My 2011 birdaday challenge came to an end just 3 days before the official start of spring. I didn’t expect to make it so far into March, but if I could have sustained my list just a bit longer, I could have potentially ridden a wave of spring migrants much further. It will be fun to see if I can get more than 77 next year.
Final list is below. Notable missing easy birds are: Mallard, Common Grackle (which I saw the day after busting), Red-winged Blackbird, Chipping Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark, Winter Wren and Belted Kingfisher.
I spent the afternoon of the bust day playing disc golf at Sugaw Creek near Charlotte, but the park let me down and didn't have any early migrants nor any of my remaining "easy" birds.
| 01/01/11 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| 01/02/11 | Pine Siskin |
| 1/3/2011 | Barred Owl |
| 1/4/2011 | American Kestrel |
| 1/5/2011 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| 1/6/2011 | Purple Finch |
| 1/7/2011 | Yellow Rail |
| 1/8/2011 | Lark Sparrow |
| 1/9/2011 | Piping Plover |
| 1/10/2011 | Red-throated Loon |
| 1/11/2011 | White-winged Scoter |
| 1/12/2011 | Red-tailed Hawk |
| 1/13/2011 | Cedar Waxwing |
| 1/14/2011 | Eastern Bluebird |
| 1/15/2011 | Black Vulture |
| 1/16/2011 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
| 1/17/2011 | Brown Creeper |
| 1/18/2011 | Dark-eyed Junco |
| 1/19/2011 | Cooper's Hawk |
| 1/20/2011 | Song Sparrow |
| 1/21/2011 | House Finch |
| 1/22/2011 | Pine Warbler |
| 1/23/2011 | Eastern Phoebe |
| 1/24/2011 | Field Sparrow |
| 1/25/2011 | Hairy Woodpecker |
| 1/26/2011 | Canada Goose |
| 1/27/2011 | Pileated Woodpecker |
| 1/28/2011 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| 1/29/2011 | Short-eared Owl |
| 1/30/2011 | Blue Jay |
| 1/31/2011 | Fox Sparrow |
| 2/1/2011 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
| 2/2/2011 | Rock Pigeon |
| 2/3/2011 | Brown-headed Nuthatch |
| 2/4/2011 | American Crow |
| 2/5/2011 | Mourning Dove |
| 2/6/2011 | American Woodcock |
| 2/7/2011 | Ring-billed Gull |
| 2/8/2011 | Turkey Vulture |
| 2/9/2011 | Hermit Thrush |
| 2/10/2011 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
| 2/11/2011 | American Robin |
| 2/12/2011 | Great Horned Owl |
| 2/13/2011 | White-crowned Sparrow |
| 2/14/2011 | Great Blue Heron |
| 2/15/2011 | European Starling |
| 2/16/2011 | American Goldfinch |
| 2/17/2011 | Downy Woodpecker |
| 2/18/2011 | Tundra Swan |
| 2/19/2011 | Dovekie |
| 2/20/2011 | Swainson's Hawk |
| 2/21/2011 | House Sparrow |
| 2/22/2011 | Brown Thrasher |
| 2/23/2011 | Eastern Towhee |
| 2/24/2011 | Killdeer |
| 2/25/2011 | Common Redpoll |
| 2/26/2011 | Fish Crow |
| 2/27/2011 | White-throated Sparrow |
| 2/28/2011 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
| 3/1/2011 | Tufted Titmouse |
| 3/2/2011 | Savannah Sparrow |
| 3/3/2011 | Red-bellied woodpecker |
| 3/4/2011 | White-breasted nuthatch |
| 3/5/2011 | Northern Flicker |
| 3/6/2011 | Horned Grebe |
| 3/7/2011 | Carolina Wren |
| 3/8/2011 | Double-crested Cormorant |
| 3/9/2011 | Carolina Chickadee |
| 3/10/2011 | Wild Turkey |
| 3/11/2011 | Common Loon |
| 3/12/2011 | Marbled Godwit |
| 3/13/2011 | Bonaparte's Gull |
| 3/14/2011 | Northern Gannet |
| 3/15/2011 | Swamp Sparrow |
| 3/16/2011 | Northern Cardinal |
| 3/17/2011 | Northern Mockingbird |
| 3/18/2011 | Bald Eagle |
| 3/19/2011 | BUST! |
| 3/20/2011 | Common Grackle |
