State Life List

Note: I realize this isn’t truly a life list as it doesn’t include birding experiences elsewhere in the country or world. I’ve been meaning to get those posted but they’re on the slow track for the moment. So to clarify, this is my State Life List.

ANSERIFORMES Anatidae _x_Snow Goose _x_Brant _x_Canada Goose _x_Cackling Goose _x_Pink Footed Goose _x_Greater White-Fronted Goose _x_Mute Swan _x_Tundra Swan ___Muscovy Duck _x_Wood Duck _x_Gadwall _x_American Widgeon _x_American Black Duck _x_Mallard _x_Blue-winged Teal _x_Northern Shoveler _x_Northern Pintail _x_Green-winged Teal _x_Canvasback _x_Redhead _x_Ring-necked Duck _x_Greater Scaup _x_Lesser Scaup ___Common Eider _x_Surf Scoter _x_White-winged Scoter _x_Black Scoter _x_Long-tailed Duck _x_Bufflehead _x_Common Goldeneye _x_Hooded Merganser _x_Common Merganser _x_Red-breasted Merganser _x_Ruddy Duck GALLIFORMES Odontophoridae ___Northern Bobwhite Phasianidae _x_Ring-necked Pheasant ___Ruffed Grouse _x_Wild Turkey GAVIIFORMES Gaviidae _x_Red-throated Loon _x_Common Loon _x_Pacific Loon PODICIPEDIFORMES Podicipedidae _x_Pied-billed Grebe _x_Horned Grebe _x_Red-necked Grebe SULIFORMES Sulidae _x_Northern Gannet Phalacrocoracidae _x_Double-crested Cormorant _x_Great Cormorant PELICANIFORMES  Pelicanidae _x_American White Pelican ___Brown Pelican  Ardeidae _x_American Bittern _x_Least Bittern _x_Great Blue Heron _x_Great Egret _x_Snowy Egret _x_Little Blue Heron ___Tricolored Heron ___Cattle Egret _x_Green Heron _x_Black-crowned Night-Heron _x_Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  Threskiornithidae _x_Glossy Ibis ACCIPITRIFORMES  Cathartidae _x_Black Vulture _x_Turkey Vulture  Pandionidae _x_Osprey Accipitridae ___Swallow-tailed Kite ___Mississippi Kite _x_Bald Eagle _x_Northern Harrier _x_Sharp-shinned Hawk _x_Cooper’s Hawk _x_Northern Goshawk _x_Red-shouldered Hawk _x_Broad-winged Hawk _x_Red-tailed Hawk _x_Rough-legged Hawk _x_Golden Eagle FALCONIFORMES  Falconidae _x_American Kestrel _x_Merlin _x_Peregrine Falcon GRUIFORMES  Rallidae ___Yellow Rail ___Black Rail _x_Clapper Rail ___King Rail _x_Virginia Rail ___Sora ___Common Moorhen _x_American Coot  Gruidae _x_Sandhill Crane CHARADRIIFORMES Charadriidae _x_Black-bellied Plover _x_American Golden-Plover ___Wilson’s Plover _x_Semipalmated Plover _x_Piping Plover _x_Killdeer _x_ Northern Lapwing  Haematopodidae _x_American Oystercatcher  Recurvirostridae ___Black-necked Stilt _x_American Avocet  Scolopacidae _x_Spotted Sandpiper _x_Solitary Sandpiper _x_Greater Yellowlegs _x_Willet _x_Lesser Yellowlegs ___Upland Sandpiper ___Whimbrel _x_Marbled Godwit _x_Ruddy Turnstone ___Red Knot _x_Sanderling _x_Semipalmated Sandpiper _x_Western Sandpiper _x_Least Sandpiper _x_White-rumped Sandpiper _x_Pectoral Sandpiper _x_Purple Sandpiper _x_Dunlin _x_Short-billed Dowitcher _x_Long-billed Dowitcher ___Common Snipe _x_American Woodcock ___Red-necked Phalarope  Laridae _x_Bonaparte’s Gull _x_Laughing Gull _x_Ring-billed Gull _x_Herring Gull ___Glaucous Gull _x_Great Black-backed Gull _x_Lesser Black-backed Gull _x_Least Tern _x_Gull-billed Tern _x_Caspian Tern ___Black Tern ___Roseate Tern _x_Common Tern _x_Forster’s Tern ___Royal Tern ___Sandwich Tern _x_Black Skimmer  Stercorariidae ___Parasitic Jaeger COLUMBIFORMES  Columbidae _x_Rock Pigeon _x_Mourning Dove PSITTACIFORMES  Psittacidae ___Budgerigar _x_ Monk Parakeet CUCULIFORMES  Cuculidae _x_Yellow-billed Cuckoo _x_Black-billed Cuckoo

