I started my life list 3 years ago but haven't been real dilligent. I typed it up yesterday and found about 200 different species most are from the west. This doesn't include my Oklahoma list. I like to bird in the national parks.
Loons:
6/04 Common Loon - North Shore Lake Superior
Grebes:
3/05 Pied Billed Grebe -Big Bend Nat'l Park Texas
Geese:
6/04 Canadian Goose - Thunder Bay Canada
Ducks:
8/03 Mallards - Springdale Utah Zion National Park
3/05 Northern Shoveler - Big Bend National Park Texas
3/05 Blue Winged Teal - Big Bend National Park Texas
6/04 Red breasted Merganser - North Shore Lake Superior
Vultures:
3/05 Turkey Vulture - Big Bend National Park Texas
3/05 Black Vulture - Big Bend National Park Texas
Falcons:
3/05 American Kestrel - Big Bend National Park Texas
Turkeys:
8/03 Wild Turkey - Bryce National Park Utah
Rails:
3/05 Sora - Big Bend National Park Texas
Plovers:
8/03 Killdeer - Bryce Canyon National Park Utah
Sandpipers:
8/03 Spotted Sandpipers - Bryce Canyon National Park Utah
Gulls:
6/04 Ringed billed Gull - North Shore Lake Superior
6/04 Herring Gull - North Shore Lake Superior
Doves:
3/05 Mourning dove - Big Bend National Park Texas
3/05 White winged Dove - Big Bend National Park Texas
Cuckoos
6/03 Greater Roadrunner - Carlsbad National Park New Mexico
Owls:
3/05 Great Horned Owl - Big Bend National Park Texas
3/05 Western Screech Owl - Big Bend National Park Texas
Nighthawks:
3/05 Lesser nighthawk - Big Bend National Park Texas
Swifts
3/05 White-throated Swift - Big Bend National Park Texas
Hummingbirds:
8/03 Black-chinned Hummingbird - Zion NP Utah
8/03 Broad tailed Hummingbird - Grand Canyon North Rim Arizonia
8/03 Rufous Hummingbird - Leadville Colorado ele 11,300 ft.
Wookpeckers
3/05 Golden-fronted Woodpecker - Big Bend National Park Texas
8/03 Ladder-backed Woodpecker - Grand Canyon North Rim
8/03 Hairy Woodpecker - Grand Canyon North Rim
Flycatcher:
8/03 Olive-sided Flycatcher - Grand Canyon North Rim
8/04 Eastern Wood Pewee - Natural Bridge Virginia
8/03 Western Wood Pewee - Zion NP Utah
8/03 Back Phoebe - Zion NP Utah
8/03 Say's Phoebe - Bryce NP Utah
6/03 Vermillion flycatcher - Carlsbad NP New Mexico
3/05 Ash-throated Flycatcher - Big Bend National Park Texas
Viero:
8/03 Plumbeous Vireo - Grand Canyon North Rim
7/03 Cassin's Vireo - Leadville Colorado ele. 11690
6/04 Red-eyed Vireo- North Shore Lake Superior
6/04 Warbling Vireo - North Shore Lake Superior
Crows and Jays:
7/03 Steller's Jay - Idaho Srpings Colorado
8/03 Steller's Jay very light- Bryce Canyon NP Utah
7/03 Gray Jay - Leadville Colorado elevation 11300
8/03 Clark's Nutcracker - Bryce Canyon Utah
8/03 Western Scrub Jay - Capital Reef NP Utah
8/03 Black billed magpie - Leadville Colorado
8/03 Common Raven - Grand Canyon North Rim
Swallows:
7/03 Tree Swallow - Idaho Spring Colorado
8/03 Violet green Swallow - Leadville Colorado
3/05 Cliff Swallow - Big Bend National Park Texas
8/03 Northern rough-winged Swallow - Bryce Canyon NP Utah
8/03 Barn Swallow - Bryce Canyon NP Utah
6/03 Cave Swallow - Carlsbad Caverns NP New Mexico
Chickadee
6/04 Black capped Chickadee - North Shore Lake Superior
7/03 Mountain Chickadee - Leadville Colorado elevation 11,300
Bushtits:
8/03 Bushtit - Grand Canyon North Rim
Nuthatches
8/03 White Breasted Nuthatch - Grand Canyon North Rim
8/03 Pygmy Nuthatch - Grand Canyon North Rim
Wrens:
3/05 Bewick's Wren - Big Bend National Park Texas
8/03 Canyon Wren - Zion NP Utah
3/05 Marsh Wren - Big Bend National Park Texas
Dippers:
8/03 American Dipper - Bryce Canyon Utah
Gnatchatchers:
3/05 Black tailed Gnatcatcher - Big Bend National Park Texas
Thrushes:
8/03 Western Bluebird - Bryce NP Utah
8/03 Mountain Bluebird - Bryce NP Utah
8/04 Veery - North Shore Lake Superior
7/03 Hermit Thrush - Leadville Colorado elevation 11690
8/03 American Robin - Natural Bridge Virginia
Mockingbirds, thrashers
8/04 Gray Catbird - Shanandowa National Park Virginia
3/05 Northern Mockingbird - Big Bend National Park Texas
Waxwings:
3/05 Cedar Waxwings - Big Bend National Park Texas
Silky-flycatchers
8/03 Phainopepla - Zion National Park Utah
Warblers:
8/03 Lucy's Warbler - Zion National Park Utah
6/04 Chestnut sided Warbler - North Shore Lake Superior
3/05 yellow rumped warbler - Big Bend National Park Texas
8/03 Black-throated Gray Warbler - Grand Canyon North Rim
6/04 Black throated Green Warbler North Shore Lake Superior
6/03 Grace's Warbler - Zion NP Utah
8/03 Yellow Warbler - Zion NP Utah
6/04 Ovenbird - Isle Royal Nation Park Michigan
6/04 Common Yellowthroat - North Shore Lake Superior
Tanager:
8/03 Western Tanager - Zion National Park Utah
Towhee:
8/03 Sptted towhee - Zion NP Utah
Sparrows:
3/05 Brewer's Sparrow - Big Bend National Park Texas
8/03 Lark's Sparrow - Grand Canyon North Rim
3/05 Black Throated Sparrow - Big Bend National Park Texas
7/03 Fox Sparrow - Leadville Colorado elevation 11,700
3/05 Lincoln's Sparrow - Big Bend National Park Texas
Juncos:
8/03 Dark Eyed Juncos - Grand Canyon North rim
Cardinals:
3/05 Northern Cardinals - Big Bend National Park Texas
3/05 Pyrrhuloxia - Big Bend National Park Texas
Blackbirds:
6/04 Red-winged Blackbird - Road to North Shore Lake Superior Minn.
3/05 Great-tailed Grackle - Big Bend National Park Texas
3/05 Brewer's Blackbird - Big Bend National Park Texas
Orioles:
6/03 Scott's Oriole - Carlsbad Caverns NP New Mexico
Finches:
7/03 Cassin's Finch - Leadville Colorado elevation 11690
3/05 House finch - Big Bend National Park Texas
7/03 Red Crossbill - Leadville Colorado elevation 11,000
7/03 White winged Crossbill - Idaho Springs Colorado
8/03 Pine Grosbeak Bryce Canyon NP