Birds: December 2023

Here are the birds observed at the Hermits’ Rest in December 2023. They were either identified by Merlin Bird ID or by sight.

Total: 71 birds

  • American Crow
  • American Goldfinch
  • American Kestrel
  • American Pipit
  • American Robin
  • Belted Kingfisher
  • Bewick’s Wren
  • Black Vulture
  • Blue Jay
  • Brewer’s Blackbird
  • Brown Thrasher
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Canada Goose
  • Carolina Chickadee
  • Carolina Wren
  • Cedar Waxwing
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Common Ground Dove
  • Common Raven
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Crested Caracara
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Downy Woodpecker
  • Eastern Bluebird
  • Eastern Meadowlark
  • Eastern Phoebe
  • European Starling
  • Field Sparrow
  • Fox Sparrow
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Great Egret 
  • Great Horned Owl
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Great-tailed Grackle
  • Harris’s Sparrow
  • Hermit Thrush
  • Hooded Merganser
  • House Finch
  • House Sparrow
  • House Wren
  • Killdeer
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker
  • Least Sandpiper
  • Lincoln’s Sparrow
  • Loggerhead Shrike
  • Mourning Dove
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Northen Flicker
  • Northern Mockingbird
  • Orange-crowned Warbler
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • Purple Finch
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • Sandhill Crane
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Song Sparrow
  • Spotless Starling
  • Swamp Sparrow
  • Tufted Titmouse
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Vermillion Flycatcher
  • Vesper Sparrow
  • Western Meadowlark
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • White-throated Sparrow