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[Trent9997]

Here is the list if birds I see at least once a week.

Great-blue Heron

Red-tailed Hawk

Canada Goose

Mallard (Fall)

Pied-billed Grebe

Ring-billed Gull

Carolina Chickadee

Carolina Wren

Bald Eagle

Tufted Titmouse

Dark-eyed Junco (Fall)

Bufflehead (Fall)

White-throated Sparrow (Fall)

Northern Flicker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

White-breasted Nuthatch

Great black-backed Gull (Fall and Winter)

Northern Cardinal

Song Sparrow

Hooded Merganser (Winter)

 

EDIT: I forgot some!

 

Share yours!

 

 

[JimBob]

I see

1: Northern Cardinal

2: Black-capped Chickadee (winter)

3: Carolina Chickadee (summer)

4: American Goldfich

5: Tufted Titmouse

6: White-breasted Nuthatch

7: Downy Woodpecker

8: Red-bellied Woodpecker

9: Eurasian Tree Sparrow

10: White-throated Sparrow

Those are just the mast abundant ones... 

[Pat B.]

This time of year I'm seeing daily in my yard:

Black-billed Magpie - way too many!

Western Scrub-Jay - 2 tame peanut panhandlers

Black-capped Chickadee

Dark-Eyed Junco - Oregon and Pink-sided sub-species

American Robin - a few

Northern Flicker - Red-shafted

Northern Flicker - hybrid - 1 with red-flashing under tail & wings, red moustache, but has the red chevron on his nape like the Yellow-shafted

Eurasian Collared-Dove - way too many

House Sparrow - way too many

House Finch

American Goldfinch

Lesser Goldfinch - maybe every other day 

Spotted Towhee

Downey Woodpecker (about every other day) 

[Curlybird]

1.  Black Phoebe

2.  Rock Pigeon

3.  Mourning Dove

4.  White-crowned Sparrow (this time of year)

5.  American Crow

6.  Anna's Hummingbird

Wish I had more interesting ones like the above posters!

[Pat B.]

Curlybird:

Wish I had more interesting ones like the above posters! 

 Curly - I lived in Southern Cal. (mostly in HB, BTW) for over 60 years and never once saw any Wren, let alone a Rock Wren. Maybe I was just oblivious? 

[Curlybird]

Pat B.:

Curlybird:

Wish I had more interesting ones like the above posters! 

 Curly - I lived in Southern Cal. (mostly in HB, BTW) for over 60 years and never once saw any Wren, let alone a Rock Wren. Maybe I was just oblivious? 

Really?  I've seen Marsh, Bewick's, and House Wrens before but never a Rock Wren!  Of course, being unemployed for the past month and having a LOT of free time to go birding helps too!

[Trent9997]

It seems like you have some pretty good birds there Pat B.!

[FourBlueStars]

Here's what I see daily in my back yard. I moved here to SC in late August, so my list is limited so far:

Carolina Wren

Carolina Chickadee

Northern Cardinal

Tufted Titmouse

Downy Woodpecker

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

Brown Thrasher

House Finch

Mourning Dove

Dark-eyed Junco (winter)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (summer)

 

[Aveschapines]

These I see every day without even trying:

• Rufous-collared Sparrow
• Rufous-collared Robin
• Eastern Bluebird
• Great-tailed Grackle
• White-eared Hummingbird
• Magnificent Hummingbird
• Black Vulture
• Lesser Goldfinch
• House Sparrow
• Rock Dove
• Northern Flicker (Guatemalan Flicker)
  

During northern fall/winter, add these:

• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Wilson's Warbler
• Townsend's Warbler
• Yellow Warbler
• Tennessee Warbler
  

And these I usually see at least once a week:

• Steller's Jay
• Common Ground Dove
• Melodious Blackbird
• Turkey Vulture
• Barn Swallow
• Bushtits
• Buff-bellied Flycatcher
• Wood-Pewees
  

 These are weeklies during northern fall/winter migration periods:

• Mangrove Cuckoo (November-December)
  
• American Kestrel
• Baltimore Oriole (seeing far fewer of these this year than last year)
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo (for a few weeks in October)
• Black-vented Oriole (also seeing fewer this year)
  

 Helen

 

 

[ColoTomo]

Curlybird:

Pat B.:

Curlybird:

Wish I had more interesting ones like the above posters! 

