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What birds do you still need?


UPDATED: 30 August 2021. Northern Waterthrush #250!
UPDATED: 17 Oct 2021. Neotropic Cormorant and Pacific Loon, #264 and 265!
UPDATED: 29 Dec 2021. Trumpeter swan was #284.

Several folks have asked what do you still need? Do you need this bird or that bird? I have gotten so many species already (247 species as of August 23), so what's left to get? A LOT!

I realize no one is following my list nor knows what I still need, so I thought I could provide a needs list for you all to memorize (just kidding). :)  But seriously, below is the list of more possible/probable birds that I can still get this year. The following list is the Code 1-4's that I can still get. Recall Code 1 are pretty easy birds (I have one left to get), whereas Code 4 (and 5) are rarities or tough to get from my house. I did not include the Code 5's below as they are all really rare stuff, so if you hear about a mega-rarity around here like Brant, Arctic Tern, Little Gull, Red Knot, Vermilion or Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, or other goodies not on the list below, please let me know! ssomershoe AT gmail DOT com

Another post is coming about my strategy (or lack there of) and plans for the rest of the year. And yes, the plan is really to just ride a LOT and get what I can get!

I can't wait for fall migration. it's going to be a blast!

Species
Code 1


Sabine's Gull


13 Sept at Chatfield.


Code 2
Snow Goose


Sandhill Crane


27 Oct at my house. Phew!

Pacific Loon


17 Oct at Cherry Creek SP

Marsh Wren


I got one on 26 Aug!!

Northern Waterthrush


Got it for #250 on 30 Aug!


Code 3
Ross's Goose


18 Nov 2021, Marston Isthmus Park

Surf Scoter


Marston, 18 Oct

White-winged Scoter


Black Scoter


Red-necked Grebe


Black-bellied Plover


20 Oct, Chatfield!

Stilt Sandpiper


Sanderling 


Got sanderling!

Dunlin


22 Nov, Cherry Creek

Pectoral Sandpiper


Got pectoral!

Caspian Tern


Got it! 

Common Tern


Yay! Got some!

Red-throated Loon


Barn Owl


Willow Flycatcher


Got it!

Cassin's Vireo


Got one on 9 Sept, Chatfield, where else?

Clark's Nutcracker


Nutcracker should be a code 4.

Golden-crowned Kinglet


White-throated Sparrow


15 Oct, S. Platte Rez

Black-and-white Warbler


Tennessee Warbler


Nashville Warbler


Got one on 9 Sept, Chatfield, where else?

Blackpoll Warbler


Townsend's Warbler


I got one in my yard and later Plum Creek.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak



Code 4 
American Three-toed   Woodpecker



Lapland Longspur


Chestnut-collared   Longspur


Fly by at Chatfield sand spit! 14 Sept

Thick-billed Longspur


Trumpeter Swan


Tundra Swan


Mexican Duck


Dusky Grouse


Yellow-billed Cuckoo


American Golden-Plover


Red Phalarope


Pomarine Jaeger


Parasitic Jaeger


Long-tailed Jaeger


long staying Chatfield bird

Short-billed (formerly Mew) Gull



Great Black-backed Gull


Yellow-billed Loon


Cattle Egret


12 Oct, Chatfield!

Rough-legged Hawk


9 Nov, my patch!

Northern Pygmy-Owl


Ash-throated Flycatcher


Yellow-throated Vireo


Philadelphia Vireo


Varied Thrush


Pine Grosbeak


Clearly Pine Grosbeak should be a code 5.

Common Redpoll


18 Nov 2021, Marston Isthmus Park

Snow Bunting


Cassin's Sparrow


Field Sparrow


Fox Sparrow


Nelson's Sparrow


Bobolink


Baltimore Oriole


Hooded Warbler


Magnolia Warbler


Bay-breasted Warbler


Blackburnian Warbler


Chestnut-sided Warbler


Black-throated Blue   Warbler


Pine Warbler


Yellow-throated Warbler


Prairie Warbler


Black-throated Green   Warbler


 

CODE 5's 

Black Swift

Ruby-throated     Hummingbird

Upland Sandpiper

Canada Jay

Pinyon Jay

Brant

Piping Plover

Snowy Plover

Hudsonian Godwit

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

White-rumped Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Black-legged Kittiwake

Little Gull

Western Gull

Slaty-backed Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Arctic Tern

Neotropic Cormorant           

White Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Mississippi Kite

Flammulated Owl

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Alder Flycatcher

Vermilion Flycatcher

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Blue-headed Vireo

Purple Martin

Pacific Wren

Sedge Wren

Carolina Wren

Bewick's Wren

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Wood Thrush

Bohemian Waxwing

Purple Finch

Worm-eating Warbler

Golden-winged Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Northern Cardinal

Painted Bunting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


  





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  1. Luke GeorgeAugust 25, 2021 at 7:57 AM

    Your not giving yourself enough credit. Clark's Nutcrackers and Pine Grosbeaks should be gimmies given your cycling skills!

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