On Jan. 1, Meadowlands Commission Naturalist Mike Newhouse set out to see a different bird species a day for as many days as he could.

His efforts ended last Tuesday when he failed to get a new bird. He was hoping for a Least Tern, which showed up the following day (above, left).

Mike had a run of 193 birds — more than half the year. Congrats, Mike!

His last new bird was a Forster's Tern (above, right). The photo shows a nice size comparison between the One-degree Tern and the Forster's.

We thought we'd share this list here, since he saw so many of the birds while on the job in the Meadowlands.

Full list follows.

Date   Species

1/1/2011         Common Redpoll

1/2/2011         Rough-legged Hawk

1/3/2011         Dark-eyed Junco

1/4/2011         Orange-crowned Warbler

1/5/2011         Greater Scaup

1/6/2011         Snow Bunting

1/7/2011         Red-breasted Merganser

1/8/2011         Red-bellied Woodpecker

1/9/2011         Bald Eagle

1/10/2011      Canvasback

1/11/2011      Horned Lark

1/12/2011      Lesser Scaup

1/13/2011      Common Moorhen

1/14/2011      Hooded Merganser

1/15/2011      Purple Sandpiper

1/16/2011      Red-throated Loon

1/17/2011      Brown Creeper

1/18/2011      Common Merganser

1/19/2011      Downy Woodpecker

1/20/2011      Northern Harrier

1/21/2011      American Coot

1/22/2011      Long-tailed Duck

1/23/2011      Great Cormorant

1/24/2011      Ring-necked Pheasant

1/25/2011      Short-eared Owl

1/26/2011      American Tree Sparrow

1/27/2011      Hairy Woodpecker

1/28/2011      White-crowned Sparrow

1/29/2011      Ring-necked Duck

1/30/2011      Winter Wren

1/31/2011      Peregrine Falcon

2/1/2011         House Finch

2/2/2011         Carolina Wren

2/3/2011         Great Black-backed Gull

2/4/2011         Black Vulture

2/5/2011         Blue Jay

2/6/2011         Horned Grebe

2/7/2011         Red-headed Woodpecker

2/8/2011         Pine Siskin

2/9/2011         Northern Pintail

2/10/2011      Common Goldeneye

2/11/2011      Long-eared Owl

2/12/2011      American Crow

2/13/2011      Brant

2/14/2011      American Widgeon

2/15/2011      American Black Duck

2/16/2011      Barn Owl

2/17/2011      Golden-crowned Kinglet

2/18/2011      Black-headed Gull

2/19/2011      Bufflehead

2/20/2011      Common Loon

2/21/2011      White-breasted Nuthatch

2/22/2011      Northern Shoveler

2/23/2011      Fish Crow

2/24/2011      Cooper's Hawk

2/25/2011      Common Teal

2/26/2011      Carolina Chickadee

2/27/2011      Tundra Swan

2/28/2011      Gadwall

3/1/2011         Black Scoter

3/2/2011         White-throated Sparrow

3/3/2011         Green-winged Teal

3/4/2011         Common Grackle

3/5/2011         Pied-billed Grebe

3/6/2011         American Robin

3/7/2011         Fox Sparrow

3/8/2011         Brown-headed Cowbird

3/9/2011         Sharp-shinned Hawk

3/10/2011      Muscovy Duck

3/11/2011      American Woodcock

3/12/2011      Pink-footed Goose

3/13/2011      Wild Turkey

3/14/2011      Tufted Titmouse

3/15/2011      Greater Yellowlegs

3/16/2011      Wilson's Snipe

3/17/2011      Red-shouldered Hawk

3/18/2011      Evening Grosbeak

3/19/2011      Snow Goose

3/20/2011      American Goldfinch

3/21/2011      Double-crested Cormorant

3/22/2011      Ruddy Duck

3/23/2011      Herring Gull

3/24/2011      Yellow-rumped Warbler

3/25/2011      Wood Duck

3/26/2011      Northern Cardinal

3/27/2011      Black-capped Chickadee

3/28/2011      Lesser Yellowlegs

3/29/2011      Belted Kingfisher

