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.

2023

January
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Savannah Sparrow
- Snow Buntings
- Forster’s Tern
- Sanderling
- Red-throated Loon

2022

December

- Merlin

2021

January
- Blue-winged teal
- American Widgeon
- Purple Finch
- Evening Grosbeak

February

2020

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

2019

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

2018

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

2017

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

2015

August 2015 - Hummingbird
April - Pelican

2014

May 2014
- Bald Eagle
- Osprey

March 2014
- Eastern Bluebird

2009

January 2009
- Mallard Duck

2008

August 2008
- Pelican
May 2008
- Heron