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Derek Bakken's 2008 list (United States) (1 Viewer)

So far, this list is from Minnesota and Iowa only (even more specifically - Twin Cities area and Dickinson County in Iowa).

As of June 11, I am at 208 species.

January
1 Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
2 Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
3 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
4 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
5 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
6 Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
7 Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
8 Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
9 Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
10 Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
11 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
12 American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
13 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
14 Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
15 American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
February
16 Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
17 Gadwall (Anas strepera)
18 Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
19 Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
20 Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
21 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
22 Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
23 Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
24 Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
25 Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
26 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
27 Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
28 Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
29 Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
30 Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
March
31 Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)
32 Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
33 Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
34 Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
35 Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
36 Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
37 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
38 Barred Owl (Strix varia)
39 Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
40 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
41 Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
42 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
43 Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
44 Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
45 Redhead (Aythya americana)
46 Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
47 Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
48 Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
49 American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
50 Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
51 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
52 American Coot (Fulica americana)
53 Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
54 Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
55 Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
56 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
57 Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
58 Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
59 House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
60 Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
61 Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
62 Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
63 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
64 American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
65 Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
66 Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
67 Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
68 Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
69 American Wigeon (Anas americana)
70 Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
71 Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
72 Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
April
73 Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
74 American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
75 Great Egret (Ardea alba)
76 Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
77 Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
78 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
79 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
80 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
81 Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
82 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
83 Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
84 Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
85 Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
86 Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
87 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
88 Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
89 Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
90 Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
91 Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
92 Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
93 Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)
94 Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
95 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
96 Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
97 Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
98 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
99 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
100 Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
101 Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
102 Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
103 Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
104 Common Loon (Gavia immer)
105 Merlin (Falco columbarius)
106 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
107 Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
108 Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
109 Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)
110 Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
111 Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
112 Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
113 White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
114 Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
115 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
116 Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
117 Purple Martin (Progne subis)
118 Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
119 Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina)
120 Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum)
121 Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
122 House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
123 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
124 Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
125 Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
126 Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
127 Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
128 Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
129 Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
May
130 Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
131 Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
132 Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
133 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
134 Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
135 Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
136 Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
137 Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
138 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
139 Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
140 Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
141 American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
142 Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
143 Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
144 Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
145 Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
146 Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)
147 Northern Parula (Parula americana)
148 Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
149 Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
150 Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
151 Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina)
152 Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia)
153 Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica)
154 Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus)
155 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
156 Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
157 Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)
158 Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
159 Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
160 Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
161 Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
162 Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)
163 Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
164 Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
165 Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
166 Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
167 Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
168 White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
169 Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)
170 Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
171 American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)
172 Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
173 Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
174 Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
175 Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
176 Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
177 Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea)
178 Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
179 Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
180 Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
181 Common Raven (Corvus corax)
182 Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan)
183 Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)
184 Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
185 Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
186 American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
187 Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
188 Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
189 Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
190 Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
191 Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
192 Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
193 Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
194 Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)
195 Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
196 Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
197 Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
198 Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis)
199 Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
200 Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
201 Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii)
202 Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
June
203 Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
204 Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
205 Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
206 Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
207 Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
208 Sora (Porzana carolina)
 
Life birds so far this year..

266 Harlequin Duck
267 Barrow's Goldeneye
268 Townsend's Solitaire
269 Varied Thrush
270 Winter Wren
271 Black-throated Green Warbler
272 Blackpoll Warbler
273 American Woodcock
274 Willow Flycatcher
275 Orchard Oriole
276 Hudsonian Godwit
277 Semipalmated Sandpiper
278 Connecticut Warbler

For a life list of 278.
 

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