arizona Woodpecker
        Red-cockaded Woodpecker
        White-headed Woodpecker
        American Three-toed Woodpecker
      222. ✓ Black-backed Woodpecker (Wisconsin, June 3)
        NO PHOTO
      223. ✓ Northern Flicker (Wisconsin, January 14)
        Northern Flicker
        Gilded Flicker
      224. ✓ Pileated Woodpecker (Minnesota, January 2)
        Pileated Woodpecker
      225. ✓ Crested Caracara (Texas, February 17)
        Crested Caracara
      226. ✓ American Kestrel (Wisconsin, January 14)
        American Kestrel
      227. ✓ Merlin (Texas, February 19)
        Merlin
      228. ✓ Aplomado Falcon ABA AREA LIFER! (Texas, February 19)
        Aplomado Falcon
        Gyrfalcon
      229. ✓ Peregrine Falcon (Minnesota, January 3)Peregrine Falcon
      230. ✓ Prairie Falcon (Texas, February 22)
        Prairie Falcon
      231. ✓ Monk Parakeet (Texas, February 21)Monk Parakeet
      232. Green Parakeet (Texas, February 19)
        Green Parakeet
        White-winged Parakeet
      233. Red-crowned Parrot (Texas, February 19)
        Red-crowned Parrot
      234. ✓ Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet (Texas, February 21)
        Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
      235. ✓ Olive-sided Flycatcher (Delaware, May 12)Olive-sided Flycatcher
        Greater Pewee
        Western Wood-Pewee
      236. ✓ Eastern Wood-Pewee (Oklahoma, April 29)
        Eastern Wood-Pewee
      237. ✓ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Minnesota, May 30)
        Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
      238. ✓ Acadian Flycatcher (Oklahoma, May 3)
        Acadian Flycatcher
      239.  Alder Flycatcher (Minnesota, May 31)Alder Flycatcher
      240. ✓ Willow Flycatcher (Delaware, May 15)
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      241. ✓ Least Flycatcher (Minnesota, May 22)Least Flycatcher
        Hammond’s Flycatcher
        Gray Flycatcher
        Dusky Flycatcher
        Pacific-slope Flycatcher
        Cordilleran Flycatcher
        Buff-breasted Flycatcher
      242. ✓ Black Phoebe (Texas, February 22)Black Phoebe
      243. ✓ Eastern Phoebe (Florida, January 18)Eastern Phoebe
      244. ✓ Say’s Phoebe (Colorado, April 15)Say's Phoebe
      245. ✓ Vermilion Flycatcher (Texas, February 20)
        Vermilion Flycatcher
        Dusky-capped Flycatcher
      246. ✓ Ash-throated Flycatcher (Texas, February 24)
        Ash-throated Flycatcher
      247. ✓ Great Crested Flycatcher (Oklahoma, April 26)
        Great Crested Flycatcher
        Brown-crested Flycatcher
      248. ✓ Great Kiskadee (Texas, February 18)
        Great Kiskadee
        Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
      249. ✓ Tropical Kingbird (Texas, February 18)
        NO PHOTO
      250. ✓ Couch’s Kingbird (Texas, February 18)
        NO PHOTO
        Cassin’s Kingbird
        Thick-billed Kingbird
      251. ✓ Western Kingbird (Oklahoma, April 25)Western Kingbird
      252. ✓ Eastern Kingbird (Kansas, April 28)
        Eastern Kingbird
        Gray Kingbird
      253. ✓ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Texas, April 25)Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
      254. Loggerhead Shrike (Florida, January 23)Loggerhead Shrike
      255. ✓ Northern Shrike (Minnesota, January 2)Northern Shrike
      256. ✓ White-eyed Vireo (Florida, January 23)
        White-eyed Vireo
      257. ✓ Bell’s Vireo (Oklahoma, April 26)Bell's Vireo
      258. ✓ Black-capped Vireo (Oklahoma, April 29)Black-capped Vireo
        Gray Vireo
      259. ✓ Yellow-throated Vireo (Oklahoma, May 3)
        Yellow-throated Vireo
        Plumbeous Vireo
        Cassin’s Vireo
      260. ✓ Blue-headed Vireo (Florida, January 23)
        Blue-headed Vireo
        Hutton’s Vireo
      261. ✓ Warbling Vireo (Oklahoma, April 29)
        Warbling Vireo
