Birds – 2007 Checklist
Red-necked Grebe that was rescued.
I decided to split up my 2007 Nature Checklist into 5 different categories; Butterflies & Skippers, Amphibians, Reptiles, Mammals and Birds! Birds are my last species in this series that I have been keeping track of within Western New York State, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. I have also taken the birds and split them up between non-passerines (88) and passerines (111). This was one of my best “bird” years with many great species and 6 lifers (5 of which were at Cape Cod)! Although, it would have been nice to have gotten one more species to make it exactly 200 for 2007! Maybe I can break that 200 barrier in 2008 and do a little traveling (which is how so many are able to get their numbers up)??
Horned Grebe and Turkey Vulture
I have too many great post that I would like to reflect upon but none compare to the rescue of the Red-necked Grebe. This was such a stunning bird and I am still so amazed at how soft it was!! My fav post was the Bluebird Soaps video that I did. I can also remember my many post with early migrants struggling with a winter storm that moved through the area in April. I had an excellent year with both MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) banding stations (CLDC – SWAT)and an even more amazing year with my Northern Saw-whet Owls!
a ton of Bonaparte’s Gulls and a Caspian Tern
Here is my list of non-passerines which I have listed in taxonomic order by common name (I would be happy to send you their Latin name for any species in question):
| 1. Common Loon | 45. Northern Goshawk |
| 2. Pied-billed Grebe | 46. Red-shouldered Hawk |
| 3. Horned Grebe | 47. Broad-winged Hawk |
| 4. Red-necked Grebe | 48. Red-tailed Hawk |
| 5. Eared Grebe | 49. Rough-legged Hawk |
| 6. Northern Gannet | 50. American Kestrel |
| 7. Double-crested Cormorant | 51. Merlin |
| 8. Great Blue Heron | 52. Peregrine Falcon |
| 9. Great Egret | 53. Ring-necked Pheasant |
| 10. Green Heron | 54. Ruffed Grouse |
| 11. Turkey Vulture | 55. Wild Turkey |
| 12. Canada Goose | 56. Sora |
| 13. Brant | 57. American Coot |
| 14. Mute Swan | 58. Black-bellied Plover |
| 15. Tundra Swan | 59. Killdeer |
| 16. Wood Duck | 60. Greater Yellowlegs |
| 17. Gadwall | 61. Solitary Sandpiper |
| 18. American Wigeon | 62. Spotted Sandpiper |
| 19. American Black Duck | 63. Common Snipe |
| 20. Mallard | 64. American Woodcock |
| 21. Blue-winged Teal | 65. Bonaparte’s Gull |
| 22. Northern Shoveler | 66. Ring-billed Gull |
| 23. Northern Pintail | 67. Herring Gull |
| 24. Green-winged Teal | 68. Lesser Black-backed Gull |
| 25. Canvasback | 69. Greater Black-backed Gull |
| 26. Redhead | 70. Caspian Tern |
| 27. Ring-necked Duck | 71. Rock Pigeon |
| 28. Greater Scaup | 72. Mourning Dove |
| 29. Lesser Scaup | 73. Black-billed Cuckoo |
| 30. White-winged Scoter | 74. Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
| 31. Black Scoter | 75. Eastern Screech Owl |
| 32. Long-tailed Duck | 76. Great Horned Owl |
| 33. Bufflehead | 77. Barred Owl |
| 34. Common Eider | 78. Northern Saw-whet Owl |
| 35. Common Goldeneye | 79. Chimney Swift |
| 36. Hooded Merganser | 80. Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| 37. Common Merganser | 81. Belted Kingfisher |
| 38. Red-breasted Merganser | 82. Red-headed Woodpecker |
| 39. Ruddy Duck | 83. Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| 40. Osprey | 84. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
| 41. Bald Eagle | 85. Downy Woodpecker |
| 42. Northern Harrier | 86. Hairy Woodpecker |
| 43. Sharp-shinned Hawk | 87. Northern Flicker |
| 44. Cooper’s Hawk | 88. Pileated Woodpecker |
Hermit Thrush and Eastern Phoebe
In 2007 I took a little time to discuss some specific details on the birds like “understanding the birds wing”, “the birds toe arrangement”, “birds parts”, and everyone’s favorite “pishing”. They were long post but I also did a two part series on identifying bird eggs.
