Birds #1 (2026)

Maybe I will be better at posting lists this year.

Winter bird roundup:

Black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, red-breasted nuthatch, brown creeper, golden-crowned kinglet, cedar waxwing, European starling, American robin, American crow, common raven, American goldfinch, dark-eyed junco, white-throated sparrow, eastern bluebird, Carolina wren, downy woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, pileated woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, barred owl, bald eagle, red-tailed hawk, tufted titmouse, northern cardinal, blue jay, mourning dove, house finch.

The surprises have been red-breasted nuthatch, which came to our feeder in late fall for a couple days, and the white-throated sparrow, which has never stayed near our yard all winter until this year—even feeling confident enough to eat at our feeder, not just on the ground.

A white-throated sparrow perched at a feeder, photograph taken by the feeder camera.