Whoa! What's with some of the bird names? Although I will use some of the most common bird names during the year, and to help keep things somewhat recognizable--I will be coming up with code names for every species I see.  This means that instead of for instance me reporting a Rock Wren.  I might call it something like a Granite Babbler.  Or instead of a Western Meadowlark it might instead be called the Melodious Occidental.  These are just examples, but ones that will give this game a bit of intrigue.  It will also cover my tracks enough to hopefully stave off my identity till the end of 2016.



Day 355 - The Late Early Christmas Present

358. Christmas Present
357. Northern False-zipper

Day 346 - The Provisional Hustler

356. Provisional Hustler

Day 341 - The Crooner Miracle

355. Disappearing Singer
354. Ancient Crooner

Day 335 - November in the Books

353. Glacial Marauder

Day 333 - Three Little Birds

352. Dark Flocker
351. Chattering Hobbit

Day 326 - 350th Species... And Counting

350. Eastern Reviewer
349. Not-so-basic Top-side

Day 320 - Such was the Case with my Latest Chase

348. Velvet Flocker

Day 312 - On the Top-side? Berry-swell Then...

347. Artsy Swell-bird
346. Restricted Dasher
345. Massive Top-side
344. Menacing Top-side

Day 305 - October's Over, Where'd The Wild Things Go?

343. Tiger Migrant

Day 295 - My goodness how the time has flown

342. Jim Beam Mercenary
341. Wandering Top-side
340. Ripple Flocker

Day 274 - THE September to Remember

339. Lemon-frosted Riveter
338. Gorgeous Spinner
337. Angry Bellower
336. Do-you-count-it Bird
335. Identifiable Hustler
334. The Pompadour

Day 259 - The Ides of September are One to Remember

333. Speckled Jerk
332. Powdered Sneaker
331. Fantastic Hood
330. Hooded Inspector
329. Moustached Zipper

Day 252 - Shhhhh, Don't Tell Anyone

328. Northern Migrant
327. Quaker's Inspector
326. Unique Vaultbill
325. Pale-based Sprinter
324. Perfect Sprinter
323. Harsh Inspector

Day 244 - August in the Books (seriously)

322. Independent Inspector
321. Trek's Migrant
320. Usual Candle

Day 237 - Breathing Life Into the Big Year 

319. Silvery-brown Sprinter
318. Masculine Sprinter
317. Lonely Sprinter
316. Honky-tonk Migrant

Day 213 - July in the Books

315. Tropical Thinker
314. Overlooked Sweeper
313. Elevated Reviewer

Day 204 - Reality Check

312. Enlisted Migrant
311. Northern Thief
310. Upper Stirrer
309. Defensive Hobbit
308. Dribbling Conquistador

Day 180 - Tick Tock Goes the Clock

307. Benefiting Sentinel
306. Rookie Thinker
305. Secretive Cougher

Day 174 - Cair Paravel

304. Pine Riveter
303. Irruptive Elitist
302. Explorer's Reservist

Day 153 - 300th Species, Part Deux

301. Striped Cloak
300. Usual Gloom-spectre

Day 152 - 300th Species

299. Coastal Maniac
298. Fiery Spinner
297. Typical Iridescent
296. Temperate Overseer
295. Deliberate Bareller
294. Solo Thief
293. Septentrional Triller

Day 144 - Running Out of Targets

292. Trivial Hustler
291. Obvious Singer
290. Strapping Hiker

Day 141 - Crisis Averted

289. Dusky Goblin
288. Diminutive Swinger
287. Black-and-white Swinger
286. Rare Bawler

Day 140 - Picking Your Battles

285. Summer Orchid
284. Black-and-white Overseer
283. Purchased Migrant
282. Summer Skulker
281. Shocking Bird
280. Great Vigilante
279. Sparkling Hobbit
278. Capped Thicketbird
277. Trivial Lounger

Day 136 - Every Day I'm Hustling

276. Forest Bellower
275. Moth Thief
274. Glorious Singer
273. Kettle Sentinel
272. Usual Hiker
271. American Kink
270. Hillside Hustler
269. Arid Hustler
268. Tiny-billed Hustler
267. River Hustler
266. Tree-top Hustler
265. Garden Exile

Day 135 - Migration Doesn't Stop

264. Quaker's Overseer
263. Desert Master-hustler
262. Disguised Colorful
261. Nutty Conquistador
260. Average Hustler
259. Drab Inspector
258. Kinfolk Migrant
257. Average Wood-Pewee
256. Late-night Talker
255. Plain Inspector
254. Influential Poet
253. Ocean Zebra-bird
252. Hidden Migrant