      262. ✓ Philadelphia Vireo (New Hampshire, June 16)Philadelphia Vireo
      263. ✓ Red-eyed Vireo (Oklahoma, April 30)
        Red-eyed Vireo
        Black-whiskered Vireo
      264. ✓ Gray Jay (Minnesota, January 2)
        Gray Jay
      265. ✓ Green Jay (Texas, February 18)Green Jay
      266. ✓ Pinyon Jay (Colorado, April 13)
        NO PHOTO
      267. ✓ Steller’s Jay (Colorado, April 13)Steller's Jay
      268. ✓ Blue Jay (Minnesota, January 3)
        Blue Jay
      269. Florida Scrub-Jay (Florida, January 23)
        Florida Scrub-Jay
        Island Scrub-Jay
      270. ✓ Western Scrub-Jay (Colorado, April 14)
        Western Scrub-Jay
        Mexican Jay
      271. ✓ Black-billed Magpie (Colorado, April 13)
        Black-billed Magpie
        Yellow-billed Magpie
      272. ✓ Clark’s Nutcracker (Colorado, April 15)
        Clark's Nutcracker
      273. ✓ American Crow (Minnesota, January 1)
        American Crow
        Northwestern Crow
      274. ✓ Fish Crow (Florida, January 19)Fish Crow
      275. ✓ Chihuahuan Raven (Texas, February 23)Chihuahuan Raven
      276. ✓ Common Raven (Minnesota, January 1)
        Common RavenSky Lark
      277. ✓ Horned Lark (Wisconsin, January 14)Horned Lark
      278. ✓ Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Texas, February 22)Northern Rough-winged Swallow
      279. Purple Martin (Texas, February 20)
        Purple Martin
      280. ✓ Tree Swallow (Florida, January 24)
        Tree Swallow
      281. ✓ Violet-green Swallow (Colorado, April 19)
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      282. ✓ Bank Swallow (Colorado, April 19)
        Bank Swallow
      283. ✓ Barn Swallow (Florida, January 24)Barn Swallow
      284. ✓ Cliff Swallow (Texas, February 24)
        Cliff Swallow
        Cave Swallow
      285. ✓ Carolina Chickadee (Texas, February 17)Carolina Chickadee
      286. ✓ Black-capped Chickadee (Minnesota, January 1)Black-capped Chickadee
      287. ✓ Mountain Chickadee (Colorado, April 13)
        Mountain Chickadee
        Mexican Chickadee
        Chestnut-backed Chickadee
      288. ✓ Boreal Chickadee (Minnesota, January 2)
        Boreal Chickadee
        Bridled Titmouse
        Oak Titmouse
      289. ✓ Juniper Titmouse (Colorado, April 18)Juniper Titmouse
      290. ✓ Tufted Titmouse (Wisconsin, January 14)Tufted Titmouse at my feeder
      291. ✓ Black-crested Titmouse (Texas, February 17)Black-crested Titmouse
      292. ✓ Verdin (Texas, February 21)
        Verdin
        Bushtit
      293. ✓ Red-breasted Nuthatch (Minnesota, January 1)Red-breasted Nuthatch
      294. ✓ White-breasted Nuthatch (Minnesota, January 1)White-breasted Nuthatch
      295. ✓ Pygmy Nuthatch (Colorado, April 20)Pygmy Nuthatch
      296. ✓ Brown-headed Nuthatch (Oklahoma, May 5)Brown-headed Nuthatch
      297. ✓ Brown Creeper (Minnesota, January 7)Brown Creeper
      298. ✓ Rock Wren (Colorado, April 19)Rock Wren
      299. ✓ Canyon Wren (Oklahoma, April 30)
        NO PHOTO
      300. ✓ House Wren (Florida, January 19)
        House Wren
        Pacific Wren
      301. ✓ Winter Wren (Wisconsin, May 24)
        Winter Wren
      302. ✓ Sedge Wren (Wisconsin, May 24)
        Sedge Wren
      303. ✓ Marsh Wren (Florida, January 24)Marsh Wren
      304. ✓ Carolina Wren (Florida, January 18)Carolina Wren
      305. ✓ Bewick’s Wren (Texas, February 19)Bewick's Wren
      306. ✓ Cactus Wren (Texas, February 23)
        Cactus WrenSinaloa Wren
      307. ✓ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Florida, January 23)
        Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
        California Gnatcatcher
      308. ✓ Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Texas, February 24)
        NO PHOTO
      309. ✓ American Dipper (Colorado, April 14)
        American Dipper
        Red-whiskered Bulbul
