I don’t have a birding list yet. I know… it’s kind of blashphemy, right? I’m pretty sure all of the birds I’ve seen as an official “birder” were seen with Tweet leading the way. And she keeps track of all that. I just need to sit down and figure out how I want to track it. Back in 2023, before our first out of state trip to go birdwatching, I purchased her the National Geographic Birder’s Life List and Journal. That’s what she’s been using for the past 2+ years. In the meantime, I usually just ask her if I’ve seen things before. Well, this is the list she compiled from our trip to the northern border of Ohio.
- Purple Martin
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Common Grackle
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- White-throated Sparrow
- American Robin
- Osprey
- European Starling
- Tree Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Bald Eagle
- Turkey Vulture
- Eastern Kingbird
- Great Egret
- Canada Goose
- Great Blue Heron
- Double-crested Cormorant
- American Coot
- Mallard
- Trumpeter Swan
- Killdeer
- Ring-billed Gull
- Caspian Tern
- Dunlin
- Herring Gull
- Undetermined Yellowlegs
- Black-necked Stilt
- Common Moorhen
- Song Sparrow
- Wood Duck
- Northern Shoveler
- Warbling Vireo
- American White Pelican
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Hairy Woodpecker
- American Goldfinch
- House Wren
- Mourning Dove
- Rusty Blackbird
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Belted Kingfisher
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Yellow Warbler
- Green Heron
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Swamp sparrow
- Hermit Thrush
If you have a life list, what method do you use to keep track of it?