Realizing how blessed I am, to see that some people’s wish lists are almost entirely birds I have already seen
The irony is, while I have yet to see this in its breeding range, I can easily find it in winter in Dominican shade-grown cacao.
Of North American birds, I have to say: Blue-winged Teal. Having spent so much time in its known range, how have I never seen it?
Of birds I would have to travel to see, there are many. I have been to 48 of the 50 states, but one of the two missing ones is Michigan. Kirtland’s Warbler would be a good excuse to go there.
For exotic, distant travel, my bucket list includes ratites in the wild – Emu, Cassowary, Moa, Elephant-bird, Ostrich, or Rhea. (Of course, a couple of those are extinct.) Also, birds-of-paradise. Lastly, as many species endemic to the Amazon as can be found in a single expedition.