Yardbirds

[Connor Cochrane]

This topic is about yardbirds (but not the band that Eric Clapton was in). @Avery brought up a good point that we should have this topic.

[Aidan B]

Just in time! I literally got my yardbird Hooded Oriole five minutes ago! I really hope he sticks around, as there's a large palm just two houses down from me. 

[Connor Cochrane]

So far I'm at 73 species for the yard this year, with the most recent addition being an Osprey.

[Seanbirds]

I think there’s a topic like this buried way back in the PS&D subforum.

[IKLland]

Wilson's Warbler today. Male.

[neilpa]

Fox Sparrow, first new yardbird in awhile. Brings me to a grand total of 31 for my small city yard. Jealous of all you folks that get so much more variety.

[Connor Cochrane]

Migration is starting to pick up. Maybe I can get something good tomorrow night

[Charlie Spencer]

On 4/13/2021 at 8:59 AM, Seanbirds said:

I think there’s a topic like this buried way back in the PS&D subforum.

Or in Backyard Birds, Feeders, etc.

[chipperatl]

Northern Waterthrush and Lincoln’s Sparrow in past week get me to 153.  

[IKLland]

4 hours ago, chipperatl said:

153

Whoah!

[Kevin]

2 hours ago, IKLland said:

Whoah!

I hit 180 yesterday with a Black-billed Cuckoo!!!!!

[IKLland]

21 hours ago, Kevin said:

I hit 180 yesterday with a Black-billed Cuckoo!!!!!

How do you have so many birds in your yard?

[Colton V]

What are everyone's "rules" for yard birds? My rule is if I can see or hear it from my yard, it's a yard bird.

[Kevin]

19 minutes ago, Colton V said:

What are everyone's "rules" for yard birds? My rule is if I can see or hear it from my yard, it's a yard bird.

I count any thing that I see from about 4 miles of road that I regularly bird, my yard, and some property next to us, that I have access to.

[Birding Boy]

45 minutes ago, Colton V said:

What are everyone's "rules" for yard birds? My rule is if I can see or hear it from my yard, it's a yard bird.

This exactly

[neilpa]

57 minutes ago, Colton V said:

What are everyone's "rules" for yard birds? My rule is if I can see or hear it from my yard, it's a yard bird.

Same. Although since there are so few birds I can confidently ID by ear this basically means see only.

[Avery]

My yard is relatively small, so I basically count the birds in the neighborhood. Coincidentally, the only species on my yard list that I haven’t seen from my yard was just a few houses down the road, a lost NOHA perched in a tree 

[chipperatl]

My Yard rules include some backwater of a lake that I can access from the property next to mine which is partially power lines, so owned by Consumers.  If I had to I could scope that from my yard, but it is easier to walk there.  I also count if I can hear it, so I counted Common Loon I could hear from the lake that is ~1/2 mile away.  

[Kevin]

If I only counted what I could see/hear from my yard, it would only be at about 160 or so.

[Connor Cochrane]

I only include birds from my small yard with no bodies of water within miles, and were in the hills. Consequently, my list is very small. Right now I'm at exactly 100. 

[Colton V]

1 hour ago, Connor Cochrane said:

Right now I'm at exactly 100. 

"very small" My list is only 62! Although I think 62 is actually pretty good considering I live on a busy street in a developed neighborhood with only a quarter acre yard that is 75% lawn. 

[IKLland]

Our yard is tiny, so my list is somewhere around 40. 

[Aaron]

My yard is also very small and thus sucks, so I only ‘bird’ it if I know I’m not going to go anywhere. I’m at 64. For the whole community I’m at 110.

My cabins yard is still under an acre, but is still much larger with many trees and is beside a lake and Marina. For ~2km radius I’m at 146 species, just for birds seen/heard from the actual yard I’m at 116. 

[neilpa]

On 5/18/2021 at 8:52 PM, IKLland said:

Our yard is tiny, so my list is somewhere around 40. 

I know that feeling. Just hit 34 today with a White-crowned Sparrow. Also had my first flycatcher this morning but it flew off before I could narrow down the id.

[neilpa]

6 minutes ago, neilpa said:

I know that feeling. Just hit 34 today with a White-crowned Sparrow. Also had my first flycatcher this morning but it flew off before I could narrow down the id.

And of course right after I post this a Western Tanager made a quick pitstop outside my window for #35. Fingers crossed this post also summons a new bird ?