My Yard List

Species seen in or from my yard since 1977 - 187 Species


    Ducks, Geese, Swans

  • Greater White-fronted Goose       Anser albifrons
  • Snow Goose       Chen caerulescens
  • Canada Goose       Branta canadensis
  • Trumpeter Swan       Cygnus buccinator
  • Wood Duck       Aix sponsa
  • Blue-winged Teal       Anas discors
  • Northern Pintail       Anas acuta
  • Lesser Scaup       Aythya affinis

  • Upland Game Birds

  • Northern Bobwhite       Colinus virginianus
  • Ring-necked Pheasant       Phasianus colchicus
  • Wild Turkey       Meleagris gallopavo

  • Frigatebirds, Cormorants, Darters

  • Double-crested Cormorant       Phalacrocorax auritus

  • Pelicans, Herons, Ibises

  • American White Pelican       Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
  • Great Blue Heron       Ardea herodias
  • Great Egret       Ardea alba
  • Little Blue Heron       Egretta caerulea
  • Cattle Egret       Bubulcus ibis
  • Green Heron       Butorides virescens
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron       Nycticorax nycticorax

  • New World Vultures, Kites, Hawks, Eagles

  • Turkey Vulture       Cathartes aura
  • Osprey       Pandion haliaetus
  • Bald Eagle       Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  • Northern Harrier       Circus cyaneus
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk       Accipiter striatus
  • Cooper's Hawk       Accipiter cooperii
  • Northern Goshawk       Accipiter gentilis
  • Red-shouldered Hawk       Buteo lineatus
  • Broad-winged Hawk       Buteo platypterus
  • Swainson's Hawk       Buteo swainsoni
  • Red-tailed Hawk       Buteo jamaicensis
  • Rough-legged Hawk       Buteo lagopus

  • Shorebirds

  • Killdeer       Charadrius vociferus
  • Lesser Yellowlegs       Tringa flavipes
  • Pectoral Sandpiper       Calidris melanotos
  • American Woodcock       Scolopax minor

  • Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, Jaegers

  • Franklin's Gull       Leucophaeus pipixcan
  • Ring-billed Gull       Larus delawarensis
  • Forster's Tern       Sterna forsteri

  • Pigeons, Doves

  • Rock Pigeon       Columba livia
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove       Streptopelia decaocto
  • Mourning Dove       Zenaida macroura

  • Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis

  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo       Coccyzus americanus
  • Black-billed Cuckoo       Coccyzus erythropthalmus

  • Owls

  • Eastern Screech-Owl       Megascops asio
  • Great Horned Owl       Bubo virginianus
  • Barred Owl       Strix varia
  • Long-eared Owl       Asio otus

  • Nighthawks, Nightjars

  • Common Nighthawk       Chordeiles minor
  • Eastern Whip-poor-will       Caprimulgus vociferus

  • Swifts, Hummingbirds

  • Chimney Swift       Chaetura pelagica