Call me silly (it wouldn't be the first time)... but a big part of living out in western Nebraska for me was my tally of birds seen/heard from my yard. Yes yes, I'm crazy. Anyway, I thought maybe I would post my final tally in remembrance of my summer days there! It totaled nearly 120 species and most noteable "misses" were:
Long-billed Curlew
Lark Bunting
Red-eyed Vireo
Ring-billed Gull
The birds are listed by family (in italics):
Anatidae
Goose, SnowGoose, Canada
Swan, Trumpeter
Duck, Wood
Gadwall
Wigeon, American
Mallard
Teal, Blue-winged
Shoveler, Northern
Pintail, Northern
Teal, Green-winged
Canvasback
Redhead
Duck, Ring-necked
Scaup, Lesser
Bufflehead
Merganser, Common
Merganser, Hooded
Duck, Ruddy
Phasianidae
Pheasant, Ring-necked
Grouse, Sharp-tailed
Podicipedidae
Grebe, Eared
Grebe, Western
Grebe, Pied-billed
Pelecanidae
Pelican, American White
Phalacrocoracidae
Cormorant, Double-crested
Ardeidae
Bittern, American
Heron, Great Blue
Egret, Cattle
Night-Heron, Black-crowned
Threskiornithidae
Ibis, White-faced
Accipitridae
Osprey
Harrier, Northern
Hawk, Cooper's
Hawk, Swainson's
Hawk, Red-tailed
Falconidae
Kestrel, American
Falcon, Peregine
Rallidae
Rail, Virginia's
Sora
Coot, American
Charadriidae
Killdeer
Recurvirostridae
Avocet, American
Scolopacidae
Yellowlegs, Greater
Willet
Sandpiper, Upland
Phalarope, Wilson's
Phalarope, Red-necked
Laridae
Gull, Franklin's
Gull, Bonaparte's
Tern, Black
Tern, Forster's
Columbidae
Dove, Eurasian Collared-
Dove, Mourning
Strigidae
Owl, Great Horned
Owl, Long-eared
Caprimulgidae
Nighthawk, Common
Alcedinidae
Kingfisher, Belted
Picidae
Woodpecker, Red-headed
Woodpecker, Downy
Flicker, Northern
Tyrannidae
Pewee, Western Wood-
Flycatcher, Least
Phoebe, Say's
Flycatcher, Great Crested
Kingbird, Western
Kingbird, Eastern
Laniidae
Shrike, Loggerhead
Vireonidae
Vireo, Plumbeous
Vireo, Warbling
Corvidae
Jay, Blue
Crow, American
Alaudidae
Lark, Horned
Hirundinidae
Swallow, Tree
Swallow, Northern Rough-winged
Swallow, Bank
Swallow, Cliff
Swallow, Barn
Troglodytidae
Wren, House
Wren, Marsh
Regulidae
Kinglet, Ruby-crowned
Sylviidae
Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray
Turdidae
Solitaire, Townsend's
Thrush, Swainson's
Robin, American
Mimidae
Mockingbird, Northern
Thrasher, Brown
Sturnidae
Starling, European
Bombycillidae
Waxwing, Cedar
Parulidae
Warbler, Orange-crowned
Warbler, Yellow
Warbler, Yellow-rumped
Yellowthroat, Common
Emberizidae
Towhee, Spotted
Sparrow, Chipping
Sparrow, Clay-colored
Sparrow, Lark
Sparrow, Song
Sparrow, White-crowned
Junco, Dark-eyed
Cardinalidae
Grosbeak, Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, Black-headed
Grosbeak, Blue
Bunting, Lazuli
Icteridae
Blackbird, Red-winged
Meadowlark, Western
Blackbird, Yellow-headed
Grackle, Common
Cowbird, Brown-headed
Oriole, Bullock's X Baltimore
Oriole, Orchard
Fringillidae
Finch, House
Siskin, Pine
Goldfinch, American
Goldfinch, Lesser
