As Bryan and I watched a Ruby-crowned Kinglet flit about the backyard last night, we complied a list of everything we recall seeing in the trees behind our house over the last six and a half years. We recalled 48 birds in total, which I’ll list below. What’s on your list that missing from ours?
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Robin
Baltimore Oriole
Barred Owl
Black-capped chickadee
Blue Jay
Brown Creeper
Brown Thrasher
Brown-headed Cowbird
Canada Goose
Carolina Wren
Cedar Waxwing
Chipping Sparrow
Common Grackle
Cooper’s Hawk
Dark-eyed Junco
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Phoebe
European Starling
Great Blue Heron
Grey Goose
Hairy Woodpecker
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Indigo Bunting
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged blackbird
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Song Sparrow
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey Vulture
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Wild Turkey
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-rumped Warbler