Here are the birds observed at the Hermits’ Rest in October 2024. I was home most of the month other than a short campout and a Master Naturalist conference. There were seven interesting new birds, including a Red-headed Woodpecker! It’s the season of owls and hawks, too. Plus all the migrating fowl. A fun month.

Total Birds: 97
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Pipit
- American Robin
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick’s Wren
- Black Vulture
- Black-bellied Plover
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Blue-winged Teal
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Brown Thrasher
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cave Swallow
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Crested Caracara
- Diskcissel
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- European Starling
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Gray Catbird
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Hermit Thrush
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- Inca Dove
- Killdeer
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Lark Sparrow
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Mallard
- Marsh Wren
- Merlin
- Mourning Dove
- Northen Flicker
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Mockingbird
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Osprey
- Pregrine Falcon
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rock Pigeon
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Sandhill Crane
- Savannah Sparrow
- Scissor-tailed flycatcher
- Snow Goose
- Song Sparrow
- Sprague’s Pipit
- Swainson’s Hawk
- Tufted Titmouse
- Upland Sandpiper
- Vesper Sparrow
- Western Meadowlark
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-faced Ibis
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-winged Dove
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Winter Wren
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Yellow-rumped Warbler