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Birds! I love birds. As a young child, I was obsessed with dinosaurs. It's funny that that seems to have unintentionally carried over into my adolescence and adulthood. My room now is full of birds. Wooden birds, fabric birds, ceramic birds. I would love to care for birds at a sanctuary or something. And/or rescue a dove. I don't think I would be good at taking care of a parrot. Whenever I travel now, one of the things I'm most excited about is building my life list. Note that these IDs were done to the best of my ability... But I only add to the list when I'm at least 85% confident. |
LIFE LIST (since I started tracking)
* american crow * american goldfinch * american herring gull * american kestrel * american oystercatcher * american robin * anna's hummingbird * bald eagle * barn swallow * black-and-white warbler * black crowned night heron * black vulture * blue jay * boat-tailed grackle * brown-headed cowbird * brown thrasher * california quail * california scrub-jay * canada goose * carolina wren * cattle egret * cedar waxwing * common myna * common raven * common tern * common yellowthroat * cooper's hawk * chimney siwft (6/2/2026) * dark eyed junco * double-crested cormorant * eastern kingbird * eastern phoebe * eastern towhee * eastern spot-billed duck * egyptian goose * european starling * fish crow * forster's tern * gray catbird * great blue heron * great cormorant * great egret * great-tailed grackle * green heron * house finch * house sparrow * indigo bunting * killdeer * large-billed crow * laughing gull * mourning dove * mute swan * northern cardinal * northern flicker * northern mockingbird * northern yellow warbler * oriental turtle dove * pacific golden plover * pileated woodpecker * piping plover * red-bellied woodpecker * red-tailed hawk * ring-billed gull * rock dove * rose-breasted grosbeak * ruby-throated hummingbird * saffron finch * semipalmated sandpiper * song sparrow * spotted towhee * swainson's hawk * tufted titmouse * veery * white-breasted nuthatch * white-crowned sparrow * white-throated sparrow * willet * winter wren * wood thrush * yellow-bellied sapsucker * yellow-billed cardinal * zebra dove KEY seen outside of continental US |
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This is my new bird guide for the area I live in. Excited to go birding in Cape May and Central Park and bring this along, even if it may end up being overkill. Was a gift for Christmas 2025. I will probably write notes in this. Usually when I write in books I use post its, but the idea of writing directly in this feels right. Idk |