Wildlife List Part 1: Birds

Hi everyone, and happy weekend! Today I am going to share a list of the all the birds usually found where I live. (Meaning all the ones that can be found where I live and are not rare.) If you would like to hear more about any of the animals in the list, please put it in the comments and I'd be more than happy to oblige! That is, in fact, the purpose of this list!

Birds Usually Found Where I Live:

Dark Eyed Juncos (Grey-Headed)
One of the most common birds, especially during winter!

Mountain and Black Capped Chickadees

Sooo cute! These little guys are everywhere, usually in flocks of five to ten or more, and occasionally in flocks with both species. Once when a Bird Bander came from the Bird Conservancy came we even found a hybrid!

 

Violet-Green Swallows

New this year, I love their energetic swooping and diving, and constant, beautiful, calls. And don't forget their flashing, iridescent green color!

White Breasted Nuthatches

Who doesn't love these guys?! We are lucky enough to have several living quite near our house. I love their calls!

Broad Tailed Hummingbirds

Ever gotten dive bombed by a hummingbird? Frightening experience - until you discover it is, in fact, not a giant bee! They are everywhere, and especially love the feeder we put up for them in early spring when the flowers aren't quite out yet!

Hairy a Woodpeckers

Found often in pairs, and they can be very loud! Woodpeckers are one of the coolest birds to watch up here.

Crows

I mean, duh! We have a pair that will fly around up here, raucously crying out to all the world that they are here. They are often accompanied by a third, slightly smaller crow, usually following at a small distance from the pair.

American Robin

Not as common as it is lower down, say, Kate's house, but still seen every now and then. Robins are my favorite bird!

Stellar's Jays 

Absolutely breathtaking, although we do not see them nearly as often this year, which, in the least, is sad!

House Sparrow

Not really that common, but not rare either. We have seen both the red and yellow males.

Red Tailed Hawk

No matter how many times I see them, whether in the city or in my own backyard, I always find the sooo cool! Although I haven't ever seen them actually catching something, I have seen them circling around prey.

Golden Eagles

Although we only see them occasionally, they're not rare. The last time we saw them we saw an adult and a juvenile.

Pygmy Nuthatches

They are new this year, and although we have only seen a couple sightings of them, but both were flocks and I;m starting to hear they're calls quite often. They are so tiny, and so cute!

-Lili