My dog (Posey) and I go to the dog park almost every day, so I decided to start a FOY (First of the Year) list of the birds I see there. Last year I encountered 76 different birds. I wonder what the total will be this year?
- Black-capped Chickadee (Jan 1)
- Black-billed Magpie (Jan 1)
- Common Raven (Jan 1)
- Hairy Woodpecker (Jan 1)
- Downy Woodpecker (Jan 3)
- House Sparrow (Jan 8)
- House Finch (Jan 13)
- Gray Partridge (Jan 14)
- Common Redpoll (Feb 1)
- Canada Goose (Mar 19)
- American Crow (Mar 26)
- Ring-billed Gull (Mar 26)
- California Gull (Mar 31)
- American Tree Sparrow (Apr 2)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Apr 4)
- Western Meadowlark (Apr 8)
- American Robin (Apr 9)
- Bohemian Waxwing (Apr 9)
- Killdeer (Apr 11)
- Mallard (Apr 18)
- Song Sparrow (Apr 19)
- Snow Goose (Apr 22)
- Northern Flicker (Apr 22)
- Greater White-fronted Goose (Apr 22)
- Franklin’s Gull (Apr 22)
- Common Grackle (Apr 23)
- Wilson’s Snipe (Apr 23)
- Canvasback (Apr 25)
- White-throated Sparrow (Apr 30)
- White-breasted Nuthatch (Apr 30)
- Horned Grebe (Apr 30)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (May 2)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (May 3)
- Brown-headed Cowbird (May 3)
- White-crowned Sparrow (May 5)
- Vesper Sparrow (May 5)
- Mourning Dove (May 5)
- Warbling Vireo (May 13)
- Tree Swallow (May 13)
- Northern House Wren (May 13)
- Brown Thrasher (May 13)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (May 13)
- Savannah Sparrow (May 13)
- Baltimore Oriole (May 13)
- Yellow Warbler (May 13)
- Least Flycatcher (May 14)
- Barn Swallow (May 14)
- Chipping Sparrow (May 14)
- Tennessee Warbler (May 15)
- Swainson’s Thrush (May 15)
- Black Tern (May 16)
- Purple Martin (May 16)
- Eastern Kingbird (May 20)
- Ovenbird (May 20)
- Alder Flycatcher (May 20)
- American Goldfinch (May 23)
- Sora (May 23)
- American Redstart (May 24)
- Gadwall (May 24)
- Lesser Scaup (May 26)
- Bufflehead (May 28)
- Northern Shoveler (May 28)
- Cedar Waxwing (May 29)
- Red-eyed Vireo (May 31)
- Common Yellowthroat (May 31)