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BirderoftheNorth's 2008 list (1 Viewer)

BirderoftheNorth

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I am keeping both a state (MI) and ABA area list this year, birds I have seen in Michigan so far (That's all I've got yet) Have an asterik.

1. Common Loon*
2. Great Blue Heron*
3. Mute Swan*
4. Tundra Swan*
5. Cackling Goose*
6. Canada Goose*
7. Mallard*
8. Canvasback*
9. Redhead*
10. Ring-necked Duck*
11. Lesser Scaup*
12. Greater Scaup*
13. Long-tailed Duck*
14. White-winged Scoter*
15. Common Goldeneye*
16. Bufflehead*
17. Common Merganser*
18. Red-breasted Merganser*
19. Northern Harrier*
20. Sharp-shinned Hawk*
21. Cooper's Hawk*
22. Red-shouldered Hawk*
23. Red-tailed Hawk*
24. Rough-legged Hawk*
25. Bald Eagle*
26. American Kestrel*
27. Ring-necked Pheasant*
28. Wild Turkey*
29. American Coot*
30. Ring-billed Gull*
31. Herring Gull*
32. Mourning Dove*
33. Rock Pigeon*
34. Short-eared Owl*
35. Great Horned Owl*
36. Belted Kingfisher*
37. Red-bellied Woodpecker*
38. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker*
39. Downy Woodpecker*
40. Hairy Woodpecker*
41. Northern Flicker*
42. Pileated Woodpecker*
43. Northern Shrike*
44. Blue Jay*
45. American Crow*
46. Horned Lark*
47. Tufted Titmouse*
48. Black-capped Chickadee*
49. Red-breasted Nuthatch*
50. White-breasted Nuthatch*
51. Brown Creeper*
52. Carolina Wren*
53. Golden-crowned Kinglet*
54. Eastern Bluebird*
55. American Robin*
56. European Starling*
57. Bohemian Waxwing*
58. Cedar Waxwing*
59. Yellow-rumped Warbler*
60. Northern Cardinal*
61. SPOTTED TOWHEE*
62. Eastern Towhee*
63. American Tree Sparrow*
64. Song Sparrow*
65. White-throated Sparrow*
66. White-crowned Sparrow*
67. Dark-eyed Junco*
68. Lapland Longspur*
69. Snow Bunting*
70. House Finch*
71. Common Redpoll*
72. Pine Siskin*
73. American Goldfinch*
74. House Sparrow*

Not too bad, considering it's Michigan in the winter, I don't have my license yet, and I've been extremely busy. The Spotted Towhee is by far the best bird on my list so far--only the 5th state record if accepted.
 
77. Greater White-fronted Goose* (A nice surprise for Michigan...)
78. Killdeer*
79. Red-winged Blackbird*
80. Horned Grebe*

I think that's all I added this weekend...
 

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