David Pierce
Personal Birding Site

If you are a serious birder, you maintain a list of birds you have observed.

My life list has grown by "leaps and bounds" in recent years as I have made several trips to birding hotspots. As of June, 2008, my life list of North American Birds totals 648 species. This list is too extensive to show on this website, but below I list the new lifers I have added in the past few years. I have travelled to most of the US states including Alaska. Also I have birded in Canada, Mexico, the US Virgin Islands and in Europe.

Because I consider myself an excellent nest finder, I also maintain a life list of nests of North American species I have found in various places. Currently my life nest list has 326 North American species.

Finally, since my wife and I moved to a new home in the woods about three years ago, I have kept a list of species seen on our 4.2 acres. Currently this property list has 101 species and growing.

2007 Bar Harbor Maine
Sooty Shearwater

2008 Sax-Zim Bog Minnesota
American Three-Toed Woodpecker
Hoary Redpoll

2008 Rocky Mountains (CO,WY, UT )
Clark's Grebe
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher

Places I have birded in the US.

Recent Lifers

2004 Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Aplomado Falcon
White-Collared Seedeater
Tropical Parula Warbler
Pauraque
Gray Crowned Yellow Throat
Hook-Billed Kite
Clay colored Robin
Audubon's Oriole

2005 Southeast Arizona
Elegant Trogon
Violet Crowned Hummingbird
Whiskered Screech Owl
Grace's Warbler

2006 Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Red Billed Pigeon
Brown Jay
White Tailed Hawk
Least Grebe
Whimbrel
Tamaulipas Crow
Dunlin

2007 South Florida
Black Hooded Parakeet
White Wagtail (State record for Florida)
Short Tailed Hawk
Bachman's Sparrow
Snail Kite
White Crowned Pigeon
Black Capped Petrel
Yellow Chevroned Parakeet
White Winged Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet
Red Whiskered Bulbul
Spot breasted Oriole
Purple Swamp Hen
Shiny Cowbird
Hill Myna
Common Myna