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vaneramosPure geekery here. I finished inputting all my bird records—2965 sightings in all—to the new software last night. My life list stands at 246 species now, up about 10 since last time my records were uptodate. Here's the entire list with date and location of my first recorded observations. Locations are in Ontario unless specified otherwise.
| Species | First date | Location |
| Loons | ||
| Common Loon | 25-08-77 | Lk. Fletcher |
| Grebes | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | 05-05-95 | Puslinch Lake |
| Red-necked Grebe | 04-04-99 | 410 West Lorne north service centre |
| Horned Grebe | 18-04-99 | Burlington, South Gate Park |
| Shearwaters | ||
| Greater Shearwater | 22-08-05 | Black's Harbour, New Brunswick |
| Pelicans | ||
| American White Pelican | 19-06-95 | Hamilton Harbour |
| Brown Pelican | 17-12-85 | Hobe Sound, Florida |
| Herons, Egrets and Bitterns | ||
| Double-crested Cormorant | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Great Blue Heron | 22-03-77 | Alexander Springs, Florida |
| Great Egret | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Little Blue Heron | 22-03-77 | Alexander Springs, Florida |
| Snowy Egret | 14-05-03 | Cedar Creek, Essex County |
| Green Heron | 07-05-95 | Point Pelee |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | 05-08-95 | Burlington, Toll Gate Pond |
| American Bittern | 13-06-95 | Hillman Marsh, Essex County |
| Ibis | ||
| White Ibis | 19-12-84 | Jonathan Dickinson State Pk., Florida |
| Ducks, Geese and Swans | ||
| Mute Swan | 20-05-94 | Royal Botanical Gardens |
| Tundra Swan | 11-05-97 | Hillman Marsh, Essex County |
| Ross' Goose | 24-11-99 | Toronto, Humber Bay |
| Canada Goose | 19-04-95 | U of Guelph Arboretum |
| Wood Duck | 06-05-95 | Point Pelee |
| American Wigeon | 29-04-94 | Hillman Marsh, Essex County |
| Gadwall | 06-05-95 | Hillman Marsh, Essex County |
| Green-winged Teal | 29-04-94 | Hillman Marsh, Essex County |
| Mallard | 17-04-94 | U of Guelph Arboretum |
| American Black Duck | 18-05-87 | Lake Fletcher |
| Northern Pintail | 12-02-00 | Burlington, Toll Gate Pond |
| Blue-winged Teal | 25-04-83 | Point Pelee Woodland Trail |
| Northern Shoveler | 06-05-95 | Hillman Marsh, Essex County |
| Canvasback | 05-08-95 | Burlington, Toll Gate Pond |
| Redhead | 05-08-95 | Burlington, Toll Gate Pond |
| Ring-necked Duck | 05-08-95 | Burlington, Toll Gate Pond |
| Greater Scaup | 01-01-96 | Burlington Can. Cent. for Inland Waters |
| Lesser Scaup | 29-04-94 | Pt. Pelee |
| Common Eider | 16-08-05 | Brier Island, Digby Arm, Nova Scotia |
| Long-tailed Duck | 03-05-86 | Point Pelee |
| Black Scoter | 18-04-99 | Burlington, Toll Gate Pond |
| Surf Scoter | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| White-winged Scoter | 03-05-86 | Point Pelee |
| Common Goldeneye | 15-05-90 | Saugeen River, Paisley |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | 08-06-80 | Kootenay Lake, British Columbia |
| Bufflehead | 05-05-95 | Puslinch Lake |
| Hooded Merganser | 04-04-99 | 401 West Lorne north service centre |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 10-05-87 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Common Merganser | 18-05-87 | Lake Fletcher |
| Ruddy Duck | 18-05-87 | Long Point |
| New World Vultures | ||
| Black Vulture | 20-03-77 | I75 border crossing, Florida |
| Turkey Vulture | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Osprey | ||
| Osprey | 08-06-80 | Kootenay Lake, British Columbia |
| Hawks, Eagles and Kites | ||
| Bald Eagle | 22-03-77 | Alexander Springs, Florida |
| Northern Harrier | 06-09-75 | Point Pelee |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Cooper's Hawk | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Northern Goshawk | 11-02-95 | Elmbrae, Puslinch Twp. |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 09-01-77 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 01-06-93 | Elmbrae, Puslinch Twp. |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 08-05-83 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Falcons | ||
| American Kestrel | 17-04-94 | U of Guelph Arboretum |
| Peregrine Falcon | 11-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Turkeys | ||
| Wild Turkey | 08-09-06 | Hockley Valley |
| Grouse | ||
