Here are the birds observed at the Hermits’ Rest in September 2024. I was home all month this time. There were five new birds, thanks to migration! Lots and lots of members of the flycatcher group were around, most heard or seen many times.
Total Birds: 85
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Baltimore Oriole
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Owl
- Bell’s Vireo
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick’s Wren
- Black Vulture
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Brown Thrasher
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cattle Egret
- Cave Swallow
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Grackle
- Common Ground Dove
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Crested Caracara
- Diskcissel
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- European Starling
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Green Heron
- House Sparrow
- House Wren
- Indigo Bunting
- Killdeer
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Lark Sparrow
- Least Flycatcher
- Least Sandpiper
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Mallard
- Mourning Dove
- Nashville Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orchard Oriole
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Purple Martin
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-eyed vireo
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rock Pigeon
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Savannah Sparrow
- Scissor-tailed flycatcher
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Summer Tanager
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Upland Sandpiper
- Western Kingbird
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-faced Ibis
- White-winged Dove
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-throated Warbler
The Hermits' Rest 