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2025 Washington County Photography Big Year.

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Merlin was #177 and the last bird I photographed during my County Big Year
  1. Red-bellied Woodpecker – Jan 1
  2. Downy Woodpecker – Jan 1
  3. Hairy Woodpecker – Jan 1
  4. Blue Jay – Jan 1
  5. Carolina Chickadee – Jan 1
  6. Tufted Titmouse – Jan 1
  7. White-breasted Nuthatch – Jan 1
  8. Carolina Wren – Jan 1
  9. European Starling – Jan 1
  10. American Goldfinch – Jan 1
  11. Mourning Dove – Jan 2
  12. Dark-eyed Junco- Jan 2
  13. Northern Cardinal- Jan 2
  14. Canada Goose- Jan 2
  15. American Black Duck- Jan 2
  16. Pied-billed Grebe- Jan 2
  17. Great Blue Heron- Jan 2
  18. Red-tailed Hawk- Jan 2
  19. Pileated Woodpecker – Jan 2
  20. American Kestrel – Jan 2
  21. American Crow – Jan 2
  22. Song Sparrow – Jan 2
  23. House Finch – Jan 3
  24. Common Grackle – Jan 3
  25. Bald Eagle – Jan 4
  26. White-throated Sparrow – Jan 6
  27. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – Jan 10
  28. Eastern Towhee – Jan 10
  29. Brown-headed Cowbird – Jan 10
  30. White-crowned Sparrow – Jan 10
  31. House Sparrow – Jan 11
  32. Red-winged Blackbird – Jan 11
  33. Ring-billed Gull – Jan 13
  34. Red-shouldered Hawk – Jan 16
  35. Redhead – Jan 24
  36. Common Merganser – Jan 24
  37. Northern Mockingbird – Jan 26
  38. American Robin – Jan 26
  39. Brown Creeper – Jan 31
  40. Canvasback – Feb 1
  41. Ring-necked Duck – Feb 1
  42. Lesser Scaup – Feb 1
  43. Bufflehead – Feb 1
  44. American Coot – Feb 1
  45. Mallard – Feb 3
  46. Hooded Merganser – Feb 3
  47. Ross’s Goose – Feb 7
  48. Double-crested Cormorant – Feb 8
  49. American Herring Gull – Feb 14
  50. Killdeer – Mar 2
  51. Tundra Swan – Mar 2
  52. Long-tailed Duck – Mar 2
  53. Turkey Vulture – Mar 3
  54. Gadwall – Mar 3
  55. Common Raven – Mar 3
  56. Northern Shoveler – Mar 10
  57. Black Vulture – Mar 13
  58. Northern Flicker – Mar 14
  59. Chipping Sparrow – Mar 14
  60. Pine Warbler – Mar 16
  61. Swamp Sparrow – Mar 19
  62. Eastern Bluebird – Mar 19
  63. Great Egret – Mar 22
  64. Osprey – Mar 22
  65. Belted Kingfisher – Mar 22
  66. Pectoral Sandpiper – Mar 23
  67. Blue-winged Teal – Mar 25
  68. Green-winged Teal – Mar 26
  69. Eastern Meadowlark – Mar 29
  70. Eastern Phoebe – Mar 29
  71. Northern Rough-winged Swallow – Mar 29
  72. Wood Duck – Mar 31
  73. Louisiana Waterthrush – Mar 31
  74. Rusty Blackbird – Apr 2
  75. Rock Pigeon – Apr 2
  76. Red-breasted Merganser – Apr 5
  77. Solitary Sandpiper – Apr 5
  78. American Wigeon – Apr 5
  79. Barn Swallow – Apr 6
  80. Common Loon – Apr 6
  81. Purple Finch – Apr 7
  82. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – Apr 8
  83. Brown Thrasher – Apr 8
  84. Golden-crowned Kinglet – Apr 12
  85. Prairie Warbler – Apr 13
  86. Ruby-crowned Kinglet – Apr 14
  87. Blue-headed Vireo – Apr 14
  88. Yellow-rumped Warbler – Apr 16
  89. Tree Swallow – Apr 16