| Ruffed Grouse | 17-05-87 | Lake Fletcher |
| New World Quail | ||
| Northern Bobwhite | 21-03-77 | Juniper Springs, Florida |
| Pheasants | ||
| Ring-necked Pheasant | 21-03-77 | Essex County Rd. 50 |
| Limpkin | ||
| Limpkin | 22-03-77 | Alexander Springs, Florida |
| Rails, Gallinules and Coots | ||
| Virginia Rail | 10-05-97 | Point Pelee |
| Sora | 06-05-95 | Hillman Marsh, Essex County |
| Common Moorhen | 13-06-95 | Hillman Marsh, Essex County |
| American Coot | 22-10-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Plovers | ||
| American Golden-plover | 11-05-94 | Comber Sewage Lagoons |
| Black-bellied Plover | 29-04-94 | Hillman Marsh |
| Semipalmated Plover | 13-06-95 | Hillman Marsh |
| Killdeer | 29-04-94 | Hillman Marsh |
| Sandpipers | ||
| American Woodcock | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 06-05-95 | Hillman Marsh |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 06-05-95 | Hillman Marsh |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 29-04-94 | Hillman Marsh |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 09-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 29-04-94 | Hillman Marsh |
| Willet | 18-08-05 | Cavendish Beach, Prince Edward Island |
| Ruddy Turnstone | 08-05-95 | Point Pelee |
| Semipalmated Plover | 29-04-94 | Hillman Marsh |
| Least Sandpiper | 11-05-96 | Comber Sewage Lagoons |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 29-04-94 | Hillman Marsh |
| Dunlin | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Wilson's Phalarope | 10-05-97 | Harrow Sewage Lagoons |
| Gulls | ||
| Heermann's Gull | 03-12-99 | Toronto, Cherry Street Docks |
| Ring-billed Gull | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 06-05-95 | Point Pelee |
| Glaucous Gull | 06-01-96 | U of Guelph Arboretum |
| American Herring Gull | 18-05-87 | Lake Fletcher |
| Black-headed Gull | 06-03-00 | Queenston Docks |
| Bonaparte's Gull | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Terns | ||
| Caspian Tern | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Common Tern | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Forster's Tern | 09-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Black Tern | 11-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Auks | ||
| Black Guillemot | 16-08-05 | Brier Island, Digby Arm, Nova Scotia |
| Pigeons and Doves | ||
| Rock Pigeon | 20-05-95 | Royal Botanical Gardens |
| Mourning Dove | 12-05-81 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Cuckoos | ||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 12-06-95 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 13-06-95 | Point Pelee |
| Owls | ||
| Eastern Screech-owl | 11-08-95 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Great Horned Owl | 11-05-97 | Hillman Marsh |
| Barred Owl | 15-05-95 | Elmbrae, Puslinch Twp. |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | 15-05-95 | Lake Fletcher |
| Nightjars | ||
| Common Nighthawk | 10-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Swifts | ||
| Chimney Swift | 18-05-87 | Lake Fletcher |
| Hummingbirds | ||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 04-06-77 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | 11-05-74 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Rufous Hummingbird | 11-06-80 | Hornby Island, British Columbia |
| Kingfishers | ||
| Belted Kingfisher | 21-05-77 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Woodpeckers | ||
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 29-04-94 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 22-03-77 | Alexander Springs, Florida |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 22-07-82 | Lake Fletcher |
| Downy Woodpecker | 10-05-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 22-07-82 | Lake Fletcher |
| American Three-toed Woodpecker | 07-07-87 | Lake Fletcher |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | 12-10-92 | Lake Fletcher |
| Northern Flicker | 10-05-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 26-08-77 | Lake Fletcher |
| Tyrant Flycatchers | ||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | 02-07-95 | Lake Fletcher |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 13-06-95 | Point Pelee |
| Acadian Flycatcher | 14-05-03 | Point Pelee |
| Alder Flycatcher | 21-06-00 | Breeding Bird Survey Route, Dwight |
