Mike’s 2009 Year List
Why keep a year list?
This is a question we ask every year. I’m aware that some birders scorn the obsessive tabulation and parsing of bird sightings based on geography, chronology, or taxonomy. If I’ve already seen a Vermilion Flycatcher in Central America, some of you may ask, why should it matter if I have or haven’t seen one somewhere in North America as long as it isn’t Mexico, the Caribbean, or the Pacific Islands (the ABA area)? Good question indeed, the answer to which would only make sense to a lister. And a lister is what I am. I don’t tally types of cars or hot sauces I’ve sampled. I don’t collect autographs, stamps, or Hummel figurines. What I like to do is see birds and record the sightings. While the object of my observation is paramount in the equation, on one level, the desire to list propels the passion to greater heights. In short, if I wasn’t listing, I wouldn’t see as many species. I also wouldn’t know what I’ve seen since some of these beauties have crossed my path only briefly, ships passing in the night, one flying, the other anxiously craning his neck for a better look.
So there it is… I love listing. Here’s my 2009 year list (life birds in CAPS, heard only in italics):
(You may also enjoy my tabulation of 2006 successes, 2007 surprises, 2008 ardor, or my overall life list.)
- American Crow (Rochester, NY 1/1)
- Rock Pigeon (Rochester, NY 1/1)
- Mourning Dove (Rochester, NY 1/1)
- Wild Turkey (Rochester, NY 1/1)
- European Starling (Rochester, NY 1/1)
- White-winged Scoter (Sodus Point, NY 1/1)
- Long-tailed Duck (Sodus Point, NY 1/1)
- Bufflehead (Sodus Point, NY 1/1)
- Greater Scaup (Sodus Point, NY 1/1)
- Mallard (Sodus Point, NY 1/1)
- Common Goldeneye (Sodus Point, NY 1/1)
- Ring-billed Gull (Sodus Point, NY 1/1)
- Great Black-backed Gull (Sodus Point, NY 1/1)
- Belted Kingfisher (Irondequoit Bay, NY 1/1)
- Canada Goose (Irondequoit Bay, NY 1/1)
- Mute Swan (Irondequoit Bay, NY 1/1)
- Tundra Swan (Irondequoit Bay, NY 1/1)
- Herring Gull (Irondequoit Bay, NY 1/1)
- Black-capped Chickadee (Rochester, NY 1/2)
- White-breasted Nuthatch (Rochester, NY 1/3)
- House Sparrow (Rochester, NY 1/3)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Rochester, NY 1/4)
- Snow Bunting (Geneseo, NY 1/4)
- Horned Lark (Geneseo, NY 1/4)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Geneseo, NY 1/4)
- Savannah Sparrow (Geneseo, NY 1/4)
- Lapland Longspur (Geneseo, NY 1/4)
- Red-breasted Nuthatch (Geneseo, NY 1/4)
- Song Sparrow (Braddock Bay, NY 1/4)
- Pileated Woodpecker (Durand Eastman Park, NY 1/4)
- Common Loon (Irondequoit Bay, NY 1/4)
- Iceland (Kumlein’s) Gull (Irondequoit Bay, NY 1/4)
- American Goldfinch (Rochester, NY, 1/5)
- House Finch (Rochester, NY, 1/5)
- Harlequin Duck (Lake Ontario, NY 1/8)
- Hooded Merganser (Lake Ontario, NY 1/8)
- Bald Eagle (Raleigh, NC 1/17)
- Turkey Vulture (Raleigh, NC 1/17)
- Chipping Sparrow (Weymouth Woods, NC 1/18)
- Eastern Towhee (Weymouth Woods, NC 1/18)
- Pine Warbler (Weymouth Woods, NC 1/18)
- Pine Siskin (Weymouth Woods, NC 1/18)
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Weymouth Woods, NC 1/18)
- Brown-headed Nuthatch (Weymouth Woods, NC 1/18)
- Carolina Chickadee (Weymouth Woods, NC 1/18)
- RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER (Weymouth Woods, NC 1/18)
- American Kestrel (Southern Pines, NC 1/18)
- Black Vulture (Durham, NC 1/18)
- Red-shouldered Hawk (Durham, NC 1/18)
- Brown-headed Cowbird (Honeyoe Falls, NY 1/20)
- YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD (Honeyoe Falls, NY 1/20)
- Golden-crowned Kinglet (Mendon Ponds, NY 1/25)
- VIRGINIA RAIL (Mendon Ponds, NY 1/25)
- White-throated Sparrow (Mendon Ponds, NY 1/25)
- Carolina Wren (Brighton, NY 1/30)
- Common Merganser (Geneva, NY 2/1)
- Canvasback (Geneva, NY 2/1)
- Merlin (Geneva, NY 2/1)
- Snowy Owl (Finger Lakes Regional Airport, NY 2/1)
- Turkey Vulture (Rochester, NY 2/19)
- Black Vulture (Guatemala City, Guatemala 2/21)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Guatemala City, Guatemala 2/21)