3/30/2011      Northern Mockingbird

3/31/2011      Osprey

4/1/2011         Ring-billed Gull

4/2/2011         Pileated Woodpecker

4/3/2011         Eastern Phoebe

4/4/2011         Mute Swan

4/5/2011         Northern Flicker

4/6/2011         Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

4/7/2011         Chipping Sparrow

4/8/2011         Common Raven

4/9/2011         Song Sparrow

4/10/2011      Mourning Dove

4/11/2011      Pine Warbler

4/12/2011      Great Egret

4/13/2011      Barn Swallow

4/14/2011      Brown Thrasher

4/15/2011      Dunlin

4/16/2011      Turkey Vulture

4/17/2011      Red-tailed Hawk

4/18/2011      Blue-winged Teal

4/19/2011      Praire Warbler

4/20/2011      Northern Rough-winged Swallow

4/21/2011      Field Sparrow

4/22/2011      Red-winged Blackbird

4/23/2011      Chimney Swift

4/24/2011      Eastern Bluebird

4/25/2011      Blue-winged Warbler

4/26/2011      Caspian Tern

4/27/2011      Chestnut-sided Warbler

4/28/2011      American Bittern

4/29/2011      Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

4/30/2011      Eurasion Collared Dove

5/1/2011         Brown Pelican

5/2/2011         Painted Bunting

5/3/2011         Northern Gannet

5/4/2011         American Oystercatcher

5/5/2011         Purple Martin

5/6/2011         Yellow-throated Warbler

5/7/2011         Sandwich Tern

5/8/2011         Boat-tailed Grackle

5/9/2011         Baltimore Oriole

5/10/2011      Scarlet Tanager

5/11/2011      Northern Parula

5/12/2011      Bobolink

5/13/2011      Saltmarsh Sparrow

5/14/2011      Yellow-billed Cuckoo

5/15/2011      Red-eyed Vireo

5/16/2011      Blackpoll Warbler

5/17/2011      Ruby-throated Hummingbird

5/18/2011      Cliff Swallow

5/19/2011      Little Blue Heron

5/20/2011      Bank Swallow

5/21/2011      Wood Thrush

5/22/2011      American Redstart

5/23/2011      Least Sandpiper

5/24/2011      Solitary Sandpiper

5/25/2011      American Kestrel

5/26/2011      Curlew Sandpiper

5/27/2011      White-rumped Sandpiper

5/28/2011      Cedar Waxwing

5/29/2011      Gray Catbird

5/30/2011      House Wren

5/31/2011      Savannah Sparrow

6/1/2011         Semi-palmated Sandpiper

6/2/2011         Yellow Warbler

6/3/2011         Swamp Sparrow

6/4/2011         House Sparrow

6/5/2011         Great-crested Flycatcher

6/6/2011         Indigo Bunting

6/7/2011         Glossy Ibis

6/8/2011         Clapper Rail

6/9/2011         Black-crowned Night-Heron

6/10/2011      Orchard Oriole

6/11/2011      European Starling

6/12/2011      Kentucky Warbler

6/13/2011      Eastern Kingbird

6/14/2011      Tree Swallow

6/15/2011      Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

6/16/2011      Virginia Rail

6/17/2011      Spotted Sandpiper

6/18/2011      Rose-breasted Grosbeak

6/19/2011      Yellow-throated Vireo

6/20/2011      Common Yellowthroat

6/21/2011      Great Blue Heron

6/22/2011      Willow Flycatcher

6/23/2011      Least Bittern

6/24/2011      Warbling Vireo

6/25/2011      Veery

6/26/2011      Eastern Towhee

6/27/2011      Snowy Egret

6/28/2011      Killdeer

6/29/2011      Marsh Wren

6/30/2011      Blue Grosbeak

7/1/2011         Common Nighthawk

7/2/2011         Rock Dove

7/3/2011         Canada Goose

7/4/2011         Eastern Wood-Pewee

7/5/2011         Mallard

7/6/2011         Black Skimmer

7/7/2011         Common Tern

7/8/2011         Red-breasted Nuthatch

7/9/2011         Hooded Warbler

7/10/2011      Ovenbird

7/11/2011      Forster's Tern