Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corvus-brachyrhynchos-001.jpg
American Crow
- Date spotted: 2022-07-11
- Frequency spotted: rare
- Season(s) spotted: summer
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carduelis-tristis-002.jpg
American Goldfinch
- Date spotted: 2022-07-11
- Frequency spotted: rare
- Season(s) spotted: summer
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_Robin_in_Canada.jpg
American Robin
- Frequency spotted: common
- Season(s) spotted: year-round
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_Bushtit_6751vv.jpg
American bushtit
- Date spotted: 2024-03-30
- Frequency spotted: common
- Season(s) spotted: spring
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bald_Eagle_(Haliaeetus_leucocephalus).jpg
Bald Eagle
- Frequency spotted: common
- Season(s) spotted: year round
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlackCappedChickadee.jpg
Black-Capped Chickadee
- Frequency spotted: common
- Season(s) spotted: year-round
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archilochus-alexandri-003.jpg#file
Black-chinned hummingbird
- Frequency spotted: common in summer
- Season(s) spotted: summer
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cyanocitta-cristata-004.jpg
Blue Jay
- Frequency spotted: common
- Season(s) spotted: year-round
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buteo_platypterus_Gavil%C3%A1n_aliancho_Broad-winged_Hawk_(11455801494)_(cropped).jpg
Broad-winged hawk
- Frequency spotted: rare
- Season(s) spotted: Winter
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canada_goose_on_Seedskadee_NWR_(27826185489).jpg
Canada goose
- Frequency spotted: common
- Season(s) spotted: year-round
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blackbird_-_Turdus_merula_-_Karatavuk_02.jpg
Common Blackbird
- Frequency spotted: rare
- Season(s) spotted: unknown
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sharp_Grackle_(49749968433).jpg
Common Grackle
- Frequency spotted: occasionally
- Season(s) spotted: summer & autumn
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rock_dove_-_natures_pics.jpg
Common Pigeon
- Frequency spotted: rare
- Season(s) spotted: year-round
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dark-eyed_Junco,_Washington_State_06.jpg
Dark-Eyed Junco
- Frequency spotted: common
- Season(s) spotted: year-round
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Downey_Woodpecker_(male)_a.jpg
Downy Woodpecker
- Frequency spotted: common
- Season(s) spotted: autumn, winter, spring
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Streptopelia_decaocto_-_Eurasian_Collared_Dove_05.jpg
Eurasian Collared Dove
- Frequency spotted: common
- Season(s) spotted: year-round
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_starling_at_Bodega_Head-1209.jpg
European Starling
- Frequency spotted: rare
- Season(s) spotted: Summer
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAWK,_FERRUGINOUS_(12-29-07)_ca_val_-02_(2147869372).jpg
Ferruginous Hawk
- Frequency spotted: occasionally
- Season(s) spotted: year-round
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gray_Catbird_(Dumetella_carolinensis).jpg
Gray Catbird
- Date spotted: 2023-06-20
- Frequency spotted: rare
- Season(s) spotted: summer
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Horned_Owl_(30706490070).jpg
Great Horned Owl
- Frequency spotted: occasionally
- Season(s) spotted: winter & spring
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_Finch,_southeastern_Arizona_06.jpg
House Finch
- Frequency spotted: common
- Season(s) spotted: year-round
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Passer_domesticus_-_House_sparrow_03.jpg
House Sparrow
- Frequency spotted: common
- Season(s) spotted: year-round
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mourning_dove_in_CP_(65232).jpg
Mourning Dove
- Frequency spotted: common
- Season(s) spotted: year-round
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern_Flicker_(46976975415).jpg
Northern Flicker
- Frequency spotted: common
- Season(s) spotted: spring & summer
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern_Shrike_(8128455040).jpg
Northern Shrike
- Date spotted: 2022-12-07
- Frequency spotted: rare
- Season(s) spotted: Winter
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-winged_Blackbird_-_Flickr_-_treegrow_(14).jpg
Red-Winged Black Bird
- Frequency spotted: occasionally
- Season(s) spotted: summer
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RosebreastedGrosbeak08.jpg
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
- Date spotted: 05/03/2022
- Frequency spotted: rare
- Season(s) spotted: spring (migration)
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sharp-shinned_Hawk_(50958298391).jpg
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
- Date spotted: 2021-12-14
- Frequency spotted: rare
- Season(s) spotted: winter
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Western_wood_pewee_perched_near_the_Sacramento_River-5174.jpg
Western wood pewee
- Date spotted: 2023-04-11
- Frequency spotted: rare
- Season(s) spotted: spring
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White-Breasted_Nuthatch_(8728).jpg
White-Breasted Nuthatch
- Frequency spotted: occasionally
- Season(s) spotted: year-round
- Image Source
Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson's_snipe
Wilson's snipe
- Date spotted: 2024-10-26
- Frequency spotted: rare
- Season(s) spotted: autumn
- Image Source
Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myrtle_yellow-rumped_warbler_(61156).jpg
Yellow-rumped warbler
- Frequency spotted: rare
- Season(s) spotted: Late winter
- Image Source
32 Spotted & Counting...
This list is confined to birds that my wife and I have directly spotted around our yard in Thornton, Colorado.
On the property, we have multiple bird feeders. Some are situated in a young poplar tree in the backyard, which we keep stocked with various seeds and suet, and another is positioned in a maple tree in the front. Bird baths in both the front and back are particularly enjoyed by sparrows and blue jays.
In the backyard stands a towering old cottonwood tree where hawks and owls often perch to observe. Thick bushes line the perimeter, providing ample cover. All of this, combined with the absence of pets, seems to have rendered my small patch of earth quite attractive to local birds and those merely passing through.