 Curly - I lived in Southern Cal. (mostly in HB, BTW) for over 60 years and never once saw any Wren, let alone a Rock Wren. Maybe I was just oblivious? 

Really?  I've seen Marsh, Bewick's, and House Wrens before but never a Rock Wren!  Of course, being unemployed for the past month and having a LOT of free time to go birding helps too!

I got House Wren and Bewick's Wren in So-cal... but I live in Colorado,  and have only got Rock Wren and Marsh Wren here.  I also got Wrentit in California, if that counts in a wrenish sort of way (W.i.n.o.-Wren In Name Only) 

Oh as for the list... different in Summer and Winter

Year round weekly:
House Finch, House Sparrow, Starling, Black-billed Magpie, Ring-billed Gull, Northern Flicker, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-Dove, American Robin, Am. Crow

Summer weekly:
Western Kingbird, Swainson's Hawk, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Mourning Dove, Common Grackle, Lesser & American Goldfinch, Red-winged Blackbird

Winter weekly:
Canada Goose, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Dark-eyed Junco, Black-capped Chickadee

Usually get Blue Jay weekly only during Spring and Fall.

Not very impressive, so that's why I go out of my way (and sometimes way out of my way) to get birds!! Severe nausea (including some vomiting) for 6 hours out of a 12 hour boat ride [Pelagic Birding Trip] was a pain in the butt, but I got 14 lifers out of it (my two favorites: South Polar Skua and Red-billed Tropicbird). If you ever get a shot at seeing Red-billed Tropicbird, I highly recommend it-absolutely beautiful.  That is one bird you are not likely to see on a weekly basis

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Lifelist: 343 (340 starting 11/12/2010) 

Most Recent: Roseate Spoonbill, Western Sandpiper

[ColoTomo]

aveschapines:

These I see every day without even trying:

• Rufous-........

During northern fall/winter, add these:

• Ruby-....

And these I usually see at least once a week:

• Steller's ....

 These are weeklies during northern fall/winter migration periods:

• Mangrove...

 Helen

Now that's an impressive list! Sounds like you live in some kind of birdie paradise...

[Aveschapines]

ColoTomo:

Now that's an impressive list! Sounds like you live in some kind of birdie paradise...

Yeah, pretty much!  Makes me wonder why there are people who DON'T watch birds here.

Helen

[creeker]

House Finch

House Sparrow

American Crow

Red-crowned Parrot

Brewer's Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle

Tri-colored Blackbird

Common Yellowthroat

Song Sparrow

Mallard

Wood Duck

American Coot

Great Blue Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Canada Goose

Greater White-fronted Goose

Bushtit

Mourning Dove

Eurasian Collared Dove

Red-tailed Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

American Kestrel

European Starling

Black Phoebe

And many more. That's just sticking to the year round birds that I see near home, off the top of my head, or out running laps at the lake. There are many more that I see when I actually go out birding.

