YARD BIRDS: 155 AND COUNTING
This male Yellow Grosbeak showed up several times at the backyard pond (2 June 2007)
A rare male Aztec Thrush photographed from the kitchen window (9 July 2006) (Karen LeMay photo)
Montezuma Quail are regular late summer visitors. This pair was photographed from the house as they scratched in gravel just outside the back door (25 July 2006)
This male Rose-breasted Grosbeak was an unexpected winter visitor (13 January 2007)
An out of range Ovenbird forages in the butterfly garden (31 May 2006)
Pyrrhuloxia or Northern Cardinal? (23 January 2008)
Male Lucifer Hummingbird, a regular summer resident here (23 August 2006)
An icon of the Southwestern deserts, the Cactus Wren becomes less common as one ascends into the oaks. Here one waits its turn at a suet feeder (6 January 2008)
A female Cassin's Finch briefly joins the feeder flock (14 January 2008)
So far, the winter of 2007-2008 has been our best for Pine Siskins (23 January 2008)
In our yard, American Goldfinch is actually less common than Lawrence's Goldfinch (29 January, 2008)
A Yellow-breasted Chat photographed by Karen through the kitchen window (6 May 2007)
This Bewick's Wren posed for us outside the kitchen window (13 February 2007)
Ruddy Ground-Dove, a locally rare species, outside kitchen window (27 January 2005)
Yellow-rumped Warblers clustered at the suet cage (28 December 2006)
Morning rush hour (24 July 2006)
Afternoon rush hour (13 September 2004)
Evening rush hour (17 Aug 2006)
Male Arizona Woodpecker at suet outside kitchen window (5 April 2004)
Spotted Towhee-one of our three winter towhees (13 February 2007)
Hutton's Vireo is one of many species that feed at our home made suet cakes (21 January 2007)
Yard List: Forever a Work in Progress
NOVEMBER 2003 Canyon Towhee Mourning Dove Mexican Jay Spotted Towhee Bewick's Wren Chipping Sparrow House Finch Lesser Goldfinch Bridled Titmouse Acorn Woodpecker Northern Flicker Gila Woodpecker Ruby-crowned Kinglet Red-tailed Hawk White-breasted Nuthatch Cooper's Hawk Rufous-crowned Sparrow Pyrrhuloxia Anna's Hummingbird Cactus Wren Red-naped Sapsucker House Sparrow Lark Sparrow Yellow-rumped Warbler Cedar Waxwing Chihuahuan Raven Ladder-backed Woodpecker Say's Phoebe Greater Roadrunner White-winged Dove Arizona Woodpecker Verdin White-crowned Sparrow Williamson's Sapsucker Cassin's Kingbird Bushtit Hutton's Vireo Hermit Thrush Curve-billed Thrasher DECEMBER 2003 Vesper Sparrow Steller's Jay Savannah Sparrow Magnificent Hummingbird Black-throated Gray Warbler Phainopepla Sharp-shinned Hawk JANUARY 2004 Gambel's Quail FEBRUARY 2004 Northern Mockingbird Black Phoebe #50 Vermilion Flycatcher MARCH 2004 Violet-green Swallow Rufous Hummingbird Lewis's Woodpecker White-throated Swift Broad-tailed Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird Broad-billed Hummingbird Lucy's Warbler Turkey Vulture Hepatic Tanager Common Poorwill Scott's Oriole Bullock's Oriole Elf Owl Virginia's Warbler Hooded Oriole APRIL 2004 Dusky Flycatcher Lazuli Bunting Costa's Hummingbird American Robin Ash-throated Flycatcher Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Orange-crowned Warbler Calliope Hummingbird Cassin's Vireo Lucifer Hummingbird Dusky-capped Flycatcher Wilson's Warbler Barn Swallow Western Kingbird Rock Pigeon Bronzed Cowbird Brown-headed Cowbird Black-headed Grosbeak Common Raven Peregrine Falcon Northern Rough-winged Swallow Eurasian Collared-Dove MAY 2004 Wild Turkey Brown-crested Flycatcher Western Tanager Warbling Vireo Great Horned Owl Red-winged Blackbird Blue Grosbeak JUNE 2004 Montezuma Quail Zone-tailed Hawk Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Band-tailed Pigeon #100 Common Nighthawk Continued above on right | JULY 2004 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Western Screech Owl Common Ground-Dove Violet-crowned Hummingbird AUGUST 2004 Painted Bunting Nashville Warbler Western Wood-Pewee Botteri's Sparrow Yellow Warbler #110 Canyon Wren MacGillivray's Warbler "Western" Flycatcher Summer Tanager SEPTEMBER 2004 Plumbeous Vireo Lincoln's Sparrow American Redstart (!) Inca Dove Varied Bunting OCTOBER 2004 Lawrence's Goldfinch #120 Northern Cardinal Yellow-breasted Chat Pine Siskin Dark-eyed Junco DECEMBER 2004 Western Bluebird JANUARY 2005 Ruddy Ground-Dove (!) American Goldfinch MARCH 2005 Cassin's Finch APRIL 2005 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (!) Green-tailed Towhee #130 Hermit Warbler Townsend's Warbler Gray Flycatcher Red-faced Warbler MAY 2005 Indigo Bunting JULY 2005 Bell's Vireo Swainson's Hawk SEPTEMBER 2005 Vaux's Swift Brewer's Sparrow House Wren OCTOBER 2005 #140 Blue-throated Hummingbird Rock Wren NOVEMBER 2005 Northern Harrier Winter Wren Brown Thrasher (!) DECEMBER 2005 Meadowlark sp. American Kestrel (2005 month?) MARCH 2006 Painted Redstart MAY 2006 Eastern Bluebird Ovenbird (!) JULY 2006 #150 Aztec Thrush (!) AUGUST 2006 Cassin's Sparrow SEPTEMBER 2006 Buff-breasted Flycatcher JUNE 2007 Yellow Grosbeak (!) September 2007 Golden Eagle Black-throated Sparrow * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |
Rufous Hummingbird in snow (19 March 2006)
An Elf Owl that nested in our driveway utility pole (27 Mar 2004)
Lark Sparrows are with us pretty much year 'round. Here, one pauses for an afternoon sip at the pond (7 May 2007)
Band-tailed Pigeon (6 September 2006)
Montezuma Quail foraging in monsoon green Bermuda grass outside the kitchen window (15 July 2004)
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Bridled Titmouse investigates a suet cake (19 Dec 2006) | White-breasted Nuthatch at a suet cake (20 Dec 2006) |