Birding Life List

Though I've always been obsessed with birds, I didn't start keeping a true life list until early 2021. It's always a joy to find a new species to add to this list!

Red-Tailed Hawk
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 23, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Canada Goose
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Hooded Merganser
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Mourning Dove
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Great Blue Heron
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Eastern Phoebe
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Carolina Chickadee
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
European Starling
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Eastern Bluebird
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
American Robin
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Dark-eyed Junco
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Red-winged Blackbird
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Pine Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Northern Cardinal
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 8, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
American Kestrel
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 15, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
American Crow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 15, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Ring-billed Gull
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 20, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Double-crested Cormorant
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 20, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Bald Eagle
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 20, 2021
Lake Crabtree - Raleigh NC
Mallard
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 20, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Bufflehead
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 1, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Turkey Vulture
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 1, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 1, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 1, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Downy Woodpecker
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 1, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Blue Jay
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 1, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 1, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Carolina Wren
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 1, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Red-shouldered Hawk
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 6, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Pied-billed Grebe
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 6, 2021
Lake Crabtree - Raleigh NC
Osprey
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 6, 2021
Lake Crabtree - Raleigh NC
White-throated Sparrow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 6, 2021
Lake Crabtree - Raleigh NC
Ruddy Duck
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 6, 2021
Yates Mill - Raleigh NC
Barred Owl
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 6, 2021
Yates Mill - Raleigh NC
Cooper's Hawk
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 15, 2021
Yates Mill - Raleigh NC
Tufted Titmouse
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 15, 2021
Yates Mill - Raleigh NC
Brown Thrasher
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 15, 2021
Yates Mill - Raleigh NC
Northern Mockingbird
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 15, 2021
Yates Mill - Raleigh NC
Chipping Sparrow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 15, 2021
Yates Mill - Raleigh NC
Purple Martin
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 20, 2021
Prairie Ridge - Raleigh NC
House Finch
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 20, 2021
Prairie Ridge - Raleigh NC
Eastern Towhee
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 20, 2021
Prairie Ridge - Raleigh NC
Brown-headed Cowbird
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 20, 2021
Prairie Ridge - Raleigh NC
Great Horned Owl
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 20, 2021
Shenck Forest - Raleigh NC
Hairy Woodpecker
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 20, 2021
Shelley Lake - Raleigh NC
Pileated Woodpecker
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 20, 2021
Shelley Lake - Raleigh NC
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 20, 2021
Shelley Lake - Raleigh NC
Tree Swallow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 21, 2021
Mid Pines - Raleigh NC
Song Sparrow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 21, 2021
Mid Pines - Raleigh NC
Killdeer
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 22, 2021
Shelley Lake - Raleigh NC
Brown Creeper
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 22, 2021
Shelley Lake - Raleigh NC
Bonaparte's Gull
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 27, 2021
Jordan Lake - Raleigh NC
Fish Crow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 27, 2021
Jordan Lake - Raleigh NC
American Goldfinch
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 29, 2021
Mid Pines - Raleigh NC
Eastern Meadowlark
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 29, 2021
Mid Pines - Raleigh NC
Belted Kingfisher
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 29, 2021
Yates Mill - Raleigh NC
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 29, 2021
Yates Mill - Raleigh NC
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
March 29, 2021
Yates Mill - Raleigh NC
Barn Swallow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 3, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Common Grackle
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 3, 2021
Art Museum Park - Raleigh NC
Black Vulture
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 4, 2021
Bass Lake - Holly Springs NC
Savannah Sparrow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 5, 2021
Mid Pines - Raleigh NC
Common Yellowthroat
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 5, 2021
Mid Pines - Raleigh NC
Wood Duck
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 5, 2021
Yates Mill - Raleigh NC
Swamp Sparrow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 5, 2021
Yates Mill - Raleigh NC
White-eyed Vireo
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 10, 2021
Wendell NC
Northern Parula
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 10, 2021
Wendell NC
Hermit Thrush
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 10, 2021
Wendell NC
Gray Catbird
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 18, 2021
Country Club - Raleig NC
Eastern Kingbird
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 19, 2021
Bass Lake - Holly Springs NC
Prothonotary Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 19, 2021
Bass Lake - Holly Springs NC
Spotted Sandpiper
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 19, 2021
Bass Lake - Holly Springs NC
Solitary Sandpiper
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 19, 2021
Bass Lake - Holly Springs NC
Black-and-white Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 21, 2021
Shelley Lake - Raleigh NC
Summer Tanager
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
Schenck Forest - Raleigh NC
Cedar Waxwing
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 28, 2021
Country Club - Raleigh NC
House Sparrow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 2, 2021
Country Club - Raleigh NC
Orcard Oriole
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 3, 2021
Mid Pines - Raleigh NC
Blue Grosbeak
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 3, 2021
Mid Pines - Raleigh NC
Indigo Bunting
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 3, 2021
Mid Pines - Raleigh NC
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 3, 2021
Yates Mill - Raleigh NC
Mandarin Duck
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 3, 2021
Bass Lake - Holly Springs
Red-eyed Vireo
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 3, 2021
Bass Lake - Holly Springs
Ovenbird
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 3, 2021
Bass Lake - Holly Springs
Wild Turkey
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 5, 2021
Schenck Forest - Raleigh NC
Eastern Wood-pewee
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 5, 2021
Schenck Forest - Raleigh NC
Great-crested Flycatcher
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 5, 2021
Schenck Forest - Raleigh NC
Chimney Swift
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 6, 2021
Country Club - Raleigh NC
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 8, 2021
Wendell NC
Northern Flicker
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 8 , 2021
Wendell NC
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 8 , 2021
Wendell NC
Green Heron
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 14, 2021
Crabtree Creek Wetland - Raleigh NC
Yellow Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 14, 2021
Crabtree Creek Wetland - Raleigh NC
Red-headed Woodpecker
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 2, 2021
Lake Betz - RTP NC
Wood Thrush
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 7, 2021
Anderson Creek County Park - Harnett County NC
Mississippi Kite
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 23, 2021
Mid Pines - Raleigh NC
Horned Lark
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 23, 2021
Mid Pines - Raleigh NC
Red-necked Grebe
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 3, 2021
Wander Lake - Fairbanks AK
Short-billed Gull
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 3, 2021
Wander Lake - Fairbanks AK
Common Raven
