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