Previous Birding Lists
1996
Dec 26 - Slate Colored Dark Eyed Junco - Home, Indianola, IA
Dec 31 - Mourning Dove - Home, Indianola, IA
1997
Feb 15 - Northern Cardinal (male) - Home, Indianola, IA
Feb 18 - Purple Finch - Home, Indianola, IA
Mar 2 - Northern Cardinal (female) - Home, Indianola, IA
Mar 3 - American Robin - Home, Indianola, IA
Mar 4 - Black-Capped Chickadee - Home, Indianola, IA
Mar 13 - Red-Winged Blackbird - Hwy65/69 South of Des Moines, IA
Mar 14 - Common Grackle - Home, Indianola, IA
- European Starling - Home, Indianola, IA
Mar 27 - Common Flicker - Home, Indianola, IA
1998
Apr 1 - House Sparrow - Home, Indianola, IA
- House Finch - Home, Indianola, IA
Sept 7 - Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - Home, Indianola, IA
1999
Jan 24 - American Goldfinch - Home, Indianola, IA
- Blue Jay - Home, Indianola, IA
Feb 21 - White-Breasted Nuthatch - Home, Indianola, IA
- Downy Woodpecker - Home, Indianola, IA
2000
Feb 16 - Red-Breasted Nuthatch - Home, Indianola, IA
- American Crow - Home, Indianola, IA
2001
Dec 31 - Red Bellied Woodpecker - McAllen Nature Center, McAllen, TX
- Caspian Tern - Hidalgo Pumphouse, TX
2002
Jan 2 - Buff-Bellied Hummingbird - Santa Ana NWR, TX
- Harris Hawk - Santa Ana NWR, TX
- Golden-Fronted Woodpecker - Santa Ana NWR, TX
- Green Jay - Santa Ana NWR, TX
Mar 10 - Red-Tailed Hawk, Anderson Lake, Jewell, IA
- Canada Goose - Anderson Lake, Jewell, IA
Mar 30 - Lesser Scaup - Anderson Lake, Jewell, IA
Mar 31 - Common Merganser - Rice Lake, IA
- Herring Gull - Rice Lake, IA
- Northern Shoveler - pond S of B14 & W of S14, IA
- Mallard - Lekwa Marsh, Clear Lake, IA
- Blue Winged Teal - South Shore of Cleark Lake, IA
- American Coot - South of Ventura, IA
- Ring-Necked Pheasant - I-35, bet. Exit 133-150, IA
- Barn Swallow -I-35, bet. Exit 133-150, IA
Apr 6 - Swainson's Hawk - Hwy 69 & bypass, S of Des Moines, IA
Apr 13 - Turkey Vulture - WMA NE of G24 & Hwy 69, IA
Apr 20 - Great Blue Heron - S of Marywood Orchard, Indianola, IA
- Yellow-Headed Blackbird - S of Marywood Orchard, Indianola, IA
- Eastern Meadowlark - S of Marywood Orchard, Indianola, IA
- Killdeer - S of Marywood Orchard, Indianola, IA
Apr 26 - Northern Harrier - Kellerton Grasslands, Kellerton, IA
- Red Headed Woodpecker - Hwy 2, E of Kellerton, IA
- Tree Swallow - S of Marywood Orchard, Indianola, IA
- Belted Kingfisher - S of Marywood Orchard, Indianola, IA
Apr 30 - White Throated Sparrow - Home, Indianola, IA
May 9 - Gadwall - S of Marywood Orchard, Indianola, IA
May 11 - Brown Thrasher - S of Marywood Orchard, Indianola, IA
- Ring Neck Duck - S of Marywood Orchard, Indianola, IA
May 17 - House Wren - Home, Indianola, IA
Dec 31 - American Kestral - Grand Ave, West Des Moines, IA
2003
Jan 1 - American Crow - Home, Indianola, IA
Jan 2 - Blue Jay - Home, Indianola, IA
Jan 4 - American Goldfinch - Home, Indianola, IA
- RedHeaded Woodpecker - Woodland Mounds, Indianola, IA
- Downy or Hairy Woodpecker - Woodland Mounds, Indianola, IA
- Cardinal (male) - Woodland Mounds, Indianola, IA
- Bald Eagle - West of Woodland Mounds, Indianola, IA
- Herring Gull - North side of Red Rock Dam, IA
- Red Tailed Hawk - North side of Red Rock Dam, IA
- Canada Geese - Cem. East of Red Rock Dam, IA
- American White Pelican - Cem. East of Red Rock Dam, IA
- Mallards (male & female) - Red Rock Dam, IA
- Ring Bill Gull - Red Rock Dam, IA
Jan 20 - Slate Dark Eyed Junco, Home, Indianola, IA
- European Starling, Home, Indianola, IA
Jan 29 - Tufted Titmouse - Home, Indianola, IA
- House Sparrow - Home, Indianola, IA
- Red Bellied Woodpecker - Home, Indianola, IA
- Northern Flicker - Home, Indianola, IA
2011 (filled in from blog photos)
June - Cedar Waxwing - Home, Belgium, WI
- Mourning Dove - Home, Belgium, WI
- European Starlings - Home, Belgium, WI
- House Sparrow - Home, Belgium, WI
- American Robin - Home, Belgium, WI
Aug - Mourning Dove - Home, Belgium, WI
- Cedar Waxwing - Home, Belgium, WI
- American Goldfinch - Home, Belgium, WI
Oct - European Starling - Home, Belgium, WI
- White Crowned Sparrow - Home, Belgium, WI
- House Sparrow (female) - Home, Belgium, WI
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If you are into birdwatching, you know that birder's keep a "bird list" of all the birds they've seen in a year. I've been away from this for awhile, but though I'd start up again. So here is a bird list for 2012 :)
2012
Jan 13 - Mourning Dove - Home, Belgium, WI
Feb 8 - BlackCapped Chicadee - Home, Belgium, WI
Mar 3 - Mourning Doves - Home, Belgium, WI
- House Sparrow - Home, Belgium, WI
- American Goldfinch - Home, Belgium, WI
- Slate Junco - Home, Belgium, WI
- House Finch - Home, Belgium, WI
Mar 7 - American Crow - Home, Belgium, WI
- Junco - Home, Belgium, WI
- Mourning Dove - Home, Belgium, WI
- American Robin - Home, Belgium, WI
Mar 8 - American Robin, Mourning Dove, American Goldfinch
- Dark Junco - Home, Belgium, WI
- American Crow - Home, Belgium, WI
- Bufflehead Duck - South Beach, Port Washington, WI
Mar 13 - Sandhill Crane - Home, Belgium, WI
- & other common yard birds.