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 3, 2021
Wander Lake - Fairbanks AK
Black-Capped Chickadee
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 3, 2021
Wander Lake - Fairbanks AK
Rusty Blackbird
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 3, 2021
Wander Lake - Fairbanks AK
Canada Jay
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 4, 2021
Bluesberry Inn - Denali AK
White-crowned Sparrow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 4, 2021
Bluesberry Inn - Denali AK
Black-billed Magpie
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 4, 2021
Denali National Park - AK
Common Redpoll
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 4, 2021
Denali National Park - AK
Golden Eagle
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 4, 2021
Denali National Park - AK
Trumpeter Swan
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 6, 2021
Potter Marsh - Anchorage AK
American Wigeon
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 6, 2021
Potter Marsh - Anchorage AK
Stellar's Jay
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 6, 2021
Seward Highway - AK
Lincoln's Sparrow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 6, 2021
Seward Highway - AK
Rufous Hummingbird
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 7, 2021
Whittier AK
Pigeon Guillemot
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 7, 2021
Prince William Sound
Black-legged Kittiwake
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 7, 2021
Prince William Sound
Glaucous-winged Gull
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 7, 2021
Prince William Sound
Black Oystercatcher
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 7, 2021
Prince William Sound
Whimbrel
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 7, 2021
Prince William Sound
Marbled Murrelet
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 7, 2021
Prince William Sound
Tufted Puffin
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 7, 2021
Prince William Sound
Harlequin Duck
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 7, 2021
Prince William Sound
Black Turnstone
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 7, 2021
Prince William Sound
Fork-tailed Storm-petrel
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 7, 2021
Prince William Sound
Northern Pintail
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 8, 2021
Potter Marsh - Anchorage AK
Greater Yellowlegs
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 8, 2021
Potter Marsh - Anchorage AK
Arctic Tern
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 8, 2021
Westchester Lagoon - Anchorage AK
Anhinga
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 25, 2021
Shelley Lake - Raleigh NC
Great Egret
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
August 18, 2021
Home - Raleigh NC
Roseate Spoonbill
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
August 23, 2021
Lake Crabtree - Raleigh NC
Prairie Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
September 10, 2021
Mid Pines - Raleigh NC
American Redstart
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
September 12, 2021
Crabtree Creek Wetland - Raleigh NC
Rock Pigeon
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
September 14, 2021
Raleigh NC
Cape May Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
September 27, 2021
Lake Lynn - Raleigh NC
Magnolia Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
September 27, 2021
Lake Lynn - Raleigh NC
Scarlet Tanager
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
September 27, 2021
Lake Lynn - Raleigh NC
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
October 16, 2021
Turnipseed Nature Preserve - Wendell NC
Blackpoll Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
October 26, 2021
Sandy Creek Park - Durham NC
Cattle Egret
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
November 1, 2021
Mid Pines - Raleigh NC
Palm Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
November 1, 2021
Mid Pines - Raleigh NC
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
November 10, 2021
Mid-Pines - Raleigh NC
Ross's Goose
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
November 26, 2021
Mid-Pines - Raleigh NC
Winter Wren
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
December 7, 2021
Schenck Forest - Raleigh NC
American Coot
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
December 11, 2021
Bass Lake - Holly Springs NC
Blue-headed Vireo
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
December 18, 2021
Raven Rock State Park NC
Ring-necked Duck
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
December 19, 2021
Umstead State Park NC
Field Sparrow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
December 19, 2021
Umstead State Park NC
Fox Sparrow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 8, 2022
Wendell NC
Red-breasted Merganser
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 10, 2022
Okracoke NC
Herring Gull
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 10, 2022
Okracoke NC
Common Loon
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 10, 2022
Okracoke NC
Northern Gannet
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 10, 2022
Okracoke NC
Sanderling
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 11, 2022
Cape Hatteras NC
Willet
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 11, 2022
Cape Hatteras NC
Laughing Gull
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 11, 2022
Cape Hatteras NC
Boat-tailed Grackle
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 11, 2022
Cape Hatteras NC
Snow Goose
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 11, 2022
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
Tundra Swan
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 11, 2022
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
Gadwall
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 11, 2022
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
American Black Duck
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 11, 2022
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
American White Pelican
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 11, 2022
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
White Ibis
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 11, 2022
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
Royal Tern
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 12, 2022
Nags Head NC
Brown Pelican
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 12, 2022
Nags Head NC
Great Black-backed Gull
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 12, 2022
Nags Head NC
Northern Shoveler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 13, 2022
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
Northern Harrier
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
January 13, 2022
Nags Head NC
Orange-crowned Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 3, 2022
Prairie Ridge - Raleigh NC
American Woodcock
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 11, 2022
Schenck Forest - Raleigh NC
Eurasian Collared Dove
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
February 20, 2022
Home - Harnett County NC
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 30, 2022
Raven Rock State Park NC
Acadian Flycatcher
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 30, 2022
Raven Rock State Park NC
Veery
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 30, 2022
Raven Rock State Park NC
Worm-eating Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 30, 2022
Raven Rock State Park NC
Louisiana Waterthrush
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 30, 2022
Raven Rock State Park NC
Hooded Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
April 30, 2022
Raven Rock State Park NC
Yellow-throated Warbler
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 7, 2022
Bynum Bridge - Pittsboro NC
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
May 20, 2022
Weymouth Woods - Southern Pines NC
Bachman's Sparrow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 4, 2022
Weymouth Woods - Southern Pines NC
Yellow-breasted Chat
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 5, 2022
Carvers Creek State Park - NC
Loggerhead Shrike
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 10, 2022
Broadway NC
Cliff Swallow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 27, 2022
Sioux Falls SD
Western Kingbird
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 27, 2022
Sioux Falls SD
Common Nighthawk
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 28, 2022
1880 Town - SD
Western Meadowlark
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 28, 2022
1880 Town - SD
Lark Sparrow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 28, 2022
Badlands National Park
Say's Phoebe
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 28, 2022
Badlands National Park
Violet-green Swallow
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 29, 2022
Spearfish Canyon SD
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 30, 2022
Mt. Moriah Cemetery - Deadwood SD
Mountain Bluebird
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
June 30, 2022
KOA - Palmer Gulch SD
Spotted Towhee
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 1, 2022
Custer State Park SD
Western Grebe
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 1, 2022
Custer State Park SD
Brewer's Blackbird
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 1, 2022
Wind Cave National Park
Burrowing Owl
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 1, 2022
Wind Cave National Park
Upland Sandpiper
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 1, 2022
Wind Cave National Park
White-throated Swift
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 1, 2022
Hot Springs SD
Baltimore Oriole
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
July 2, 2022
State Lakes - Omaha NE
Wood Stork
Date Seen:
Location Seen:
September 2, 2021
American Tobacco Trail - Apex NC

