I’ve decided to keep track of the bird species I see during the course of this year. I’ll list what, where, and (approximately) when. So here they are (in order of appearance):

02 January 2010
1. American crow (Rockport, a.m.)

03 January 2010
2. Ring-billed gull (Rockport, a.m.)
3. Black-capped chickadee (Rockport, a.m.)

04 January 2010
4. Mourning dove (a.m., Rockport)
5. Herring gull (p.m., Rockland)
6. European starling (Rockland, p.m.)

05 January 2010
7. Red-breasted merganser (Rockland, p.m.)
8. Common goldeneye (Rockland, p.m.)
9. Bufflehead (Rockland, p.m.)
10. Long-tailed duck (Rockland, p.m.)
11. Common eider (Rockland, p.m.)
12. Common loon (Rockland, p.m.)
13. Black guillemot (Rockland, p.m.)
14. Purple sandpiper (Rockland, p.m.)
15. Bonaparte’s gull (Rockland, p.m.)
16. Great cormorant (Rockland, p.m.)
17. Mallard (Rockland, p.m.)
18. Rock pigeon (Rockland, p.m.)

06 January 2010
19. Bald eagle (Rockport, p.m.)

08 January 2010
20. White-breasted nuthatch (Rockport, a.m.)

09 January 2010
21. Canada goose (Thomaston, a.m.)
22. Common raven (Warren, a.m.)
23. Red-tailed hawk (Warren, a.m.)
24. House sparrow (Warren, a.m.)
25. Harlequin duck (Cape Elizabeth, a.m.)
26. Black duck (Cape Elizabeth, a.m.)
27. Peregrine falcon (Cape Elizabeth, a.m.)
28. Black Scoter (Cape Elizabeth, a.m.)
29. Greater black-backed gull (Scarborough, p.m.)
30. Scaup (spec.?) (Scarborough, p.m.)

13 January 2010
31. Tufted titmouse (Rockport, p.m.)

15 January 2010
32. Barred owl (Rockport, p.m.)

16 January 2010
33. Black-headed gull (Owls Head, p.m.)
34. Iceland gull (Owls Head, p.m.)
35. Great blue heron (South Thomaston, p.m.)
36. Downy woodpecker (Rockport, p.m.)
37. Brown creeper (Rockport, p.m.)
38. Ruffed grouse (Rockport, p.m.)

20 January 2010
39. Blue jay (Rockport, a.m.)
40. American robin (Rockport, a.m.)

23 January 2010
41. Barrow’s goldeneye (Belfast, p.m.)
42. Waxwing (spec.?) (Lincolnville, p.m.)

29 January 2010
43. Northern cardinal (Rockport, a.m.)

30 January 2010
44. Horned grebe (Rockland, p.m.)
45. House finch (Rockport, p.m.)

31 January 2010
46. Hairy woodpecker (Rockport, p.m.)

01 February 2010
47. American goldfinch (Rockport, a.m.)

09 February 2010
48. Red-shouldered hawk (juvenile, Rockport, p.m.)

13 February 2010
49. Northern shrike (Rockport, p.m.)

19 February 2010
50. Wild turkey (Rockport, a.m.)

21 February 2010
51. Hooded merganser (South Thomaston, p.m.)
52. Common merganser (Port Clyde, p.m.)

02 March 2010
53. White-throated sparrow (Rockland, p.m.)

05 March 2010
54. Sharp-shinned hawk (Rockland, p.m.)

09 March 2010
55. Pileated woodpecker (Rockport, a.m.)

12 March 2010
56. American woodcock (Rockport, p.m.)

15 March 2010
57. Turkey vulture (Rockport, p.m.)

17 March 2010
58. Common grackle (Rockport, p.m.)

18 March 2010
59. Red-winged blackbird (Rockport, p.m.)
60. Brown-headed cowbird (Rockport, p.m.)

20 March 2010
61. Song sparrow (Rockport, a.m.)

21 March 2010
62. Killdeer (South Thomaston, p.m.)
63. Green-winged teal (South Thomaston, p.m.)
64. American wigeon (Owls Head, p.m.)

01 April 2010
65. Northern harrier (Rockport, p.m.)

02 April 2010
66. Eastern phoebe (Rockport, p.m.)

03 April 2010
67. Broad-winged hawk (Rockport, p.m.)
68. Tree swallow (Rockport, p.m.)
69. Dark-eyed junco (Rockport, p.m.)

04 April 2010
70. Blue-winged teal (South Thomaston, p.m.)
71. Great egret (South Thomaston, p.m.)

06 April 2010
72. American kestrel (Rockport, p.m.)

08 April 2010
73. Northern flicker (Rockport, p.m.)

11 April 2010
74. Chipping sparrow (Rockport, a.m.)
75. Double-crested cormorant (Rockland, p.m.)

16 April 2010
76. Eastern towhee (Rockport, p.m.)

17 April 2010
77. Osprey (Rockport, p.m.)

21 April 2010
78. Savannah sparrow (Rockport, p.m.)

22 April 2010
79. Field sparrow (Rockport, a.m.)
80. Palm warbler (Rockport, a.m.)

23. April 2010
81. Hermit thrush (Owls Head, a.m.)
82. Blue-headed vireo (Rockport, p.m.)

24 April 2010
83. Laughing gull (Rockport, p http://pon..macy-levitra.html.m.)

25 April 2010
84. Yellow-rumped warbler (Rockport, a.m.)

26 April 2010
85. Brown thrasher (Rockport, a.m.)

02 May 2010
86. Black-and-white warbler (Rockport, a.m.)
87. Nashville warbler (Rockport, a.m.)
88. Black-throated green warbler (Rockport, a.m.)

