Birds February 2026

Here are the birds observed at the Hermits’ Rest in February 2026. They were either identified by Merlin Bird ID or by sight.

Pine Warbler. Photo by pete weiler on Pexels.com

Total Species: 105. There were two new species, the Virginia Rail (appeared more than once) and a Pine Warbler. There were many days with over 60 species, including at least three days with 65. They are heading back to more normal numbers now that spring is coming.

  1. American Crow
  2. American Goldfinch
  3. American Pipit
  4. American Wigeon
  5. Bald Eagle
  6. Barn Swallow
  7. Barred Owl
  8. Belted Kingfisher
  9. Bewick’s Wren
  10. Black Vulture
  11. Blue Jay
  12. Blue-headed Vireo
  13. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  14. Blue-winged Teal
  15. Brewer’s Blackbird
  16. Brown Creeper
  17. Brown Thrasher
  18. Brown-headed Cowbird
  19. Canada Goose
  20. Carolina Chickadee
  21. Carolina Wren
  22. Cave Swallow
  23. Cedar Waxwing
  24. Chipping Sparrow
  25. Common Ground Dove
  26. Common Yellowthroat
  27. Crested Caracara
  28. Dark-eyed Junco
  29. Eastern Bluebird
  30. Eastern Meadowlark
  31. Eastern Phoebe
  32. Eastern Screech Owl
  33. Eastern Towhee
  34. European Starling
  35. Field Sparrow
  36. Fox Sparrow
  37. Gadwall
  38. Golden-crowned Kinglet
  39. Grasshopper Sparrow
  40. Great Blue Heron
  41. Great Crested Flycatcher
  42. Great Egret
  43. Great Horned Owl
  44. Greater Roadrunner
  45. Greater Yellowlegs
  46. Great-tailed Grackle
  47. Green-winged Teal
  48. Hairy Woodpecker
  49. Harris’s Sparrow
  50. Hermit Thrush
  51. Horned Lark
  52. House Finch
  53. House Sparrow
  54. House Wren
  55. Inca Dove
  56. Killdeer
  57. Ladder-backed Woodpecker
  58. Least Sandpiper
  59. Lesser Goldfinch
  60. Lincoln’s Sparrow
  61. Little Blue Heron
  62. Loggerhead Shrike
  63. Mallard
  64. Marsh Wren
  65. Merlin
  66. Mourning Dove
  67. Northern Cardinal
  68. Northen Flicker
  69. Northern Harrier
  70. Northern Mockingbird
  71. Osprey
  72. Pileated Woodpecker
  73. Pine Siskin
  74. Pine Warbler
  75. Purple Finch
  76. Purple Martin
  77. Red-bellied Woodpecker
  78. Red-headed Woodpecker
  79. Red-shouldered Hawk
  80. Red-tailed Hawk
  81. Red-winged Blackbird
  82. Rock Pigeon
  83. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  84. Rufuous Hummingbird
  85. Sandhill Crane
  86. Savannah Sparrow
  87. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
  88. Short-eared Owl
  89. Song Sparrow
  90. Spotted Sandpiper
  91. Swamp Sparrow
  92. Tufted Titmouse
  93. Turkey Vulture
  94. Vermillion Flycatcher
  95. Vesper Sparrow
  96. Virginia Rail
  97. Western Meadowlark
  98. White-crowned Sparrow
  99. White-eyed Vireo
  100. White-throated Sparrow
  101. White-winged Dove
  102. Wild Turkey
  103. Winter Wren
  104. Wood Duck
  105. Yellow-rumped Warbler