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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 1437736" data-attributes="member: 12449">Not so bad to forget half the birds seen in earlier years, gives good excuse to go back and see them again. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />At a very rough guess, I saw about a 1100 species last year, will probably be somewhere similar this year, had many years similar in the past. Can't say I remember each and every bird, would need the field guide to identfy almost all the sunbirds and hummingbirds again, let alone the woodcreepers, etc. However, the fun of birding is being out there, identifying the stuff in the field. If I have to do it all again when I visit again in some years, excellent, all the fun again.And as for what a respectable total is, it is whatever you feel good with - if you get the greatest pleasure from garden birds, then that's where you'll be birding and it's likely the list will reflect it, if you bird your county, a bit higher, etc.</blockquote>