All birders keep lists – it’s part of our psyche, it’s how we relate to the world around us, and it’s how we know our standing in the race. Of course, the Life List is the most coveted of all birding lists, but many birders keep Year Lists as well, which is a list of all the birds heard or observed during a calendar year.
Below is my 2017 Year List. Lifers, or new species to my Life List, will be shown in RED.
| NO. | SPECIES | DATE | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | American Crow | Jan 1 | Myakka City, Florida |
| 2. | American Kestrel | Jan 1 | Sarasota, Florida |
| 3. | Northern Crested Caracara | Jan 1 | Sarasota, Florida |
| 4. | Red-shouldered Hawk | Jan 1 | Sarasota, Florida |
| 5. | Boat-tailed Grackle | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 6. | Mourning Dove | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 7. | American White Ibis | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 8. | Loggerhead Shrike | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 9. | Sandhill Crane | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 10. | Northern Harrier | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 11. | Roseate Spoonbill | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 12. | Little Blue Heron | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 13. | Mottled Duck | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 14. | Nanday Parakeet | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 15. | Red-winged Blackbird | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 16. | Black Vulture | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 17. | Blue-grey Gnatcatcher | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 18. | Limpkin | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 19. | Killdeer | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 20. | Northern Cardinal | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 21. | Western Cattle Egret | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 22. | Common Ground Dove | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 23. | Tricolored Heron | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 24. | Palm Warbler | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 25. | Fish Crow | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 26. | Long-billed Dowitcher | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 27. | House Wren | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 28. | Turkey Vulture | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 29. | American Herring Gull | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 30. | Great Egret | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 31. | Belted Kingfisher | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 32. | Blue-winged Teal | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 33. | Common Gallinule | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 34. | Myrtle Warbler | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 35. | Double-crested Cormorant | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 36. | Pied-billed Grebe | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 37. | Western Osprey | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 38. | Anhinga | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 39. | Ruddy Duck | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 40. | American Coot | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 41. | Snowy Egret | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 42. | Glossy Ibis | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 43. | Ring-necked Duck | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 44. | Lesser Scaup | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 45. | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 46. | Blue Jay | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 47. | Laughing Gull | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 48. | American White Pelican | Jan 1 | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 49. | Brown Pelican | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 50. | Ring-billed Gull | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 51. | Reddish Egret | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 52. | Red-breasted Merganser | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 53. | Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 54. | Grey Plover | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 55. | Willet | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 56. | Royal Tern | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 57. | Merlin | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 58. | Red-tailed Hawk | Jan 1 | Bowling Green, Florida |
| 59. | Wood Stork | Jan 1 | Bowling Green, Florida |
