Species List – Birds

All of these pictures were taken by me, right here on the farm.  You can click on the thumbnails to see a larger version.  Some of them are not very good resolution, but some of them are pretty good!

The bird list is in the same order as given on Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird.

Row # Species Date of 1st sighting Notes
1 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 12-Jun-11
 1 list 1  seen frequently
2 Wood Duck 17-Mar-11
 1 list 2 a  wood duck f and nbm usually seen in January
3 Blue-winged Teal 25-Apr-13
 1 list 3 m  1 list 3 f  seen rarely, just for a short visit
4 Northern Pintail 17-Nov-12
 1 list 4  seen rarely, just stopped over in the pond
5 Ring-necked Duck 9-Jan-11
 1 list 4 m  1 list 4 f  usually seen in January
6 Lesser Scaup 3-Mar-15
 1 list 5  seen once
7 Pied-billed Grebe 4-Oct-11
 1 list 7  seen every year
8 Double-crested Cormorant 15-Feb-15
 cormorant  seen every year
9 Anhinga 3-Apr-13
 1 list 9  seen every year
10 Great Blue Heron 9-Jan-11
 1 list 10  seen pretty constantly
11 Great Egret 15-Mar-11  Great Egret post
 1 list 11  seen very often
12 Little Blue Heron 13-Apr-11
 1 list 12 b  1 list 12  seen often
13 Tricolored Heron 10-Sep-14
 1 list 13  seen once
14 Cattle Egret 30-Jul-13
 1 list 14  seen almost daily
15 Green Heron 15-Jun-11
 1 list 15  seen frequently
16 Black Vulture 6-Jan-12
 black vulture  seen almost daily
17 Turkey Vulture 8-Nov-11
 1 list 17  seen almost daily
18 Osprey 16-Feb-14
 1 list 18  seen rarely
19 Swallow-tailed Kite 13-Jul-13
 1 list 19  seen all summer in 2013
20 Mississippi Kite 14-Aug-12
 1 list 20  seen often in summer
21 Cooper’s Hawk 20-Aug-15
 1 list 21  not seen often
22 Bald Eagle 19-Mar-16
 bald eagle  seen several times in 2016
23 Red-shouldered Hawk 10-Mar-11
 1 list 22  seen often
24 Broad-winged Hawk 17-Apr-15
 1 list 23  seen often in 2016
25 Red-tailed Hawk 12-Dec-12  Red-tailed Hawk post
 1 list 24  1 list 24 b  seen pretty often
26 American Coot 11-Oct-14
 1 list 25  seen every now and then
27 Sandhill Crane 18-Nov-15  Sandhill Crane post
 cranes 3  seen once, migrating
28 Killdeer 3-Jan-11
 not seen here since 2011
29 Rock Pigeon 24-Jul-11
 rock pigeon  seen once, banded group
30 Eurasian Collared-Dove 14-Mar-14
 Eurasian  not seen often
31 White-winged Dove 13-Aug-13
 white-winged dove  not seen often
32 Mourning Dove 1-Jan-14
 mourning dove  seen often
33 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 14-Jul-13
 cuckoo  seen once
34 Greater Roadrunner 25-Apr-11
 roadrunner 32  seen a few times a year
35 Eastern Screech-Owl 26-Apr-14
 P1190747 e  seen often in 2014
36 Great Horned Owl 1-Jan-14
 great  seen often in 2014 and 2015, also heard often
37 Barred Owl 18-Apr-14
 P1240010  seen infrequently, heard often
38 Common Nighthawk 24-May-15
 IMG_8438
39 Chuck-will’s-widow 9-Apr-14
 heard nightly in summer
40 Chimney Swift 10-Sep-15
41 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11-Apr-11
 ruby  seen constantly in summer
42 Rufous Hummingbird 3-Sep-12
 rufous  femalerufous f  seen infrequently
43 Belted Kingfisher 14-Mar-11
 kingfisher  seen regularly, but only a few days a year
44 Red-headed Woodpecker 21-Feb-11
 IMG_2049  youngima rhwp  seen constantly
45 Red-bellied Woodpecker 21-Feb-11
 P1180754  seen constantly
46 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 16-Nov-11  Sapsucker post
 IMG_1341  seen often in winter
47 Downy Woodpecker 15-Mar-11
 P1020381  seen frequently
48 Northern Flicker 25-Oct-11
 P1180356