- RUFOUS-BROWED PEPPERSHRIKE (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- CHESTNUT-SIDED SHRIKE VIREO (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Band-Tailed Pigeon (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- BROWN-BACKED SOLITAIRE (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- BLUE AND WHITE MOCKINGBIRD (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Rufous-collared Robin (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Gray Silky Flycatcher (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Summer Tanager (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Bushtit (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Rose-throated Becard (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Spot-crowned Woodcreeper (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Spotted Woodcreeper (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Steller’s Jay (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Green-throated Mountain Gem (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Hutton’s Vireo (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Blue-headed Vireo (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Band-backed Wren (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- MacGillivray’s Warbler (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Crescent-chested Warbler (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Townsend’s Warbler (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Wilson’s Warbler (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Black-and-White Warbler (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Tennessee Warbler (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Nashville Warbler (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Slate-collared Redstart (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Blue-throated Motmot (Cerro Alux, Guatemala 2/22)
- Berylline Hummingbird (Cabana Suissa, Guatemala 2/22)
- Magnificent Hummingbird (Cabana Suissa, Guatemala 2/22)
- White-eared Hummingbird (Cabana Suissa, Guatemala 2/22)
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Cabana Suissa, Guatemala 2/22)
- Rufous Sabrewing (Cabana Suissa, Guatemala 2/22)
- Eastern Bluebird (Cabana Suissa, Guatemala 2/22)
- House Wren (Cabana Suissa, Guatemala 2/22)
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Cabana Suissa, Guatemala 2/22)
- Greater Pewee (Cabana Suissa, Guatemala 2/22)
- VIOLET SABREWING (Finca El Pilar, Guatemala 2/22)
- GOLDEN-BROWED WARBLER (Finca El Pilar, Guatemala 2/22)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (Finca El Pilar, Guatemala 2/22)
- YELLOWISH FLYCATCHER (Finca El Pilar, Guatemala 2/22)
- Bushy-crested Jay (Finca El Pilar, Guatemala 2/22)
- BLACK-VENTED ORIOLE (Finca El Pilar, Guatemala 2/22)
- Tufted Flycatcher (Finca El Pilar, Guatemala 2/22)
- Black-capped Swallow (Finca El Pilar, Guatemala 2/22)
- Collared Forest-Falcon (Finca El Pilar, Guatemala 2/22)
- Emerald Toucanet (Finca El Pilar, Guatemala 2/22)
- White-tipped Dove (Finca El Pilar, Guatemala 2/22)
- GRAY-BREASTED WOOD WREN (Finca El Pilar, Guatemala 2/22)
- Squirrel Cuckoo (Finca El Pilar, Guatemala 2/22)
- ELEGANT EUPHONIA (Rincon Suizo, Guatemala 2/23)
- Least Flycatcher (Rincon Suizo, Guatemala 2/23)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Rincon Suizo, Guatemala 2/23)
- Mountain Trogon (Rincon Suizo, Guatemala 2/23)
- RUSSET-CAPPED NIGHTINGALE-THRUSH (Rincon Suizo, Guatemala 2/23)
- Brown Creeper (Rincon Suizo, Guatemala 2/23)
- RUFOUS-BROWED WREN (Rincon Suizo, Guatemala 2/23)
- Hermit Thrush (Rincon Suizo, Guatemala 2/23)
- Spotted Towhee (Rincon Suizo, Guatemala 2/23)
- PINK-HEADED WARBLER (Rincon Suizo, Guatemala 2/23)
- RED-FACED WARBLER (Rincon Suizo, Guatemala 2/23)
- OLIVE WARBLER (Rincon Suizo, Guatemala 2/23)