Mar 16 - Killdeer - Home, Belgium, WI
- Grackle, House Finch, Goldfinch, Robin,
- Red-Winged Blackbird, House Sparrow, & other common yard birds.
?? - Common Merganser, Marina, Port Washington, WI
Apr 1 - Sedge Wren?, Harrington State Park, Belgium, WI
Apr 5 - Flicker (woodpecker), Hrlevich Farm, Belgium, WI
Apr 26 - baby Killdeer - Hrlevich Farm, Belgium, WI
May 15 - Baltimore Oriole - Home, Belgium, WI
Jun 17 - Herring Gull, Ring-Billed Gull, Sheboygan Lakeshore, WI
- Bonaparte's Gull, Mallard Ducks, Sheboygan Lakeshore, WI
- American Robin, RedWing Blackbird, Sheboygan Lakeshore, WI
- Ruby Throated Hummingbird, Home, Belgium, WI
Sept 11 - Red Breasted Nuthatch, Home, Belgium, WI
Sept 15 - Double Crested Cormorant, Ardennes, Belgium, WI
Oct 5 - Dark Eyed Junco, Home, Belgium, WI (first of the season)
Dec 2 - Mallards, Snowy Owl (lifer), Sheboygan, WI
Dec 21 - Dark Eyed Junco, Mourning Dove, Chickadee
Other birds seen - but not on a date - Am. Kestral, Can. Geese,
2012 Year Count = 27
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For 2013 I'm going to do the list a little differently - I will list the birds I see and the date, and the birds will have a number before them for my Year List. Hope that makes sense. We'll see if this works easier then what I did last year.
2013 (47 birds identified)
January 1st
1 - Mourning Dove (Home, Belgium, WI)
2 - Dark-Eyed Junco
3 - House Sparrow
4 - Am. Tree Sparrow
5 - Am. Goldfinch
6 - House Finch (Red & Orange varieties)
7 - Black-Capped Chickadee
8 - Northern Cardinal (male & female)
9 - Blue Jay
10 - Am. Kestral (on Hwy KW)
11 - Am. Crow (I-43 & Cedar Grove)
12 - Common Goldeneye (Sheboygan Marina)
13 - Mallard
14 - Canada Geese
- Gulls (couldn't identify - too far out
15 - Bald Eagle
16 - Ring Billed Gull (Sheboygan North Point)
Mallards, Com. Goldeneye, Bald Eagle
17 - Bufflehead Duck
January 4th
Junco, House Sparrow, Am. Tree Sparrow (Home, Belgium, WI)
Goldfinch, House Finch, Mourning Dove, Cardinal-fem
January 11th
18 - American Robin (CR KW & RR, SW of CedarGrove)
January 22nd
19 - Cooper's Hawk
20 - Wild Turkey
January 24th
21 - European Starling
January 26th
22 - Red-Tailed Hawk
February 2nd
23 - Ring-Necked Pheasant
February 23rd
24 - Common Merganser
25 - Herring Gull
26 - Cackling Goose
27 - Greater Scaup
28 - American Coot
March 14th
29 - Sandhill Crane
March 23rd
30 - Rock Pigeon
31 - Red-Winged Blackbird
32 - Common Grackle
March 24th
33 - Black Vulture
34 - Turkey Vulture
35 - Greater Roadrunner
March 31st
36 - Song Sparrow
37 - Tundra Swan
38 - Redhead
April 11th
39 - Belted Kingfisher
40 - Hooded Merganser
April 24th
41 - Northern Flicker
42 - Yellow-Rumped Warbler
43 - Brown-Headed Cowbird
May 1st
44 - Chipping Sparrow
45 - White-Crowned Sparrow
May 6th
46 - Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
November 11th
47 - Rough-Legged Hawk
2013 Year Count = 47
