Visitors for MARCH - APRIL 2009
Pine Siskin
Varying numbers of Pine Siskins in the yard most of the winter - this spring high count was 33 on March 29
Eastern Phoebe
April 4
Mountain Plover
22 Mountain Plovers visited a mile south of the yard on April 5th
American Robin
April 5
Some of the first spring migrants include
Lincoln's Sparrow...March 7
Killdeer...March 16
Common Grackle...March 18
Great-tailed Grackle...March 18
Brown-headed Cowbird...March 18
Yellow-headed Blackbird...March 19
Ruby-crowned Kinglet...March 26
Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler...April 4
Eastern Phoebe...April 4
Say's Phoebe...April 4
Mountain Plover April 5
Loggerhead Shrike...April 5
Burrowing Owl...April 5
Chipping Sparrow...April 18
Barn Swallow...April 19
Sage Thrasher... April 20 (out in the windbreak)
Black-and-white Warbler...April 20
Western Kingbird...April 21
Hermit Thrush...April 22
Spotted Towhee...April 22
Orange-crowned Warbler...April 22
White-winged Dove...April 22
Indigo Bunting pair...April 24
Northern Mockingbird...April 24 (in the windbreak)
Black-and-white Warbler
April 24 and 25
a female visited on April 20...this male makes the 2nd BAWW this spring
also visiting on the 24th and 25th were a pair of Indigo Buntings
and a pair of Savannah Sparrows
Cassin's Sparrow
May 3
...in the fencerow south of the house...
8 Franklin's Gulls and a Snowy Egret were brought down by the weather on May 2 to make two new "yard birds" and
A Black-throated Sparrow was found in the fencerow on May 3 to make a new "farm" bird
Franklin's Gull
May 2
Summer Tanager
May 3 through 5
Cassin's Finch
May 5 and 6
42 species visited on May 5
Northern Harrier
Golden Eagle (flyover)
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Say's Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Blue Jay
Chihuahuan Raven
Horned Lark
Barn Swallow
House Wren
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)
Wilson's Warbler
Summer Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's)
Lazuli Bunting
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Pine Siskin
Cassin's Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Western Tanager
May 15
41 species visited on May 15
Scaled Quail
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Empidonax species - Willow?
Say's Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Horned Lark
Barn Swallow
House Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Nashville Warbler - first for the yard
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)
MacGillivray's Warbler - pair
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Brewer's Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow (Mountain)
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo / Lazuli Bunting Hybrid
Western Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Bullock's / Baltimore Hybrid
House Finch
House Sparrow