  90. Yellow-throated Warbler – Apr 15
  91. Hermit Thrush – Apr 16
  92. Green Heron – Apr 17
  93. Northern Yellow Warbler – Apr 20
  94. Field Sparrow – Apr 20
  95. American Redstart – Apr 21
  96. Ruby-throated Hummingbird – Apr 21
  97. Worm-eating Warbler – Apr 21
  98. Black-and-white Warbler – Apr 21
  99. Cerulean Warbler – Apr 21
  100. Broad-winged Hawk – Apr 21
  101. Baltimore Oriole – Apr 22
  102. Gray Catbird – Apr 22
  103. Kentucky Warbler – Apr 22
  104. Scarlet Tanager – Apr 22
  105. Blue-winged Warbler – Apr 22
  106. Spotted Sandpiper – Apr 22
  107. Cliff Swallow – Apr 23
  108. Red-eyed Vireo – Apr 23
  109. Hooded Warbler – Apr 23
  110. Cooper’s Hawk – Apr 24
  111. Great Crested Flycatcher – Apr 24
  112. Yellow-throated Vireo – Apr 24
  113. Eastern Warbling Vireo – Apr 24
  114. Orchard Oriole – Apr 224
  115. Northern Parula – Apr 24
  116. Eastern Kingbird – Apr 24
  117. Wood Thrush – Apr 24
  118. Ovenbird – Apr 24
  119. White-eyed Vireo – Apr 24
  120. Wild Turkey – Apr 25
  121. Chimney Swift – Apr 26
  122. Acadian Flycatcher – Apr 28
  123. Rose-breasted Grosbeak – Apr 28
  124. Cape May Warbler – Apr 28
  125. Savannah Sparrow – Apr 28
  126. Swainson’s Thrush – May 5
  127. Yellow-breasted Chat – May 6
  128. Indigo Bunting – May 6
  129. Purple Martin – May 6
  130. Summer Tanager – May 14
  131. Common Yellowthroat – May 15
  132. Tennessee Warbler – May 16
  133. Red-headed Woodpecker – May 18
  134. Eastern Wood-Pewee – May 18
  135. Cedar Waxwing – May 19
  136. Northern House Wren – May 23
  137. Dickcissel – May 26
  138. Semipalmated Sandpiper – June 4
  139. Barred Owl – June 7
  140. Willow Flycatcher – June 8
  141. Blue Grosbeak – June 15
  142. Grasshopper Sparrow – June 21
  143. Snowy Egret – June 21
  144. Least Sandpiper – Aug 4
  145. Bank Swallow – Aug 5
  146. Forster’s Tern – Aug 6
  147. Yellow-billed Cuckoo – Aug 19
  148. Caspian Tern – Aug 25
  149. Lesser Yellowlegs – Aug 26
  150. Blackburnian Warbler – Aug 31
  151. Common Nighthawk – Sept 1
  152. Red-breasted Nuthatch – Sept 2
  153. Peregrine Falcon – Sept 2
  154. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher – Sept 9
  155. Gray-cheeked Thrush – Sept 9
  156. Bay-breasted Warbler – Sept 9
  157. Chestnut-sided Warbler – Sept 12
  158. Black-throated Blue Warbler – Sept 15
  159. Nashville Warbler – Sept 16
  160. Magnolia Warbler – Sept 16
  161. Blackpoll Warbler – Sept 20
  162. Palm Warbler – Sept 20
  163. Black-throated Green Warbler – Sept 22
  164. Philadelphia Vireo – Sept 27
  165. American White Pelican – Oct 14
  166. Dunlin – Oct 16
  167. Surf Scoter – Oct 21
  168. Winter Wren – Oct 24
  169. Greater White-fronted Goose – Oct 24
  170. Northern Pintail – Oct 26
  171. Sharp-shinned Hawk – Nov 1
  172. Ruddy Duck – Nov 3
  173. Bonaparte’s Gull – Nov 11
  174. Snow Bunting – Nov 12
  175. Northern Harrier – Nov 22
  176. Horned Lark – Dec 17
  177. Merlin – Dec 26

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