Bird watching has become a major hobby of mine. I try to spend as many hours outdoors as possible! I have completed several birdwatching trips since 2015: road trips around the US, a month in England, a spring break in Texas, several weeks in the Philippines, visits with the Mecklenburg Audubon Society to Panama and Belize as well as a recent visit to Spain.
Current Life List: 903 species
I am slowly updating this page organization to follow the Clements Checklist, 2024 updates via eBird.
Seen but not photographed: Great Tinamou (2022, Panama), Thicket Tinamou (2023, Belize)
Order Anseriformes, Family Anatidae (Ducks & Geese)
Black-bellied Whistling Duck (captive) Sylvan Heights Bird Park, 2014Wandering Whistling-Duck Palawan, Philippines July 2019Graylag Goose
Holkham Park, UK
July 2017Barnacle Goose
WWT London Wetlands, UK
July 2017Cackling Goose
Old Kernersville Lake, NC
Feb 2020Mute Swan (captive)
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Scotland Neck, NCTundra Swan
Lake Mattamuskeet NWR
Dec. 2016Muscovy Duck
Yaax Muul, Belize
June 2023Wood Duck (captive)
NC Zoo – Nov. 2015Blue-winged Teal
South Padre Island, TX
April 2018American Wigeon
Pee Dee NWR, NC
Mar. 2018Northern Pintail
Lake Matamuskeet NWR
Dec. 2016Marbled Duck Desembocadura del Guadalhorce, Spain, Jun 2024Common Pochard
St. James’s Park, London, UK
June 2017Lesser Scaup
Pee Dee NWR
Nov. 2016Black Scoter
Huntington Beach SP, SC
Jan 2020Barrow’s Goldeneye
Yellowstone NP
July 2015Common Merganser
Grand Teton NP
June 2015
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
South Padre Island, TX
April 2018 Snow Goose Bombay Hook NWR, DE Dec 2021Brant
Delaware Seashore SP
April 2016Barnacle Goose
Holkham Park, UK
July 2017Canada Goose
Pee Dee NWR
Dec. 2017Mute Swan
St. James’s Park, London, UK
2017Tundra Swan
Pea Island NWR
Dec. 2016Egyptian Goose
Regent’s Park, London, UK
June 2017
Wood Duck (captive)
Sylvan Heights Bird Park
Nov. 2014Mandarin Duck
Hyde Park, London, UK
July 2017Northern Shoveler Estero Llano SP, TX April 2018Mottled Duck
South Padre Island, TX
April 2018Green-Winged Teal
Prime Hook NWR
April 2016Red-crested Pochard (Female)
St. James Park, London, UK
June 2017Ring-necked Duck Custer NF, MT June 2015Common Eider Indian River Inlet, DE Dec 2021Long-tailed Duck
Indian River Inlet, DE
Dec. 2014Hooded Merganser
Pee Dee NWR
Feb. 2019Ruddy Duck
Camas NWR, ID
July 2015
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Lamar Beach Rd., TX
April 2018Snow Goose Prime Hook NWR, DE Dec 2024Brant
Delaware Seashore SP
April 2016Canada Goose
Dan Nicholas Park
Oct. 2013Trumpeter Swan
Yellowstone NP
June 2015Trumpeter Swan
Yellowstone NP
June 2015Common Shelduck
Cley Marshes NWT
July 2017Wood Duck (captive)
Sylvan Heights Bird Park, NC
Nov. 2015Gadwall
Arapaho NWR, CO
July 2015Mallard Blackwater NWR April 2014Green-winged Teal
Estero Llano SP, TX
March 2018Redhead
Pea Island NWR, NC
Dec 2016Tufted Duck
Regent’s Park, London, UK
June 2017Tufted Duck WWT London Wetlands Center, UK, July 2017Harlequin Duck
Yellowstone NP
July 2015Bufflehead
Pea Island NWR, NC
Dec. 2016Bufflehead
Huntington Beach SP
Dec. 2015Red-breasted Merganser
Huntington Beach SP, SC
Jan 2020
Seen but not photographed: Great White-fronted Goose (Oregon, 2021), Cinnamon Teal (Idaho, 2015), Eurasian Wigeon (Delaware, 2014), American Black Duck (Maryland, 2014), Canvasback (Delaware, 2014), Ferruginous Duck (Spain, 2024), Greater Scaup (Texas, 2018), Surf Scoter (Delaware, 2014), White-winged Scoter (Oregon, 2021), White-headed Duck (Spain, 2024)
Order Galliformes, Family Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas & Currasows)
Plain Chachalaca Laguna Atascosa NWR, TX April 2018
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Canopy Lodge, Panama
June 2022
Great Curassow
La Milpa Field Station, Belize
June 2023
Seen but not photographed: Crested Guan (Belize, 2023)
Order Galliformes, Family Odontophoridae (New World Quail)
Northern Bobwhite
Quivira NWR, KS
July 2015
Northern Bobwhite
Pee Dee NWR, NC
April 2018
California Quail
Shevlin Park, WA
Aug 2021
Order Galliformes, Family Phasianidae (Pheasants, Grouse and Allies)
Wild Turkey Gilsland Farm, ME July 2018
Ocellated Turkey
La Milpa Field Station, Belize
June 2023Chukar
Antelope Island SP
July 2015
Palawan Peacock-Pheasant
Palawan Wildlife Rescue & Conservation Center
Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines
July 2019
Seen but not photographed: Ruffed Grouse (North Carolina, 2016), Dusky Grouse (Montana, 2015), Sooty Grouse (Washington, 2021), Ring-necked Pheasant (Utah, 2015), Common Quail (Spain, 2024), Red-legged Partridge (England, 2017),
Order Columbiformes, Family Columbidae (Pigeons & Doves)
