It isn’t often I get a life bird in such an easy way. This Evening Grosbeak was hanging out on May 11 by the Evodia bird feeders in Central Park, along with a hoard of fellow bird watchers. My life list count for the US is 351 and 919 world wide. It’s a modest list because I do not travel much. I’ll will not be seeing all 10,425 some odd bird species in the world.
Forget-me-not (Myosotis), Central Park 5/8/2019 
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia), Central Park 5/8/2019 
Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus), Central Park 5/8/2019 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), Central Park 5/8/2019 
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), Central Park 5/8/2019
Sherry Felix - port4u 
A good set
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I got to see my first Rose-breasted Grosbeak last weekend, at my feeder! Squeeeee!!
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Congratulations on your lifer. I use a checklist spreadsheet from ABA http://listing.aba.org/aba-checklist/ that I modified to keep a tally, and put in dates and locations of my first sightings.
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Gosh, they are beautiful! Maybe I can profit by your knowledge of birds and start identifying them too. 🙂
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All it takes is a field guide (you can download one like iBird or Sibley), a pair of binoculars and practice. There are lots of organizations that lead walks and they don’t mind newbies. Where are you located? It is lots of fun.
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I will. Thanks! I live in Bayonne, NJ.
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