2015 Year List

Go to it.

Beautiful Snowy! We've been looking, but none here so far.

Our list is at 46 right now. :)

OK, on the hop

1 Australian Raven
2 Australian Magpie
3 Eastern Osprey
4 Welcome Swallow
5 Silver Gull
6 Pink & Grey Galah
7 Little Corella
8 Grey Butcherbird
9 Singing Honeyeater
10 New Holland Honeyeater
11 Red Wattlebird
12 Great Black Cormorant
13 Little Pied Cormorant
14 Pied Cormorant
15 Willie Wagtail
16 "28" parrot (Port Lincoln Ringneck)
17 Magpie Lark
18 Australian White Ibis
19 Rainbow Lorikeet
20 Laughing Kookaburra
21 Australian Pelican

1 Canada Geese (never seen a single goose)
2 American Widgeon
3 Mallard
4 Bufflehead
5 Great Blue Heron
6 Ring-billed Gull
7 Eurasian Collared Dove
8 Rock Dove (feral Pigeon)
9 Downy Woodpecker
10 Blue Jay
11 American Crow
12 Horned Lark
13 Mountain Chickadee
14 American Robin
15 Curve-billed Thrasher
16 European Starling
17 Canyon Towhee
18 White-crowned sparrow
19 Dark-eyed Junco
20 Cassin's Finch (new this year but I wonder if I had them and mistook them for #21)
21 House Finch
22 Pine Siskin
23 American Goldfinch
24 House Finch - OOPS - should be House Sparrow

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22 Carnaby's Cockatoo
23 White-cheeked Honeyeater
24 Striated Pardalote
25 Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
26 Laughing Turtledove
27 Spotted Dove
28 White-faced Heron
29 Silvereye

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1 House Sparrow
2 House Finch
3 Dark-Eyed Junco
4 Northern Cardinal
5 Blue Jay
6 Downy Woodpecker
7 Black-Capped Chickadee
8 White-Breasted Nuthatch
9 American Crow
10 European Starling
11 American Bald Eagle
12 Pigeon
13 Mourning Dove
14 American Goldfinch
15 Red-Bellied Woodpecker
16 Brown Creeper
17 Mallard
18 Canada Goose
19 Ring-Billed Gull

1 cardinal
2 blue jay
3dark eyed junco
4black capped chickadee
5 tufted titmouse
6 mourning dove
7 red bellied woodpecker
8 hairy woodpecker
9 downy woodpecker
10 American gold finch
11 Canadian goose (right they are always in flocks)
12 herring gull
13 American crow

49. Northern Saw-what Owl
A life bird for us.

cool

14 small hawk flying nr the ground by no ID
15 purple finch
16 White throated sparrow (DH saw that one)
17 Carolina wren I saw the tail sticking up & put the glasses on that one.

The morning of our heavy snow storm it looked like a cardinal convention. All males except for a hen on the blueberry bush. All boys in the summer brood?

Congratulations on the wonderful little owl. I think I need to build some owl houses!!
I took a trip to San Diego, California. Their winter birds are very similar to Pueblo's summer birds, but in drab winter plumage. Also I was limited to birds that are attracted to tourist attractions - but I did spot a few new things:
25 Surf Scoter
26 Brown Pelican (we only get the white ones in Colorado)
27 Western Gull
28 Heermann's Gull
29 Willet
30 Sanderling
31 Black Phoebe
and a few of unidentified puzzlers
I am adding
32 Northern Parula. I guess it is odd but not impossible for San Diego, and there are online photos that look just like my little bird.


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Im going into my 2nd yr bird watching and so far this year i had:
Cackling Goose
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Gadwall
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-Necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck LIFER!!!
Surf Scoter LIFER!!!
White-Winged Scoter
Long-Tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-Breasted Merganser
Wild Turkey
Pied-Billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-Crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Red-Tailed Hawk
Ring-Billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Greater Black- backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Mourning Dove
Rock Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
American Crow
Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco Slate Colored
White-Throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Pine Siskin LIFER for State!!!
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Thanks, iris and pollengarden. We drove about two hours to see this bird. I'd like to put up a box specifically for owls, but the smaller owls tend to be prey for the Great Horned and we are the right habitat for their hunting.

