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06-19-2011, 08:48 PM
I spent a delightful two weeks in Wyoming - a wonderful break from the Texas summer heat here in Dallas. A family vacation, not specifically a birding trip, but I got 19 lifers :D The best birds were the Black-backed Woodpecker, Greater Sage-Grouse, and Great Gray Owl. Full list below.
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan*
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck*
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye*
Common Merganser*
Ruddy Duck
Chukar*
Greater Sage-Grouse*
Dusky Grouse*
Common Loon
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe*
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle*
American Kestrel
Prairie Falcon
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull*
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Great Gray Owl*
Red-naped Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker*
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher*
Warbling Vireo
Gray Jay
Steller's Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Common Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch*
White-breasted Nuthatch
Rock Wren
House Wren
American Dipper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery*
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler*
Wilson's Warbler
Green-tailed Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow*
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Bunting*
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird*
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow
*Lifer
Good birding!
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan*
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck*
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye*
Common Merganser*
Ruddy Duck
Chukar*
Greater Sage-Grouse*
Dusky Grouse*
Common Loon
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe*
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle*
American Kestrel
Prairie Falcon
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull*
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Great Gray Owl*
Red-naped Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker*
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher*
Warbling Vireo
Gray Jay
Steller's Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Common Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch*
White-breasted Nuthatch
Rock Wren
House Wren
American Dipper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery*
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler*
Wilson's Warbler
Green-tailed Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow*
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Bunting*
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird*
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow
*Lifer
Good birding!