245!

I reached my goal last Saturday.  With Grandma Kerri coming up to spend time with Tiff and Caid, I was able to get away and do some birding.  The funny thing was, I got my best bird (and only new year bird) in the first half hour of birding.  That's when I was able to track down this little bugger in the canopy and Id it:

So it's not the best photo in the world (which of mine are), but it shows enough to let you know that what you are looking at is a first Fall female Chestnut-sided Warbler.  This bird was on my radar, but I wasn't counting on it.
While driving the country roads later in the day, I saw the White-winged Dove-like flash of white on the wing scapulars on a much smaller bird.  It turned out to be this:

It's my first Lark Bunting for Rooks in 2012.
I also happened to avoid running this awesome guy over:

I first thought that this snake was a Coachwhip (which would have been sweet!).  But I now think that it's an Eastern Racer (still pretty cool, but c'mon...it's called a Coachwhip!).  The scales look very braided, which made me think Coachwhip right away, but the coloring of the snake should be quite a bit different for that particular species.  If you know for sure, please let me know.  But I'm pretty sure it's an Eastern Racer.