Here are the birds observed at the Hermits’ Rest in October 2025. The winter sparrows and wrens all came back this month, and the wonderful Sandhill Cranes passed over. A stork showed up for just one day, but that was great. It also appears that a Belted Kingfisher is here for an extended stay after we finally got some rain.
Another bird first was hearing Crested Caracara make noise. When in pairs, it turns out that they are quite “chatty.” I’ll miss the fall migrants, but am ready to be entertained by the birds of winter!
There was one day that 58 species were here. I have to admit that I also enjoyed the “regular” birds, too. The Mockingbirds have been quite friendly.
Total Birds: 107
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Pipit
- American Robin
- Anhinga
- Baltimore Oriole
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick’s Wren
- Black Vulture
- Black-bellied Plover
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Blue-winged Teal
- Brewer’s Blackbird
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Brown Thrasher
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cave Swallow
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Clay-colored Sparrrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Ground Dove
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Crested Caracara
- Dickcissel
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eastern Screech Owl
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- European Starling
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Gray Catbird
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Green Heron
- Hermit Thrush
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- House Wren
- Indigo Bunting
- Inca Dove
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Lark Sparrow
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Little Blue Heron
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Mallard
- Marsh Wren
- Mourning Dove
- Nashville Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
- Northen Flicker
- Northern Harrier
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Osprey
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Pregrine Falcon
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rock Pigeon
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummimgbird
- Sandhill Crane
- Savannah Sparrow
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Song Sparrow
- Sora
- Sprague’s Pipit
- Swainson’s Hawk
- Swamp Sparrow
- Tree Swallow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Vesper Sparrow
- Western Meadowlark
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Winter Wren
- Wood Stork
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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