1 January 2015
2014 Yard List
Posted by Callan Bentley
A list of birds seen in my yard this year.
Lists for 2013 (51 species) and 2012 (39 species) here.
- Downy woodpecker
- Mourning dove
- Dark-eyed junco
- Tufted titmouse
- White-breasted nuthatch
- Black-capped chickadee
- Goldfinch
- Pileated woodpecker
- Red-bellied woodpecker
- Turkey vulture
- Hairy woodpecker
- Eastern phoebe
- Red-tailed hawk
- American crow
- American robin
- Cardinal
- Bald eagle
- Brown creeper
- Barred owl
- Carolina wren
- Brown-headed cowbird
- Chipping sparrow
- Whippoorwill
- Turkey
- Broad-winged hawk
- Black vulture
- Blue-gray gnatcatcher
- Ruby-throated hummingbird
- Yellow-throated vireo
- Sharp-shinned hawk
- Rose-breasted grosbeak
- Blue jay
- Indigo bunting
- Raven
- Red-eyed vireo
- Barn swallow
- Baltimore oriole
- Yellow-rumped warbler
- Yellow warbler
- Ovenbird
- Hermit thrush
- Great crested flycatcher
- Scarlet tanager
- Common nighthawk
- Great blue heron
- Eastern wood-peewee
- Yellow-billed cuckoo
- Cedar waxwing
- Chimney swift
- Flicker
- Eastern bluebird
- Red-shouldered hawk
- Black and white warbler
- Yellow-bellied sapsucker
- Black-throated blue warbler
- Purple finch
- European starling
- Red-winged blackbird
Again, the total species count went up. This pleases me. It means I’m probably spending more time outside and learning to identify new birds.
No house sparrows where you live?
No, and the (similarly invasive) European starlings were also absent up until this past fall.