Here are the birds observed at the Hermits’ Rest in January 2025. They were either identified by Merlin Bird ID or by sight.
Total Birds: 88. There were four new birds, including the Sora. Wild Turkeys were here during the deep freeze.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Pipit
- American Wigeon
- Barred Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick’s Wren
- Black Phoebe
- Black Vulture
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Blue Jay
- Brewer’s Blackbird
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Ground Dove
- Common Yellowthroat
- Crested Caracara
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- European Starling
- Field Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Greater Roadrunner
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Green-winged Teal
- Harris’s Sparrow
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Merganser
- Horned Lark
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- House Wren
- Killdeer
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Mallard
- Merlin
- Mourning Dove
- Northen Flicker
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Harrier
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Osprey
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rock Pigeon
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Sandhill Crane
- Savannah Sparrow
- Say’s Phoebe
- Snow Goose
- Song Sparrow
- Sora
- Spotted Towhee
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Vermillion Flycatcher
- Vesper Sparrow
- Western Meadowlark
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-winged Dove
- Wild Turkey
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
The Hermits' Rest 