Here are my top ten, listed chronologically.
- Watching eastern phoebes and black-capped chickadees in the snow on the C&O Canal.
- A day for "little brown jobs" around the Mall and Hains Point.
- Welcoming the early spring migrants at Hughes Hollow.
- My first visit to the wetlands at Poplar Point, when I saw my 200th species in D.C.
- Listening to barred owls in Rock Creek Park.
- Discovering the Franklin Township grasslands sites (and their avian inhabitants).
- Listening to the grunting of harbor seals at Bolinas Lagoon in California.
- The visit my sister and I made to Jamaica Bay to look for shorebirds.
- Seeing clapper rails and an American bittern at dusk at Sandy Hook.
- Finding lots of white-crowned sparrows (and a Nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow) at Sandy Hook.
Meanwhile, I have already seen my first birds of 2008. The very first was a dark-eyed junco. (These photos were taken a couple days ago with the Birdcam.)
Happy New Year!