Life List

I finally made myself a "Life List" and a "Yard List". I've seen these terms on message boards here and there and just kind of skimmed over them because they confused me. I looked into it more today and confirmed that a "Life List" is a list of ALL the species of birds you've seen in your lifetime, usually with the date and location you first spotted it. A "Yard List" is a list of birds you have seen in your own backyard, also with the date. Some people have other lists or categories, but these are the 2 I'm starting with. In the 7.5 months I've lived here I have photographed and identified 23 different species of birds just in my own backyard. Then I saw 3 more "new to me" birds when I visited GA this past weekend. Here is my current life list (the first 23 make up my 'yard list':

1 Mourning Dove 8-23-2010
2 Carolina Chickadee 8-23-2010
3 Tufted Titmouse 8-23-2010
4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8-23-2010
5 Black-capped Chickadee 8-29-2010
6 American Goldfinch 8-31-2010
7 White-breasted Nuthatch 9-1-2010
8 Song Sparrow 11-6-2010
9 Dark-eyed Junco 11-6-2010
10 House Finch 11-8-2010
11 Chipping Sparrow 11-8-2010
12 Downy Woodpecker 11-14-2010 (female) 1-20-2011 (male)
13 Eastern Towhee 12-1-2010
14 Northern Cardinal 12-1-2010
15 House Sparrow 12-1-2010
16 Blue Jay 12-5-2010
17 Red-bellied Woodpecker 12-5-2010
18 Carolina Wren 12-16-2010
19 Northern Mockingbird 1-16-2011
20 American Crow 1-18-2011
21 White-throated Sparrow 1-18-2011
22 European Starling 3-7-2011
23 American Robin 3-7-2011
24 Brown-headed Cowbird 3-12-2011 (in GA)
25 Eastern Bluebird 3-12-2011 (in GA)
26 Yellow-bellied Woodpecker 3-12-2011 (in GA)

Happy Birding!