      310. ✓ Golden-crowned Kinglet (Wisconsin, June 3)
        Golden-crowned Kinglet
      311. ✓ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Florida, January 23)
        Ruby-crowned Kinglet
        Arctic Warbler
        Wrentit
        Northern Wheatear
      312. ✓ Eastern Bluebird (Illinois, January 16)
        Eastern Bluebird
      313. ✓ Western Bluebird (Colorado, April 18)Western Bluebird
      314. ✓ Mountain Bluebird (Colorado, April 13)Mountain Bluebird
      315. ✓ Townsend’s Solitaire (Minnesota, February 10)Townsend's Solitaire
      316. ✓ Veery (Delaware, May 10)
        Veery
      317. ✓ Gray-cheeked Thrush (Delaware, May 16)
        Gray-cheeked Thrush
      318. ✓ Bicknell’s Thrush LIFER! (New Hampshire, June 17)Bicknell's Thrush
      319. ✓ Swainson’s Thrush (Oklahoma, May 4)Swainson's Thrush
      320. ✓ Hermit Thrush (Texas, February 17)Hermit Thrush
      321. ✓ Wood Thrush (Oklahoma, May 6)Wood Thrush
      322. ✓ Clay-colored Thrush ABA AREA LIFER (Texas, February 20)Clay-colored Thrush
      323. ✓ American Robin (Wisconsin, January 14)
        American Robin closeup
        Varied Thrush
      324. ✓ Gray Catbird (Florida, January 19)Gray Catbird
      325. ✓ Northern Mockingbird (Georgia, January 18)Northern Mockingbird
      326. ✓ Sage Thrasher (Colorado, April 17)Sage Thrasher
      327. ✓ Brown Thrasher (Kansas, April 27)Brown Thrasher
      328. ✓ Long-billed Thrasher (Texas, February 21)
        Long-billed Thrasher
        Bendire’s Thrasher
      329. ✓ Curve-billed Thrasher (Texas, February 20)
        Curve-billed Thrasher
        California Thrasher
        Crissal Thrasher
        Le Conte’s Thrasher
        Common Myna
      330. ✓ European Starling (Minnesota, January 1)European Starling
      331. ✓ American Pipit (Colorado, April 17)
        American Pipit
        Sprague’s Pipit
      332. ✓ Bohemian Waxwing (Wisconsin, January 8)Bohemian Waxwing
      333. ✓ Cedar Waxwing (Illinois, January 16)
        WXPR Cedar Waxwing
        Phainopepla
        Olive Warbler
        Lapland Longspur
      334. ✓ Chestnut-collared Longspur (Colorado, April 17)
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        Smith’s Longspur
      335. ✓ McCown’s Longspur (Colorado, April 17)
        McCown's Longspur
      336. ✓ Snow Bunting (Minnesota, January 2)Snow Bunting
      337. ✓ Ovenbird (Oklahoma, May 3)
        Ovenbird
      338. ✓ Worm-eating Warbler (Delaware, May 16)Worm-eating Warbler
      339. ✓ Louisiana Waterthrush (Oklahoma, May 5)Louisiana Waterthrush
      340. ✓ Northern Waterthrush (Oklahoma, May 5)
        Northern Waterthrush
      341. ✓ Blue-winged Warbler (Delaware, May 9)
        Blue-winged Warbler
      342. ✓ Golden-winged Warbler (Wisconsin, May 24)Golden-winged Warbler
      343. ✓ Black-and-white Warbler (Texas, February 22)Black-and-white Warbler
      344. ✓ Prothonotary Warbler (Oklahoma, April 29)Prothonotary Warbler>
      345. ✓ Swainson’s Warbler (Oklahoma, May 3)
        Swainson's Warbler
      346. ✓ Tennessee Warbler (Oklahoma, May 3)Tennessee Warbler
      347. ✓ Orange-crowned Warbler (Florida, January 26)
        Orange-crowned Warbler
        Colima Warbler
        Lucy’s Warbler
      348. ✓ Nashville Warbler (Oklahoma, April 30)
        Nashville Warbler
        Virginia’s Warbler
      349. ✓ Connecticut Warbler (Minnesota, May 30)Connecticut Warbler
        MacGillivray’s Warbler
      350. ✓ Mourning Warbler (Delaware, May 16)Mourning Warbler
      351. ✓ Kentucky Warbler (Oklahoma, May 3)Kentucky Warbler
      352. ✓ Common Yellowthroat (Florida, January 24)Common Yellowthroat
      353. ✓ Hooded Warbler (Oklahoma, May 3)Hooded Warbler
      354. ✓ American Redstart (Delaware, May 9)American Redstart
      355. ✓ Kirtland’s Warbler (Michigan, June 8)Kirtland's Warbler