[RCKI]

During winter,

House Sparrows, Eastern Bluebirds, American Crows, Brown Headed Cowbirds, Northern Mockingbird, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmouse, Song Sparrows, White Throated Sparrows, Mourning Doves, American Robins, House Finches, Dark Eyed Juncos, Turkey Vultures, Blue Jay

If I try a little harder,

Red Bellied Woodpecker, Yellow Rumped Warbler, Yellow Bellied Sapsucker, Coopers Hawk

[hbvol]

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1. Tufted titmouse
2. Northern cardinal
3. Carolina chickadee
4. Eastern Bluebird
5. Northern Mockingbird
6. Downy woodpecker
7. White breasted nuthatch
8. Brown headed nuthatch
9. House finch
10. Carolina wren
11. American goldfinch
12. American robin – except winter
13. Blue jay
14. Great Blue Heron
15. Canada goose
16. Mallard
17. Chipping sparrow
18. Dark-eyed Junco – winter
19. American crow
20. Cooper’s hawk
21. red-tailed hawk
22. red-bellied woodpecker
23. song sparrow
24. European starling
25. Rock dove
26. song sparrow 
27. ruby-throated hummingbird  (April through first week of Oct.)

 

[birdbrain22]

Johnnybirder here...... Here are the ones I see almost everyday: Red-tailed Hawk, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, American Crow/Fish Crow, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren (either heard or seen), American Robin, Gray Catbird (Spring/Summer), Northern Mockingbird, Northern Cardinal, Sogn Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, House Sparrow, American Goldfinch, and House Finch.

[cabirds]

This was today in my back yard.  Typical Fall/Winter day.

The list changes in Spring and Summer

• Morning Dove (mixed seed)
• White-crowned Sparrow (anything they can grab)
• Dark-eyed Junco  (Oregon and Slate) (anything they can grab)
• White-tailed Kite (mating pair in a tree about 200ft from me)
• Sharp-shinned Hawk (That'll clear the dove out!)
• American Crow (sitting on my porch yelling)
• Northern Mockingbird (peanut suet)
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet (peanut suet)
• Scrub-Jay (cracked corn and bug suet)
• House Finch (mixed seed and sunflower)
• Yellow-billed Magpie (berry suet, peanut suet, bug suet, sunflower seed)
• Northern Flicker (sitting in the tree)
• Nuttall's Woodpecker (running around the tree)
• Red-tailed Hawk  (fly-over)
• Yellow-rumped Warbler (peanut suet)
• Anna's Hummingbird (sugar water)
• Black Phoebe (picking off bugs in mid-air off my fence)
• Orange-crowned Warbler (peanut suet)
• Red-shouldered Hawk (sitting in the tree)
• White-breasted Nuthatch (peanut suet)
• American Robin (pecking at the ground)
• Cedar Waxwing (In the berry bushes)
• Hermit Thrush (just after dusk)

[Sinuous]

For me (CA), rock dove, house sparrow, European starling (mostly during spring, they build a nest in one of the utility boxes on my apartment complex), mourning dove, and american crow. 

Occasionally, you might see a red-tailed or cooper's hawk, too.

[BarnSwallow]

starling
house sparrow
barn swallow - summer
tree swallow - summer
crow
common grackle
carolina chickadee
carolina wren
house wren
tufted titmouse
white-breasted nuthatch
downy woodpecker
red-bellied woodpecker
pileated woodpecker - hear them more than I see them
yellow-shafted flicker
yellow bellied sapsucker - just started seeing them regularly this past winter
white throated sparrow - winter
chipping sparrow - summer
song sparrow
dark-eyed junco - winter
American goldfinch
house finch
mourning dove
red-tailed hawk
red shouldered hawk
accipiter sp.
turkey vulture
black vulture
bald eagle
Canada goose
blue jay
mockingbird
brown thrasher - summer
eastern phoebe - summer
eastern kingbird - summer
Baltimore oriole - summer
chimney swift - summer
gray catbird - summer
red-winged blackbird
eastern towhee
eastern bluebird
northern cardinal
American robin - spring and summer
ruby-throated hummingbird - summer
eastern meadowlark - summer

Ones that I hear regularly, but don't necessarily see:
Baltimore oriole
pileated woodpecker
barred owl
scarlet tanager
cedar waxwing
American woodcock - spring
indigo bunting - summer

[JimBob]

Wow barn swallow, that is a huge list! I would love to see all those birds on a every week!