This isn’t a complete list but it is definitely a list. I consider this my first real year of birding since my goal was to bird as much as possible and identify at least 50 species.
My birding year started out pretty good birding in the Dominican Republic in February. I definitely learned a lot about being prepared for a new area. In late February I had shoulder surgery and was unable to do much at all except therapy until late April and early May.
In November I finally visited my local Audubon chapter and participated in some bird walks. Some days were brutal along the shoreline of Lake Geneva but it was worth it.
Identifying various bird species is definitely a challenge foe and takes some time to look up but I am getting better. I am also starting to use a Skopecase for my phone so hopefully I will be able to photograph the birds I see and look at the details later after it flies away.
The bird(s) that were the most exciting for me this year was the Rose Breasted Grosbeak and the Pileated Woodpecker. I had never seen either of these birds but in one day I saw 11 Rose Breasted Grosbeaks. The Pileated Woodpeckers we observed near Bigfoot Beach in Lake Geneva. The first time two flew into a tree about 30 feet or less from us. The next time we observed them entering and exiting a hole in a cherry tree.
The list below contains 66 species.
| Common Loon | 4/21/18 | Harrington Beach State Park |
| American White Pelican | 4/2918 | Horicon Marsh |
| Trumpeter Swan | 4/29/18 | Horicon Marsh |
| Mallard | 4/29/18 | Horicon Marsh |
| Blue Winged Teal | 4/21/18 | Lions Den Gorge |
| Green Winged Teal | 4/21/18 | Lions Den Gorge |
| Red Head | 4/29/18 | Horicon Marsh |
| Ringed Neck Duck | 4/21/18 | Lions Den Gorge |
| Common Merganser | 4/24/19 | Schlitz Audubon |
| Wild Turkey | 4/22/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| Sandhill Crane | 4/28/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| Kildeer | 4/24/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| Ringed Billed Gull | 4/21/18 | Harrington Beach State Park |
| Mourning Dove | 4/22/18 | Delavan Arboretum |
| Snowy Owl | 12/09/17 | Coal Dock Park Port Washington |
| Belted Kingfisher | 4/21/18 | Lions Den Gorge |
| Red Headed Woodpecker | 05/01/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| Downy Woodpecker | 4/10/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 07/01/17 | Home |
| Northern Flicker | 4/10/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| Blue Jay | 05/06/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| American Crow | 4/21/18 | Harrington Beach State Park |
| Black Capped Chickadee | 4/21/18 | Lions Den Gorge |
| White Breasted Nuthatch | 4/23/19 | Price Park |
| Marsh Wren | 4/29/18 | Horicon Marsh |
| Ruby Crowned Kinglet | 4/24/19 | Schlitz Audubon |
| Blue Grey Gnatcatcher | 4/24/19 | Schlitz Audubon |
| Eastern Bluebird | 6/24/17 | Hartman Creek State Park |
| American Robin | 05/06/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| Wood Thrush | 5/19/19 | Dorothy Cairns |
| Hermit Thrush | 4/24/19 | Schlitz Audubon |
| Grey Catbird | 5/18/19 | Retzer Nature Center |
| European Starling | 4/22/19 | Troy Center |
| Brown Thrasher | 4/30/19 | Scuppernong |
| Yellow Warbler | 05/08/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| Magnolia Warbler | 5/18/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| Yellow Rumped Warbler | 05/06/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| Palm Warbler | 05/19/19 | Dorothy Cairns |
| Yellow Throated Warbler | 05/10/19 | Dorothy Cairns |
| American Redstart | 05/05/19 | Retzer Nature Center |
| Norther Waterthrush | 05/19/19 | Dorothy Cairns |
| Scarlet Tanager | 05/19/19 | Dorothy Cairns |
| Northern Cardinal | 05/18/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| Rose Breasted Grosbeak | 05/06/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| Indigo Bunting | 05/07/19 | Home |
| Eastern Towhee | 04/28/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| Savannah Sparrow | 05/05/19 | Retzer Nature Center |
| Dark Eyed Junco | 11/29/19 | |
| Bobolink | 05/18/19 | Retzer Nature Center |
| Brown Headed Cowbird | 04/10/19 | Kiswauketoe |
| Red Winged Blackbird | 05/18/19 | Retzer Nature Center |
| Common Grackle | 04/29/19 | Home |
| Baltimore Oriole | 05/11/19 | Nine Springs |
| Scotts Oriole | 05/30/19 | Home |
| House Finch | 07/01/19 | Home |
| American Goldfinch | 05/06/19 | Home |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 11/16/19 | Bigfoot State Park |
| Bufflehead | 11/16/19 | Bigfoot State Park |
| Green Heron | 02/05/19 | Punta Cana |
| Great Egret | 02/05/19 | Punta Cana |
| Hispaniolan Woodpecker | 02/05/19 | Punta Cana |
| Grey Kingbird | 02/05/19 | Punta Cana |
| Hispaniolan Woodpecker | 02/05/19 | Punta Cana |
| Greater Antillean Grackle | 02/05/19 | Punta Cana |
| Bananaquit | 02/05/19 | Punta Cana |
| Tree Swallow | 04/28/19 | Kiswauketoe |
