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 2018 Year List. Lifers, or new species to my Life List, will be shown in RED.
| NO. | SPECIES | DATE | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Boat-tailed Grackle | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 2. | Limpkin | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 3. | Red-shouldered Hawk | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 4. | Great Egret | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 5. | Western Osprey | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 6. | Snowy Egret | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 7. | Great Blue Heron | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 8. | Little Blue Heron | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 9. | Red-winged Blackbird | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 10. | Mottled Duck | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 11. | Roseate Spoonbill | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 12. | Tricolored Heron | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 13. | Wood Stork | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 14. | Blue-grey Gnatcatcher | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 15. | Palm Warbler | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 16. | Greater Yellowlegs | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 17. | Sandhill Crane | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 18. | American White Ibis | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 19. | Tree Swallow | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 20. | Double-crested Cormorant | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 21. | Swamp Sparrow | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 22. | Sedge Wren | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 23. | Laughing Gull | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 24. | Common Ground Dove | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 25. | Northern Cardinal | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 26. | Brown-headed Cowbird | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 27. | Bronzed Cowbird | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 28. | American Crow | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 29. | Fish Crow | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 30. | Blue-winged Teal | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 31. | Glossy Ibis | Jan 1 | Celery Fields (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 32. | Pied-billed Grebe | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 33. | Anhinga | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 34. | Common Gallinule | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 35. | American Coot | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 36. | Ring-necked Duck | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 37. | Lesser Scaup | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 38. | Killdeer | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 39. | Western Cattle Egret | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 40. | Ring-billed Gull | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 41. | Blue Jay | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 42. | Brown Pelican | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 43. | Northern Mockingbird | Jan 1 | Ackerman Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 44. | Common Starling | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 45. | Mourning Dove | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 46. | Nanday Parakeet | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 47. | House Sparrow | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 48. | Sanderling | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 49. | American Herring Gull | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 50. | Black Skimmer | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 51. | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 52. | Royal Tern | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 53. | Cabot’s Tern | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 54. | Rock Pigeon | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 55. | Snowy Plover | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 56. | Grey Plover | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 57. | Turkey Vulture | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 58. | Black Vulture | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 59. | Bald Eagle | Jan 1 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 60. | American White Pelican | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 61. | Eastern Phoebe | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 62. | Lark Sparrow | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 63. | Caspian Tern | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 64. | Red-breasted Merganser | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 65. | Loggerhead Shrike | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 66. | Saltmarsh Sparrow | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 67. | Reddish Egret | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 68. | Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 69. | Myrtle Warbler | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 70. | American Kestrel | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 71. | Dunlin | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 72. | Wilson’s Plover | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 73. | Short-billed Dowitcher | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 74. | Least Sandpiper | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 75. | Ruddy Turnstone | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 76. | Semipalmated Plover | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 77. | Western Sandpiper | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 78. | Forster’s Tern | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 79. | Willet | Jan 1 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 80. | Red-tailed Hawk | Jan 1 | Bartow, Florida |