| 60. | Northern Mockingbird | Jan 1 | Bowling Green, Florida |
| 61. | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Jan 2 | Vero Beach, Florida |
| 62. | Ruddy Turnstone | Jan 2 | Sebastian Inlet State Park (Melbourne Beach, Florida) |
| 63. | Black Skimmer | Jan 2 | Sebastian Inlet State Park (Melbourne Beach, Florida) |
| 64. | Sanderling | Jan 2 | Sebastian Inlet State Park (Melbourne Beach, Florida) |
| 65. | Great Blue Heron | Jan 2 | Sebastian Inlet State Park (Melbourne Beach, Florida) |
| 66. | Great Black-backed Gull | Jan 2 | Sebastian Inlet State Park (Melbourne Beach, Florida) |
| 67. | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Jan 2 | Sebastian Inlet State Park (Melbourne Beach, Florida) |
| 68. | Magnificent Frigatebird | Jan 2 | Coconut Point Sanctuary (Melbourne Beach, Florida) |
| 69. | Rock Pigeon | Jan 2 | Coconut Point Sanctuary (Melbourne Beach, Florida) |
| 70. | Eurasian Collared Dove | Jan 2 | Coconut Point Sanctuary (Melbourne Beach, Florida) |
| 71. | House Sparrow | Jan 2 | Coconut Point Sanctuary (Melbourne Beach, Florida) |
| 72. | Hooded Merganser | Jan 2 | Melbourne, Florida |
| 73. | Common Goldeneye | Jan 2 | Melbourne, Florida |
| 74. | Cedar Waxwing | Jan 2 | Avon Park, Florida |
| 75. | American Robin | Jan 2 | Avon Park, Florida |
| 76. | Killdeer | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 77. | Eastern Phoebe | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 78. | Eastern Bluebird | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 79. | Eastern Meadowlark | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 80. | Grey Catbird | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 81. | Tree Swallow | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 82. | Eastern Towhee | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 83. | Carolina Wren | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 84. | American Goldfinch | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 85. | Wilson’s Snipe | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 86. | Swamp Sparrow | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 87. | Common Grackle | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 88. | Brown-headed Nuthatch | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 89. | Red-headed Woodpecker | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 90. | Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 91. | Northern Flicker | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 92. | Pine Warbler | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 93. | Florida Scrub Jay | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 94. | Northern Bobwhite | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 95. | Bald Eagle | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 96. | White-eyed Vireo | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 97. | Barred Owl | Jan 4 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 98. | Pileated Woodpecker | Jan 6 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 99. | Great Crested Flycatcher | Jan 7 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 100. | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Jan 10 | Titusville, Florida |
| 101. | Savannah Sparrow | Jan 10 | Titusville, Florida |
| 102. | Common Starling | Jan 10 | Viera Wetlands (Melbourne, Florida) |
| 103. | Forster’s Tern | Jan 10 | Viera Wetlands (Melbourne, Florida) |
| 104. | Green Heron | Jan 10 | Viera Wetlands (Melbourne, Florida) |
| 105. | Marsh Wren | Jan 10 | Viera Wetlands (Melbourne, Florida) |
| 106. | Common Yellowthroat | Jan 10 | Viera Wetlands (Melbourne, Florida) |
| 107. | Caspian Tern | Jan 10 | Viera Wetlands (Melbourne, Florida) |
| 108. | Northern Shoveler | Jan 10 | Viera Wetlands (Melbourne, Florida) |
| 109. | American Bittern | Jan 10 | Viera Wetlands (Melbourne, Florida) |
| 110. | Short-tailed Hawk | Jan 10 | Okeechobee, Florida |
| 111. | Black-bellied Whistling Duck |
Jan 11 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 112. | Downy Woodpecker | Jan 11 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 113. | Purple Gallinule | Jan 11 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 114. | Greater Yellowlegs | Jan 11 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 115. | Snail Kite | Jan 11 | Lake Gwyn (Wahneta, Florida) |
| 116. | White-winged Dove | Jan 11 | Lake Gwyn (Wahneta, Florida) |
| 117. | Black-crowned Night Heron |
