As my first year of birding draws to a close, I realize that I sucked at birding for the first three months. In July, I thought a Blue Jay in my backyard was a Great Crested Flycatcher. Anyways, my list is short because I don't get to go birding too often.

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Redhead
Hooded Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Mourning Dove
Rock Pigeon
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker*
Pileated Woodpecker
Peregrine Falcon
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nutatch
Brown Creeper*
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
House Wren*
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown Headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

(Sorry about not reporting the Golden Eagle, I wasn't on the listserv then.)

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