Our Backyard Bird List

These are bird species that we have seen at least once in the backyard (or close). Rare doesn't necessarily mean rare for the area. It just means we see them very infrequently.

We have been trying our hand at photographing birds. Results have been mixed, but if there is a link associated with a species, follow it to see our attempts.

Started February, 2001.

Common Year Round: Northern Cardinal Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmice Brown-headed Nutchhatch Mourning Dove Blue Jay Mockingbird Red Bellied Woodpecker Downey Woodpecker Northern Flicker Carolina Wren White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco

Common Seasonal: House Finch Purple Finch Goldfinch Common Grackle Red Winged Blackbird Brownheaded Cowbird Northern (Rufous Sided) Towhee Ruby Throat Hummingbird Gray Catbird American Robin European Starling Yellow Rumped Warbler Brown Thrasher Pine Warbler

Rare: Rubycrowned Kinglet (1/19/02) Yellowbellied Sapsucker (1/12/02) Cedar Waxwing Eurasian Collared Dove (5/9/02) Cooper's Hawk Sharpshinned Hawk Eastern Bluebird Rosebreasted Grosbeak Redheaded Woodpecker (4/27/02) Rufous Hummingbird (1/3/10)