I will use this post to track my progress against my goals in my Little Year Challenge in which I aim to spot and identify 100 species by the end of 2017.
Total Birds (Tier 1): 33
Total Mammals: 3
Total Birds+Mammals (Tier 2): 36
Total other vertebrates: 0
New life list: 4 (LL)
Last updated: 1/30/2017
| 1 | Canada goose | Branta candadiensis | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/1/2017 |
| 2 | Northern flicker | Colaptes auratus | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/1/2017 |
| 3 | American robin | Turdus migratorius | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/1/2017 |
| 4 | Red-tailed hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/1/2017 |
| 5 | American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/1/2017 |
| 6 | Mourning dove | Zenaida macroura | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/1/2017 |
| 7 | European starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/1/2017 |
| 8 | Fish crow | Corvus ossifragus | Miami, FL | 1/4/2017 |
| 9 | Boat-tailed grackle | Quiscalus major | Miami, FL | 1/4/2017 |
| 10 | White ibis | Eudocimus albus | Miami, FL | 1/4/2017 |
| 11 | House sparrow | Passer domesticus | Miami, FL | 1/4/2017 |
| 12 | Laughing gull | Larus atricilla | Miami, FL | 1/4/2017 |
| 13 | Common loon | Gavia immer | Miami, FL | 1/4/2017 |
| 14 | Green heron | Butorides virescens | Miami, FL | 1/4/2017 |
| 15 | Yellow-rumped warbler (LL) | Dendroica coronata | Miami, FL | 1/5/2017 |
| 16 | Rock dove | Columba livia | Miami, FL | 1/5/2017 |
| 17 | Red-bellied woodpecker (LL) | Melanerpes carolinus | Miami, FL | 1/5/2017 |
| 18 | Eurasian collared dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Miami, FL | 1/5/2017 |
| 19 | Loggerhead shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | Miami, FL | 1/5/2017 |
| 20 | Blue jay | Cyanocitta cristata | Miami, FL | 1/5/2017 |
| 21 | Ring-billed gull | Larus delawarensis | Miami, FL | 1/6/2017 |
| 22 | Brown pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | Miami, FL | 1/6/2017 |
| 23 | Muscovy duck | Cairina moschata | Miami, FL | 1/6/2017 |
| 24 | Northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/14/2017 |
| 25 | Dark-eyed junco | Junco hyemalis | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/14/2017 |
| 26 | Black-capped chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/14/2017 |
| 27 | Carolina wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/14/2017 |
| 28 | Purple finch | Carpodacus mexicanus | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/15/2017 |
| 29 | Brown creeper | Certhia americana (LL) | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/15/2017 |
| 30 | White-crowned sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/15/2017 |
| 31 | Canvasback | Aythya salisineria (LL) | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/21/2017 |
| 32 | Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/21/2017 |
| 33 | Great blue heron | Ardea herodias | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/23/2017 |
Mammals:
| 1 | Grey squirrel | Sciurus carolinensis | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/1/2017 |
| 2 | White tailed deer | Odocoileus virginianus | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/2/2017 |
| 3 | Eastern cottontail | Sylvilagus floridanus | Lee’s Summit, MO | 1/9/2017 |