Evening Grosbeak and Scarlet Tanager
Here is my list of passerines which I have listed in taxonomic order by common name (I would be happy to send you their Latin name for any species in question):
| 89. Olive-sided Flycatcher | 144. Magnolia Warbler |
| 90. Eastern Wood-pewee | 145. Cape May Warbler |
| 91. Acadian Flycatcher | 146. Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| 92. Alder Flycatcher | 147. Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| 93. Willow Flycatcher | 148. Black-throated Green Warbler |
| 94. Least Flycatcher | 149. Blackburnian Warbler |
| 95. Eastern Phoebe | 150. Yellow-throated Warbler |
| 96. Great Crested Flycatcher | 151. Pine Warbler |
| 97. Eastern Kingbird | 152. Prairie Warbler |
| 98. Northern Shrike | 153. Palm Warbler |
| 99. Yellow-throated Vireo | 154. Bay-breasted Warbler |
| 100. Blue-headed Vireo | 155. Blackpoll Warbler |
| 101. Warbling Vireo | 156. Cerulean Warbler |
| 102. Philadelphia Vireo | 157. Black-and-white Warbler |
| 103. Red-eyed Vireo | 158. American Redstart |
| 104. Blue Jay | 159. Ovenbird |
| 105. American Crow | 160. Northern Waterthrush |
| 106. Common Raven | 161. Louisiana Waterthrush |
| 107. Horned Lark | 162. Mourning Warbler |
| 108. Purple Martin | 163. Common Yellowthroat |
| 109. Tree Swallow | 164. Hooded Warbler |
| 110. Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 165. Wilson’s Warbler |
| 111. Bank Swallow | 166. Canada Warbler |
| 112. Cliff Swallow | 167. Scarlet Tanager |
| 113. Barn Swallow | 168. Eastern Towhee |
| 114. Black-capped Chickadee | 169. American Tree Sparrow |
| 115. Tufted Titmose | 170. Chipping Sparrow |
| 116. Red-breasted Nuthatch | 171. Field Sparrow |
| 117. White-breasted Nuthatch | 172. Vesper Sparrow |
| 118. Brown Creeper | 173. Savannah Sparrow |
| 119. Carolina Wren | 174. Fox Sparrow |
| 120. House Wren | 175. Song Sparrow |
| 121. Winter Wren | 176. Swamp Sparrow |
| 122. Golden-crowned Kinglet | 177. White-throated Sparrow |
| 123. Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 178. White-crowned Sparrow |
| 124. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 179. Dark-eyed Junco |
| 125. Eastern Bluebird | 180. Snow Bunting |
| 126. Veery | 181. Northern Cardinal |
| 127. Gray-cheeked Thrush | 182. Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| 128. Swainson’s Thrush | 183. Indigo Bunting |
| 129. Hermit Thrush | 184. Bobolink |
| 130. Wood Thrush | 185. Red-winged Blackbird |
| 131. American Robin | 186. Eastern Meadowlark |
| 132. Gray Catbird | 187. Western Meadowlark |
| 133. Northern Mockingbird | 188. Rusty Blackbird |
| 134. Brown Thrasher | 189. Common Grackle |
| 135. European Starling | 190. Brown-headed Cowbird |
| 136. American Pipit | 191. Orchard Oriole |
| 137. Cedar Waxwing | 192. Baltimore Oriole |
| 138. Blue-winged Warbler | 193. Purple Finch |
| *** “Brewster’s Warbler” | 194. House Finch |
| 139. Tennessee Warbler | 195. Common Redpoll |
| 140. Nashville Warbler | 196. Pine Siskin |
| 141. Northern Parula | 197. American Goldfinch |
| 142. Yellow Warbler | 198. Evening Grosbeak |
| 143. Chestnut-sided Warbler | 199. House Sparrow |
Tufted Titmouse
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You had a great year, Tom! You’ll break the 200 barrier this year, for sure! 😉
4 January 2008 at 7:15 pm
Well, this was very interesting. I enjoyed the videos, especially the bluebirds’ soap. That was hilarious! Very clever how you got the video, too.
4 January 2008 at 7:30 pm
You did have a great year.-I’ll bet you’ve been studying stuff like this since you were very young-am I right?
4 January 2008 at 8:30 pm
Very cool Tom, what a list, I’d be stoked if I could get a image of a few of these 🙂
4 January 2008 at 9:32 pm
Thanks for the highlights of some of your early-in-the-year-before-I-was-reading-your-blog posts. I was especially touched by the April post on early migration.
I had heard the Tree Swallows were especially impacted in western NY. Must’ve been heartbreaking.
4 January 2008 at 9:48 pm
Gotta luv that last picture. 😉
Thanks for posting those back links.
I loved watching both the Red Necked Grebe and the Bluebird videos.
I’m looking forward to spring migration.
4 January 2008 at 10:30 pm
What an impressive list! I counted 99 birds in 2007, just 100 less than you. 🙂
But I have learned so much with what you have shared on your blog that I feel like I have seen many more birds.
4 January 2008 at 11:00 pm
@ Pam – was great, thanks! I sure hope so!
@ Rondi – thanks and glad you enjoyed the videos! The Bluebird Soaps is one of my faves! Thanks and need to be clever to trick these birdies!
