A Garden List (1 Viewer)

[esmondb]

1)Bullfinch
2)Greenfinch
3)Blackbird
4)Woodpigeon
5)Collared dove
6)Magpie
7)Wren
8)Chaffinch
9)Blue tit
10)Dunnock
11)Redwing
12)Starling
13)Robin
14)Coal tit
15)Blackcap
16)Long-tailed tit
17)Song thrush
18)House sparrow
19)Goldfinch
20)Jay
21)Jackdaw
22)Carrion crow
23)Marsh tit
24)Great spotted woodpecker
25)Goldcrest
26)Nuthatch
27)Green woodpecker
28)Sparrowhawk
29)Tawny owl
30)Brambling

Flyovers:
31)Kestrel
32)Swift
33)Herring gull
34)Feral pigeon
35)Common tern
36)Buzzard
37)Red kite

A wonderful brambling came a-calling during my RSPB Birdwatch stint, the first I've seen in my garden and a year-tick.
Long-tailed tits have been much more common since I put up some fat balls.

 

[reuven123]

I've moved recently, so I’ll post my old list and my new one. My new one is much smaller because I haven’t yet had a spring here.

Old Yard:
1. Mallard
2. Sharp-shinned hawk
3. Cooper’s hawk
4. Ring-billed gull
5. Rock dove
6. Mourning dove
7. Yellow-bellied sapsucker
8. Downy woodpecker
9. Hairy woodpecker
10. Northern flicker
11. Least flycatcher
12. Eastern phoebe
13. Red-eyed vireo
14. Blue jay
15. American crow
16. Black-capped chickadee
17. Red-breasted nuthatch
18. White-breasted nuthatch
19. Brown creeper
20. Golden-crowned kinglet
21. Ruby-crowned kinglet
22. Veery
23. Swainson’s thrush
24. American robin
25. Hermit thrush
26. Gray catbird
27. Northern mockingbird
28. European starling
29. Cedar Waxwing
30. Nashville warbler
31. Yellow warbler
32. Magnolia warbler
33. Yellow-rumped warbler
34. Common yellowthroat
35. American redstart
36. Chipping sparrow
37. Fox sparrow
38. Song sparrow
39. White-crowned sparrow
40. White-throated sparrow
41. Dark-eyed junco
42. Rose-breasted grosbeak
43. Northern cardinal
44. Red-winged blackbird
45. Brown-headed cowbird
46. Common grackle
47. Orchard oriole
48. Baltimore oriole
49. House finch
50. American goldfinch
51. House sparrow

Flyovers:

52. Great blue heron
53. Black-crowned night-heron
54. Turkey vulture
55. Canada goose
56. Red-tailed hawk
57. Chimney swift
58. Barn swallow

 

[reuven123]

New Yard:

1. Sharp-shinned hawk
2. Cooper’s hawk
3. Red-tailed Hawk
4. Mourning dove
5. Downy woodpecker
6. Hairy woodpecker
7. Red-eyed vireo
8. Blue jay
9. American crow
10. Black-capped chickadee
11. Red-breasted nuthatch
12. White-breasted nuthatch
13. Brown creeper
14. Ruby-crowned kinglet
15. American robin
16. European starling
17. Magnolia warbler
18. Black-and-white warbler
19. Song sparrow
20. White-crowned sparrow
21. White-throated sparrow
22. Swamp sparrow
23. Dark-eyed junco
24. Northern cardinal
25. Common grackle
26. House finch
27. American goldfinch
28. House sparrow

Flyovers:

29. Great blue heron
30. Ring-billed gull
31. Turkey vulture
32. Canada goose
33. Mallard
34. Bufflehead
35. Broad-winged hawk
36. Chimney swift

 

[canadagurl123]