Day 133 - Migration Continues

251. Arid Gloom-spectre
250.  Motionless Thief
249. Companion's Migrant
248. Crescent Joy
247. Soldier's Conquistador
246. Mineral's Barreller
245. Contrasted Barreler

Day 131 - Migration Happens

244. Dusky Lounger
243. Explorer's Dasher
242. Strutting Bellower
241. Basic Maniac
240. Remarkable Poet
239. Bobbing Migrant
238. Buzzing Zipper
237. Fluorescent Kicker
236. Hillbilly Spinner
235. Circus Sprinter
234. Marsh Migrant
233. Dark Swordsman
232. Common Swordsman

Day 127 - When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, and then spill it on your pants.

231. Bright-and-dark Colorful
230. Castaway Migrant
229. Holy-crap Bird
228. Common Yeller
227. Rufous Zebra-bird
226. Naturalist's Colorful
225. Wow Bird
224. Common Migrant
223. Irruptive Chalkwing
222. Whimsical Singer
221. This-or-that Bird
220. Maker's Mark Mercenary
219. Hobbit Hood

Day 122 - 1/3th of the Way There

218. Gem-like Hobbit
217. Abundant Inspector

Day 121 - April in the Books

216. Slapping Migrant
215. Flocking Ornament
214. Vivid Jewel
213. Trembling Zipper
212. Dancing Sprinter


Day 118 - Impatiently Waiting...

211. Castaway Spinner
210. Dusky Yellowchest
209. Usual Lounger
208. American Lounger
207. James Singer
206. Ground Thief
205. Obvious Hiker

Day 112 - The Unpredictable Flyer

204. Unpredictable Flyer

Day 109 - The Perfect Storm (& 200th Species)

203.  Flocking Sprinter
202.  Snowball
201.  Strapping Sprinter
200.  Trivial Sprinter
199.  Camouflaged Hiker
198.  Lowly Follower
197.  Summer Ornament
196.  Arid Migrant
195.  Bulky Lounger
194.  False Angler
193.  Dazzling Endurant
192.  Savory Whistlebird
191.  Striking-wing
190.  The Crook
189.  Speckled Probe

Day 98 - The April Boom

188. Tunnel Endurant
187. Bicolored Endurant
186. Summer Sentinel
185. Typical Hood
184. That-or-this Bird
183. Highway Overseer
182. Pink-billed Zipper
181. Hall-of-fame Guitarist
180. Masked Zipper
179. Average Repeater
178. Surprised Thief
177. Splendid Hobbit
176. Staccato Maniac
175. Plain Endurant
174. Awkward Sentinel
173. Contrast-bird
172. The Pickpocket
171. Patterned Endurant
170. Wild Turkey
169. Tail-wagging Hobbit
168. Bearded Hobbit
167. Chattering Inspector
166. Subtle Migrant
165. Adorned Bootlegger
164. Forked Endurant
163. Buzzing Zipper
162. Flocking Reviewer
161. Lesser Master-hustler

Day 91 - March in the Books

160. Turkey Vulture
159. Forest Thief

Day 75 - 1/5th of the Way There

Day 69 - The Unexpected Wave 

158. Miniature Hood
157. Corrupt Sombre-chap
156. Worst-bird-ever
155. Gilded Sombre-chap

Day 65 - Keeping Secrets

154. Steppe Singer
153. Lower Stirrer
152. Angry Thief
151. Dancing Bellower

Day 60 - February in the Books

Day 59 - 150th Species

150. Loud Dancer
149. Unscrupulous Marauder

Day 51 - And We're Back!

148. Pink-smooshed Sweepers
147. Productive Pulley
146. Common Dancer

Day 44 - Zero, Zero, Zero...

Day 40 - The February Slump

Day 37 - 1/10th of the Way There

Day 31 - January in the Books

Day 30 - Scoping out the Competition

Day 29 - Last Minute Decisions

145. Monster Marauder
144. Ghostly Marauder
143. Cliff Slayer

Day 28 - Birding Light

Day 27 - A Harlequin Singer

142. Harlequin Singer

Day 26 - The Name Game

Day 25 - Take it Easy

Day 24 - Playing it by Ear

Day 23 - Jumping to Conclusions

141. Diminutive Jerk
140. Camouflaged Marauder

Day 22 - A Trill, a Whistle, and a Glide

139. Miner's Pilot
138. Lonely Rambler
137. Repeating Signaler

Day 21 - Keep Calm and Bird On

136. Clown Curler

Day 20 - To Chase of Not To Chase?