@ lvn – thanks and started almost 15 years ago!
@ Bernie – Thanks and you would be amazed how many you could get if you started listing them! Thanks for the stumble!
@ Zen – Thanks and I have many great things even further back! If you are ever bored, please feel free to look back at what I have done! Do read https://monarchbfly.com/2007/04/18/swallows_cousin/ my post when I looked and found the dead swallows in the box!
@ Toni – thanks and it is so hard to pick pictures for something like this! I have so many that I would have also included! Busy time and I should be starting my “CHECK” again soon! Mary always love when I do them!
@ Ruth – thanks and don’t you hate the 99, why can’t you just get one more and break the 100 mark! Congrats and thanks for your kind words!
4 January 2008 at 11:28 pm
Wow, Tom — just wow.
4 January 2008 at 11:55 pm
Impressive as well as interesting – the titmouse pic was a favorite the first time I saw it, and I am sooo in love with the picture of the turkey vulture sunning.
5 January 2008 at 5:06 am
I think I love that tufted titmouse picture at the end the best. So intense!
5 January 2008 at 7:18 am
Tom, the bird closeups are amazing! Are those birds that you banded? The beak of the evening grosbeak is enormous. I wouldn’t want to get my fingers in that beak.
Tom
5 January 2008 at 9:47 am
Wow! That is some list.
Love the titmouse photo!
5 January 2008 at 11:18 am
Hello Bro! Nice to meet you. Excuse my for my English, but well!…. I’m a naturalist from Barranquilla-Colombia and you can visit my blog. I have added a link of your site in my blog. Good luck! If you like. Bye!
5 January 2008 at 11:22 am
Love that picture of the Titmouse!
5 January 2008 at 11:33 am
Tom, you are incredible. I recognized many of the birds on the your list – well, not so many but I’m getting better because of you.
I just love that Titmouse photo! It made me laugh out loud.
5 January 2008 at 10:12 pm
I think a trip to Jamaica Bay in May – or elsewhere along the shore around the same time – would easily push your year list over 220. The shorebird and tern families could use some inflation.
I still haven’t seen any winter finches this season except for purple finches. There have been a few sightings recently on private property, so I may see some yet.
6 January 2008 at 12:15 am
@ Marvin – thanks
@ Wren – thanks and they are cute for sure!
@ Jen – Titmouse is cute for sure! I love those guys!
@ Tom – thanks and some of them I have banded, some are not!
@ threecollie – Thanks
@ Squamatamn – thanks bro!
@ Barb – Thanks and love seeing them on your site!
@ Mary – I know!! Only kidding but thanks! I am so glad that you recognized all these birds but to be honest . . . you did it because of yourself! When you have a desire to learn, they you learn in your own ways!
@ John – That’s like an 8 hour drive!! Although in the right times that area would do me wonders on my state/life list! My problem is that I am not a big chaser or traveler! Although, I hope to do some traveling some this year! Lets see what gas prices do!
6 January 2008 at 11:09 am
Wow, what a list! I’d love to see even a tiny portion of those birds. My favorite post (but it is a close call among so many) was the pishing post. There are going to be a lot of us “nuts” out there making noises in the woods this coming year.
6 January 2008 at 12:15 pm
Fantastic list. (You should probably put a little mark next to the one’s that you were able to photograph as well.)
6 January 2008 at 4:08 pm
What a great list Tom! I’m sure you can break 200 this year-and I hope one of your travels will be here 😀
6 January 2008 at 4:49 pm
Every time I scroll down my blog roll page, that big bird face cracks me up, lol 😉
6 January 2008 at 6:54 pm
Congrats on your “birdy” year. I think you will make 200 next year. That Titmouse at the end of your post seems to be saying “So What!” A funny look at at Titmouse.
6 January 2008 at 8:17 pm
@ Erie – thanks and many loved that pishing post!
@ NatureShutterbug – thanks and is something I could do! Hmm, I took many bird photos this year!
@ Marg – thanks and hope the trip happens!
@ dovelove – isn’t that great, thanks
@ Lisa – thanks and will be hard but will try! I loved that photo and had to use it again!
6 January 2008 at 11:36 pm
Underachiever – you couldn’t get to that 200th bird? Seriously, a really nice list – I would have had 30 lifers on there, myself! I might have to come up north in the spring.
My list will be up in the next day or so (I hope).
7 January 2008 at 10:43 am
I’ve always wondered why the TV’s found that roof so interesting. “Something” in the attic??
7 January 2008 at 1:53 pm
@ Martytdx – if I traveled some . . . I know I could have but not much of a chaser! Will look for it, thanks!
@ Grace – nope but funny because the house was for sale! But because of these guys the seller was having a hard time selling the house!
7 January 2008 at 7:11 pm