How many birds have you seen around your local patch?

[The Lion Cub]

My patch includes several habitats, like the river which is great for duck viewing in the winter the nature trail in our park which has a variety of songbirds, the wetlands which provide many different types of birds, and the open fields a bit more inland. So, with all these habitats, here's my patch list:
*= local rarities (just one or two sightings) (S)= summer (W)= winter Blank= year-round, sightings not unusual

American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Redstart *(S)
American Robin
Baltimore Oriole (S)
Bald Eagle *
Barn Swallow (S)
Belted Kingfisher *
Black Capped Chickadee
Blue Jay
Blue-winged Warbler *
Broad-winged Hawk *
Brown Creeper *
Brown Headed Cowbird
Bufflehead * (W)
Canada Goose
Canvasback (W)
Ceader Waxwing (S)
Chimney Swift (S)
Chipping Sparrow (S)
Common Goldeneye (W)
Common Grackle (S)
Common Merganser (W)
Common Nighthawk * (S)
Common Redpoll * (W)
Common Tern (S)
Common Yellowthroat * (S)
Cooper's Hawk
Dark-eyed Junco (W)
Double-crested Cormorant (S)
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird (S)
Eastern Towhee *
Eastern Wood Peewee (S)
European Starling
Fox Sparrow *
Gray Catbird (S)
Great Blue Heron (S)
Great Egret (S)
Greater Scaup* (W)
Hairy Woodpecker
Hooded Merganser * (W)
House Finch
House Sparrow
Indigo Bunting * (S)
Killdeer
Long-tailed Duck (W)
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Mute Swan
Nashville Warbler * (S)
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Harrier *
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (S)
Palm Warbler * (S)
Pied Billed Grebe * (S)
Pine Siskin (W)
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Redhead (W)
Red-Tailed Hawk
Red-Winged Blackbird (S)
Ring-Billed Gull
Rose-breasted Gorsbeak (S)
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet * (S)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (S)
Sandhill Crane * (S)
Sharp-shinned Hawk *
Song Sparrow (S)
Tree Swallow (S)
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey Vulture (S)
Warbling Vireo * (S)
White Breasted Nuthatch
White-winged Crossbill (W)
Wild Turkey *
Common Snipe * (S)
Yellow Warbler (S)
Yellow-rumped Warbler * (S)

[Angnix]

Oh, when I was a teen, I kept a yard list. I had to go through my field guide again and go by memory, but here are the species I've seen in my yard and the woods in the back of my property in rural Calhoun County, not counting the domesticated geese, chickens and ducks, heh, counting ones that have just flown over.
What's sad is I'm missing a lot of warblers cause as a teen I didn't know how to bird for them and didn't know their songs... and nowadays I'm not here that often. A lot of these are feeder birds:

Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture
Sandhill Crane
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Creasted Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
Nashville Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Common Redpoll
House Finch
Purple Finch

[The Lion Cub]

Dang that's a big yard list! My list here counts our whole town (while it is small, it's still pretty big for a patch list)

[Angnix]

How about amount of birds seen at one time? I used to do Project Feederwatch, and I once had to estimate the numbers, but there were about 500 finches at the same time, mostly goldfinches, but some house, purple, redpolls and siskins mixed in!

Oh, and I visited a house in Texas once that one of the biggest yard lists in the country, but I don't remember exactly how big it was.

[The Lion Cub]

Once I was at my grandma's house and she lives in a wooded area. There must have been 500 - 1000 or more crows up in the trees all cawing and screaming! It was like something out of "The Birds".

[JeffMoh]

I work on a small college campus just outside Houston, Texas. We've been open 6 years and three of us who work there have been keeping a bird list for the past 5 years. Our list is now 140 species. The largest number of birds we've recorded at one time was 600+ Cedar Waxwings who stayed a few days a couple of winters ago. We've had bigger flights of geese flying over at times but have never recorded the numbers.

You can see photos of some birds from our campus (and elsewhere) on my blog: www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

Jeff

[The Lion Cub]

Thanks Jeff, cool pictures you have too.

