Well, i've been doing this list thing years now, with the intent of breaking 200 in one year, despite two small kids, finishing school, getting a job, etc...
Mostly from Idaho and Eastern Washington (the upper Columbia River Basin), but trips to Tennessee and the Oregon coast helped substantially.
I think I'll make 200 without too much trouble, though new birds around here will be good ones. I will be Seattle for a couple days in Dec for a possible late save.
This list netted 34 lifers, to push that list over 300
Cheers,
Chris C.
Here they are:
2005 Year List
1-Jan House Finch
2-Jan Great Blue Heron
3-Jan American Kestrel
4-Jan Rough-legged Hawk
5-Jan Common Raven
6-Jan Northern Flicker
7-Jan Ruffed Grouse
8-Jan Townsend’s Solitaire
8-Jan Dark-eyed Junco
9-Jan European Starling
9-Jan Mountain Chickadee
9-Jan Song Sparrow
10-Jan House Sparrow
11-Jan Rock Pigeon
12-Jan American Robin
16-Jan Red-tailed Hawk
16-Jan Common Redpoll
16-Jan Great-horned Owl
17-Jan Gray Partridge
17-Jan Golden-crowned Kinglet
22-Jan Red Crossbill
23-Jan Sharp-shinned Hawk
26-Jan Red-breasted Nuthatch
28-Jan Barred Owl
5-Feb Horned Lark
5-Feb Mourning Dove
6-Feb American Crow
6-Feb Mallard
6-Feb Canada Goose
27-Feb Wild Turkey
27-Feb Killdeer
25-Mar Varied Thrush
25-Mar Brown Creeper
25-Mar California Quail
27-Mar Pied-billed Grebe
27-Mar Red-winged Blackbird
27-Mar Tree Swallow
27-Mar Osprey
27-Mar Ruddy Duck
27-Mar Ring-necked Duck
27-Mar American Widgeon
27-Mar Green-winged Teal
27-Mar American Coot
31-Mar Violet-green Swallow
31-Mar Downy Woodpecker
2-Apr Spotted Towhee
2-Apr American Goldfinch
2-Apr Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2-Apr Ring-necked Pheasant
6-Apr Red-naped Sapsucker
8-Apr Blue Jay
9-Apr Cooper's Hawk
13-Apr Barn Swallow
16-Apr Yellow-rumped Warbler
17-Apr Swainson's Hawk
20-Apr House Wren
20-Apr Pine Siskin
23-Apr Eared Grebe
23-Apr Horned Grebe
23-Apr Northern Pintail
23-Apr Cinnamon Teal
23-Apr Northern Shoveler
23-Apr Gadwall
23-Apr Redhead
23-Apr Lesser Scaup
23-Apr Common Goldeneye
23-Apr Bufflehead
23-Apr Long-billed Curlew
23-Apr Northern Harrier
23-Apr Ferruginous Hawk
23-Apr Black-necked Stilt
23-Apr Greater Yellowlegs
23-Apr Semipalmated Sandpiper
23-Apr Wilson's Snipe
23-Apr Wilson's Phalarope
23-Apr Ring-billed Gull
23-Apr Bonaparte's Gull
23-Apr Caspian Tern
23-Apr Barn Owl
23-Apr Short-eared Owl
23-Apr Burrowing Owl
23-Apr American Avocet
23-Apr Dunlin
23-Apr White-throated Swift
23-Apr Say's Phoebe
23-Apr Western Kingbird
23-Apr Northern Rough-winged Swallow
23-Apr Cliff Swallow
23-Apr Canyon Wren
23-Apr Sage Thrasher
23-Apr American Pipit
23-Apr Townsend's Warbler
23-Apr Savannah Sparrow
23-Apr Grasshopper Sparrow
23-Apr Western Meadowlark
23-Apr Yellow-headed Blackbird
23-Apr Brewer's Blackbird
23-Apr Rusty Blackbird
27-Apr White-crowned Sparrow
27-Apr Cassin's Vireo
30-Apr Yellow Warbler
7-May Steller's Jay
7-May Chestnut-backed Chickadee
8-May Vaux's Swift
8-May Rufous Hummingbird
11-May Brown-headed Cowbird
11-May Chipping Sparrow
15-May Western Tanager
16-May Bank Swallow
21-May Willow Flycatcher
22-May Wilson's Warbler
22-May American Redstart
22-May Western Wood-pewee
23-May Prairie Falcon
23-May Turkey Vulture
23-May Scrub Jay
23-May American Dipper
23-May California Gull
23-May Warbling Vireo
28-May Red-shouldered Hawk
30-May Eastern Kingbird
1-Jun Black-headed Grosbeak
1-Jun Catbird
1-Jun Orange-crowned Warbler
1-Jun Veery
1-Jun Gray Catbird
8-Jun Eastern Bluebird
8-Jun Eastern Phoebe
8-Jun Northern Mockingbird
8-Jun Northern Cardinal
8-Jun Green Heron
9-Jun Carolina Wren
10-Jun Brown Thrasher
10-Jun Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
11-Jun Yellow-throated Vireo
11-Jun Ruby-throated Hummingbird
11-Jun Red-bellied Woodpecker
12-Jun Summer Tanager
12-Jun Double-crested Cormorant
12-Jun Wood Thrush
13-Jun Prairie Warbler
13-Jun Indigo Bunting
13-Jun Bald Eagle
14-Jun Cattle Egret
14-Jun Chimney Swift
15-Jun White-breasted Nuthatch
15-Jun Philadelphia Vireo
15-Jun Red-eyed Vireo
16-Jun Black-crowned Night-heron
16-Jun Carolina Chickadee
17-Jun Tufted Timouse
17-Jun Pileated Woodpecker
23-Jul Cordilleran/Pacific-slope Flycatcher
24-Jul Pygmy Nuthatch
24-Jul Bullock's Oriole
8-Aug Peregrine Falcon
3-Sep Baird's Sandpiper
3-Sep Western Grebe
3-Sep American White Pelican
3-Sep Forster's Tern
3-Sep Blue-winged Teal
3-Sep Golden Eagle
3-Sep Western Sandpiper
3-Sep Short-billed Dowitcher
3-Sep Red-necked Phalarope
3-Sep Rock Wren
3-Sep Common Merganser
3-Sep Red-necked Grebe
12-Sep Mew Gull
13-Sep Greater Scaup
13-Sep Glaucous-winged Gull
25-Sep Lincoln's Sparrow
25-Sep Bewick's Wren
25-Sep Cedar Waxwing
26-Sep Wrentit
27-Sep Western Gull
27-Sep Belted Kingfisher
27-Sep Black-billed Magpie
27-Sep Black-capped Chickadee
27-Sep Golden-crowned Sparrow
28-Sep Winter Wren
28-Sep Brandt's Cormorant
29-Sep Pelagic Cormorant
29-Sep Heerman's Gull
29-Sep Hairy Woodpecker
30-Sep Black Turnstone
1-Oct Brown Pelican
6-Oct Long-eared Owl
22-Oct Tundra Swan
22-Oct Wood Duck
22-Oct Barrow's Goldeneye
22-Oct Hooded Merganser
22-Oct American Tree Sparrow
22-Oct Long-billed Dowitcher
22-Oct Northern Shrike
2-Nov Marsh Wren
16-Nov Common Loon
16-Nov Herring Gull