| 81. | Whooping Crane | Jan 1 | Lake Wales, Florida |
| 82. | Northern Harrier | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 83. | Long-billed Dowitcher | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 84. | Lesser Yellowlegs | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 85. | Black-bellied Whistling Duck |
Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 86. | Black-crowned Night Heron |
Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 87. | Common Yellowthroat | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 88. | Wood Duck | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 89. | Common Grackle | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 90. | Wilson’s Snipe | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 91. | American Robin | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 92. | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 93. | Eastern Towhee | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 94. | Downy Woodpecker | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 95. | Pine Warbler | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 96. | House Wren | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 97. | Grey Catbird | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 98. | Blue-headed Vireo | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 99. | Great Crested Flycatcher | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 100. | Brown-headed Nuthatch | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 101. | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 102. | Eastern Meadowlark | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 103. | Eastern Bluebird | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 104. | Belted Kingfisher | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 105. | Eurasian Collared Dove | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 106. | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 107. | Florida Scrub Jay | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 108. | Wild Turkey | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 109. | Northern Bobwhite | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 110. | Savannah Sparrow | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 111. | Eastern Screech Owl | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 112. | Barred Owl | Jan 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 113. | Hooded Merganser | Jan 3 | Orlando, Florida |
| 114. | Northern Crested Caracara | Jan 6 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 115. | American Goldfinch | Jan 7 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 116. | Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Jan 7 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 117. | Pileated Woodpecker | Jan 7 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 118. | Tufted Titmouse | Jan 22 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 119. | Carolina Wren | Jan 22 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 120. | Purple Gallinule | Jan 22 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 121. | Painted Bunting | Jan 22 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 122. | Green Heron | Jan 22 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 123. | Sora | Jan 22 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 124. | Lincoln’s Sparrow | Jan 22 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 125. | Great Horned Owl | Jan 22 | Lake Parker (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 126. | White-winged Dove | Jan 23 | Avon Park, Florida |
| 127. | Chimney Swift | Jan 25 | Avon Park, Florida |
| 128. | Grasshopper Sparrow | Jan 28 | Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive (Apopka, Florida) |
| 129. | Fulvous Whistling Duck | Jan 28 | Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive (Apopka, Florida) |
| 130. | Cooper’s Hawk | Jan 28 | Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive (Apopka, Florida) |
| 131. | White-crowned Sparrow | Jan 28 | Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive (Apopka, Florida) |
| 132. | Northern Waterthrush | Jan 28 | Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive (Apopka, Florida) |
| 133. | Black-and-white Warbler | Jan 28 | Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive (Apopka, Florida) |
| 134. | Red-headed Woodpecker | Jan 30 | Dade City, Florida |
| 135. | Swainson’s Hawk | Jan 30 | Dade City, Florida |
| 136. | Buff-bellied Pipit | Jan 30 | Dade City, Florida |
| 137. | Burrowing Owl | Jan 30 | Dade City, Florida |
| 138. | White-eyed Vireo | Jan 30 | Gator Creek Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 139. | Cedar Waxwing | Feb 8 | Avon Park, Florida |
| 140. | Northern Parula | Feb 14 | Avon Park, Florida |
| 141. | Bachman’s Sparrow | Feb 17 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 142. | King Rail | Feb 17 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 143. | Mallard | Feb 19 | Lake Mirror (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 144. | Mute Swan | Feb 19 | Lake Mirror (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 145. | Muscovy Duck | Feb 19 | Lake Mirror (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 146. | Ruddy Duck | Feb 19 | Lake Mirror (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 147. | House Finch | Feb 20 | Coquina Beach (Bradenton Beach, Florida) |