- Yellow-winged Tanager (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Western Tanager (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Red-legged Honeycreeper (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Clay-colored Robin (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Baltimore Oriole (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Bullock’s Oriole (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Orchard Oriole (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Lesser Goldfinch (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- White-collared Seedeater (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Red-billed Pigeon (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Melodious Blackbird (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Social Flycatcher (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Great Kiskadee (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- BARRED PARAKEET (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Blue-tailed Hummingbird (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Black-headed Saltator (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Violaceous Trogon (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Green Kingfisher (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Masked Tityra (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- ORANGE-BILLED NIGHTINGALE THRUSH (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Indigo Bunting (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Painted Bunting (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Magnolia Warbler (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- RUFOUS-CAPPED WARBLER (Los Andes PNR, Guatemala 2/23-24)
- Paraque (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- TROPICAL PEWEE (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- Gray-breasted Martin (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- PACIFIC PARAKEET (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- HIGHLAND GUAN (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- SPOTTED WOOD-QUAIL (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- CHESTNUT-CAPPED BRUSH-FINCH (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- BLUE-CROWNED CHLOROPHONIA (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- Vaux Swift (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- SCALY-THROATED FOLIAGE GLEANER (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- RUDDY FOLIAGE GLEANER (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- SCALED ANTPITTA (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- Summer Tanager (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- COMMON BUSH TANAGER (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- AZURE-RUMPED TANAGER (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- Golden-crowned Warbler (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- Ovenbird (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- Resplendent Quetzal (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- Black Hawk-Eagle (El Quetzal Trail, Guatemala 2/23-34)
- American Coot (Lake Atitlan, Guatemala 2/25)
- Common Moorhen (Lake Atitlan, Guatemala 2/25)
- Brown Pelican (Lake Atitlan, Guatemala 2/25)
- Laughing Gull (Lake Atitlan, Guatemala 2/25)
- Mangrove Swallow (Lake Atitlan, Guatemala 2/25)
- Barn Swallow(Lake Atitlan, Guatemala 2/25)
- Lesser Scaup (Lake Atitlan, Guatemala 2/25)
- HORNED GUAN (Volcan San Pedro, Guatemala 2/25)
- YELLOW-THROATED BRUSH FINCH (Volcan San Pedro, Guatemala 2/25)
- Inca Dove (Volcan San Pedro, Guatemala 2/25)
- FULVOUS OWL (Volcan San Pedro, Guatemala 2/25)
- White-throated Swift (Volcan San Pedro, Guatemala 2/25)
- EMERALD-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD (Volcan San Pedro, Guatemala 2/25)
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Volcan San Pedro, Guatemala 2/25)
- Acorn Woodpecker (Volcan San Pedro, Guatemala 2/25)
- GOLDEN-OLIVE WOODPECKER (Volcan San Pedro, Guatemala 2/25)
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Volcan San Pedro, Guatemala 2/25)
- SLENDER SHEARTAIL (Hotel Toliman, Guatemala 2/26)
- Yellow-breasted Chat (Hotel Toliman, Guatemala 2/26)
- STREAK-BACKED ORIOLE (Hotel Toliman, Guatemala 2/26)
- Yellow Warbler (Hotel Toliman, Guatemala 2/26)
