My Backyard Birds
Interesting & Fun Facts on Birds seen in my Backyard
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My Backyard Bird List
My backyard list are bird species that have landed in my yard excluding flyovers for example Sandhill Crane.
American Coot
American Crow American Goldfinch* American Kestrel* American Robin* American Redstart American Tree Sparrow American Woodcock Bald Eagle Baltimore Oriole* Bank Swallow Barn Swallow* Black-and-White Warbler Black-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Magpie* Black-capped Chickadee* Blue-headed Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Blue Jay Bohemian Waxwing Broad-winged Hawk Brown Creeper Brown-headed Cowbird* Brown Thrasher* Cattle Egret Cape May Warbler Cedar Waxwing* Chestnut-sided Warbler Chipping Sparrow* Cliff Swallow* Clay-colored Sparrow* Common Grackle* Common Nighthawk Common Raven(5-4-19) Common Redpoll Common Yellowthroat Cooper's Hawk Dark-eyed Junco Dickcissel Downy Woodpecker* Eastern Bluebird* Eastern Kingbird* |
Eastern Phoebe*(2017)
Eastern Whip-poor-will(5-14-17) Eastern Wood-Pewee Eurasian Collard-Dove*(2018) European Starling* Fox Sparrow Golden-crowned Kinglet Gray Catbird* Gray-cheeked Thrush) Great Blue Heron Great Crested Flycatcher(6-9-16) Great Horned Owl Greater Yellowlegs Hairy Woodpecker Harris's Sparrow Hoary Redpoll Horned Lark House Finch* House Sparrow* House Wren* Indigo Bunting Lark Sparrow" Least Flycatcher Lesser Yellowlegs Lapland Longspur Lincoln's Sparrow Killdeer* Magnolia Warbler Mallard* Merlin Mourning Dove* Nashville Warbler Northern Cardinal Northern Flicker* Northern Goshawk(11-23-15) Northern Harrier Northern Pintail Northern Saw-whet(2-22-16) Northern Shrike Northern Waterthrush Orange-crowned Warbler Orchard Oriole* Ovenbird |
Palm Warbler
Pileated Woodpecker(11-22-15) Pine Siskin Pine Warbler Purple Finch Purple Martin* Red-bellied Woodpecker(10-4-14) Red-breasted Nuthatch Red Crossbill(12-12-15) Red-eyed Vireo Red-headed Woodpecker Red-tailed Hawk Red-winged Blackbird* Ring-necked Pheasant Rock Dove Rose-breasted Grosbeak Rough-legged Hawk Ruby-crowned Kinglet Ruby-throated Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Rusty Blackbird Scarlet Tanager Scissor-tailed Flycatcher(7-24-21)*** Sharp-shinned Hawk Snow Bunting Song Sparrow* Sora (5-18-14 found Dead) Spotted Towhee Tennessee Warbler Tree Swallow* Warbling Vireo* Western Kingbird* Western Tanager(5-24-23) Western Meadowlark White-breasted Nuthatch White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Wild Turkey Wilson's Warbler Wood Duck Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-headed Blackbird Yellow Warbler* Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Nesting Bird Species in my yard *
New Yard Bird-Western Tanager on the dead snag near the window feeding on an orange half.***
New Yard Bird-Scissor-tailed Flycatcher on the powerline across from the horse pasture July 24, 2021***
New Yard Bird-Common Raven (have seen occasionally for about 3 yrs and 1 finally landed in a tree in our shelterbelt May 4, 2019***
New Yard Bird-Eastern Whip-poor-will heard singing from the west side of shelterbelt on May 14, 2017***
New Yard Bird-Great Crested Flycatcher-a pair calling & singing in the NW corner of the shelterbelt June 9, 2016***
New Yard Bird-Northern Saw-whet calling from the west side of the shelterbelt around 9:30PM February 22, 2016***
New Yard Bird-Western Tanager on the dead snag near the window feeding on an orange half.***
New Yard Bird-Scissor-tailed Flycatcher on the powerline across from the horse pasture July 24, 2021***
New Yard Bird-Common Raven (have seen occasionally for about 3 yrs and 1 finally landed in a tree in our shelterbelt May 4, 2019***
New Yard Bird-Eastern Whip-poor-will heard singing from the west side of shelterbelt on May 14, 2017***
New Yard Bird-Great Crested Flycatcher-a pair calling & singing in the NW corner of the shelterbelt June 9, 2016***
New Yard Bird-Northern Saw-whet calling from the west side of the shelterbelt around 9:30PM February 22, 2016***