Thanks to @BarbaraHouston I was able to photograph another “lifer” yesterday, the Wilson’s Snipe while at Dutch Gap. There is no way I would have seen any of them without her help. These cute shorebirds remained in the reeds and swamp grass for most of the time we were there but did come out to enjoy the sun for a short time and I was able to catch them when they appeared in the open.
A Life Bird Checklist is a ongoing list of various birds that a birder successfully views, identifies and if lucky photographs for the very first time. As I expand my locations to shoot birds I have decided to create my list. Lucky for me, because I use a photography database (Adobe Lightroom) which tells me when I took the photo I was able to look back and add several from the past.
January
– Greater Yellowlegs
– Savannah Sparrow
– Snow Buntings
– Forster’s Tern
– Sanderling
– Red-throated Loon
December
– Merlin
January
– Blue-winged teal
– American Widgeon
– Purple Finch
– Evening Grosbeak
February
December
– Brown Creeper
– Muted Swan
– Ruby-crowned Kinglet
– Swamp Sparrow
November
– Killdeer
– White-throated Cormorant
– Red-breasted Nuthatch
– Tree Sparrow
October
– Yellow-billed Cuckoo
September 2020
– Sandpiper
August
– Eastern Wood-Pewee
June
– Summer Tangier
– Purple Martin
April
– Indigo Bunting
January
– Barred Owls in nature
– Long-Tailed duck
– Northern Gannet
– Black Scoter
– Surf Scoter
– Song Sparrow
December 2019
– French Geese
November 2019
– Wood Duck
August 2019
– Green Heron
– August 2019
July 2019
– Royal Tern
May 2019
– Brown Thrasher
– Chestnut-sided Warbler
April 2019
– Prothonotary
March 2019
– Eastern Phoebe
June 2018
– Great Egret
– Cattle Egret
April 2018
– Yellow Rumped Myrtle Warbler
– Blue Grosbeak
March
– Cedar Waxwing
– Flicker
– Pine Warbler
– American Kestrel
– Pied-billed Grebe
February 2018
– American Coot
January 2018
– Gadwall Duck
– Bufflehead Duck
– Red-shouldered Hawk
– Mockingbird
– Northern Pintail
– Pine Siskin
– Wood Duck
– Yellow Rumped Warbler
December 2017.
– Hooded Merganser
– King Fisher
October 2017
– Crackle
August 2017
– Cardinal
April 2017
– Eastern Meadowlark
March 2017
– Northern Shoveler
– Red-shouldered Hawk
– Ring-necked Duck
– White Throat Sparrow
– Red-winged Blackbird
– American Coot
February 2017
– Red-bellied Woodpecker
– Northern Flicker
January 2017
– Red-headed Woodpecker
– Nuthatch
– Canada Goose
– Hermit Thrush
– Junco
– White-breasted Nuthatch
2016
April 2016
– Rose-breasted Grosbeak
– Blue Jay
– Carolina Wren
– House Finch
March 2016
– Mallard Duck
February 2016
– Pileated Woodpecker
– Tufted Titmouse
January 2016
– Yellow-bellied SapSucker
August 2015 – Hummingbird
April – Pelican
May 2014
– Bald Eagle
– Osprey
March 2014
– Eastern Bluebird
January 2009
– Mallard Duck
August 2008
– Pelican
May 2008
– Heron