pileated woodpecker

[Pat Hodgson]

#98 on the yard list!
(near Mt. Pleasant Cem.)

[GStuart]

Do you have two "obvious misses" on your list to get it to a nice even 100?

[Pat Hodgson]

I think the big obvious miss is herring gull, in that I probably have seen one but they are flying so high up that I am not comfortable with the ID.  Other likely ones to try for are other common flyover species such as mallard, common loon, and broad-winged hawk.  I have looked the list over before so it has no mistakes of omission of common things that I actually have seen.

[JW Mills]

How do you define your yard list?
Is it birds that you have seen from your yard or is it birds that you have seen that have actually been in your yard?

[Pat Hodgson]

I define it as anything seen from the yard.

[GStuart]

While doing the warbler count in Mount Pleasant Cemetery we have frequently seen a loon or two in early May.  All you have to do is spend an hour every morning in your yard.  Easy!   :lol: