Tweet and See - Delighted With Our May Bird List

We can stand inches from the feeders and the hummingbirds still come to eat.

May 2011- This list is testimony that keeping a list makes you more aware of the birds as you go about your everyday business. I started off the month thinking that our feeders were empty and that most of our resident birds were gone. But....when I slowed down, wrote down each bird that I saw each day, the list is full and rich and even includes a new bird to our life list. I love the mental exercise of keeping track of the birds we see and it makes me more aware of each winged creature that we saw during the month.

We are leaning towards studying our backyard hummingbirds for our June bird since they are such a willing subject. You can join us with a hummingbird study by clicking over to the Outdoor Hour Challenge for Hummingbirds and Flight.

From Our Backyard

1. Western scrub jay
2. White-crowned sparrows
3. Anna's hummingbird-Resident hummers are all over the place right now!
4. Common raven
5. Black-headed Grosbeak* Our new bird that we first observed on the trail and then at our very own feeders!
6. Red-tail hawk
7. Turkey vultures
8. Mourning doves
9. Great horned owl *Mr. A was up early one morning outside and he called me out to listen to two owls
10. House finches - Sweet singers in our yard
11. White-breasted nuthatch
12. California quail-A pair in our backyard...not usually seen so close to home. Lots as we drive around town.
13. American crow
14. Canada goose
15. Acorn woodpecker- swings from the suet feeder like an acrobat
16. Lesser goldfinches - so brilliant and yellow right now.....in the feeders and the birdbath
17. House sparrows
18. Oak titmouse
19. California towhee
20. Starlings
21. American robin - another bird bath participant

Out and About

1. Brewer's blackbird
2. Tree swallows
3. Wild turkeys - whole flocks
4. Spotted towhee
5. Red-wing blackbird
6. Mallard ducks
7. White Goose....not sure what the name is yet.
8. Rock pigeons
9. Emu - sort of a crazy bird to add but we did see several, obviously not native....neighbor has a few

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