Birding Intro.
Opening paragraph.
While I have seen and heard many others, I am only counting birds I have at least taken a decent photograph of.
Life List: 59
2026: 34 / 11
2025: 46 /46
2022: 1 / 1
2020: 1 / 1
2019: 1/ 1
#060 – Wood Duck
(2026/04/26 – Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge – Concord, MA)

#059 – Turkey Vulture
(2026/04/21 – Terrell Homestead Conservation Area – Nashua, NH)
#058 – Pine Warbler
(2026/04/11 – Hockomock Swamp Wildlife Management Area – West Bridgewater, MA)

#057 – Common Goldeneye
(2026/03/30 – Gooseberry Island – Westport, MA)

#056 – Brant
(2026/03/30 – Gooseberry Island – Westport, MA)

#055 – Glaucous Gull
(2026/03/30 – Halibut Point State Park – Rockport, MA)

#054 – Common Eider (Dresser)
(2026/03/30 – Halibut Point State Park – Rockport, MA)

#053 – Harlequin Duck
(2026/03/30 – Halibut Point State Park – Rockport, MA)
#52 – American Tree Sparrow
(2026/03/10 – Ipswitch River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#51 – Downy Woodpecker
(2026/03/10 – Parker River National Wildlife Refuge – Newbury, MA)

#50 – Hooded Merganser
(2026/03/09 – Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge – Concord, MA)

#49 – Red-Bellied Woodpecker
(2025/12/26 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)
#48 – Eastern Bluebird
(2025/10/20 – Harold Parker State Forest – Andover, MA)

#47 – Brown Creeper
(2025/10/20 – Harold Parker State Forest – Andover, MA)

#46 – Ring-billed Gull
(2025/08/18 – Nahant Beach – Nahant, MA)

#45 – Lesser Black-backed Gull
(2025/08/18 – Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, CT)

#44 – Glossy Ibis
(2025/08/18 – Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, CT)

#43 – Snowy Egret
(2025/08/18 – Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, CT)

#42 – Tree Swallow
(2025/08/18 – Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, CT)

#41 – Great Egret
(2025/08/18 – Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, CT)

#40 – Osprey
(2025/08/18 – Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, CT)

#39 – American Herring Gull
(2025/08/18 – Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, CT)

#38 – Great Black-backed Gull
(2025/08/18 – Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, CT)

#37 – Northern Mockingbird
(2025/06/30 – Wachusett Meadows – Princeton, MA)

#36 – Common Yellowthroat
(2025/06/30 – Wachusett Meadows – Princeton, MA)

#35 – Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
(2025/06/30 – Wachusett Meadows – Princeton, MA)

#34 – Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
(2025/06/30 – Wachusett Meadows – Princeton, MA)

#33 – Wild Turkey
(2025/06/30 – Wachusett Meadows – Princeton, MA)

#32 – Barn Swallow
(2025/06/30 – Wachusett Meadows – Princeton, MA)

#31 – Indigo Bunting
(2025/06/01 – Mount Holyoke Range State Park – Amherst, MA)

#30 – Common Crow
(2025/06/01 – Mount Holyoke Range State Park – Amherst, MA)

#29 – Worm-Eating Warbler
(2025/06/01 – Mount Holyoke Range State Park – Amherst, MA)

#28 – Willow Flycatcher
(2025/06/01 – Mount Holyoke Range State Park – Amherst, MA)

#27 – Dark-Eyed Junco (Slate-Colored)
(2025/06/13 – White Mountain National Forest – New Hampshire)

#26 – Bluejay
(2025/05/27 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#25 – Baltimore Oriole
(2025/05/27 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#24 – White-Breasted Nuthatch
(2025/05/27 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#23 – Gray Catbird
(2025/05/27 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#22 – Great Crested Flycatcher
(2025/05/27 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#21 – Northern Cardinal
(2025/04/24 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#20 – Mallad
(2025/04/24 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#19 – Canada Goose
(2025/04/24 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#18 – Tufted Titmouse
(2025/04/24 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#17 – American Robin
(2025/05/27 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#16 – Red-Winged Blackbird
(2025/05/27 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#15 – Mourning Dove
(2025/04/24 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#14 – Hairy Woodpecker
(2025/04/24 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#13 – Chipping Sparrow
(2025/04/24 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#12 – Black-Capped Chickadee
(2025/04/24 – Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary – Topsfield, MA)

#11 – Mute Swan
(2025/04/14 – Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – Concord, MA)

#10 – Song Sparrow
(2025/04/14 – Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – Concord, MA)

#9 – Double-Crested Cormorant
(2025/09/23 – Odiorne Point State Park – Rye, NH)

#8 – Great Blue Heron
(2025/04/14 – Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – Concord, MA)

#7 – Yellow-Rumped Warbler
(2025/04/14 – Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – Concord, MA)

#6 – Red-Tailed Hawk
(2025/04/14 Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – Concord, MA)

#5 – Common Grackle
(2025/04/14 Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – Concord, MA)

#4 – American Goldfinch
(2025/04/14 Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – Concord, MA)

#3 – Green Heron
(2022/08/10 – Everglades National Park – Miami, Florida)

#2 – Spruce Grouse
(2020/09/24 – White Mountains National Forest – Conway, New Hampshire)

#1 – Purple Sandpiper
(2019/05/09 – Portsmouth, NH)

