2011 bird-a-day challenge ends after 77 days

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