[Angnix]

I should blog about that, if only I had a nicer camera that actually had zoom, that's why all my quiz pictures are of birds in hand. I have a blog with one entry that basically says I don't know what to put there :P

[Phaethon]

I've had about 175 species at the Lake Bluff Audubon Center here in Manistee which is 40 acres of forest and 10 acres of parkland on Lake Michigan just north of Manistee.

here is the list weblink: https://secure.digital-community.com/english/michiganaudubon.org/includes/downloads/lakebluff_specieslist1.pdf

[The Lion Cub]

I should blog about that, if only I had a nicer camera that actually had zoom, that's why all my quiz pictures are of birds in hand. I have a blog with one entry that basically says I don't know what to put there :P

Yeah totally blog about that! It sounds awesome!

I've had about 175 species at the Lake Bluff Audubon Center here in Manistee which is 40 acres of forest and 10 acres of parkland on Lake Michigan just north of Manistee.

here is the list weblink: https://secure.digital-community.com/english/michiganaudubon.org/includes/downloads/lakebluff_specieslist1.pdf

Excellent, I visit Manistee once in a while and it's good to know it has so many birds!

[MLoyko]

I think my patch list and yard list might be equal in size. I'll list them but y'all might get annoyed ;) (birds with asterix have been seen on my patch as well :t:)

Yard (counting fly throughs/overs):
Cedar Waxwing*
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Tufted Titmouse*
Black-capped Chickadee*
Carolina Wren*
House Wren*
American Goldfinch*
WB Nuthatch*
RT Hummingbird*
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Downy Woodpecker*
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Cardinal*
Northern Mockingbird*
Northern Harrier*
Gray Catbird*
YB Sapsucker
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle*
House Sparrow
European Starling
American Robin*
Mourning Dove*
Red-tailed Hawk*
Cooper's Hawk*
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Ruffed Grouse
Turkey Vulture*
Great Horned Owl
Common Raven
American Crow*
Fish Crow*
Eastern Bluebird*
Bald Eagle
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe*
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow*
American Tree Sparrow
Black Vulture*
Red-bellied Woodpecker*
Red-eyed Vireo*
Blue Jay*
White-throated Sparrow*
Dark-eyed Junco

Patch (not including ones already mentioned):
Indigo Bunting
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Towhee
American Kestrel
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Fox Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Canada Geese
Snow Geese
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Scarlet Tanager

That's about what I can remember I guess.

-Matt

[Angnix]

Something flew by my yard yesterday that could have been a Common Nighthawk, but I didn't get a good enough look at it, it would be a new one for my yard.

[The Lion Cub]

I think my patch list and yard list might be equal in size. I'll list them but y'all might get annoyed ;) (birds with asterix have been seen on my patch as well :t:)

Yard (counting fly throughs/overs):
Cedar Waxwing*
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Tufted Titmouse*
Black-capped Chickadee*
Carolina Wren*
House Wren*
American Goldfinch*
WB Nuthatch*
RT Hummingbird*
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Downy Woodpecker*
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Cardinal*
Northern Mockingbird*
Northern Harrier*
Gray Catbird*
YB Sapsucker
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle*
House Sparrow
European Starling
American Robin*
Mourning Dove*
Red-tailed Hawk*
Cooper's Hawk*
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Ruffed Grouse
Turkey Vulture*
Great Horned Owl
Common Raven
American Crow*
Fish Crow*
Eastern Bluebird*
Bald Eagle
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe*
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow*
American Tree Sparrow
Black Vulture*
Red-bellied Woodpecker*
Red-eyed Vireo*
Blue Jay*
White-throated Sparrow*
Dark-eyed Junco

Patch (not including ones already mentioned):
Indigo Bunting
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Towhee
American Kestrel
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Fox Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Canada Geese
Snow Geese
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Scarlet Tanager

That's about what I can remember I guess.

-Matt

That is a very nice list Matt. And I see from your signature you've taken advantage of this Fall's migration! I;m afraid I was not quite so lucky!!

Something flew by my yard yesterday that could have been a Common Nighthawk, but I didn't get a good enough look at it, it would be a new one for my yard.

Keep looking, they're out there!!