The Smith's Go Birding Blog

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The Smith House Bird List

Okay, I should have done this years ago. We have had so many awesome birds visit this yard. It is time to get the list in play... I will post any feeder and other photos around this yard that I can find.
here we go...

Current unusuals to see! ...
Dickesell
Vesper Sparrow
Sage Thrasher

List as of 2007 to present...

*indicates a rare visitor

Gambel's Quail

Turkey Vulture

Hawks
Red Tailed
Harris Hawk
Swainson's
Gray Hawk

Osprey

Golden Eagle

American Kestral
Peregrine Falcon

Killdeer

Doves
White-winged Dove
Eurasian Dove
Inca Doves
Ruddy Dove*

Greater Roadrunner

Owls
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Short-eared Owl

NightJars
Lesser Nighthawks
Whip-poor-will

Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufus Hummingbird
Black-Chinned Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird

Woodpeckers
Gila Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Yellow-Shafted Flicker

Tyrants
Say's Phoebe
Western Kingbirds

Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike

Corvids
Common Raven

Larks
Horned Lark

Swallows
N Rough-Winged
Cliff Swallow

Verdins & Bushtits
Verdin

Nuthatches & Creepers
White-breasted Nuthatch

Wrens
Cactus Wrens
Rock Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

Thrushes

Townsend Solitaire

Monckingbirds, Thrashers, & Allies
Bendire Thrashers
Curved-Billed Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Northern Cardinals

European Starling

Phainopepla

Warblers
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Yellow Warblers

Western Tanager

Emberinzines
Abert Towhees
House Sparrow
House Finch
White Crowned Sparrows
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Oregon Juncos

Cardinals, Grosbeaks & Allies
Northern Cardinal
Black-headed Grosebeak
Lazuli Bunting
Blue Grosebeak

Icterines
Common Grackle
Western Meadow Lark
Red Winged Blackbirds
Yellow Headed Blackbirds
Bronze-headed Blackbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole

Finches
House Finch
Cassin's Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawerence's

Monday, August 23, 2010

Chiricahaus Aug 21-22, 2010

I still have goosebumps thinking about the awesome ride... and flashes of the mountain road are exploding in front of me... as I constantly daydream about this fantastic adventure! We started our journey out, from Wickenburg through NM to reach our destination in a small town of Portal... What a charming place with such an old time town feeling... After some serious powerbirding on our way in we reached our destination at the Southwest Research Station for our overnight stay followed by Hummingbird Banding in the morning. That afternoon we went out exploring on FR42... birding was quiet but there were plenty of other critters to look at... armies of bugs, layers of fungus, and even a pleasing appearance of a couti!

Sydney and I were lucky to share are journey with our friend Katie... the three girls that took on the Chiricahau... so much diversity and wildlife to take in on this terrestrial island!

We want to go back!