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Verdin's Life List



This is my life list as of now:

  1. House Finch
  2. Chipping Sparrow
  3. Mourning Dove
  4. Brown-Headed Cowbird
  5. Western Scrub Jay
  6. Blue Jay
  7. White-Crowned Sparrow
  8. Northern Cardinal
  9. Western Meadowlark
  10. Great Blue Heron
  11. Red-Tailed Hawk
  12. Gila Woodpecker
  13. Common Raven
  14. American Kestral
  15. Abert's Towhee
  16. Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
  17. Northern Flicker
  18. Gamble's Quail
  19. House Sparrow
  20. Rock Dove
  21. Mallard
  22. Yellow-Rumped Warbler
  23. Verdin
  24. Greater Roadrunner
  25. Black-Chinned Hummingbird
  26. Northern Harrier
  27. Carolina Wren*
Note: 1-14 Are not in exact arder of when I saw them.
*Not exactly sure if it is a Carolina Wren.


Pretty good start, I'd say, Ken. You've got a couple on there I'd be awfully pleased to see, like the Gila woodie and the Abert's Towhee, not to mention the hummer and the roadie!

I DO have one Arizona bird not on your list yet: a Green-tailed Towhee (gorgeous male, too!) that spent about 3 months at a feeder in southern Indiana. The homeowner, fortunately, is a fellow birder with a very generous heart -- he posted directions to his house on the 'net via IN-BIRD and welcomed one and all to see it.

The bird was extremely cooperative, showing up numerous times daily, doing that little towhee scritch-hop in the grass under the feeders.

I was lucky enough to see it (after waiting only about 30 minutes, no less) on New Year's Day, giving me a heck of a jump-start on birds for 2004!

Just looked at your list again, and I'm waiting for that Gambell's Quail and Raven, too!


And I'd love to see the Ruby-crowned Kinglet as well as the Gila, Abert's Towhee, and Gambel's Quail.

Nice start!


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