Bird Watch List

This is going to sound extremely nerdy, and I’m perfectly content with that (because nerds are awesome), but since Spring 2008 I’ve been a closeted birder. As part of my last few days of summer before school hits, I’ve decided to do some ‘Spring’ cleaning in a completely inappropriate season. This includes lots and lots of organization. I’ve decided to transfer my bird list from paper to computer, and now to post it here to forever engrave it into the interwebz so that if my computer one day blows up, I’ll know where I can find it. Let’s hope WordPress.com doesn’t blow up either.

So here’s my current life list of birds that I’ve seen since Spring 2008 (I’ve seen others in my lifetime, I was just never able to identify them at the time, so I may as well just start afresh). Let the geekery begin:

Bird	Species	Sex	Date	Picture
American Crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	Unknown	Summer 2008	–
American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis	male, female	Summer 2008
American Robin	Turdus migratorius	male, female	Spring 2008
American Tree Sparrow	Spizella arborea	male, female	Spring 2008	–
Black-Capped Chickadee	Parus atricapillus	male, female	Spring 2008	–
Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	male, female	Fall 2008	–
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	male, female	Spring 2008
Cedar Waxwing	Bombycilla cedrorum	male, female	Spring 2008
Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	male, female	Spring 2008	–
Dark-Eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis	male, female	Spring 2008	–
Hairy Woodpecker	Picoides villosus	male, female	Spring 2008	–
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	male, female	Spring 2008	–
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	male, female	Summer 2008
Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	male, female	Spring 2008
Mute Swan	Cygnus olor	male, female	Spring 2008
Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	male, female	Spring 2008
Northern Flicker	Colaptes auratus	male, female	Spring 2009	–
Northern Oriole	Icterus galbula	male, female	Spring 2008	–
Red-Winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	male	Spring 2008	–
Ring-Billed Gull	Larus delawarensis	male, female	Spring 2008	–
Rock Dove	Columba livia	unknown	Spring 2008
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird	Archilochus colubris	immature male (?), female	Summer 2008	–
Wild Turkey	Meleagris gallopavo	female	March 2009	–
Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Summer 2008

(All species spotted in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Last Updated: September 5th, 2009)

Ideally, I’d like to broaden this list into an every-species-I’ve-ever-seen list (except maybe plants and insects, that might be just too grueling), simply because nature is so awesome, but we shall see. I think for now this will be sufficient.