At a farm stand near us in CT they keep a list of all birds seen on the farm on a blackboard. Nice idea. Thought Alex would enjoy it.


- jim 9-17-2018 9:39 am

Cute. Or quaint; they use some old fashioned names, and list alphabetically instead of taxonomically. But they’re paying attention. List is fairly similar to what I’ve seen by your place, though I’ve got 80 to their 74, and that was just in three visits:

1 Canada Goose

2 Mallard

3 Hooded Merganser

4 Ruffed Grouse

5 Wild Turkey

6 Mourning Dove

7 Chimney Swift

8 Ruby-throated Hummingbird

9 Killdeer

10 Spotted Sandpiper

11 Solitary Sandpiper

12 Ring-billed Gull

13 Great Blue Heron

14 Turkey Vulture

15 Cooper's Hawk

16 Red-shouldered Hawk

17 Red-tailed Hawk

18 Great Horned Owl

19 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

20 Red-bellied Woodpecker

21 Downy Woodpecker

22 Hairy Woodpecker

23 Pileated Woodpecker

24 Northern Flicker

25 Eastern Wood-Pewee

26 Least Flycatcher

27 Eastern Phoebe

28 Great Crested Flycatcher

29 Eastern Kingbird

30 Blue-headed Vireo

31 Warbling Vireo

32 Red-eyed Vireo

33 Blue Jay

34 American Crow

35 Common Raven

36 Tree Swallow

37 Barn Swallow

38 Black-capped Chickadee

39 Tufted Titmouse

40 White-breasted Nuthatch

41 House Wren

42 Golden-crowned Kinglet

43 Eastern Bluebird

44 Veery

45 Wood Thrush

46 American Robin

47 Gray Catbird

48 Northern Mockingbird

49 European Starling

50 Cedar Waxwing

51 House Finch

52 Purple Finch

53 Pine Siskin

54 American Goldfinch

55 Chipping Sparrow

56 Field Sparrow

57 Dark-eyed Junco

58 White-throated Sparrow

59 Song Sparrow

60 Eastern Towhee

61 Bobolink

62 Baltimore Oriole

63 Red-winged Blackbird

64 Brown-headed Cowbird

65 Common Grackle

66 Ovenbird

67 Blue-winged Warbler

68 Black-and-white Warbler

69 Tennessee Warbler

70 Common Yellowthroat

71 American Redstart

72 Cerulean Warbler

73 Magnolia Warbler

74 Yellow Warbler

75 Chestnut-sided Warbler

76 Scarlet Tanager

77 Northern Cardinal

78 Rose-breasted Grosbeak

79 Indigo Bunting

80 House Sparrow


- alex 9-17-2018 1:52 pm [add a comment]


That's a tasty menu....
- Skinny 9-17-2018 10:27 pm [add a comment]





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