Birds January 2026

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

Kestrel

Total Species: 112. There was just one new one, a Mountain Bluebird, who must have blown in with the big, very windy, and very cold front. There was one day with 66 species at once, and a few days with fewer than 20 thanks to the cold.

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