Laura Erickson's For the Birds

Monday, August 8, 2011

Backyard birding today

Evening Grosbeak

Warblers are starting to move! My eBird report:
Laura's yard, St. Louis, US-MN
Aug 8, 2011 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: I was watching birds through the window and out in my photo blind, but also doing chores and other stuff all day.
29 species (+1 other taxa)

Merlin (Falco columbarius) 1
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) 4
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 4
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Empidonax sp. (Empidonax sp.) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 6
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 4
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 8
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 1
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 1
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica) 1
Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) 2
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) 1
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 10
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 2
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) 6
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) 20

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)