| Willow Flycatcher | 12-06-95 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Least Flycatcher | 16-05-87 | Cedar Point, Lake Simcoe |
| Eastern Phoebe | 17-04-94 | U of Guelph Arboretum |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 16-05-87 | Cedar Point, Lake Simcoe |
| Eastern Kingbird | 16-05-87 | Cedar Point, Lake Simcoe |
| Larks | ||
| Horned Lark | 13-05-95 | Wellington County Rd. 32 |
| Swallows | ||
| Purple Martin | 16-05-87 | Cedar Point, Lake Simcoe |
| Tree Swallow | 08-06-80 | Kootenay Lake, British Columbia |
| Violet-Green Swallow | 08-06-80 | Kootenay Lake, British Columbia |
| Northern Rough-winged swallow | 08-05-95 | Point Pelee |
| Bank Swallow | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Cliff Swallow | 09-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Barn Swallow | 06-05-77 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Pipits | ||
| American Pipit | 10-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Kinglets | ||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 25-04-83 | Point Pelee, Woodland Trail |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 17-05-87 | Lake Fletcher |
| Waxwings | ||
| Bohemian Waxwing | 08-01-94 | U of Guelph Arboretum |
| Cedar Waxwing | 12-05-81 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Dippers | ||
| American Dipper | 12-06-80 | Elk Falls Prov. Pk., British Columbia |
| Wrens | ||
| Carolina Wren | 29-04-94 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Winter Wren | 25-04-83 | Point Pelee, Woodland Trail |
| House Wren | 12-05-81 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Sedge Wren | 12-05-97 | Point Pelee |
| Marsh Wren | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Mockingbirds and Thrashers | ||
| Gray Catbird | 16-04-77 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Northern Mockingbird | 20-03-77 | I75 border crossing, Florida |
| Brown Thrasher | 10-05-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Thrushes | ||
| Eastern Bluebird | 10-05-96 | Point Pelee, Sparrow Field |
| Veery | 08-05-83 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 10-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Swainson's Thrush | 08-04-83 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Hermit Thrush | 12-05-81 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Wood Thrush | 10-05-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| American Robin | 10-05-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Varied Thrush | 25-04-87 | Pacific Rim Natl. Pk., British Columbia |
| Gnatcatchers | ||
| Blue-grey Gnatcatcher | 08-05-83 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Chickadees | ||
| Black-capped Chickadee | 22-07-82 | Lake Fletcher |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee | 11-06-80 | Hornby Island, British Columbia |
| Nuthatches | ||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 11-06-80 | Hornby Island, British Columbia |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 24-08-77 | Lake Fletcher |
| Creepers | ||
| Brown Creeper | 16-12-77 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Shrikes | ||
| Northern Shrike | 06-01-96 | U of Guelph Arboretum |
| Crows and Jays | ||
| Gray Jay | 23-06-05 | Breeding Bird Survey Route, Dwight |
| Steller's Jay | 14-06-80 | Lakelse Lake, British Columbia |
| Blue Jay | 16-05-87 | Cedar Point, Lake Simcoe |
| Black-billed Magpie | 07-06-80 | Calgary, Alberta |
| American Crow | 28-01-77 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Fish Crow | 07-05-95 | Point Pelee |
| Common Raven | 07-06-80 | Calgary, Alberta |
| Starlings | ||
| European Starling | 12-05-81 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Old World Sparrows | ||
| House Sparrow | 19-04-94 | U of Guelph Arboretum |
| Vireos | ||
| White-eyed Vireo | 07-05-95 | Point Pelee |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 07-05-95 | Point Pelee |
| Warbling Vireo | 10-05-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Philadelphia Vireo | 22-06-06 | Breeding Bird Survey route, Dwight |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 08-06-80 | Kootenay Lake, British Columbia |
| Siskins, Crossbills and Allies | ||
| Pine Grosbeak | 08-01-94 | U of Guelph Arboretum |
| Purple Finch | 04-07-95 | Lake Fletcher |