jusko88, That is a great start. And welcome to the forum! We're into our forth year officially birding. We fed the birds for a couple of years prior to that, but wasn't overly concerned about identifying anything. We thought most of the native sparrows looked alike, but now, for the most part, they are the easiest species for me. Gulls, on the other hand... :)

Now a few less exciting birds.
50.American Robin, 28 January
(It must've been one from the summer, as it came right to where I throw berries out, but found none. When I went out to take care of this, I was given a sound scolding from the bird. )
51. Red-winged Blackbird, 1 February
(First year male with an injured wing. Poor fellow, but the injured seem to always know where to come for food. )

18 white breasted nuthatch I sort of hope that there is fresh snow on the great birdcount weekend. that is when they come to the feeder; except for chickadees & tufted titmice who are always there.

A slow start to 2015, with:
1. Great Egret
2. White-faced Heron
3. Straw-nefked Ibis
4. Australian White Ibis
5. Black Swan
6. Maned Duck
7. Pacific Black Duck
8. Mallard
9. Grey Teal
10. Chestnut Teal
11. Collared Sparrowhawk
12. Swamp Harrier
13. Wedge-tailed Eagle
14. Eurasian Coot
15. Dusky Moorhen
16. Purple Swamphen
17. Masked Lapwing
18. Common Bronzewing
19. Spotted Turtle-dove
20. Feral Pigeon
21. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
22. Little Corella
23. Galah
24. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
25. Rainbow Lorikeet
26. Crimson Rosella
27. Eastern Rosella
28. Laughing Kookaburra
29. Sacred Kingfisher
30. Southern Boobook
31. Welcome Swallow
32. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
33. Flame Robin
34. Eastern Yellow Robin
35. Golden Whistler
36. Grey Shrike-thrush
37. Grey Fantail
38. Willie Wagtail
39. Superb Fairy-wren
40. White-browed Scrub-wren
41. Brown Thornbill
42. Striated Thornbill
43. Red Wattlebird
44. Brush Wattlebird
45. Noisy Miner
46. White-eared Honeyeater
47. Tellow-faced Honeyeater
48. Crescent Honeyeater
49. Eastern Spinebill
50. Silvereye
51. Striated Pardalote
52. European Goldfinch
53. House Sparrow
54. Common Starling
55. Common Myna
56. Magpie-lark
57. Pied Currawong
58. Australian Magpie
59. Little Raven

A longer list than I expected, with no serious birdwatching at all in January

January was a good month both at the beach and at home.
1. Red Wattlebird
2. White-eared Honeyeater
3. Superb Fairy-wren
4. Grey Fantail
5. Common Starling
6. European Goldfinch
7. Yellow-faced Honeyeater
8. Brown Thornbill
9. Little Wattlebird
10. Common Blackbird
11. White-naped Honeyeater
12. Australian Shoveller
13. Magpie-lark
14. Chestnut Teal
15. Common Mynah
16. Masked Lapwing
17. Pacific Black Duck
18. Silvereye
19. Hoary-headed Grebe
20. Australian Magpie
21. Little Raven
22. Hardhead
23. Australian Wood Duck
24. Latham's Snipe
25. Cape Barren Goose
26. White-faced Heron
27. Welcome Swallow
28. Brown-headed Honeyeater
29. Eastern Yellow Robin
30. Willy Wagtail
31. Rainbow Lorikeet
32. Yellow-rumped Thornbill
33. Crested Tern
34. Silver Gull
35. Little Pied Cormorant
36. Sooty Oystercatcher
37. Great Cormorant
38. Hooded Plover
39. Fork-tailed Swift
40. New Holland Honeyeater
41. Black-shouldered Kite
42.House Sparrow
43. Striated Thornbill

Next installment soon.

wow. My only hope is that I will be traveling elsewhere this spring. I know I will see a magpie. Resin, is there more than one type?

Then if I see one, I just have to check out the bill? Sounds simple if I get a good look.

Check a map, too - if you're in central California, it's Yellow-billed; anywhere else in N America, Black-billed.

Resin

ok I was looking for the Pacific Northwest--so black billed should be it.

52. Gray Partridge

And still no Mourning Doves??? This is a first. I just looked over past lists and mid-January was the latest.

30 Pacific Black Duck
31 Rainbow Bee-eater

good How are the ospreys doing?