Jan 19 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 118. | Wild Turkey | Jan 19 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 119. | Wood Duck | Jan 19 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 120. | Blue-headed Vireo | Jan 21 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 121. | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Jan 21 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 122. | Yellow-throated Warbler | Jan 22 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 123. | American Oystercatcher | Jan 24 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 124. | Cooper’s Hawk | Jan 24 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 125. | Dunlin | Jan 24 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 126. | Short-billed Dowitcher | Jan 24 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 127. | Semipalmated Plover | Jan 24 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 128. | Least Sandpiper | Jan 24 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 129. | Tufted Titmouse | Jan 25 | Lake Wales Ridge State Forest (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 130. | Monk Parakeet | Jan 31 | Pelican Baseball Complex (Cape Coral, Florida) |
| 131. | Burrowing Owl | Jan 31 | Pelican Baseball Complex (Cape Coral, Florida) |
| 132. | Hairy Woodpecker | Jan 31 | Big Cypress National Preserve (Ochopee, Florida) |
| 133. | Muscovy Duck | Feb 1 | Naples, Florida |
| 134. | Eastern Wood Pewee | Feb 2 | Lake Parker (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 135. | Chipping Sparrow | Feb 12 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 136. | Black-and-white Warbler | Feb 14 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 137. | Sora | Feb 20 | Viera Wetlands (Melbourne, Florida) |
| 138. | Least Bittern | Feb 20 | Viera Wetlands (Melbourne, Florida) |
| 139. | Red Knot | Feb 20 | Canaveral National Seashore (New Smyrna Beach, Florida) |
| 140. | Wilson’s Plover | Feb 20 | Canaveral National Seashore (New Smyrna Beach, Florida) |
| 141. | Northern Parula | Feb 21 | Lake June-in-Winter Scrub SP (Lake Placid, Florida) |
| 142. | Swallow-tailed Kite | Feb 28 | Lettuce Lake Park (Tampa, Florida) |
| 143. | Carolina Chickadee | Feb 28 | Lettuce Lake Park (Tampa, Florida) |
| 144. | Ovenbird | Feb 28 | Lettuce Lake Park (Tampa, Florida) |
| 145. | Great Horned Owl | Feb 28 | Bartow, Florida |
| 146. | Cabot’s Tern | Mar 9 | Siesta Key Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 147. | Snowy Plover | Mar 9 | Siesta Key Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 148. | American Avocet | Mar 9 | Siesta Key Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 149. | Painted Bunting | Mar 9 | Rothenbach Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 150. | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Mar 15 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 151. | Baltimore Oriole | Mar 15 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 152. | Purple Martin | Mar 15 | Lake Parker (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 153. | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
Mar 15 | Lakeland Highlands Scrub (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 154. | Barn Swallow | Mar 19 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Lorida, Florida) |
| 155. | King Rail | Mar 21 | Viera Wetlands (Melbourne, Florida) |
| 156. | White-tailed Kite | Mar 22 | Kissimmee Prairie Preserve (Okeechobee, Florida) |
| 157. | Chuck-will’s-widow | Mar 24 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 158. | Western Kingbird | Mar 25 | Bartow, Florida |
| 159. | Red-eyed Vireo | Mar 28 | Hal Scott Regional Preserve (Orlando, Florida) |
| 160. | Bronzed Cowbird | Mar 29 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 161. | Brown-headed Cowbird | Mar 29 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 162. | Indigo Bunting | Mar 29 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 163. | Marbled Godwit | Mar 29 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 164. | Yellow-throated Vireo | Apr 4 | Highlands Hammock State Park (Sebring, Florida) |
| 165. | Hermit Thrush | Apr 4 | Highlands Hammock State Park (Sebring, Florida) |
| 166. | Prairie Warbler | Apr 4 | Lake June-in-Winter Scrub SP (Lake Placid, Florida) |
| 167. | Chimney Swift | Apr 5 | Avon Park, Florida |
| 168. | Eastern Kingbird | Apr 6 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 169. | Brown Thrasher | Apr 11 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 170. | Grey-headed Swamphen | Apr 15 | Wakodahatchee Wetlands (Delray Beach, Florida) |
| 171. | Black-necked Stilt | Apr 15 | Wakodahatchee Wetlands (Delray Beach, Florida) |
| 172. | Least Grebe | Apr 16 | Yamato Scrub Natural Area (Boca Raton, Florida) |
| 173. | Least Tern | Apr 17 | National Key Deer Refuge (Big Pine Key, Florida) |
| 174. | White-crowned Pigeon | Apr 17 | National Key Deer Refuge (Big Pine Key, Florida) |
| 175. | Black-whiskered Vireo | Apr 17 | National Key Deer Refuge (Big Pine Key, Florida) |
| 176. | Grey Kingbird | Apr 18 | Key West, Florida |
| 177. | Peregrine Falcon | Apr 18 | Key West, Florida |
