- 10,000 Birds
- The Adventures of Buddah Pest (not quite what I had in mind)
- Arcol-o-gist
- As It Happens
- Au fil du temps / As time goes by
- Ben Cruachan Blog
- Bill of the Birds
- Bird Brained Stories!
- Birdchaser
- Birdchick Blog
- birdDC
- Birderblog
- Birds Etcetera
- BirdTLC
- bootstrap analysis
- Burning Silo
- Chat Happens (not really running the meme, but responding to the same article)
- Chef Messy
- Dharma Bums
- Diva Kitty and the Fluffies
- Drew's Birds
- Earth, Wind, and Water
- Edith's Space
- Effect Measure
- Endment
- GreenishLady
- harmonyinline
- The Hawk Owl's Nest
- Heron's Snag
- Home Bird Notes
- The House & Other Arctic Musings
- Jeff Gyr Blog
- Just a Bump in the Beltway
- Larry of Catifornia
- Majikthise
- Mike's Birding & Digiscoping Blog
- Mike's Soap Box
- My Photography
- nothoo
- Ocellated (see comments there for more lists)
- Peregrine's Bird Blog
- Pharyngula
- Pocket Farm
- pohanginapete
- Rigor Vitae: Life Unyielding
- Roundrock Journal
- Sand Creek Almanac
- Science and Sarcasm
- Science and Politics
- Search and Serendipity
- Snail Spirals
- Somewhere in NJ
- Stokes Birding Blog
- Susan Gets Native
- Thomasburg Walks
- Thoughts of an Iowa Birdwatcher
- Timothy Dickens
- Tortoise Trail
- What's going on in Amy's head
- Whorled Leaves (posts by Lené, Deb, Laura, and Pam)
- Wildbird on the Fly
- William of Mass Destruction
- Woodsong
Over thirty people responded to the meme (some by email) and named close to 200 birds, including some from Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. Now that is a lot of beautiful birds! But you might ask if there is any consensus in the birdblogosphere about which birds are most beautiful. Well, good thing you asked, because I have an answer for you. There are two ways of answering the question: one is which birds appeared most frequently on these lists, and the other is which birds consistently appeared near the tops of the lists. First, those mentioned most frequently:
- Scarlet Tanager
- Baltimore Oriole
- Blackburnian Warbler
- American Kestrel
- Indigo Bunting
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Snowy Owl
- Painted Bunting
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Scarlet Tanager
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Painted Bunting
- Baltimore Oriole
- American Kestrel
- Indigo Bunting
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Vermillion Flycatcher
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Common Loon
Update: Since I first posted this, several people have sent me additional links, which I have been adding to the list above. As I find more, I will update the list from time to time.
Update (5/10): I just added a dozen more links to the list, bringing the total number of respondents to over fifty (including emails and comments). Enjoy the responses.
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