Bird Honor - Advanced

We have decided to take our Bird Honor to the next level this year. One of the big requirements is to "Make a list of 60 species of wild birds, including birds from at least ten different families..." So, on January 23 we began our list.

1-23-06 - At home out our back window

Mourning Dove

Black-capped Chickadee

House Sparrow

Cardinal

1-24-06 - Gaithersburg, MD Chipotle

European Starling

Ring-billed Gull

1-24-06 - At home (at the finch sock)

American Goldfinch

1-27-06 - Washington D. C. (on the National Mall)

Rock Pigeon - Vietnam War Veterans Memorial

Red-tailed Hawk - Korean War Veterans Memorial

Cedar Wax-wing - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

Mocking Bird - FDR Memorial

American Robin - FDR Memorial

Canadian Geese - FDR Memorial

American Crow - FDR Memorial

1-28-06 - On our back fence

A small hawk we hope will return because we have not identified it yet. We saw it in the morning and in the evening.

2-1-06 - At home (out the back window)

Dark-eyed Junko

Black Vulture

2-5-06 - Baltimore, MD (Inner Harbor)

Mallard Duck

Total: 17/60