| 178. | American Redstart | Apr 18 | National Key Deer Refuge (Big Pine Key, Florida) |
| 179. | Blackpoll Warbler | Apr 19 | Fort Zachary Taylor Historic SP (Key West, Florida) |
| 180. | Cape May Warbler | Apr 19 | Fort Zachary Taylor Historic SP (Key West, Florida) |
| 181. | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Apr 19 | Fort Zachary Taylor Historic SP (Key West, Florida) |
| 182. | Cave Swallow | Apr 19 | Fort Zachary Taylor Historic SP (Key West, Florida) |
| 183. | Hooded Warbler | Apr 19 | Indigenous Park (Key West, Florida) |
| 184. | Worm-eating Warbler | Apr 19 | Indigenous Park (Key West, Florida) |
| 185. | Louisiana Waterthrush | Apr 19 | Indigenous Park (Key West, Florida) |
| 186. | Common Nighthawk | Apr 24 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 187. | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Apr 24 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 188. | Sedge Wren | Apr 25 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 189. | Summer Tanager | May 1 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 190. | Scarlet Tanager | May 11 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 191. | Prothonotary Warbler | May 16 | Lettuce Lake Park (Tampa, Florida) |
| 192. | Common Tern | Jun 14 | Siesta Key Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 193. | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Jun 14 | Siesta Key Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 194. | White-rumped Sandpiper | Jun 14 | Siesta Key Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 195. | Tropical Kingbird | Jun 14 | St. Armand’s Circle (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 196. | Tropical Mockingbird | Jun 21 | Lake Worth Beach Park (Lake Worth, Florida) |
| 197. | Eastern Screech Owl | Jun 26 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 198. | Blue-crowned Parakeet | Jun 28 | Anna Maria Island (Holmes Beach, Florida) |
| 199. | American Barn Owl | Jun 30 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 200. | Pectoral Sandpiper | Aug 29 | Avon Park Cutoff Road (Fort Meade, Florida) |
| 201. | Western Sandpiper | Aug 29 | Avon Park Cutoff Road (Fort Meade, Florida) |
| 202. | Sand Martin | Aug 30 | Siesta Key Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 203. | Red-necked Phalarope | Aug 30 | Siesta Key Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 204. | Piping Plover | Aug 30 | Siesta Key Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 205. | Stilt Sandpiper | Aug 30 | Siesta Key Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 206. | Spotted Sandpiper | Aug 30 | Siesta Key Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 207. | White-breasted Nuthatch | Sep 23 | Archbald, Pennsylvania |
| 208. | Black-capped Chickadee | Sep 23 | Archbald, Pennsylvania |
| 209. | Canada Goose | Sep 25 | LaFargeville, New York |
| 210. | Mallard | Sep 25 | Domaine Paul (Île-des-Soeurs, Québec) |
| 211. | Brown Creeper | Sep 27 | Domaine Paul (Île-des-Soeurs, Québec) |
| 212. | Magnolia Warbler | Sep 27 | Domaine Paul (Île-des-Soeurs, Québec) |
| 213. | Song Sparrow | Sep 27 | Domaine Paul (Île-des-Soeurs, Québec) |
| 214. | American Wigeon | Sep 27 | Domaine Paul (Île-des-Soeurs, Québec) |
| 215. | White-throated Sparrow | Sep 27 | Domaine Paul (Île-des-Soeurs, Québec) |
| 216. | Golden-crowned Kinglet | Sep 28 | Parc National du Mont-Orford (Orford, Québec) |
| 217. | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sep 28 | Parc National du Mont-Orford (Orford, Québec) |
| 218. | Green-winged Teal | Sep 28 | Marais Réal D. Carbonneau (Sherbrooke, Québec) |
| 219. | Virginia Rail | Sep 28 | Marais Réal D. Carbonneau (Sherbrooke, Québec) |
| 220. | Parasitic Jaeger | Oct 1 | Belltown Park (Ottawa, Ontario) |
| 221. | American Black Duck | Oct 1 | Belltown Park (Ottawa, Ontario) |
| 222. | Gadwall | Oct 1 | Moodie Drive Quarry Pond (Nepean, Ontario) |
| 223. | Snow Goose | Oct 1 | Moodie Drive Quarry Pond (Nepean, Ontario) |
| 224. | Redhead | Oct 1 | Moodie Drive Quarry Pond (Nepean, Ontario) |
| 225. | Buff-bellied Pipit | Oct 1 | Moodie Drive Quarry Pond (Nepean, Ontario) |
| 226. | Northern Raven | Oct 2 | Stony Swamp Conservation Area (Nepean, Ontario) |
| 227. | Winter Wren | Oct 2 | Stony Swamp Conservation Area (Nepean, Ontario) |
| 228. | Lesser Yellowlegs | Oct 8 | Avon Park Air Force Range (Lorida, Florida) |
| 229. | Acadian Flycatcher | Oct 11 | Saddle Creek Park (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 230. | Swainson’s Thrush | Oct 11 | Saddle Creek Park (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 231. | Mute Swan | Nov 15 | Lake Morton (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 232. | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Dec 16 | Bartow, Florida |
| 233. | Whooping Crane | Dec 22 | Lake Wales, Florida |
On the Wing 