my birding life list

Red-Tailed Hawk

Canada Goose

Hooded Merganser

Mourning Dove

Great Blue Heron

Eastern Phoebe

Carolina Chickadee

White-Breasted Nuthatch

European Starling

Eastern Bluebird

American Robin

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-winged Blackbird

Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Northern Cardinal

American Kestrel

American Crow

Ring-billed Gull

Double-crested Cormorant

Bald Eagle

Mallard

Bufflehead

Turkey Vulture

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Blue Jay

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Carolina Wren

Red-shouldered Hawk

Pied-billed Grebe

Osprey

White-throated Sparrow

Ruddy Duck

Barred Owl

Cooper's Hawk

Tufted Titmouse

Brown Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

Chipping Sparrow

Purple Martin

House Finch

Eastern Towhee

Brown-headed Cowbird

Great Horned Owl

Hairy Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Tree Swallow

Song Sparrow

Killdeer

Brown Creeper

Bonaparte's Gull

Fish Crow

American Goldfinch

Eastern Meadowlark

Belted Kingfisher

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Barn Swallow

Common Grackle

Black Vulture

Savannah Sparrow

Common Yellowthroat

Wood Duck

Swamp Sparrow

White-eyed Vireo

Northern Parula

Hermit Thrush

Gray Catbird

Eastern Kingbird

Prothonotary Warbler

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Black-and-white Warbler

Summer Tanager

Cedar Waxwing

House Sparrow