Here are the birds observed at the Hermits’ Rest in March 2026. They were either identified by Merlin Bird ID or by sight. It didn’t rain much this month, but many birds came, left, or passed through. The new bird this month was a White-tailed Kite, caught in migration.

Total birds: 112
- American Coot
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Pipit
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick’s Wren
- Black Vulture
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Blue-winged Teal
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Blue Jay
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cattle Egret
- Cave Swallow
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chipping Sparrow
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Grackle
- Common Ground Dove
- Common Yellowthroat
- Crested Caracara
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- European Starling
- Field Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Gadwall
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Gray Catbird
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Greater Roadrunner
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Harris’s Sparrow
- Hermit Thrush
- Horned Lark
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- House Wren
- Inca Dove
- Killdeer
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Least Sandpiper
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Marsh Wren
- Northern Cardinal
- Northen Flicker
- Northern Harrier
- Northern Mockingbird
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- 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
- Ruby-throated Hummimgbird
- Rufuous Hummingbird
- Sandhill Crane
- Savannah Sparrow
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Towhee
- Swainson’s Hawk
- Swamp Sparrow
- Tree Swallow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Upland Sandpiper
- Vesper Sparrow
- Western Meadowlark
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-eyed Vireo
- *White-tailed Kite
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-winged Dove
- Wild Turkey
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Winter Wren
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-rumped Warbler