AnnieNC did an entry on a new bird she spotted on her window and listed all the ones she's seen. I don't keep a "list" per se, but se do keep a copy of Stokes Field Guide to Birds in our kitchen (with all the cookbooks), and everytime we see a new one, we date it's entry in the book. So I'm going to go through now and list all the ones we've seen.
1.Great Blue Heron - okay - slight cheat here, he never showed up in our yard, but I did see him at the lake a block away
2.Turkey Vulture
3. Wild Turkey
4. Canada Goose (how could you not?)
5. Red-tailed Hawk
6. Rock Dove (pigeon)
7. Mourning Dove
8. Eastern Screech Owl (okay never saw but man something is screeching in the woods)
9. Red-bellied Woodpecker
10. Downy Woodpecker
11. Northern Flicker
12. Blue Jay
13. Black-capped Chickadee
14. Tufted Titmouse (one of my favorites)
15. Red-breasted Nuthatch
16. White-breasted Nuthatch
17. Eastern Bluebird
18. Gray Catbird
19. American Robin
20. Northern Mockingbird
21. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Chris still does't believe me on this one)
22. Northern Cardinal
23. Dark-eyed Junco
24. House sparrow
25. Red-winged Blackbird
26. Common Grackle (had one trapped in the wall of the house once; Chris rescued it)
27. Baltimore Oriole
28. House Finch
29. American Goldfinch (tons now that we put out a thistle feeder but they're gray now).
I'm going to have to try to get some better pictures.
Comments (6)
#8 kills me...
Posted by Anne | February 11, 2008 4:53 PM
Posted on February 11, 2008 16:53
Interesting! We've got some overlap but you've got several that I've never seen. I'd love to see an Oriole but they don't seem to come this far south.
Do you see a lot of Tufted Titmouses (or is it Titmice)? Those and the chickadees are my most common birds in the feeder all year long.
Posted by Annie | February 11, 2008 8:03 PM
Posted on February 11, 2008 20:03
You have some I've never seen too. The Oriole was a rarity - we spied it in April 2004 and I don't think I've seen another since. You know, all this talk has me wishing I had a good pair of binoculars to get a better look.
We get tons of titmise, juncos, sparrows and chickadees - they're here all winter, along with two male cardinals and a female cardinal (I think they have a menage a tois (sp) going ;D)
Posted by Kim | February 12, 2008 6:47 AM
Posted on February 12, 2008 06:47
The menage a tois thing cracks me up!
I'm thinking about binoculars too. My feeders are very close to my window but there are some birds that won't come that close.
I wish that I had dated mine like you did. I'm going to start doing now.
Posted by Annie | February 12, 2008 6:30 PM
Posted on February 12, 2008 18:30
Your goose sighting reminds me of an episode of the TV sitcom Frasier, where Niles described yet another unfortunate incident involving his invisible wife, Maris. This time, they were in a favourite restaurant at Thanksgiving, seated near an Italian football team (naturally), when Maris loudly announced she felt ready for her "holiday goose." Mayhem ensued (naturally!).
Man, I loved that show....
Posted by Sandra | February 12, 2008 10:03 PM
Posted on February 12, 2008 22:03
Sandra - too funny. I think I stopped watching about the time Niles and Daphne started to hook up.
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February 14, 2008 8:14 AM
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