Day 19 - Ranking Your Possibilities

Day 18 - 20 Days Out of State...

Day 17 - A Spectrum of Colors

135. Hillside Singer
134. Vibrant Hustler
133. Tree Curler
132. Solitary Skulker

Day 16 - 100th Species

131. Lingering Maniac
130. Pale Jerk
129. Scavenging Iridescent
128. Hardened Maniac
127. Stately Hurdler
126. Coastal Singer
125. Hooded Whistler
124. Widespread Dasher
123. Wild Dasher
122. Devil's Dasher
121. Common Drifter
120. Ash-tipped Bomber
119. Spiked Trawler
118. Solo Crooner
117. Variable Migrant
116. Artist's Kicker
115. Southerly Drifter
114. Supreme Ornament
113. Restless Singer
112. Protected Maniac
111. Crystal Whistlebird
110. Beer's Cleaver
109. Long-tailed Yeller
108. Talking Whistler
107. The Vagabond
106. Barren Runner
105. Copycat Maniac
104. Colorful Streaker
103. Top-hat Singer
102. Whispering Singer
101. Crimson-tipped Riveter
100. Elevated Streaker
99. Diminutive Sprite
98. Shiningcrest
97. Checkered Conquistador
96. Southern Coward
95. Bicolored Jewel

Day 15 - Friends

Day 14 - Leaps and Bounds and Fever-birds

94. Isolated Fever-bird
93. Smaller-billed Conquistador
92. Gorgeous Tree-gem
91. Favorite Fever-bird
90. Far-and-wide Fever-bird
89. Toasty Newspaper-bird
88. Fierce Marauder
87. Secret Trawler
86. Usual trawler

Day 13 - The Triathlete

85. Triathlete

Day 12 - Go Big or Go Home

84. Common Marauder
83. Murdering Boaster
82. Bulky Cruiser
81. Menacing Cleaver
80. Fantastic Skulker
79. Stunning Pessimist
78. Pale Thief
77. American Patriot

Day 11 - Sometimes I Take Pictures

76. Ginger
75. Stocky Curler

Day 10 - Breaking the Yolk-sac

74. Killdeer
73. Cold Yolk-sac

Day 9 - The Royal Goose Egg

Day 8 - I love it when a plan comes together!

72. Wandering Bobber
71. Fiery Elitist
70. Smokescreen

Day 7 - One Week Down

69. Grassland Fiddler
68. Cliff Statue
67. Field Slayer

Day 6 - A Clairvoyant Told Me So

66. Clairvoyant
65. Thin-billed Marauder
64. Great Horned Owl

Day 5 - Circling Back

63. Pilot Sentinel
62. Winter Sentinel

Day 4 - Throwing Strategy Out the Door (at least for a day)

61. Busch's Sombre-chap
60. Heckler
59. Masked Prankster
58. Smallish Vigilante
57. Northern Screech-Owl
56. Shawled Dim-Walker
55. Dusty Joy
54. Green-striped Joy
53. Green-striped Bobber
52. Aurora Ruffian
51. Winter Zipper
50. Harbor Sentinel
49. Red-tailed Hawk

Day 3 - A Berry Swell-bird

48. Berry Swell-bird

Day 2 - Undersized, Medium, and Dull

47. Medium Vigilante
46. Undersized Jackbird

Day 1 - And We're Off... Hiccups Included

45. Confusing Migrant
44. Larger-billed Conquistador
43. Upper Seed-chomper
42. Eye-lined Swinger
41. Pine Siskin
40. Check-winged Reviewer
39. Eye-browed Reviewer
38. Usual Glider
37. Rock Pigeon
36. House Sparrow
35. Carolina-capped Chickadee
34. Ring-billed Gull
33. Limited Green-rump
32. Nay-bird
31. Stately Marauder
30. Song Sparrow
29. Grand Coward
28. Timely Watcher
27. Motley Whistlebird
26. Shining Flitter
25. Hooded Performer
24. Stately Assassin
23. Glowing Crooner
22. Tailored Crooner
21. Mexican Streaker
20. Winter Singer
19. Compass Stripe
18. European Starling
17. Radiant Curler
16. Red-winged Blackbird
15. American Goldfinch
14. American Robin
13. Stripe-billed Crest
12. Supreme Thinker
11. Canada Goose
10. Northern Flicker
9. Painter's Relic
8. Average Yolk-sac
7. Variegated Dasher
6. Miniature Cruiser
5. Cone-spotted Curler
4. Basic Top-side
3. Mallard
2. American Coot
1. Fluorescent Hopper