Having been in our new place a full year now, from March to March, we have 98 species of birds to report. Each species, of course, has its own story, but we won't try to write those here. Our hope is that the list itself will suggest the story of Alison and the Professor's paying careful and loving attention to their particular place on our planet.

Bird Species Observed from our Place between March 2008 and March 2009

Red-winged Blackbird

Eastern Bluebird

Bobolink

Indigo Bunting

Snow Bunting

Northern Cardinal

Catbird

Black-capped Chickadee

American Coot

Cowbird

Sandhill Crane

Brown Creeper

American Crow

Black-billed Cuckoo

Mourning Dove

Wood Duck

Bald Eagle

Golden Eagle

Great Egret

Gold Finch

House Finch

Great Crested Flycatcher

Canada Goose

Northern Harrier

Northern Goshawk

Grackle

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Ruffed Grouse

Cooper’s Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

Great Blue Heron

Green-backed Heron

House Sparrow

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Blue Jay

Dark-eyed Junco

Kestrel

Killdeer

Eastern Kingbird

Kingfisher

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Horned Lark

Mallard

Eastern Meadowlark

Nighthawk

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Oriole (not sure which)

Osprey

Barred Owl

Great Horned Owl

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Ring-necked Pheasant

Eastern Phoebe

Pigeon (Rock Dove)

Northern Bobwhite

Common Redpoll

American Robin

Northern Shrike

Siskin

Snipe

Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Lincoln’s Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Tree Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Stupid Starling

Barn Swallow

Tree Swallow

Tundra Swan

Teal (don’t know which)

Brown Thrasher

Thrush (either Wood or Hermit?)

Tufted Titmouse

Rufous-sided Towhee

Wild Turkey

Veery

Vireo (the one that says “Here I am. Where are you?)

Turkey Vulture

Blue-winged Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Cedar Waxwing

Woodcock

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Northern Flicker

Wren (don’t know which)