Long story, Iris, but this is it, in a nutshell. The nest was destroyed in a winter gale in September 2013. Both adults were OK, but the eggs and possibly a newly hatched chick, perished. The adults continued to frequent the old nest tree, perching on the remains of the branch which once held the nest. They started flying around the top of a nearby Norfolk Island pine and in mid-winter 2014 they constructed a nest there. Both birds spent their time on or near the nest but there were no signs that they had reared a brood, although eggs may have been laid, as they took turns sitting.

There's no way of seeing into their nest. The pine itself is at least 100' tall and is in an elevated position, possibly the highest point in the area. Now that this season has passed, they spend a lot of their time on their usual perches in the trees off Madam X's patio. But they are also often seen flying around the top of the Norfolk Island pine, especially in the early evening. Fingers crossed that they'll successfully breed this year.

We had a great time watching them. Here's hoping that they are successful next year.

Most of the rest of January coming up.
44. Eurasian Skylark
45. Golden-headed Cisticola
46. Australian White Ibis
47. Eastern Rosella
48. Little Grassbird
49. Australian Reedwarbler
50. Blue-winged Parrot
51. Wedge-tailed Eagle
52. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
53. Laughing Kookaburra
54. Eastern Whipbird
56. Fan-tailed Cuckoo
57. Lewin's Honeyeater
58. Little Corella
59. Eastern Spinebill
60. Noisy Miner
61. Galah
62. Pied Currawong
63. Spotted Dove
64. Spotted Pardalote
65. Red-browed Finch
66. Gang-gang Cockatoo
67. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
68. Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
69. Eurasian Coot
70. Darter
71. Purple Swamphen
72. Grey Shrike-thrush
73. White-browed Scrub-wren
74. Grey Butcherbird
75. Australian King Parrot
76. Rufous Whistler
77. Southern Boobook
78. White-throated Treecreeper
79. Satin Flycatcher
80. Grey Currawong
81. Crimson Rosella
82. Olive-backed Oriole
83. Dusky Moorhen
84. Little Wattlebird
85. White-throated Needletail
86. Tree Martin
87. Superb Lyrebird
88. New Holland Honeyeater
89. White-fronted Chat
90. Pacific Gull
91. Red-capped Plover
92. Pacific Golden Plover
93. Red-necked Stint
94. Curlew Sandpiper
95. Black Swan
96. Terek Sandpiper
97. Little Egret
98. Grey Teal
99. Australian Pied Oystercatcher
100. Caspian Tern
101. Eastern Curlew
102. Whistling Kite
103. Australian Pelican
104. Striated Fieldwren
105. Pied Cormorant
106. Pink-eared Duck
107. Crescent Honeyeater
108. Peregrine Falcon
109. Australasian Gannet
110. Short-tailed Shearwater
111. Australian Raven
112. Blue-billed Duck
113. Royal Spoonbill
114. Great Egret
115. White-plumed Honeyeater
116. Brown Goshawk
117. Buff-rumped Thornbill
118. Little Black Cormorant
119. Crested Pigeon
120. Nankeen Kestrel
121. Straw-necked Ibis
122. Stubble Quail

#20 American Robin. I am sure that he is one which hung around for the winter. Not much to eat with all the snow.

#21 Song sparrow. Book says 'rarely comes to feeders' & it checked ours out. It must be hungry.

I've learned not to believe that rarely comes to feeder business. :) I could list several, but we had two Song Sparrows come to our feeders all winter. They do mostly eat from the ground, but also come to the platforms.

We have a tube feeder. DH finally dug a hole under the feeder in the snow so birds could pick up the dropped seed. Cardinal was very busy there this afternoon.

53. Eastern Bluebird

I'll have to look at past years, but I think this may be the earliest in the yard.

54. Mourning Dove... finally! But sadly, they weren't even in our yard, but at a nearby cemetery. Soon, soon...

We have mourning dove hanging around quite often. Only one the weekend of the bird count, but afterwards the entire group of 3 showed up again. Nice that you had them nearby.

20 - American Robin! Finally!!!! There is hope for spring. :D

We saw two male Robins having a real brawl the other day. Never seen that before.

#55 Killdeer

Two more days of melting made a difference at the nearby lake.

#56, Northern Harrier, 12 March
#57. Greater White-fronted Goose
#58. Canvasback
#59. Ring-necked Duck
#60 Bufflehead

Not that much melted here.