life lists
Birder's running totals
A life list is a cumulative record of species a person has observed, most commonly birds.
Birders maintain life lists to track every species they've ever identified: She added three new warblers to her life list on that trip.
The concept extends to other pursuits—butterflies, mammals, national parks visited.
The list grows over a lifetime, never resets, and reaching milestone numbers becomes a point of pride among enthusiasts.
- sightingsWitnessed occurrences
- bird watchingObserving wild avians recreationally
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- recordsStored data or albums
- checklistItemized verification guide
first sighting · ambitions · collection · observations · birdwatching · rarities · lifers · milestones · twitching · legacy · species · catalogue · flyways · ornithology · dreams · wishlist · travel itinerary · resolutions
- birdwatchingbirders, birdwatchers, ornithologists, binoculars, field guides
- birdingbirding, bird watching, birdwatcher, birder, binoculars
- ornithologyornithology, ornithologist, birding, bird watching, bird species
- bird booksfield guides, bird identification, bird behavior, bird anatomy
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