For 2024 my goal was 100 birds on my lifer list, and I did reach that goal and landed at 109. However for 2025, I think I want to start the list over and see what kind of birds I find for the next year. I’ll continue to add birds to my main lifer list, but I just want to see what kind of difference I can see in a year. I’ll have all brand new photos to take/post and maybe even get some improvements of birds I found in 2024. Here are the birds I photographed in January for a total of 18 species:


Blue Jay, American Tree Sparrow


Downy Woodpecker, House Sparrow


European Starling, Eurasian Collared Dove


American Crow, Harris’s Sparrow


Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk


White-breasted Nuthatch, Northern Shrike


Dark-eyed Junco, Red-winged Blackbird


Black-capped Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch


House Finch, Red-bellied Woodpecker