1 January 2013

2012 Yard List

Posted by Callan Bentley

Here’s our “yard list” of birds since we moved to the new place in June:

  1. Pileated woodpecker
  2. Red-bellied woodpecker
  3. Eastern phoebe
  4. Great blue heron
  5. White-breasted nuthatch
  6. Scarlet tanager
  7. Whippoorwill
  8. Chipping sparrow
  9. Ruby-throated hummingbird
  10. Tufted titmouse
  11. Black-capped chickadee
  12. Indigo bunting
  13. Chimney swift
  14. Red-eyed vireo
  15. Turkey vulture
  16. American crow
  17. Great crested flycatcher
  18. Louisiana warbler
  19. Broad-winged hawk
  20. Eastern bluebird
  21. Turkey
  22. Carolina wren
  23. Downy woodpecker
  24. American goldfinch
  25. Veery
  26. Yellow-billed cuckoo
  27. Brown-headed cowbird
  28. Mourning dove
  29. Hairy woodpecker
  30. Flicker
  31. American robin
  32. Barred owl
  33. Red-breasted nuthatch
  34. Brown creeper
  35. Golden-crowned kinglet
  36. Blue jay
  37. Yellow-bellied sapsucker
  38. Dark-eyed junco
  39. Red-tailed hawk

This list is the result of very sloppy and inconsistent record-keeping, but I resolve to keep a better list in 2013, and to see more birds!