Visitors for JULY - AUGUST - September 2009
Carolina Wren
After a slow summer a Carolina Wren (new yard bird) visited on July 18
Calliope Hummingbird
July 31 to August 1
First-of-Season or Dispersal for fall
Carolina Wren...July 18
Chipping Sparrow...July 23
Empidonax Flycatcher...July 31
Yellow Warbler...August 1
Calliope Hummingbird... July 31 and August 1
Willow Flycatcher... August 2 (and also August 12)
Upland Sandpiper...August 2 (South pasture - not in yard)
Western Wood Pewee...August 13
Yellow-billed Cuckoo...August 13
Herons below...August 14
Gray Flycatcher...August 15
immature Yellow-crowned Night Heron
August 14
A Little Blue Heron visited in the morning and an immature Yellow-crowned Night Heron visted in the afternoon
Lark Sparrow
September
28 Species in Yard on September 4
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Kestrel 2
Killdeer 2
Rock Pigeon 50
Eurasian Collared-Dove 22
Mourning Dove 14
Western Wood-Pewee 1
Barn Swallow 16
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 1
European Starling 12
Yellow Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 3
Chipping Sparrow 3
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Brewer's Sparrow 1
Lark Sparrow 6
Lark Bunting 5
Savannah Sparrow 1
Lazuli Bunting 1
Western Meadowlark 2
Yellow-headed Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 13
Great-tailed Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
Bullock's Oriole 1
House Sparrow 200
Notes: a Barn Swallow actually swooped in at the Kestrel trying to scare it away
- it was foggy all morning - cleared off late afternoon
Olive-sided Flycatcher
September 5
18 Species in Yard on September 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Rock Pigeon 45
Eurasian Collared-Dove 20
Mourning Dove 6
hummingbird sp. 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Barn Swallow 17
European Starling 10
Wilson's Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 3
Lark Sparrow 4
Lark Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Western Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle 6
Great-tailed Grackle 4
House Sparrow 150
Notes: the Cooper's Hawk kept the yard pretty thin for most of the time - very possibly could be the same large Cooper's I had last year
Yellow-breasted Chat
September 7 and 15
Ash-throated Flycatcher
September 9 and 10
Of note, along with the Ash-throated Flycatcher, other vistors included a lingering Western Kingbird, and a Gray Catbird. On the 9th a Yellow-breasted Chat and 3 Wilson’s Warblers visited. On the 10th there were 2 Wilson’s and 1 Yellow Warbler along with a couple of Chipping, 1 Clay-colored, and 1 Brewer’s Sparrow and about half a dozen Lark Sparrows. Still present were a couple of young Great-tailed Grackles. 3 Ferruginous Hawks were soaring above the freshly drilled wheat. The Barn Swallows continue to congregate – perhaps waiting on the last nest to fledge so they can go with them. This last nest is the third go around this summer for that set of birds…whew…would you like to raise that many in one summer?
15 Species in Yard on September 15
Killdeer 2
Rock Pigeon 20
Eurasian Collared-Dove 8
Mourning Dove 4
Barn Swallow 12
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Clay-colored Sparrow 2
Brewer's Sparrow 1
Lark Sparrow 6
Lark Bunting 1
Western Meadowlark 1
House Sparrow 125
Notes: obvious absence of Grackles and Great-tailed Grackles
17 Species in Yard on September 16
Killdeer 2
Rock Pigeon 50
Eurasian Collared-Dove 12
Mourning Dove 8
Willow Flycatcher 1
Say's Phoebe 1
Barn Swallow 15
European Starling 2
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 4
Spotted Towhee 1
Clay-colored Sparrow 2
Lark Sparrow 7
Lark Bunting 2
Western Meadowlark 2
House Sparrow 150
Hummingbird in question
September 17
