This is a list of birds I saw in 2026 without using motorized support for travel.
Previously, I called this list my BIGBY tally. The term BIGBY was first coined to describe a fossil-free big year (BIg Green Big Year).
My earlier records are 88 species in 2011; 115 in 2012; 121 in 2013; 142 in 2014; 141 in 2015; 108 in 2016; 133 in 2017; 125 in 2018; 125 again in 2019; 113 in 2020; 126 in 2021; just 87 in 2022; 80 in 2023; a sad 25 in 2024; and even sadder 14 (!!) in 2025. Yikes! I did get to some birding, just not much from home.
I used to keep the list manually in Excel, but in 2019 I created a separate eBird account to which I share my green lists. It’s super handy!
I don’t have a particular goal for this year (except for to keep a list). Here we go!
| 86 . Least Tern | 4-Apr-26 | Lake Monroe Boat Ramp |
| 85 . Red-eyed Vireo | 4-Apr-26 | Green Springs |
| 84 . Chimney Swift | 1-Apr-26 | Wolfstad Manor (home) |
| 83 . Wood Duck | 31-Mar-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 82 . Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 29-Mar-26 | Wolfstad Manor (home) |
| 81 . Black-necked Stilt | 27-Mar-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 80 . Great Crested Flycatcher | 25-Mar-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 79 . Greater Yellowlegs | 25-Mar-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 78 . Pine Warbler | 23-Mar-26 | Bill Keller Park |
| 77 . Marsh Wren | 19-Mar-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 76 . Caspian Tern | 19-Mar-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 75 . Wilson’s Snipe | 19-Mar-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 74 . Swallow-tailed Kite | 18-Mar-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 73 . Red-tailed Hawk | 15-Mar-26 | Wolfstad Manor (home) |
| 72 . Yellow-throated Warbler | 13-Mar-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 71 . Common Ground Dove | 13-Mar-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 70 . Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | 7-Mar-26 | Wolfstad Manor (home) |
| 69 . Northern Parula | 2-Mar-26 | Wolfstad Manor (home) |
| 68 . Killdeer | 10-Feb-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 67 . Painted Bunting | 9-Feb-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 66 . American Goldfinch | 9-Feb-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 65 . Northern House Wren | 9-Feb-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 64 . Green Heron | 8-Feb-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 63 . Limpkin | 8-Feb-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 62 . Barred Owl | 7-Feb-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 61 . Bonaparte’s Gull | 7-Feb-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 60 . Lesser Yellowlegs | 7-Feb-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 59 . Hooded Merganser | 7-Feb-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 58 . White-winged Scoter | 7-Feb-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 57 . Orange-crowned Warbler | 6-Feb-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 56 . Northern Flicker | 30-Jan-26 | Wolfstad Manor (home) |
| 55 . Prairie Warbler | 23-Jan-26 | Wolfstad Manor (home) |
| 54 . Western Cattle-Egret | 21-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 53 . Forster’s Tern | 21-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 52 . Wild Turkey | 18-Jan-26 | Wolfstad Manor (home) |
| 51 . Common Grackle | 17-Jan-26 | Plantation Estates |
| 50 . Northern Mockingbird | 17-Jan-26 | Plantation Estates |
| 49 . Sandhill Crane | 17-Jan-26 | Plantation Estates |
| 48 . Glossy Ibis | 16-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 47 . Blue-winged Teal | 16-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 46 . Palm Warbler | 11-Jan-26 | Wolfstad Manor (home) |
| 45 . American Robin | 9-Jan-26 | Wolfstad Manor (home) |
| 44 . Bald Eagle | 9-Jan-26 | Wolfstad Manor (home) |
| 43 . Turkey Vulture | 9-Jan-26 | Wolfstad Manor (home) |
| 42 . Snowy Egret | 7-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 41 . Pied-billed Grebe | 7-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 40 . Tree Swallow | 6-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 39 . American Kestrel | 6-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 38 . Black Vulture | 6-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 37 . Tricolored Heron | 6-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 36 . Black-and-white Warbler | 5-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 35 . Cedar Waxwing | 5-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 34 . Tufted Titmouse | 5-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 33 . Carolina Chickadee | 5-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 32 . Blue-headed Vireo | 5-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 31 . White-eyed Vireo | 5-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 30 . Pileated Woodpecker | 5-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 29 . Downy Woodpecker | 5-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 28 . Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 5-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 27 . Red-shouldered Hawk | 5-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 26 . Northern Cardinal | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 25 . Yellow-rumped Warbler | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 24 . Common Yellowthroat | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 23 . Boat-tailed Grackle | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 22 . Red-winged Blackbird | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 21 . Gray Catbird | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 20 . Carolina Wren | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 19 . Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 18 . Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 17 . Fish Crow | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 16 . American Crow | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 15 . Blue Jay | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 14 . Eastern Phoebe | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 13 . Red-bellied Woodpecker | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 12 . Belted Kingfisher | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 11 . Osprey | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 10 . Great Blue Heron | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 9 . Great Egret | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 8 . Little Blue Heron | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 7 . White Ibis | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 6 . Double-crested Cormorant | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 5 . Anhinga | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 4 . Wood Stork | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 3 . American Coot | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 2 . Common Gallinule | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
| 1 . Mourning Dove | 4-Jan-26 | Gemini Springs |