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Chesapeake Bay Tunnel, VA Apr. 2014Pale-vented Pigeon
El Gran Mestizo Resort, Belize
June 2023Eurasian Collared-Dove
Arco, Idaho
June 2015Common Ground Dove
Laguna Atascosa NWR, TX
April 2018White-winged Dove
Bird’s Eye View Lodge, Belize
June 2023Black-chinned Fruit-Dove
Iwahig Prison & Penal Farm, Palawan, Philippines
July 2019
Stock Dove
Northumberland, UK
June 2017Red-billed Pigeon
El Gran Mestizo Resort, Belize
June 2023Zebra Dove
Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center, Manila, Philippines
July 2019Ruddy Ground Dove
Bird’s Eye View Lodge, Belize
June 2023Mourning Dove
Badlands NP, SD
June 2015
Common Wood-Pigeon
Hyde Park
July 2017European Turtle-Dove Parc Natural de l’Albufera, Spain June 2024Inca Dove
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley SP, TX
March 2018White-tipped Dove
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley SP, TX
March 2018White-tipped Dove
Laguna Atascosa NWR, TX
April 2018
Seen but not photographed: Scaled Pigeon (Panama, 2022), Short-billed Pigeon (Panama, 2022), Spotted Dove (Philippines, 2019), Plain-breasted Ground Dove (Belize, 2023), Blue Ground Dove (Panama, 2022), Gray-headed Dove (Belize, 2023), Thick-billed Green-Pigeon (Philippines, 2019),
Order Cuculiformes, Family Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
Greater Ani
Ammo Dump Ponds, Panama
June 2022Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Pee Dee NWR, NC
Aug. 2019
Groove-billed Ani
Bird’s Eye View Lodge, Belize
June 2023
Squirrel Cuckoo
Canopy Tower, Panama
June 2022
Seen but not photographed: Philippine Coucal (Philippines, 2019), Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Philippines, 2019)
Order Caprimulgiformes, Family Caprimulgidae (Nightjars & allies)
Common Nighthawk
Hatfield Ponds, OR
July 2021
Common Nighthawk
Crescent Lake NWR, NE
June 2015
Common Pauraque
Estero Llano SP, TX
March 2018
Seen but not photographed: Great Potoo (Panama, 2022)
Order Podargiformes, Family Podargidae (Frogmouths)
Palawan Frogmouth Puerto Princesa, Philippines July 2019
Order Apodiformes, Family Apodidae (Swifts)
Chimney Swift
Davidson County, NC
April 2020
Pallid Swift
Olivares–Campiña, Sevilla, Spain
June 2024
White-throated Swift
Red Rock Canyon Open Space, CO
July 2023
Seen but not photographed: Band-rumped Swift (Panama, 2022), Vaux’s Swift (Oregon, 2021), Short-tailed Swift (Panama, 2022), Common Swift (England, 2017), House Swift (Philippines, 2019), Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panama, 2022)
Order Apodiformes, Family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
White-necked Jacobin
La Milpa Field Station, Belize
June 2023Green Hermit Cerro Gaital, Panama June 2022Rufous-crested Coquette
Cerro Gaital, Panama
June 2022Anna’s Hummingbird
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, WA
July 2021Crowned Woodnymph
Sendero Las Minas, Panama
June 2022Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Brownsville, TX
April 2018Blue-chested Hummingbird
Canopy Tower, Panama
June 2022
White-necked Jacobin
La Milpa Field Station, Belize
June 2023Long-billed Hermit Panama Rainforest Discovery Center June 2022Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Clingmans Dome, NC
July 2019Anna’s Hummingbird
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, WA
July 2021Snowy-bellied Hummingbird
Canopy Lodge, Panama
June 2022Red-tailed Hummingbird
Panama Rainforest Discovery Center
June 2022White-bellied Emerald
La Milpa Field Station, Belize
June 2023
White-necked Jacobin
Panama Rainforest Discovery Center
June 2023Stripe-throated Hermit Canopy Tower, Panama June 2022Ruby-throated Hummingbird
my backyard
Aug. 2018White-vented Plumeleteer
Canopy Tower, Panama
June 2022Snowy-bellied Hummingbird
Canopy Lodge, Panama
June 2022Blue-chested Hummingbird
Canopy Tower, Panama
June 2022Violet-bellied Hummingbird
Panama Rainforest Discovery Center
June 2022
Order Gruiformes, Family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules & Coots)
Clapper Rail
Huntington Beach SP, SC
Aug. 2017Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Canopy Lodge, Panama
June 2022Common Gallinule
Anahuac NWR, TX
April 2018Purple Gallinule
Ammo Dump Ponds, Panama
June 2022
Virginia Rail
Bear River MBR, UT
July 2015Sora
South Padre Island, TX
April 2018Eurasian Coot
Regent’s Park, London, UK
June 2017Western Swamphen
Parc Natural de l’Albufera, Spain
July 2024
Russet-naped Wood-Rail
Tower Hill bridge, Belize
June 2023Eurasian Moorhen
Hyde Park, London, UK
July 2017American Coot
Estero Llano SP, TX
March 2018Watercock
Iwahig Prison & Penal Farm
July 2019
Seen but not photographed: Red-knobbed Coot (Spain, 2024), Ruddy Crake (Belize, 2023), White-throated Crake (Panama, 2022)
