350 Bird Challenge
This year, we want to try to see 350 different bird species.
AND! We are documenting this adventure on our YouTube Channel. Follow along, and see if we can make it!
Please note: We have full-time jobs, family, and limited financial resources. So 350 might sound easy to some people, but will be a challenge for us!
RULES
- Challenge runs from Jan 1st – Dec 31st, 2025.
- Sighting has to take place in Canada or The USA.
- Both Sara and I have to see the bird and we have to get is on camera to show it to you.
- Bird had to be wild (not captive/released) and has to be countable according to The ABA checklist of birds.
- Bird had to be a distinct species (No sub-species, no hybrids).
Birds We’ve Seen So Far
Species Count: — (as of —)
| Snowy Owl House Sparrow Carolina Wren Winter Wren White-breasted Nuthatch Golden-crowned Kinglet Hairy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Great Black-backed Gull American Coot Mourning Dove Hooded Merganser White-winged Scoter Canvasback Trumpeter Swan Canada Goose Red-tailed Hawk American Tree Sparrow Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe American Herring Gull Red-breasted Merganser Common Merganser American Black Duck Northern Cardinal Dark-eyed Junco American Robin European Starling Black-capped Chickadee Ring-billed Gull Rock Pigeon Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Long-tailed Duck Harlequin Duck Greater Scaup Mallard Gadwall Mute Swan Harris’s Sparrow American Goldfinch American Crow Blue Jay Northern Harrier Redhead Sandhill Crane Song Sparrow Northern Shrike Cooper’s Hawk Tufted Duck Canada Jay Red-breasted Nuthatch Wild Turkey Common Raven Common Eider Barrow’s Goldeneye White-throated Sparrow Ross’s Goose Black-backed Woodpecker Iceland Gull Lesser Scaup American Wigeon Horned Lark Pied-billed Grebe Snow Bunting Northern Saw-whet Owl Black Scoter Surf Scoter Rough-legged Hawk Bald Eagle Great Blue Heron Double-crested Cormorant Green-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Barred Owl Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Merlin Great Gray Owl Eurasian Tree Sparrow Short-eared Owl Lapland Longspur White-winged Crossbill Eastern Bluebird Common Loon Ruddy Duck Varied Thrush Yellow-rumped Warbler Cackling Goose Northern Hawk Owl Red-winged Blackbird Turkey Vulture Killdeer Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Ring-necked Duck Tufted Titmouse Tundra Swan Greater Yellowlegs Snow Goose American Kestrel White-crowned Sparrow Fox Sparrow Belted Kingfisher Eastern Phoebe Great Horned Owl Western Grebe Forster’s Tern Bonaparte’s Gull Tree Swallow Brown Creeper Sharp-shinned Hawk Blue-winged Teal Northern Pintail Rusty Blackbird Hermit Thrush Ruby-crowned Kinglet Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Eastern Meadowlark Field Sparrow Barn Swallow Osprey Wilson’s Snipe Great Egret Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Purple Martin American White Pelican Caspian Tern Pectoral Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Wood Duck Palm Warbler Virginia Rail Gray Catbird White-eyed Vireo Brown Thrasher Northern Rough-winged Swallow Black-crowned Night Heron Common Tern Spotted Sandpiper Wilson’s Warbler Green-tailed Towhee Phainopepla Cactus Wren Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Western Wood-Pewee Gilded Flicker Hooded Oriole Abert’s Towhee Western Kingbird Harris’s Hawk Green Heron Snowy Egret Black-chinned Hummingbird Eurasian Collared-Dove Black Phoebe Ash-throated Flycatcher Black Vulture Lazuli Bunting Black-throated Gray Warbler Lucy’s Warbler Great-tailed Grackle Brewer’s Sparrow | Lesser Goldfinch House Finch Northern Mockingbird Curve-billed Thrasher Verdin Gila Woodpecker Burrowing Owl Costa’s Hummingbird Anna’s Hummingbird White-winged Dove Gambel’s Quail Franklin’s Gull Least Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Cinnamon Teal Rock Wren Cliff Swallow Black-necked Stilt Yellow Warbler Yellow-headed Blackbird Lark Sparrow Brewer’s Blackbird Pygmy Nuthatch Steller’s Jay Loggerhead Shrike Cassin’s Kingbird Bank Swallow Willet Wilson’s Phalarope American Avocet Common Black Hawk Orange-crowned Warbler Pine Siskin Bullock’s Oriole Vermilion Flycatcher Ladder-backed Woodpecker White-faced Ibis Summer Tanager Common Yellowthroat Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay Bushtit Juniper Titmouse Violet-green Swallow California Condor Greater Roadrunner Bridled Titmouse Painted Redstart Grace’s Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Northern House Wren Warbling Vireo Virginia’s Warbler Northern Waterthrush Spotted Towhee Western Bluebird Marsh Wren Mountain Chickadee Acorn Woodpecker MacGillivray’s Warbler Common Gallinule Black-headed Grosbeak Townsend’s Warbler Neotropic Cormorant Chihuahuan Meadowlark Swainson’s Hawk Western Cattle-Egret Western Sandpiper American Golden-Plover Scaled Quail Mexican Duck Gray Flycatcher Elegant Trogon Broad-tailed Hummingbird Rivoli’s Hummingbird Western Tanager Bronzed Cowbird Canyon Towhee Lincoln’s Sparrow Bewick’s Wren Mexican Jay Broad-billed Hummingbird Blue-throated Mountain-gem Inca Dove Scott’s Oriole Swainson’s Thrush Blue Grosbeak Bell’s Vireo Dusky Flycatcher Pyrrhuloxia Black-throated Sparrow Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Greater Pewee Hermit Warbler Violet-crowned Hummingbird Brown-crested Flycatcher Plumbeous Vireo Red-faced Warbler Yellow-eyed Junco Hammond’s Flycatcher Hepatic Tanager Arizona Woodpecker Dusky-capped Flycatcher Say’s Phoebe Crested Caracara Thick-billed Kingbird Grey Hawk Lesser Nighthawk Sora Rufous-winged Sparrow Eastern Kingbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Blackpoll Warbler Eastern Wood-pewee Cape May Warbler Magnolia Warbler Brant Ruddy Turnstone Blue-headed Vireo Tennessee Warbler American Redstart Bay-breasted Warbler Rose-breasted Grosbeack Red-eyed Vireo Chestnut-sided Warbler Cedar Waxwing Clay-coloured Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Indigo Bunting Least Flycatcher Wood Thrush Oven Bird Blue-winged Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler Scarlet Tanager Blackburnian Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Vesper Sparrow Pine Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Great-crested Flycatcher Yellow-throated Vireo Veery Swamp Sparrow Semi-palmated Plover Piping Plover Dunlin Semi-palmated Sandpiper Canada Warbler Black Tern Purple Finch Broad-winged Hawk Bobolink Grasshopper Sparrow Ruby-throated Hummingbird Alder Flycatcher Hooded Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Yellow-billed Cuckoo Red-headed Woodpecker Least Bittern American Bittern Common Nighthawk |
You can watch the whole challenge from start to finish by following our YouTube Channel Playlist here: The 350 Bird Challenge on YouTube