STRIGIFORMES Tytonidae ___Barn Owl Strigidae _x_Eastern Screech-Owl _x_Great Horned Owl _x_Snowy Owl _x_Barred Owl ___Long-eared Owl _x_Short-eared Owl ___Northern Saw-whet Owl CAPRIMULGIFORMES  Caprimulgidae _x_Common Nighthawk _x_Chuck-will’s-widow δ _x_Eastern Whip-poor-will APODIFORMES  Apodidae _x_Chimney Swift  Trochilidae _x_Ruby-throated Hummingbird CORACIIFORMES  Alcedinidae _x_Belted Kingfisher PICIFORMES  Picidae _x_Red-headed Woodpecker _x_Red-bellied Woodpecker _x_Yellow-bellied Sapsucker _x_Downy Woodpecker _x_Hairy Woodpecker _x_Northern Flicker _x_Pileated Woodpecker PASSERIFORMES  Tyrannidae ___Olive-sided Flycatcher _x_Eastern Wood-Pewee ___Yellow-bellied Flycatcher _x_Acadian Flycatcher ___Alder Flycatcher _x_Willow Flycatcher _x_ Traill’s Flycatcher ___Least Flycatcher _x_Eastern Phoebe _x_Great Crested Flycatcher _x_Eastern Kingbird  Laniidae ___Loggerhead Shrike Vireonidae ___White-eyed Vireo _x_Yellow-throated Vireo δ _x_Blue-headed Vireo _x_Warbling Vireoc ___Philadelphia Vireo _x_Red-eyed Vireo  Corvidae _x_Blue Jay _x_American Crow _x_Fish Crow _x_Common Raven  Alaudidae _x_Horned Lark  Hirundinidae _x_Purple Martin _x_Tree Swallow _x_Northern Rough-winged Swallow ___Bank Swallow _x_Cliff Swallow _x_Barn Swallow  Paridae _x_Carolina Chickadee _x_Black-capped Chickadee _x_Tufted Titmouse  Sittidae _x_Red-breasted Nuthatch _x_White-breasted Nuthatch  Certhiidae _x_Brown Creeper Troglodytidae _x_Carolina Wren _x_House Wren _x_Winter Wren ___Sedge Wren _x_Marsh Wren  Polioptilidae _x_Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  Regulidae _x_Golden-crowned Kinglet _x_Ruby-crowned Kinglet  Turdidae _x_Eastern Bluebird _x_Veery _x_Gray-cheeked Thrush ___Bicknell’s Thrush _x_Swainson’s Thrush _x_Hermit Thrush _x_Wood Thrush _x_American Robin  Mimidae _x_Gray Catbird _x_Northern Mockingbird _x_Brown Thrasher  Sturnidae _x_European Starling  Motacillidae _x_American Pipit  Bombycillidae _x_Cedar Waxwing  Calcariidae ___Lapland Longspur _x_Snow Bunting  Parulidae _x_Blue-winged Warbler ___Golden-winged Warbler _x_Tennessee Warbler _x_Orange-crowned Warbler _x_Nashville Warbler _x_Northern Parula Warbler _x_Yellow Warbler δ _x_Chestnut-sided Warbler _x_Magnolia Warbler ___Cape May Warbler _x_Black-throated Blue Warbler _x_Yellow-rumped Warbler _x_Black-throated Green Warbler δ _x_Blackburnian Warbler ___Yellow-throated Warbler _x_Pine Warbler _x_Prairie Warbler _x_Palm Warbler _x_Bay-breasted Warbler _x_Blackpoll Warbler _x_Cerulean Warbler _x_Black-and-white Warbler _x_American Redstart ___Prothonotary Warbler _x_Worm-eating Warbler _x_Ovenbird _x_Northern Waterthrush δ _x_Louisiana Waterthrush _x_Kentucky Warbler _x_Connecticut Warbler ___Mourning Warbler _x_Common Yellowthroat _x_Hooded Warbler _x_Wilson’s Warbler _x_Canada Warbler _x_Yellow-breasted Chat  Emberizidae _x_Eastern Towhee _x_American Tree Sparrow _x_Chipping Sparrow _x_Field Sparrow ___Vesper Sparrow _x_Savannah Sparrow _x_Grasshopper Sparrow ___Henslow’s Sparrow _x_Nelson’s Sparrow ___Saltmarsh Sparrow _x_Seaside Sparrow _x_Fox Sparrow _x_Song Sparrow _x_Lincoln’s Sparrow _x_Swamp Sparrow _x_White-throated Sparrow _x_White-crowned Sparrow _x_Dark-eyed Junco  Cardinalidae ___Summer Tanager _x_Scarlet Tanager _x_Northern Cardinal _x_Rose‑breasted Grosbeak ___Blue Grosbeak _x_Indigo Bunting ___Dickcissel  Icteridae _x_Bobolink _x_Red-winged Blackbird _x_Eastern Meadowlark _x_Rusty Blackbird _x_Common Grackle _x_Boat-tailed Grackle _x_Brown-headed Cowbird _x_Orchard Oriole _x_Baltimore Oriole Fringillidae ___Pine Grosbeak _x_Purple Finch _x_House Finch ___Common Redpoll _x_Pine Siskin _x_American Goldfinch ___Evening Grosbeak _x_White Winged Crossbill δ Passeridae _x_House Sparrow

δ = heard only