Here are the birds observed at the Hermits’ Rest in February 2025. They were either identified by Merlin Bird ID or by sight.

Total Birds: 93 -some early spring birds coming in helped with the numbers. There were three new birds, I think.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Pipit
- American Wigeon
- American Robin
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick’s Wren
- Black Vulture
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Blue Jay
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Blue-winged Teal
- Brewer’s Blackbird
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Carolina Wren
- Cave Swallow
- Cedar Waxwing
- Common Grackle
- Common Yellowthroat
- Crested Caracara
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- European Starling
- Field Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Gadwall
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Greater Roadrunner
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Great-tailed Grackle
- *Hairy Woodpecker
- Harris’s Sparrow
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Merganser
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- House Wren
- Killdeer
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Lark Sparrow
- *Lesser Goldfinch
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Mallard
- Mourning Dove
- Northen Flicker
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Harrier
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Purple Martin
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- *Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rock Pigeon
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Savannah Sparrow
- Scissor-tailed flycatcher
- Snow Goose
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Swamp Sparrow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Vesper Sparrow
- Western Meadowlark
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Winter Wren
- Yellow-rumped Warbler