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.

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