Overall favourite birds of mine...

                                                                    Photos by Barry the Birder

Trumpeter Swan

I happened to be going through one of my field guides (National Geographic Society- Second Edition) recently and casually noted how many birds were my personal favorites.   I went back to the start of the guide and thumbed through the entire 464-page book.   I found myself picking 12 personal favourites:

1. Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

2. Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensus)

3. Common Loon (Gavia immer)

4. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

5. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

6. Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)

7. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

8. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus)

9. Belted Kingfisher (Mega cerylealcyon)

10. Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

11. Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)

12. Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

Great Horned Owl

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BarrytheBirder