2013 and beyond

It's pretty simple: the most birds seen or heard from one's yard during 2013 will be the "winner". Want in? O.k....then do it despite that.

2013 promises to be a lot less mean but still a carbon-free birding competition, even if slightly less exciting than a MEGA x EPIC hybrid.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Green Heron - talk about overdue by a month!

Well I was out spraying canada thistle and multi-flora rose in the fields this aft and heard a squack of a Green Heron flying over the yard. I suspect that they used to nest in the woods adjacent to my house because they were roosting in those trees every night 4-5 yrs ago... That's why I can't believe it took me this long to finally get it for the yard this year...

State of the yard eh Dave. Not sure you want to see that list.
Daily:
Wild Turkey
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Sandhill Crane
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue Jay
American Crow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Near-weekly:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Ring-necked Pheasant
Great Blue Heron
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Great Horned Owl
Ruby-thted Hummingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Horned Lark
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Yellow Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Vesper Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
House Sparrow

Recorded only 3 or less times:
Green Heron
Cooper's Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Eastern Screech Owl

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