- Crested Guan (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- Crested Caracara (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- ORANGE-FRONTED PARAKEET (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- ORANGE-CHINNED PARAKEET (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- CINNAMON HUMMINGBIRD (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- LONG-BILLED STARTHROAT (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- TODY MOTMOT (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- RUFOUS-AND-WHITE WREN (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- WHITE-WINGED TANAGER (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- SPOT-BREASTED WREN (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- YELLOW-THROATED EUPHONIA (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- WHITE-THROATED ROBIN (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- LONG-TAILED MANAKIN (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- PLAIN WREN (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- SPOT-BREASTED ORIOLE (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- PALTRY TYRANNULET (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- Blue-crowned Motmot (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- Collared Aracari (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- Linneated Woodpecker (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- Barred Antshrike (Los Tarrales Private Reserve, Guatemala 2/26)
- Red-winged Blackbird (Owl Woods, NY 3/19)
- AMERICAN WOODCOCK (Owl Woods, NY 3/19)
- Pied-billed Grebe (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- Gadwall (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- American Wigeon (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- American Black Duck (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- Blue-winged Teal (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- Northern Shoveler (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- Northern Pintail (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- Green-winged Teal (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- Redhead (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- Ring-necked Duck (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- Ruddy Duck (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- Trumpeter Swan (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- Tree Swallow (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- Eastern Phoebe (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Montezuma NWR, NY 4/5)
- Wood Duck (Potter County, PA 4/19)
- Osprey (Potter County, PA 4/19)
- Vesper Sparrow (Potter County, PA 4/19)
- Eastern Meadowlark (Potter County, PA 4/19)
- Caspian Tern (Presque Isle, PA 5/3)
- Great Horned Owl (Presque Isle, PA 5/3)
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Presque Isle, PA 5/3)
- Bank Swallow (Presque Isle, PA 5/3)
- Palm Warbler (Presque Isle, PA 5/3)
- Gray Catbird (Presque Isle, PA 5/3)
- Broad-winged Hawk (Quinn Oak Openings, 5/11)
- Blue-winged Warbler (Quinn Oak Openings, 5/11)
- American Redstart (Quinn Oak Openings, 5/11)
- Common Yellowthroat (Quinn Oak Openings, 5/11)
- Field Sparrow (Quinn Oak Openings, 5/11)
- Bay-breasted Warbler (Cobb’s Hill, NY 5/20)
- Warbling Vireo (Cobb’s Hill, NY 5/20)
- Philadelphia Vireo (Island Cottage Woods, NY 5/21)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Island Cottage Woods, NY 5/21)
- Blackpoll Warbler (Fire House Woods, NY 5/23)
- Canada Warbler (Fire House Woods, NY 5/23)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (Fire House Woods, NY 5/23)
- Solitary Sandpiper (Montezuma NWR, NY 6/1)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Montezuma NWR, NY 6/1)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (Montezuma NWR, NY 6/1)
- Least Sandpiper (Montezuma NWR, NY 6/1)
- Semipalmated Plover (Montezuma NWR, NY 6/1)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Montezuma NWR, NY 6/1)
- BLACK TERN (Montezuma NWR, NY 6/1)
- Olive-sided Flycatcher (Montezuma NWR, NY 6/1)
- Red Knot (Jones Beach, NY 6/5)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Jones Beach, NY 6/5)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (Jones Beach, NY 6/5)
- American Oystercatcher (Jones Beach, NY 6/5)
- Semipalmated Sandpiper (Jones Beach, NY 6/5)
- Sanderling (Jones Beach, NY 6/5)
