bitterntwisted
Graham Howard Shortt
Spent the day preparing for my trip to Seattle in 3 weeks time - my first Nearctic birding experience. (Previous trips to the US were in the wilderness years of not briding so I only saw TV, RTH, RSH, grackles and Ring-billed Gulls) I've made up an excel checklist with rankings and the following came out my 25 most wanted, all of them would-be-lifers.
Does anyone think I've missed a bird I really have to track down? And do some of the species seem daft / impossible / dross to those familiar with birding Washington?
1. Varied Thrush
2. Harlequin Duck
3. Rufous Hummingbird
4. Bald Eagle
5. Lazuli Bunting
6. Say's Phoebe
7. Common Nighthawk
8. Tufted Puffin
9. Heermann's Gull
10. American Kestrel
11. Greater Sage-Grouse
12. Mountain Bluebird
13. Pied-billed Grebe
14. Calliope Hummingbird
15. American Redstart
16. Burrowing Owl
17. Belted Kingfisher
18. White-tailed Kite
19. Spotted Owl
20. Surfbird
21. Yellow Warbler
22. Acorn Woodpecker
23. Black-chinned Hummingbird
24. Rhinoceros Auklet
25. Bullock's Oriole
Graham
Does anyone think I've missed a bird I really have to track down? And do some of the species seem daft / impossible / dross to those familiar with birding Washington?
1. Varied Thrush
2. Harlequin Duck
3. Rufous Hummingbird
4. Bald Eagle
5. Lazuli Bunting
6. Say's Phoebe
7. Common Nighthawk
8. Tufted Puffin
9. Heermann's Gull
10. American Kestrel
11. Greater Sage-Grouse
12. Mountain Bluebird
13. Pied-billed Grebe
14. Calliope Hummingbird
15. American Redstart
16. Burrowing Owl
17. Belted Kingfisher
18. White-tailed Kite
19. Spotted Owl
20. Surfbird
21. Yellow Warbler
22. Acorn Woodpecker
23. Black-chinned Hummingbird
24. Rhinoceros Auklet
25. Bullock's Oriole
Graham