| 148. | Swallow-tailed Kite | Feb 27 | Davenport, Florida |
| 149. | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Mar 1 | Highlands Hammock SP (Sebring, Florida) |
| 150. | Chuck-will’s-widow | Mar 4 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 151. | Virginia Rail | Mar 6 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 152. | Indigo Bunting | Mar 6 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 153. | Yellow-throated Warbler | Mar 8 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 154. | White-tailed Kite | Mar 9 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 155. | Prairie Warbler | Mar 11 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 156. | Piping Plover | Mar 13 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 157. | Barn Swallow | Mar 13 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 158. | American Oystercatcher | Mar 13 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 159. | Marbled Godwit | Mar 13 | Fort De Soto Park (Tierra Verde, Florida) |
| 160. | Northern Flicker | Mar 22 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 161. | Brown Thrasher | Mar 22 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 162. | Summer Tanager | Mar 22 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 163. | Eastern Kingbird | Mar 25 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 164. | Hairy Woodpecker | Apr 2 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 165. | Short-tailed Hawk | Apr 2 | Sebring, Florida |
| 166. | Red-eyed Vireo | Apr 3 | Saddle Creek Park (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 167. | American Redstart | Apr 3 | Saddle Creek Park (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 168. | Common Nighthawk | Apr 9 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 169. | Purple Martin | Apr 10 | Pinecraft Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 170. | Ovenbird | Apr 10 | Pinecraft Park (Sarasota, Florida) |
| 171. | Magnificent Frigatebird | Apr 10 | Sunshine Skyway Bridge (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| 172. | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Apr 15 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 173. | Solitary Sandpiper | Apr 17 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 174. | Least Tern | Apr 17 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 175. | Spotted Sandpiper | Apr 23 | Little Lake Jackson (Sebring, Florida) |
| 176. | Least Bittern | Apr 27 | Little Lake Jackson (Sebring, Florida) |
| 177. | Cape May Warbler | Apr 28 | Lake June-in-Winter SP (Lake Placid, Florida) |
| 178. | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Apr 29 | Kissimmee Prairie Preserve SP (Okeechobee, Florida) |
| 179. | Yellow-throated Vireo | May 1 | Lettuce Lake Park (Tampa, Florida) |
| 180. | Prothonotary Warbler | May 1 | Lettuce Lake Park (Tampa, Florida) |
| 181. | Bobolink | May 5 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 182. | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
May 6 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 183. | Merlin | May 7 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 184. | Canada Goose | May 14 | Kingsland, Georgia |
| 185. | Clapper Rail | May 15 | Huntington Beach SP (Murrells Inlet, South Carolina) |
| 186. | Orchard Oriole | May 15 | Huntington Beach SP (Murrells Inlet, South Carolina) |
| 187. | Carolina Chickadee | May 15 | Huntington Beach SP (Murrells Inlet, South Carolina) |
| 188. | Semipalmated Sandpiper | May 15 | Huntington Beach SP (Murrells Inlet, South Carolina) |
| 189. | Nelson’s Sparrow | May 15 | Huntington Beach SP (Murrells Inlet, South Carolina) |
| 190. | Marsh Wren | May 15 | Huntington Beach SP (Murrells Inlet, South Carolina) |
| 191. | Mississippi Kite | May 16 | Francis Marion SF (Awendaw, South Carolina) |
| 192. | Acadian Flycatcher | May 16 | Francis Marion SF (Awendaw, South Carolina) |
| 193. | Hooded Warbler | May 16 | Francis Marion SF (Awendaw, South Carolina) |
| 194. | Scarlet Tanager | May 16 | Francis Marion SF (Awendaw, South Carolina) |
| 195. | Worm-eating Warbler | May 16 | Francis Marion SF (Awendaw, South Carolina) |
| 196. | Common Loon | May 16 | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| 197. | Wilson’s Storm Petrel | May 19 | Offshore Atlantic Ocean, Florida |
| 198. | Bridled Tern | May 19 | Offshore Atlantic Ocean, Florida |
| 199. | Sooty Tern | May 19 | Offshore Atlantic Ocean, Florida |
| 200. | Red-necked Phalarope | May 19 | Offshore Atlantic Ocean, Florida |
| 201. | Black-capped Petrel | May 19 | Offshore Atlantic Ocean, Florida |
| 202. | Audubon’s Shearwater | May 19 | Offshore Atlantic Ocean, Florida |
| 203. | Black Tern | May 19 | Offshore Atlantic Ocean, Florida |
| 204. | Common Eider | May 19 | Port Canaveral (Cape Canaveral, Florida) |
| 205. | Egyptian Goose | May 30 | Lake Glenada (Avon Park, Florida) |
| 206. | Blue Grosbeak | Jun 5 | Circle B Bar Reserve (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 207. | American Barn Owl | Jul 5 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 208. | Black-necked Stilt | Jul 16 | Avon Park, Florida |
| 209. | Snail Kite | Jul 20 | Lake Parker (Lakeland, Florida) |
| 210. | Eastern Wood Pewee | Aug 19 | Avon Park AFR, Florida |
| 211. | Sand Martin | Aug 26 | Crooked Lake Prairie (Babson Park, Florida) |
| 212. | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Aug 26 | Crooked Lake Prairie (Babson Park, Florida) |
| 213. | Common Tern | Sep 6 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
| 214. | American Yellow Warbler | Sep 29 | Crooked Lake Prairie (Babson Park, Florida) |
| 215. | American Avocet | Oct 11 | Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida) |
On the Wing 