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
American Robin Northern Cardinal Dark-eyed Junco European Starling Greater Scaup Gadwall Mallard Ring-billed Gull Feral/Rock Pigeon Harlequin Duck Mute Swan Red-breasted Merganser American Black Duck American Tree Sparrow Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Common Goldeneye American Herring Gull American Coot Canvasback Great Black-backed Gull Trumpeter Swan Hairy Woodpecker Golden-crowned Kinglet Mourning Dove Hooded Merganser White-breasted Nuthatch Winter Wren Carolina Wren Snowy Owl White-winged Scoter | Sandhill Crane Redhead Canada Goose Northern Harrier Blue Jay American Crow Black-capped Chickadee American Goldfinch Harris’s Sparrow Downy Woodpecker Common Merganser Tufted Duck Cooper’s Hawk House Finch House Sparrow Northern Shrike Red-tailed Hawk Long-tailed Duck Ross’s Goose White-throated Sparrow Barrow’s Goldeneye Common Eider Common Raven Red-breasted Nuthatch Canada Jay Wild Turkey Black-backed Woodpecker Pied-billed Grebe Horned Lark Bufflehead American Wigeon Lesser Scaup Iceland Gull Great Blue Heron Double-crested Cormorant Rough-legged Hawk Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Bald Eagle Surf Scoter Black Scoter Northern Saw-whet Snow Bunting |
List Last Updated: Feb 9th 2025
You can watch the whole challenge from start to finish by following our YouTube Channel Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5pP4dZ6FIg&list=PLEV0eY3bW9UXsQQy871pb2BhLPNdH3qsN
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