Comparing My Yard Lists

House Finches in Sycamore Canyon, Corona de Tucson, AZ 2009

Since moving to Maine my yard list has grown faster here than in any other location I have lived. I thought it would be fun to compare the yard lists to see what species I have seen in each yard. I first started eBirding and keeping a Yard List back in 2007 when I lived in Sycamore Canyon. It’s hard to believe it has been 7 years since then and I have moved 3 more times for a total of 4 yard lists! Take a look if you are interested! Bird species seen in only one yard are in color and italics.

Kathie’s Yard Birds Lists

	Sycamore Canyon May 2007-August 2010	Andover, MA September 2010-August 2012	Tucson, AZ September 2012-January 2014	Mere Point Cottage  2014-present
1.	Gambel’s Quail	Canada Goose	Gambel’s Quail	Canada Goose
2.	Turkey Vulture	Mallard	Great Egret	Greater Scaup
3.	Northern Harrier	Wild Turkey	Turkey Vulture	Common Eider
4.	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Great Blue Heron	Osprey	Bufflehead
5.	Cooper’s Hawk	Black Vulture	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Common Goldeneye
6.	Harris Hawk	Turkey Vulture	Cooper’s Hawk	Red-breasted Merganser
7.	Zone-tailed hawk	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Harris Hawk	Common Loon
8.	Red-tailed Hawk	Cooper’s Hawk	Swainson’s Hawk	Double-crested Cormorant
9.	Killdeer	Red-shouldered Hawk	Zone-tailed Hawk	Great Blue Heron
10.	Rock Pigeon	Red-tailed Hawk	Red-tailed Hawk	Turkey Vulture
11.	White-winged Dove	Ring-billed Gull	Rock Pigeon	Osprey
12.	Greater Roadrunner	Herring Gull	Band-tailed Pigeon	Cooper’s Hawk
13.	Greater Roadrunner	Rock Pigeon	White-winged Dove	Bald Eagle
14.	Great Horned Owl	Mourning Dove	Mourning Dove	Red-tailed Hawk
15.	Burrowing Owl	Black-billed Cuckoo	Greater Roadrunner	American Woodcock
16.	Lesser Nighthawk	Eastern Screech Owl	Great Horned Owl	Herring Gull
17.	Common Nighthawk	Great Horned Owl	Lesser Nighthawk	Great Black-backed Gull
18.	Magnificent Hummingbird	Chimney Swift	Vaux’s Swift	Mourning dove
19.	Black-chinned Hummingbird	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Black-chinned Hummingbird	Chimney Swift
20.	Anna’s Hummingbird	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Anna’s Hummingbird	Red-bellied Woodpecker
21.	Costa’s Hummingbird	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Costa’s Hummingbird	Downy Woodpecker
22.	Broad-tailed Hummingbird	Downy Woodpecker	Broad-tailed Hummingbird	Hairy Woodpecker
23.	Rufous Hummingbird	Hairy Woodpecker	Rufous Hummingbird	Northern Flicker
24.	Calliope Hummingbird	Northern Flicker	Broad-billed Hummingbird	Eastern Phoebe
25.	Broad-billed Hummingbird	Eastern Wood Pewee	Gila Woodpecker	Blue Jay
26.	Gila Woodpecker	Blue-headed Vireo	Ladder-backed Woodpecker	American Crow
27.	Gilded Flicker	Blue Jay	American Kestrel	Fish Crow
28.	American Kestrel	American Crow	Merlin	Common Raven
29.	Peregrine Falcon	Fish Crow	Peregrine Falcon	Tree Swallow
30.	Say’s Phoebe	Common Raven	Black Phoebe	Black-capped Chickadee
31.	Ash-throated Flycatcher	Black-capped Chickadee	Say’s Phoebe	Tufted Titmouse
32.	Brown-crested Flycatcher	Tufted Titmouse	Vermillion Flycatcher	Red-breasted Nuthatch