female

female

  seen a day or two every year
49 Pileated Woodpecker 4-Mar-11
 IMG_3865  seen and heard almost daily
50 American Kestrel 26-Jan-14
 kestrel  seen often
51 Eastern Wood-Pewee 27-Aug-13
 e pee wee  heard more than seen, in summer
52 Eastern Phoebe 5-Mar-11
 eastern phoebe  seen often
53 Eastern Kingbird 4-Aug-14
 e kingbird  seen often in 2015
54 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1-Apr-11
young scissor  seen on highways around here, but very infrequently on the farm itself
55 Blue Jay 16-Nov-11
 P1170778_edited-1  seen often
56 American Crow 8-Nov-11
 crow  seen almost daily
57 Barn Swallow 9-May-11
 barn swallow  seen in summer, some years more than others
58 Carolina Chickadee 26-Feb-11
 P1170882_edited-1  seen almost daily
59 Tufted Titmouse 9-Feb-11
 tufted  seen almost daily
60 White-breasted Nuthatch 4-Apr-16
 white breasted nuthatch  seen once
61 Brown-headed Nuthatch 26-Apr-14
 seen once
62 House Wren 10-Dec-12
 house wren  seen once
63 Carolina Wren 9-Feb-11
 c wren  seen almost daily
64 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 25-Feb-14
 kinglet  seen often in winter
65 Eastern Bluebird 21-Feb-11
 e bluebird  seen almost daily
66 Hermit Thrush 9-Dec-15
 hermit thrush  seen infrequently
67 American Robin 8-Nov-11
 robin  seen migrating through, fall and spring
68 Brown Thrasher 6-Jan-12
 seen infrequently
69 Northern Mockingbird 6-Jan-15
 mock  seen almost daily
70 Cedar Waxwing 6-Jan-12
 cedar w  seen in big groups, every winter
71 Pine Warbler 21-Feb-11
 pine  seen often
72 Yellow-rumped Warbler 15-Feb-15
 yellow r  seen often in winter
73 Chipping Sparrow 9-Feb-11  Chipping Sparrow post
 P1180665  seen daily in winter
74 Field Sparrow 12-Feb-16
 field sparrow  seen once
75 Dark-eyed Junco 9-Feb-11
 junco  seen regularly, a few days a year
76 White-throated Sparrow 20-Feb-14
 P1030694  seen in winter
77 Song Sparrow 9-Feb-11
 song sp  seen a few times
78 Lincoln’s Sparrow 2-Apr-14
 lincolns  seen a few times
79 Summer Tanager 16-May-13
 1 list 74

female

female

  seen often in summer
80 Northern Cardinal 9-Feb-11
 P1010611  P1170766_edited-1  seen almost daily
81 Indigo Bunting 18-Apr-15
 IMG_0462  female indigo  seen often in 2015
82 Painted Bunting 26-Jul-11
 P1020472 bunting  seen infrequently
83 Common Grackle 7-Feb-15
 grackles  seen migrating through in big groups
84 Brown-headed Cowbird 16-Mar-14
 P1180949  seen infrequently
85 Baltimore Oriole 8-Sep-12
 baltimore oriole

immature male

immature male

female

female
86 House Finch 26-Feb-14
 P1180922  seen infrequently
87 Pine Siskin 9-Feb-11
 siskin  seen more sometimes than others; large group in 2016
88 American Goldfinch 9-Feb-11
 P1010594 e dull colored in winter.
89 House Sparrow 17-Mar-14
 house sp male  house sp f  seen infrequently