Birdchaser BIGBY

Along with all the other birding fun I'm having this year, I've decided to throw my hat in the Big Green Big Year (BIGBY) ring and see how many species of birds I can see in 2008 while on foot from either my home or office. Since as of the start of 2008 my office yard list is only 121 species, and my home yard list is only 57 species, this may not be the biggest list in the world--but it will be another excuse to get out and take those daily walks that are so important for my (mental) health. I'll keep my BIGBY list posted here and update as needed.

BIGBY List (Updated 5/28/2008): 105 species

Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2 Feb)
Hooded Merganser (5 Feb)
American Black Duck (5 Feb)
Fish Crow (9 Feb)
Common Merganser (24 Feb)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (24 Feb)
Brown Creeper (24 Feb)
Ring-necked Pheasant (8 Mar)
Eastern Phoebe (8 Mar)
Killdeer (8 Mar)
Peregrine Falcon (Mar 10)
Wild Turkey (Mar 18)
60-Rusty Blackbird (Mar 21)
61-Fox Sparrow (Mar 23)
62-Wood Duck (Mar 25)
63-Pine Warbler (Apr 7)
64-Osprey (Apr 7)
65-Palm Warbler (Apr 12)
66-Broad-winged Hawk (Apr 15)
67-Swamp Sparrow (Apr 15)
68-Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Apr 15)
69-Hermit Thrush (Apr 18)
70-Chimney Swift (Apr 19)
71-Black-and-white Warbler (Apr 19)
72-Tree Swallow (Apr 22)
73-House Wren (Apr 25)
74-Ring-necked Duck (Apr 25)
75-Purple Martin (Apr 25)
76-Warbling Vireo (Apr 30)
77-Gray Catbird (May 1)
78-Northern Waterthrush (May 1)
79-Chestnut-sided Warbler (May 1)
80-Black-throated Green Warbler (May 1)
81-Solitary Sandpiper (May 2)
82-Blue-headed Vireo (May 2)
83-Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (May 2)
84-Blue-winged Warbler (May 2)
85-Northern Parula (May 2)
86-Yellow Warbler (May 2)
87-Chestnut-sided Warbler (May 2)
88-Magnolia Warbler (May 2)
89-Black-throated Blue Warbler (May 2)
90-Prairie Warbler (May 2)
91-Ovenbird (May 2)
92-Scarlet Tanager (May 2)
93-Baltimore Oriole (May 2)
94-Barn Swallow (May 2)
95-Loggerhead Shrike (May 5)
96-American Redstart (May 5)
97-Indigo Bunting (May 5)
98-Eastern Kingbird (May 5)
99-Veery (May 6)
100-Wood Thrush (May 6)
101-Great Crested Flycatcher (May7)
102-Red-eyed Vireo (May 7)
103-Eastern Wood-Pewee (May 19)
104-Willow Flycatcher (May 23)
105-American Kestrel (May 28)
106-Ruby-throated Hummingbird (July 18)
107-Eastern Screech-Owl (July 31)