33.	Western Kingbird	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Ash-throated Flycatcher	White-breasted Nuthatch
34.	Loggerhead Shrike	White-breasted Nuthatch	Warbling Vireo	Brown Creeper
35.	Bell’s Vireo	Brown Creeper	Common Raven	Carolina Wren
36.	Warbling Vireo	House Wren	Northern Rough-winged swallow	Golden-crowned Kinglet
37.	Chihuahuan Raven	Carolina Wren	Purple Martin	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
38.	Common Raven	Golden-crowned Kinglet	Verdin	Hermit Thrush
39.	Purple Martin	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	House Wren	American Robin
40.	Violet-green Swallow	Veery	Cactus Wren	European Starling
41.	Barn Swallow	Wood Thrush	Curve-billed Thrasher	Cedar Waxwing
42.	Verdin	American Robin	Northern Mockingbird	Black and white Warbler
43.	Rock Wren	Gray Catbird	European starling	Northern Parula
44.	House Wren	Northern Mockingbird	Phainopepla	Yellow Warbler
45.	Bewick’s Wren	European Starling	Tennessee Warbler	Palm Warbler
46.	Cactus Wren	Cedar Waxwing	Orange-crowned Warbler	Pine Warbler
47.	American Robin	Northern Waterthrush	Lucy’s Warbler	Yellow-rumped Warbler
48.	Curve-billed Thrasher	Yellow-rumped Warbler	Yellow Warbler	Eastern Towhee
49.	Northern Mockingbird	Black-throated Green Warbler	Yellow-rumped Warbler	American Tree Sparrow
50.	European Starling	Chipping Sparrow	Wilson’s Warbler	Chipping Sparrow
51.	Yellow-rumped Warbler	Field Sparrow	Green-tailed Towhee	Savannah Sparrow
52.	Black-throated Gray Warbler	Song Sparrow	Spotted Towhee	Fox Sparrow
53.	Green-tailed Towhee	White-throated Sparrow	Brewer’s Sparrow	Song Sparrow
54.	Rufous-crowned Sparrow	Dark-eyed Junco	Lark Sparrow	Lincoln’s Sparrow
55.	Canyon Towhee	Northern Cardinal	Savannah Sparrow	White-throated Sparrow
56.	Rufous-winged Sparrow	Red-breasted Grosbeak	Song Sparrow	Dark-eyed Junco
57.	Chipping Sparrow	Red-winged Blackbird	White-crowned Sparrow	Northern Cardinal
58.	Brewer’s Sparrow	Common Grackle	Western Tanager	Red-breasted Grosbeak
59.	Black-chinned Sparrow	Brown-headed Cowbird	Northern Cardinal	Red-winged Blackbird
60.	Lark Sparrow	Baltimore Oriole	Pyrrhuloxia	Common Grackle
61.	Black-throated Sparrow	House Finch	Black-headed Grosbeak	Brown-headed Cowbird
62.	Lark Bunting	Purple Finch	Great-tailed Grackle	House Finch
63.	Lincoln’s Sparrow	Pine Siskin	Brown-headed Cowbird	Purple Finch
64.	White-crowned Sparrow	American Goldfinch	Hooded Oriole	American Goldfinch
65.	Dark-eyed Junco	House Sparrow	Bullock’s Oriole
66.	Western Tanager		House Finch
67.	Northern Cardinal		Pine Siskin
68.	Pyrrhuloxia		Lesser Goldfinch
69.	Black-headed Grosbeak		House Sparrow
70.	Blue Grosbeak
71.	Brewer’s Blackbird
72.	Great-tailed Grackle
73.	Bronzed Cowbird
74.	Brown-headed Cowbird
75.	Hooded Oriole
76.	Bullock’s Oriole
77.	Scott’s Oriole
78.	House Finch
79.	Cassin’s Finch
80.	Pine Siskin
81.	Lesser Goldfinch
82.	Lawrence’s Goldfinch
83.	House Sparrow

As you can see from these lists I have only been here for 3 1/2 months and I have almost caught up to all my other yard lists! I do think I will reach over 100 yard birds here at Mere Point Cottage!

Northern Cardinal in Andover, MA June, 2012

Field Sparrow in Andover, MA 10-19-2010

Tucson Yard 2-11-2013

Mere Point Cottage Yard

 Fox Sparrow at Mere Point Cottage

Savannah Sparrow at Mere Point Cottage