Sam's life list

a life list is not a list of lives I have lived but a list of the birds I have seen.

among birders, that very thing of sight vs sound seems up for debate...

so I'm just going to list the birds I have seen with my eyes (perhaps aided by binoculars).

anyway, I'm also working on little (unscientific) avatars for each of the birds. not done yet, but here they are.

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IMG Common Name Scientific Name
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
American Black Duck Anas rubripes
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
American Robin Turdus migratorius
American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
American Wigeon Mareca americana
American Woodcock Scolopax Minor
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Barred Owl Strix varia
Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
Black Scoter Melanitta americana
Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
Black-Throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
Brown Creeper Certhia americana
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Common Eider Somateria mollissima
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Common Loon Gavia immer
Common Merganser Mergus merganser
Common Raven Corvus corax
Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Merlin Falco columbarius
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
Northern parula Setophaga americana
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
Willet Tringa semipalmata
Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
regarding the apps I use, I get my bird list updated on

an app called Audubon, because I live in North America

and I like eBird, but I don't always have it on to

make lists as I go. thanks for looking at my list!

drop your favorite bird in the peep-pad.