2019 Personal bird Challenge. Successful.
I set a goal for myself in 2019 to have photographed 100 species of birds. I not only succeeded at this goal but exceeded it on October 30th 2019.
1 Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
2 Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus
3 Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
4 Sanderling - Calidris alba
5 Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
6 Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos
7 Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
8 Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus griseus
9 Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus
10 Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus
11 Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
12 Sabine's gull - Xema sabini
13 Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
14 Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
15 Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus
16 Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
17 Trumpeter Swan - Cygnus buccinator
18 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
19 American Wigeon - Anas americana
20 American Black Duck - Anas rubripes
21 American Black Duck x Mallard
22 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
23 Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
24 Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
25 Common Eider - Somateria mollissima
26 Black Scoter - Melanitta americana
27 Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus
28 Common Merganser - Mergus merganser
29 Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
30 Common Loon - Gavia immer
31 Black Guillemot - Cepphus grylle
32 Ring-necked Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus
33 Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus
34 Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo
35 Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
36 Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
37 Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
38 Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus
39 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
40 Merlin - Falco columbarius
41 Barred Owl - Strix varia
42 Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina
43 Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
44 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
45 Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana
46 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis
47 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
48 Eastern Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia melodia
49 Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
50 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
51 Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
52 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius
53 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens
54 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus
55 Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus
56 Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus
57 Nashville Warbler - Oreothlypis ruficapilla
58 Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas
59 American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla
60 Northern Parula - Setophaga americana
61 Blackburnian Warbler - Setophaga fusca
62 Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
63 Palm Warbler - Setophaga palmarum
64 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
65 Black-throated Green Warbler - Setophaga virens
66 Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa
67 Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor
68 Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
69 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
70 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata
71 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
72 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
73 Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
74 Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis
75 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
76 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
77 Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe
78 Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens
79 Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus
80 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris
81 Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus
82 Common Raven - Corvus corax
83 White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis
84 House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
85 American Robin - Turdus migratorius
86 Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum
87 Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula
88 Evening Grosbeak - Coccothraustes vespertinus
89 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus
90 Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula
91 Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum
92 Gadwall - Anas Strepera
93 Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
94 Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
95 Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
96 Horned Grebe - Podiceps auratus
97 Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
98 Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
99 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
100 American Golden Plover - Pluvialis dominica
101 Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus
102 Brown Creeper - Certhia Americana
103 Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors
104 Cackling Goose - Branta hutchinsii
105 Mallard x Domestic Duck (Manky) - Anas platyrhynchos var. domesticus
106 Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
107 Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia
108 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
109 Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
110 Dunlin - Calidris alpina
111 Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax nivalis
112 Black-billed Magpie - Pica hudsonia
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Old school rules? No one used to have pictures unless they were super rich because cameras that good were rare and expensive.
The last part of your post got my attention. I've been birding for about 25 years and many times I've birded the same spot on back to back days. Occasionally the lists are similar but most of the time only about a quarter of the birds are the same. There are lots of factors that influence which species are on the list. Maybe the birder before you is good at pishing and you don't pish. You're going to see far fewer skulky birds that respond to pishing than the other birder. Maybe they're great at earbirding and the next birder doesn't know a lot of calls and songs. You are making a lot of assumptions on very limited information.
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