Well Here's my garden list of things I've seen in my backyard. Just a suburban backyard withseveral fruit trees, maple trees and a pine tree.
1. Canada Goose(flyover)
2. Mallard
3. Cooper's Hawk
4.Sharp shinned hawk
5. Bald eagle(on my pine tree!!)
6. Turkey Vulture(flyovers up to 50 at a time in migration)
7. Common Nighthawk
8. Barn Swallow
9. Tree Swallow(flyover
10. Downy Woodpecker
11. Hairy Woodpecker
12. Pileated Woodpecker
13. Northern Woodpecker
14. Northwestern Crow
15. Common Raven
16. Steller's Jay
17. Rufous Hummingbird
18. Anna's Hummingbird
19. Cedar Waxwing
20. Varied Thrush
21. American Robin
22. European Starling
23. Brownheaded Cowbird
24. Red winged Blackbird
25. Brewer's Blackbird
26. House sparrow
27. Fox Sparrow
28. Lincoln's Sparrow
29. White crowned Sparrow
30. White throated Sparrow
31. Golden crowned Sparrow
32. Song Sparrow
33. House Finch
34. Purple Finch
35. common Redpoll
36. American goldfinch
37. Pine Siskin
38. Evening Grosbeak
39. Yellow rumped Warbler
40. Townsend's Warbler
41. Palm Warbler
42. Orange crowned Warbler
43. Ruby crowned Kinglet
44. Golden crowned Kinglet
45.Chestnut backed Chickadee
46. Bushtit
47. Brown creeper
48. Winter Wren
49. Bewick's Wren
50. Mew Gull
51. Thayer's Gull
52. Glaucous winged Gull
53. red breasted Nuthatch
54. Northern Shoveler
That's my list so far. The American Goldfinches this year I can't find anywhere else in Victoria during winter.

 

[NickPatel92]

A new Bird for my garden list today, and it's a dream Bird for me, especially for my garden - an Osprey drifting over on migration, it just doesn't get any better than that!

Here's my updated list:

1. Blackbird
2. Blackcap
3. Black headed gull
4. Blue tit
5. Bullfinch
6. Carrion crow
7. Chaffinch
8. Coal tit
9. Collared dove
10. Common gull
11. Cormorant
12. Curlew
13. Dunnock
14. Garden warbler
15. Goldcrest
16. Goldfinch.
17. Great spotted woodpecker
18. Great tit
19. Greenfinch
20. Grey heron
21. Grey wagtail
22. Herring gull
23. House martin
24. House sparrow
25. Jackdaw
26. Jay
27. Lesser black backed gull
28. Long tailed tit
29. Magpie
30. Mallard
31. Meadow pipit
32. Mistle thrush
33. Nuthatch
34. Osprey
35. Oystercatcher
36. Pheasant
37. Pied wagtail
38. Pink footed goose
39. Redwing
40. Robin
41. Rock dove
42. Rook
43. Sand martin
44. Siskin
45. Song thrush
46. Sparrowhawk
47. Starling
48. Swallow
49. Swift
50. Tawny owl
51. Willow warbler
52. Wood pigeon
53. Wren

I currently have a pair of Carrion's nesting opposite my house, which is new, on a mast of some sort. I think one is sitting on eggs. It's quite fun to see them progress each day.

 

[A CHAPLIN]

Hi Nick,

Great list but why couldn't you send the Osprey this way, it would only have been a short detour for it.

Ann :egghead::flyaway:
The Osprey Godmother

 

[NickPatel92]

Hi Nick,

Great list but why couldn't you send the Osprey this way, it would only have been a short detour for it.

Ann :egghead::flyaway:
The Osprey Godmother

Whereabouts in Preston do you live, I live in Fulwood and it drifted North-east from there. It's unfortunate you didn't see it. Have you seen one before. There was apparently three at Brockholes quarry yesterday, maybe it was one of them.

 

[NickPatel92]

Got another new Garden Bird today - quite unusual to see it flying over and showing quite well in an suburban area.

54. Common Buzzard

 

[NickPatel92]

Another new raptor over the garden, and a new Bird for the garden!

SO that's 3 new Bird of prey species over the garden in 3 days! PLus an overall of 4 species over the 3 days - Osprey, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk and now Kestrel!

55. Kestrel

 

[NickPatel92]

56. Lesser redpoll

A new finch to my garden list yesterday - Lesser redpoll flying north.

 

[esmondb]

Well, I've had bird 38 a couple of weeks ago, with a magnificent goshawk slowly passing over as it looked to gather height, but even better as she's now likely to remain for a while was a beautiful female great spotted woodpecker. Hopefully she'll bring the kids later in the year

 

[Drayton]

Here is my list, I live on the outskirts of a Northamptonshire market town, opposite a lake and very close to woods and fields.

