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

  1. Challenge runs from Jan 1st – Dec 31st, 2025.
  2. Sighting has to take place in Canada or The USA.
  3. Both Sara and I have to see the bird and we have to get is on camera to show it to you.
  4. Bird had to be wild (not captive/released) and has to be countable according to The ABA checklist of birds.
  5. 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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