There was - to my mind - a dearth of birds in my neighborhood. I did get my yard list up to 53 birds so that's a triumph in itself. Otherwise it was a meager year for birds. I didn't have any 'All Birds All the Time' trips in 2023 so no lifers either. Still, any day with birds is a great day!
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Brant
- Canada Goose
- Trumpeter Swan
- Tundra Swan
- Gadwall
- Eurasian Wigeon
- American Wigeon
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Ring-necked Duck
- Surf Scoter
- White-winged Scoter
- Long-tailed Duck
- Bufflehead
- Common Goldeneye
- Hooded Merganser
- Common Merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Ruddy Duck
- California Quail
- Horned Grebe
- Red-necked Grebe
- Western Grebe
- Rock Pigeon
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Inca Dove
- Morning Dove
- Anna's Hummingbird
- Rufous Hummingbird
- American Coot
- Sandhill Crane
- Black Oystercatcher
- Black-bellied Plover
- Killdeer
- Black Turnstone
- Sanderling
- Dunlin
- Western Sandpiper
- Pigeon Guillemot
- Olympic Gull
- Long-billed Gull
- Caspian Tern
- Common Loon
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Pelagic Cormorant
- American White Pelican
- Great Blue Heron
- Turkey Vulture
- Osprey
- Bald Eagle
- Cooper's Hawk
- Northern Harrier
- Swainson's Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Barn Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- American Kestrel
- Peregrine Falcon
- Western Wood Peewee
- Western Kingbird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Steller's Jay
- Blue Jay
- Clark's Nutcracker
- Black-billed Magpye
- Warbling Vireo
- American Crow
- Northwestern Crow
- Common Raven
- Horned Lark
- Tree Swallow
- Violet-Green Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Black-Capped Chickadee
- Mountain Chickadee
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee
- Bushtit
- House Wren
- American Pipit
- House Finch
- Marsh Wren
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Swainson's Thrush
- Mountain Bluebird
- American Robin
- Curve-billed Thrasher
- European Starling
- Cedar Waxwing
- House Sparrow
- Pine Siskin
- American Goldfinch
- Spotted Towhee
- Chipping Sparrow
- Lark Bunting
- Fox Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Western Meadowlark
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Brewer's Blackbird
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- MacGillivray's Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Wilson's Warbler
- Western Tanager
- Black-headed Grosbeak
There were no ABA area lifers, but I did get one 'Planet Earth' lifer, a White-tailed Sea Eagle in the western seas of Norway.
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