In the garden, either on the ground, in trees or on the various feeders I have installed:

Black Bird
Black Cap
Blue Tit
Bullfinch
Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Crow
Dunnock
Field Fare
Gold Finch
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Green Woodpecker
Greenfinch
Herring gull
House Sparrow
Kestrel
Long tailed tit
Magpie
Mallard Duck
Marsh Tit
Moorhen
Pheasant
Red Legged Partridge
Redwing
Robin
Siskin
Song Thrush
Sparrow Hawk
Starling
Wood pigeon
Wren

Fly overs:

Swan
Heron
Red Kite
Cormorant
Swifts
Gulls
Geese

Other wild creatures:

Grey Squirrel
Muntjack deer
Toad
Frog
Newt
Pipestrelle bat
Badger
Fox
Rabbit
Fallow Deer
Field Mouse
Harvest Mouse

 

[NickPatel92]

57. Chiffchaff - Singing yesterday morning!

 

[Chewbaxter]

Although we haven't got many different species visiting, I'm prety happy to see the following who are resident:

Blackbird
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
House Sparrow
Blue Tit
Dunnock
Robin
Song Thrush

I'm happy enough - I keep them fed and watered... and they keep me entertained - it's a great arrangement and we all benefit!



Neil.

 

[clayts]

I'm like you, Chewie. I am perfectly happy watching my current visitors

blue tits
great tits
robins
blackbirds
woodpigeons
magpies
grey squirrels

The squirrels in particular give me great enjoyment - a family of three have claimed my tiny patch of land as their own, visit first thing and last thing every day without fail and see off any outsider squirrels. It's also a truly amicable arrangement between squirrels and birds. When one of the squirrels is on the nut feeder, the tits help themselves to the berry suet cake, or bird seed from one of the other feeders. When the squirrels are absent (most of the day between 9am and 5pm) the tits take over the feeders, so everyone is happy. Except my peanut-reduced wallet

 

[Chewbaxter]

the tits take over the feeders, so everyone is happy. Except my peanut-reduced wallet

Send 'em over to ours then clayts... the Blue Tit that comes is only a 'brief visitor' and although appears to enjoy the suet treats, doesn't appear at all interested in the peanuts in the feeder... don't know why, because they're 'the proper tackle' and not just any old rubbish!

As to the Grey Squirrels - love 'em - there's plenty in the nearby woods and my dogs love to have a bark as they go above them through the branches - the squirrels are unpeturbed by this it seems, so everyone's happy!

:t:

Neil.

 

[clayts]

Sadly my family of three squirrels appears to have become a family of two - one missing in action since breakfast yesterday. There's a feral cat on the loose and I think it's had one

Blueys and great tits squabble a little on the peanut feeder but also seem to have reached an amicable agreement at last.

 

[Chewbaxter]

Blueys and great tits squabble a little on the peanut feeder but also seem to have reached an amicable agreement at last.

Was watching an episode of 'The Life Of Birds' recently... it showed that Great Tits are basically the 'boss' of Blue Tits - i.e. they seem to 'outrank' them.

Doesn't worry me - we've NO Great Tits visiting at the moment!

'Significant' event for me this evening - out doing stuff in garden... a Robin landed about a foot away - totally unconcerned!

Might seem like nowt to some people... but I'm always in awe when ANY non-domesticated animal can be close!



N.

 

[clayts]

The robins in my garden are very skittish - one does visit regularly but hops on the floor once or twice then flies away, disinterested. Maybe I need to go out and dig a random hole every once in a while - many wildlife books point out to the fact they stalk the movements of your garden fork and snatch worms away in the blink of an eye.

You are right - the Great Tits are the bosses - they're slightly bigger than blueys. However, I've had both happily munching away at the same time on the peanut feeder, so they seem to be rubbing along okay now.

 

[barnstormer]

I've got a couple of robins coming in my garden every now and again during the day feeding mainly on sunflower hearts untill i put some live mealworms out and now he's been a lot more often. Also get anywhere between 5 and 22 goldfinch,a few greenfinch the odd bluetit,no great tits at the moment,chaffinch early and late in the day, and the usual blackbird and starlings and the odd pidgeon,but nowt out of the ordinary.Peanuts in my garden very rarely get touched even tho i have them in a few locations.Everything seems to go for the sunflower hearts and nyjer seed.