Calgary 2024 Trip Checklist

My trip began on August 14th, during the near 10-hour layover at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. In subsequent posts, I’ll share details about my birdwatching excursions, lifers (newly spotted bird species), and adventures. In the checklist below, I’ll mark the lifers recorded in Purple.

17. American Goldfinch

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146.Yellow-bellied Seedeater - Sporophila nigricollis (Lifer #409) seen on stopover in Grenada
145.Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana (Lifer #408)
144.Evening Grosbeak - Coccothraustes vespertinus (Lifer #407)
143.Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria
142.Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
141.Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus
140.Palm Warbler - Setophaga palmarum (Lifer #406)
139.Gadwall - Mareca strepera
138.Ring-necked Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus
137.Blackpoll Warbler - Setophaga striata
136.Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii
135.Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus
134.White-faced Ibis - Plegadis chihi
133.Great Egret - Ardea alba
132.Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri
131.Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus
130.Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus griseus
129.Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
128.Greater White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons (Lifer #405)
127.Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus
126.Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
125.Canvasback - Aythya valisineria
124.Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii (lifer #404)
123.Orange-crowned Warbler - Leiothlypis celata
122.White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis (Lifer #403)
121.Red Crossbill - Loxia curvirostra (Lifer #402)
120.Brown Creeper - Certhia americana (lifer #401) 
119.Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor
118.Boreal Chickadee - Poecile hudsonicus (Lifer #400)-Doing a dance and drinking a brew in celebration
117.American Three-toed Woodpecker - Picoides dorsalis (Lifer #399)
116.American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
115.Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides (Lifer #398)
114.Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis
113.Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus
112.Common Loon - Gavia immer (Lifer #397)
111.Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
110.Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
109.Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
108.Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata
107.Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) (lifer #396)
106.
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
105.Steller's Jay - Cyanocitta stelleri 
(Lifer #395)
104.American Robin - Turdus migratorius
103.Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus (Lifer #394)
102.Clark's Nutcracker - Nucifraga columbiana (Lifer #393)
101.Rufous Hummingbird - Selasphorus rufus 
(Lifer #392)
100.Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas
99.  Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Corthylio calendula (Lifer #391)
98.  Mountain Chickadee - Poecile gambeli
97.  Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus
96.  White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys (Lifer #390)
95.  Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis 
(Lifer #389)
94.  Western Wood-Pewee - Contopus sordidulus
93.  Townsend's Warbler - Setophaga townsendi
92.  Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
91.  American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla
90.  Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia
89.  Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis
88.  Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
87.  Clay-colored Sparrow - Spizella pallida
86.  Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina
85.  Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
84.  Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus
83.  Common Merganser - Mergus merganser
82.  Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
81.  Redhead - Aythya americana
80.  Canada Warbler - Cardellina canadensis) (Lifer #388)
79.  White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis
78.  Western Meadowlark - Sturnella neglecta (Lifer #387)
77.  Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
76.  Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
75.  Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis (Lifer #386)
74.  Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
73.  Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
72.  Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
71.  Nelson's Sparrow - Ammospiza nelsoni (Lifer #385)
70.  Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris
69.  Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
68.  Northern Harrier - Circus hudsonius (Lifer #384)
67.  Black-crowned Night Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
66.  Black Tern - Chlidonias niger
65.  Bonaparte's Gull - Chroicocephalus philadelphia
64.  Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
63.  Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
62.  Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii (Lifer #383)
61.  Willet - Tringa semipalmata
60.  Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes
59.  Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor
58.  Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus
57.  Marbled Godwit - Limosa fedoa (Lifer #382)
56.  Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus
55.  Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
54.  American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana
53.  Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus
52.  Western Grebe - Aechmophorus occidentalis
51.  Eared Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
50.  Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
49.  Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus
48.  Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
47.  Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
46.  Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata
45.  Blue-winged Teal - Spatula discors
44.  Whooping Crane - Grus americana (Lifer #381)
43.  Swainson's Hawk - Buteo swainsoni
42.  Wilson's Warbler - Cardellina pusilla

41.  House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus
40.  Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis
39.  Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater
38.  European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
37.  House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
36.  Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
35.  Downy Woodpecker - Dryobates pubescens
34.  Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
33.  California Gull - Larus californicus
32.  Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
31.  Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
30.  Tennessee Warbler - Leiothlypis peregrina
29.  Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula
28.  Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
27.  Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis
26.  American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
25.  American Coot - Fulica americana
24.  Sora - Porzana carolina
23.  Red-necked Grebe - Podiceps grisegena
22.  Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
21.  House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
20.  Common Raven - Corvus corax
19.  Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
18.  Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia  
17.  American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
16.  Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus
15.  Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus
14.  Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
13.  Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum
12.  Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus
11.  Hairy Woodpecker - Dryobates villosus
10.  Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
9.    American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
8.    Double-crested Cormorant - Nannopterum auritum
7.    Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
6.    Franklin's Gull - Leucophaeus pipixcan
5.    Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
4.    American Wigeon - Mareca americana
3.    Black-billed Magpie - Pica hudsonia
2.    Merlin - Falco columbarius (Toronto)
1.    Rock Pigeon -Columba livia  (Toronto)

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