- Piping Plover (Jones Beach, NY 6/5)
- Black-bellied Plover (Jones Beach, NY 6/5)
- Brown Thrasher (Jones Beach, NY 6/5)
- Glossy Ibis (Jones Beach, NY 6/5)
- Least Tern (Jones Beach, NY 6/5)
- Common Tern (Jones Beach, NY 6/5)
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Oceanside Marine Study Area, NY 6/5)
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Oceanside Marine Study Area, NY 6/5)
- Brant (Oceanside Marine Study Area, NY 6/5)
- Laughing Gull (Oceanside Marine Study Area, NY 6/5)
- Great Egret (Oceanside Marine Study Area, NY 6/5)
- Snowy Egret (Oceanside Marine Study Area, NY 6/5)
- Common Raven (Potter County, PA 6/23)
- Black-throated Blue Warbler (Potter County, PA 6/23)
- Bobolink (Potter County, PA 6/23)
- Fish Crow (Dumont, NJ 8/8)
- Monk Parakeet (Edgewater, NJ 8/8)
- BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (Ottawa NWR, OH 9/18)
- Stilt Sandpiper (Ottawa NWR, OH 9/18)
- Wilson’s Snipe (Ottawa NWR, OH 9/18)
- KIRTLAND’S WARBLER (East Harbor State Park, OH 9/18)
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Kingston, Jamaica 11/6)
- Royal Tern (Kingston, Jamaica 11/6)
- BLACK-BILLED STREAMERTAIL (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- RED-BILLED STREAMERTAIL (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- RING-TAILED PIGEON (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- JAMAICAN WOODPECKER (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- JAMAICAN ELAENIA (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- WHITE-CHINNED THRUSH (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- JAMAICAN EUPHONIA (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- JAMAICAN SPINDALIS (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- ORANGEQUIT (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- JAMAICAN ORIOLE (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- Olive-throated Parakeet (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- Bananaquit (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- Greater Antillean Grackle (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- White-crowned Pigeon (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- Loggerhead Kingbird (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- Prairie Warbler (Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica 11/7-9)
- Little Blue Heron (Rio Grande Valley, Jamaica 11/7)
- Tricolored Heron (Rio Grande Valley, Jamaica 11/7)
- Black-necked Stilt (Rio Grande Valley, Jamaica 11/7)
- JAMAICAN TODY (Rio Grande Valley, Jamaica 11/7)
- CHESTNUT-BELLIED CUCKOO (Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica 11/8)
- VERVAIN HUMMINGBIRD (Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica 11/8)
- ARROW-HEADED WARBLER (Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica 11/8)
- RUFOUS-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica 11/8)
- Greater Antillean Bullfinch (Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica 11/8)
- YELLOW-SHOULDERED GRASSQUIT (Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica 11/8)
- YELLOW-BILLED PARROT (Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica 11/8)
- BLACK-BILLED PARROT (Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica 11/8)
- JAMAICAN PEWEE (Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica 11/8)
- CRESTED QUAIL-DOVE (Blue Mountains, Jamaica 11/8)
- Black-faced Grassquit (Blue Mountains, Jamaica 11/8)
- Louisiana Waterthrush (Blue Mountains, Jamaica 11/8)
- Smooth-billed Ani (Blue Mountains, Jamaica 11/8)
- JAMAICAN VIREO (Blue Mountains, Jamaica 11/8)
- WHITE-EYED THRUSH (Blue Mountains, Jamaica 11/8)
- RUFOUS-THROATED SOLITAIRE (Blue Mountains, Jamaica 11/8)
- Zenaida Dove (Blue Mountains, Jamaica 11/8)
- Horned Grebe (Hamlin Beach SP, NY 12/8)
- Black Scoter (Hamlin Beach SP, NY 12/8)
- Red-throated Loon (Hamlin Beach SP, NY 12/8)
HI ,
I wanted help with bird watching. I wanted to show my students the birds that are living near school ponds but I don’t know where to begin- So, I was wondering if you have any ideas??
Thanks, Beth
PS starting a blog site on edublogs.org title- Naturalists in School