Given that we have recently celebrated our one year anniversary of the new house, it's about time I update my yard list to reflect the new property. It's hard to say goodbye to some of my old yard birds - I still miss the mallards that visited whenever they were at our neighbor's pond - but it is always exciting to welcome new guests that had never been at our old house. While I hope to welcome even more species to my feeders, landscaping, and bird baths, to date the birds that have already joined my backyard flock include...
- House Sparrow
- House Finch
- Pine Siskin
- American Goldfinch
- Lesser Goldfinch
- California Quail
- Black-Billed Magpie
- Western Screech-Owl
- Cooper's Hawk
- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
- Western Scrub-Jay
- Chipping Sparrow
- Black-Chinned Hummingbird
- Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
- Red-Winged Blackbird
- Black-Headed Grosbeak
- Brown-Headed Cowbird
- Mourning Dove
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
- Black-Capped Chickadee
- American Robin
- Northern Flicker
- Spotted Towhee
- Downy Woodpecker
- European Starling
- Dark-Eyed Junco
Some of these beauties have only been casual visitors or one-time guests, while others are regular residents. In just one year, that amounts to 26 species, and it took five years at the old house to get to 33 - who knows where I'll be a year from now! All are welcome, of course, and as I build up our landscaping to be more bird friendly and continue to add more feeders, I hope even more species will join the flock.
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