      356. ✓ Cape May Warbler (Minnesota, May 21)Cape May Warbler
      357. ✓ Cerulean Warbler (Delaware, May 12)
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      358. ✓ Northern Parula (Texas, February 22)
        Northern Parula
      359. ✓ Magnolia Warbler (Delaware, May 10)
        Magnolia Warbler
      360. ✓ Bay-breasted Warbler (Wisconsin, May 24)Bay-breasted Warbler
      361. ✓ Blackburnian Warbler (Delaware, May 15)Blackburnian Warbler
      362. ✓ Yellow Warbler (Oklahoma, May 6)Yellow Warbler
      363. ✓ Chestnut-sided Warbler (Delaware, May 15)Chestnut-sided Warbler
      364. ✓ Blackpoll Warbler (Delaware, May 10)Blackpoll Warbler
      365. ✓ Black-throated Blue Warbler (Delaware, May 9)Black-throated Blue Warbler
      366. ✓ Palm Warbler (Florida, January 18)Palm Warbler
      367. ✓ Pine Warbler (Florida, January 23)Pine Warbler
      368. ✓ Yellow-rumped Warbler (Florida, January 18)Yellow-rumped Warbler
      369. ✓ Yellow-throated Warbler (Florida, January 18)Yellow-throated Warbler
      370. ✓ Prairie Warbler (Oklahoma, May 3)
        Prairie Warbler
        Grace’s Warbler
      371. ✓ Black-throated Gray Warbler (Texas, February 22)Screen Shot 2013-05-27 at 7.58.18 AM
        Townsend’s Warbler
        Hermit Warbler
        Golden-cheeked Warbler
      372. ✓ Black-throated Green Warbler (Delaware, May 9)
        Black-throated Green Warbler
        Rufous-capped Warbler
      373. ✓ Canada Warbler (Delaware, May 17)Canada Warbler
      374. ✓ Wilson’s Warbler (Minnesota, May 22)Wilson's Warbler
        Red-faced Warbler
        Painted Redstart
      375. ✓ Yellow-breasted Chat (Oklahoma, May 3)Yellow-breasted Chat
      376. ✓ White-collared Seedeater (Texas, February 23)White-collared Seedeater
      377. ✓ Olive Sparrow (Texas, February 19)
        Olive Sparrow
        Green-tailed Towhee
      378. ✓ Spotted Towhee (Colorado, April 14)Spotted Towhee
      379. ✓ Eastern Towhee (Florida, January 23)Eastern Towhee
      380. ✓ Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Oklahoma, April 30)

        Canyon Towhee
        California Towhee
        Abert’s Towhee
        Rufous-winged Sparrow
        Botteri’s Sparrow
      381. ✓ Cassin’s Sparrow (Texas, February 23)Cassin's Sparrow
      382. Bachman’s Sparrow (Florida, January 23)
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      383. ✓ American Tree Sparrow (Wisconsin, January 14)American Tree Sparrow
      384. ✓ Chipping Sparrow (Florida, January 18)Chipping Sparrow
      385. ✓ Clay-colored Sparrow (Oklahoma, April 29)
        Clay-colored Sparrow
        Brewer’s Sparrow
      386. ✓ Field Sparrow (Oklahoma, April 26)
        Field Sparrow
        Black-chinned Sparrow
      387. ✓ Vesper Sparrow (Colorado, April 19)Vesper Sparrow
      388. ✓ Lark Sparrow (Colorado, April 19)
      389. ✓ Black-throated Sparrow (Texas, February 23)
        Black-throated Sparrow
        Sage Sparrow
        Lark Bunting
      390. ✓ Savannah Sparrow (Florida, January 24)
        Savannah Sparrow
      391. ✓ Grasshopper Sparrow (Michigan, June 9)Grasshopper Sparrow
        Baird’s Sparrow
      392. ✓  Henslow’s Sparrow (Ohio, June 10)Henslow's Sparrow
      393. ✓ Le Conte’s Sparrow (Wisconsin, June 3)
        Le Conte's Sparrow
        Nelson’s Sparrow
      394. ✓ Saltmarsh Sparrow (New York, June 15)
        NO PHOTO
      395. Seaside Sparrow (Texas, February 17)Seaside Sparrow
      396. ✓ Fox Sparrow (Colorado, April 18)Fox Sparrow
      397. ✓ Song Sparrow (Illinois, January 16)Song Sparrow
      398. ✓ Lincoln’s Sparrow (Texas, February 23)Lincoln's Sparrow
      399. ✓ Swamp Sparrow (Florida, January 27)Swamp Sparrow
      400. ✓ White-throated Sparrow (Wisconsin, January 14)White-throated Sparrow
      401. ✓ Harris’s Sparrow (Oklahoma, April 26)Harris's Sparrow
      402. ✓ White-crowned Sparrow (Colorado, April 17)White-crowned Sparrow