| House Finch | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Common Redpoll | 06-01-96 | U of Guelph Arboretum |
| Pine Siskin | 17-03-99 | Lake Fletcher |
| American Goldfinch | 17-04-94 | U of Guelph Arboretum |
| Evening Grosbeak | 22-07-82 | Lake Fletcher |
| Wood Warblers | ||
| Blue-winged Warbler | 08-05-95 | Point Pelee |
| Golden-winged Warbler | 07-05-95 | Point Pelee |
| Tennessee Warbler | 16-05-87 | Cedar Point, Simcoe |
| Nashville Warbler | 10-05-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Northern Parula | 10-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Yellow Warbler | 10-05-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 22-07-82 | Lake Fletcher |
| Magnolia Warbler | 22-05-95 | Starkey Loop, Guelph Trail |
| Cape May Warbler | 10-05-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 22-07-82 | Lake Fletcher |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 22-07-83 | Lake Fletcher |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 12-05-81 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Blackburnian Warbler | 12-05-81 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Pine Warbler | 11-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Kirtland's Warbler | 10-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Palm Warbler | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 14-05-77 | Pointe Pelee |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 10-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Cerulean | 07-05-95 | Point Pelee |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 12-05-81 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| American Redstart | 17-05-87 | Lake Fletcher |
| Prothonotary Warbler | 10-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Ovenbird | 06-05-77 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Northern Waterthrush | 25-04-83 | Point Pelee |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 10-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Kentucky Warbler | 29-04-83 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Mourning Warbler | 11-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Common Yellowthroat | 06-05-77 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Hooded Warbler | 09-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Wilson's Warbler | 10-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Canada Warbler | 10-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 13-06-95 | Point Pelee |
| Tanagers | ||
| Scarlet Tanager | 14-05-77 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Buntings, Seedeaters and Allies | ||
| Eastern Towhee | 10-05-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| American Tree Sparrow | 01-01-94 | Elbrae, Puslinch Twp. |
| Chipping Sparrow | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Field Sparrow | 29-04-94 | Point Pelee |
| Savannah Sparrow | 06-05-95 | Point Pelee |
| Le Conte's Sparrow | 06-05-95 | Point Pelee |
| Song Sparrow | 16-05-87 | Cedar Point, Lake Simcoe |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | 10-05-96 | Point Pelee |
| Swamp Sparrow | 18-06-95 | Sudden Tract, Waterloo Region |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 10-05-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| White-throated Sparrow | 10-04-80 | Poplar Blkuff Beach |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 14-06-80 | Lakelse Lake, British Columbia |
| Cardinals and Allies | ||
| Northern Cardinal | 10-05-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 10-05-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Indigo Bunting | 12-05-81 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Troupials and Allies | ||
| Bobolink | 08-05-83 | Colchester South Twp., 3rd Conc. |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 13-03-77 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 17-04-94 | U of Guelph Arboretum |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | 08-06-80 | Lakelse Lake, British Columbia |
| Rusty Blackbird | 09-01-94 | Elmbrae, Puslinch Twp. |
| Common Grackle | 10-05-80 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 02-01-77 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Baltimore Oriole | 07-05-77 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
| Orchard Oriole | 06-07-77 | Poplar Bluff Beach |
