Birding with tadoflamb 2017

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Sitting in my studio on New Year's Day, while watching it rain, I decided to have another Big Year. But not a Big Year Big Year, just a Pima County Big Year. I'm hoping to break my record of 255 species that I had in 2013.

And since this is a good time to set goals, I've decided I'd like to hit 500 species for my North American life list. I've been languishing in the high 400's for too long. With trips planned to Tennessee in the spring, Oregon in the late summer and Vermont in the autumn, I should be able to attain that goal fairly easily. What would be fun would be to that number in southern Arizona. It can be done, but I would have to chase birds, which I don't really like to do.

At any rate, what follows are the birds I've seen so far this year in order of appearance along with my eBird checklists and any photos which I feel inspired to share.

If any of you are up to a challenge and want to see if you can identify more birds in the next calendar year that I can identify in my backyard on any given afternoon, let me know.

 

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1.) Mourning Dove, 2.) House Finch, 3). Phainopepla, 4.) Yellow-rumped Warbler, 5.) Northern Mockingbird, 6.) Gila Woodpecker, 7.) Verdin, 8.) Black-tailed Gnatcather, 9.) Vermilion Flycatcher, 10.) Common Raven 11.) European Starling

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12.) Rock Pigeon, 13.) Red-tailed Hawk 14.) White-crowned Sparrow, 15.) House Sparrow, 16.) Ladder-backed Woodpecker

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17.) Harris's Hawk, 18.) Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 19.) Anna's Hummingbird, 20.) Cooper's Hawk

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21.) Song Sparrow, 22.) Gamble's Quail, 23.) Northern Shoveler, 24.) American Coot (if Colin wanted to be a bird he'd be this one) , 25.) Ruddy Duck, 26.) Abert's Towhee, 27.) Orange-crowned Warbler, 28.) Common Yellowthroat, 29.) Sora, 30.) Pied-billed Grebe, 31.) Red-winged Blackbird, 32.) Brewer's Sparrow, 33.) Mallard, 34.) Marsh Wren, 35.) Ring-necked Duck

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36.) Lesser Scaup, 37.) American Wigeon, 38.) Black Phoebe

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39.) American Kestrel, 40.) Neo-tropical Cormorant, 41.) Canvasback, 42.) Say's Phoebe, 43.) Peregrine Falcon, 44.) Acorn Woodpecker, 45.) Cassin's Kingbird 46.) Zone-tailed Hawk, 47.) Black-crowned Night-Heron

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48.) American Merganser, 49.) Great Egret, 50.) Great Blue Heron, 51.) Green Heron, 52.) Belted Kingfisher, 53.) Greater Roadrunner

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I'm up for a 2017 challenge!

 

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48.) American Merganser, 49.) Great Egret, 50.) Great Blue Heron, 51.) Green Heron, 52.) Belted Kingfisher, 53.) Greater Roadrunner

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♪♫ Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves ♫♪

♪♫ and a Partri-idge in a Pear Treeeeeee! ♫♪

 

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Neo-tropic Cormorant at Reid Park. These used to be rare in the US. I saw over 30 yesterday.

 

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The local bobcat at Sweetwater Wetlands. He's all wet.

 

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Immature Black-crowned Night-Heron

 

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54.) Redhead, 55.) Great-tailed Grackle, 56.) Curve-billed Thrasher, 57.) Cactus Wren (AZ's state bird)

 

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58.) Great-horned Owl

Just heard it outside.

Backyard bird #16

Isn't this fun?

 

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59.) Vesper Sparrow, 60.) Lark Bunting, 61.) Turkey Vulture, 62.) Loggerhead Shrike

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63.) Canada Goose (rare!), 64.) Green-winged Teal, 65.) Spotted Sandpiper, 66.) Northern Flicker

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67.) Lesser Goldfinch, 68.) Northern Cardinal

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69.) Chipping Sparrow, 70.) Lincoln's Sparrow, 71.) Rock Wren 72.) Black-necked Stilt; 73.) Greater Yellowlegs, 74.) Gadwall, 75.) Snowy Egret

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76.) Brewers Blackbird

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