      403. ✓ Golden-crowned Sparrow (Colorado, April 18)Golden-crowned Sparrow
      404. ✓ Dark-eyed Junco (Wisconsin, January 14)
        Dark-eyed Junco
        Yellow-eyed Junco
        Hepatic Tanager
      405. ✓ Summer Tanager (Texas, February 22)Summer Tanager
      406. ✓ Scarlet Tanager (Oklahoma, May 3)Scarlet Tanager
      407. ✓ Western Tanager (Texas, February 22)
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      408. ✓ Crimson-collared Grosbeak LIFER (Texas, February 19)Crimson-collared Grosbeak
      409. ✓ Northern Cardinal (Minnesota, January 1)Northern Cardinal
      410. ✓ Pyrrhuloxia (Texas, February 23)
        Pyrrhuloxia
      411. ✓ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Oklahoma, May 3)
        Rose-breasted Grosbeak
        Black-headed Grosbeak
      412. ✓ Blue Grosbeak (Oklahoma, May 3)
        Blue Grosbeak
        Lazuli Bunting
      413. ✓ Indigo Bunting (Oklahoma, April 29)
        Indigo Bunting
        Varied Bunting 
      414. Painted Bunting (Florida, January 24)Painted Bunting
      415. ✓ Dickcissel (Oklahoma, May 5)Dickcissel
      416. ✓ Bobolink (Oklahoma, May 6)Bobolink
      417. ✓ Red-winged Blackbird (Florida, January 23)
        Red-winged Blackbird
        Tricolored Blackbird
      418. ✓ Eastern Meadowlark (Texas, February 18)Eastern Meadowlark
      419. ✓ Western Meadowlark (Texas, February 17)Western Meadowlark
      420. ✓ Yellow-headed Blackbird (Texas, February 21)
        Yellow-headed Blackbirds and Brown-headed Cowbird
      421.  Rusty Blackbird (Minnesota, May 30)Rusty Blackbird
      422. ✓ Brewer’s Blackbird (Texas, February 18)Brewer's Blackbird
      423. ✓ Common Grackle (Tennessee, January 17)Common Grackle
      424. ✓ Boat-tailed Grackle (Florida, January 19)Boat-tailed Grackle
      425. ✓ Great-tailed Grackle (Texas, February 16)
        Great-tailed Grackle
      426. ✓ Bronzed Cowbird (Texas, February 20)
        NO PHOTO
      427. ✓ Brown-headed Cowbird (Florida, January 22)
        Brown-headed Cowbird
      428. ✓ Orchard Oriole (Oklahoma, May 5)
        Orchard Oriole
        Hooded Oriole
        Bullock’s Oriole
        Spot-breasted Oriole
      429. ✓ Altamira Oriole (Texas, February 20)Altamira Oriole
      430. Audubon’s Oriole (Texas, February 22)Audubon's Oriole (well, parts of him, anyway)
      431. ✓ Baltimore Oriole (Oklahoma, April 25)
        Baltimore Oriole
        Scott’s Oriole
      432. ✓ Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Colorado, April 14)"Hepburn's Rosy-Finch (Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch)
      433. ✓ Black Rosy-Finch (Colorado, April 14)Black Rosy-Finch (center) and Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
      434. ✓ Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Colorado, April 14)Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
      435. ✓ Pine Grosbeak (Minnesota, January 2)Pine Grosbeak
      436. ✓ Purple Finch (Minnesota, May 21)Purple Finch
      437. ✓ Cassin’s Finch (Colorado, April 13)
        NO PHOTO
      438. ✓ House Finch (Wisconsin, January 8)
        House Finch
      439. ✓ Red Crossbill (Colorado, April 18)
        NO PHOTO
      440. ✓ White-winged Crossbill (Minnesota, January 2)White-winged Crossbill
      441. ✓ Common Redpoll (Minnesota, January 1)Common Redpoll
      442. ✓ Hoary Redpoll (Minnesota, January 1)First bird photo of the year: Hoary Redpoll!
      443. ✓ Pine Siskin (Wisconsin, January 14)Pine Siskin
      444. ✓ Lesser Goldfinch (Texas, February 19)
        Lesser Goldfinch
        Lawrence’s Goldfinch
      445. ✓ American Goldfinch (Minnesota, January 2)American Goldfinch
      446. Evening Grosbeak (Minnesota, January 2)Evening Grosbeak
      447. ✓ House Sparrow (Minnesota, January 5)
        House Sparrow
        Eurasian Tree Sparrow