03 May 2010
89. Ovenbird (Rockport, a.m.)
90. Chestnut-sided warbler (Rockport, a.m.)
91. Common yellowthroat (Rockport, a.m.)

04 May 2010
92. Veery (Rockport, a.m.)
93. Red-eyed-vireo (Rockport, a.m.)

05 May 2010
94. Black-throated blue warbler (Rockport, a.m.)
95. Northern parula (Rockport, a.m.)
96. Prairie warbler (Rockport, a.m.)
97. Gray catbird (Rockport, a.m.)

06 May 2010
98. Yellow warbler (Rockport, a.m.)

08 May 2010
99. Rose-breasted grosbeak (Rockport, a.m.)
100. Scarlet tanager (Rockport, a.m.)
101. Great crested flycatcher (Rockport, a.m.)

12 May 2010
102. American redstart (Rockport, a.m.)
103. House wren (Rockport, a.m.)
104. Eastern kingbird (Rockport, a.m.)

13 May 2010
105. Magnolia warbler (Rockport, a.m.)

14 May 2010
106. Blackpoll warbler (Rockport, a.m.)

15 May 2010
107. Wood thrush (Rockport, a.m.)

17 May 2010
108. Tennessee warbler (Rockport, a.m.)
109. Purple finch (Rockport, a.m.)
110. Empidonax flycatcher (Rockport, a.m.)
111. Blackburnian warbler (Rockport, a.m.)

18 May 2010
112. Eastern bluebird (Rockport, a.m.)

20 May 2010
113. Eastern wood-pewee (Rockport, a.m.)

21 May 2010
114. Bobolink (Hope, a.m.)
115. Alder flycatcher (Rockport, a.m.)
116. Canada warbler (Rockport, a.m.)

23 May 2010
117. Northern mockingbird (Rockland, p.m.)

24 May 2010
118. Ruby-throated hummingbird (Rockport, a.m.)

26 May 2010
119. Least flycatcher (Rockport, a.m.)
120. Black-billed cuckoo (Rockport, a.m.)

27 May 2010
121. Cooper’s hawk (Rockport, a.m.)

29 May 2010
122. Northern gannet (Muscongus Bay, a.m.)
123. Ring-necked pheasant (Monhegan, a.m.)
124. White-winged crossbill (Monhegan, a.m.)
125. Baltimore oriole (Monhegan, a.m.)
126. Carolina wren (Monhegan, p.m.)
127. Northern waterthrush (Monhegan, p.m.)
128. Merlin (Monhegan, p.m.)
129. Swainson’s thrush (Monhegan, p.m.)
130. Barn swallow (Monhegan, p.m.)
131. Western kingbird (Monhegan, p.m.)

30 May 2010
132. Willet (Monhegan, a.m.)
133. Red-breasted nuthatch (Monhegan, a.m.)
134. Golden-crowned kinglet (Monhegan, a.m.)
135. Winter wren (Monhegan, a.m.)

31 May 2010
136. White-eyed vireo (Monhegan, a.m.)
137. Spotted sandpiper (Monhegan, p.m.)

05 June 2010
138. Wilson’s phalarope (South Thomaston, p.m.)
139. Snowy egret (South Thomaston, p.m.)
140. Greater yellowlegs (South Thomaston, p.m.)

29 June 2010
141. Pine warbler (Rockport, a.m.)

02 July 2010
142. Black vulture (Rockport, a.m.)

13 August 2010
143. Ruby-crowned kinglet (Rockport, a.m.)

17 August 2010
144. Rufous hummingbird (Rockport, a.m.)

28 August 2010
145. Northern shoveler (South Thomaston, p.m.)
146. Lesser yellowlegs (South Thomaston, p.m.)

06 September 2010
147. Philadelphia vireo (Rockport, a.m.)

26 September 2010
148. Wood duck (Monhegan, a.m.)
149. Belted kingfisher (Monhegan, a.m.)
150. Clay colored sparrow (Monhegan, a.m.)
151. White-crowned sparrow (Monhegan, a.m.)
152. Dickcissel (Monhegan, a.m.)

27 September 2010
153. Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Monhegan, a.m.)
154. Yellow-throated warbler (Monhegan, a.m.)
155. Lark sparrow (Monhegan, a.m.)
156. Rusty blackbird (Monhegan, a.m.)
157. Pine siskin (Monhegan, a.m.)
158. Sora (Monhegan, p.m.)

28 September 2010
159. Swamp sparrow (Monhegan, a.m.)
160. Yellow-throated vireo (Monhegan, p.m.)

29 September 2010
161. Indigo bunting (Monhegan, a.m.)
162. Blue grosbeak (Monhegan, a.m.)

02 October 2010
163. Solitary sandpiper (Monhegan, a.m.)

09 October 2010
164. Pied-billed grebe (Rockport, p.m.)

25 October 2010
165. Horned lark (Rockport, p.m.)

19 November 2010
166. American tree sparrow (Rockport, p.m.)

18 December 2010
167. Red-necked grebe (Rockport, a.m.)
168. Common redpoll (Rockport, p.m.)