I don't really consider myself a birder because I don't belong to a birder club, I don't take trips to look for birds I haven't seen yet, I don't make extensive lists, and I have never been on even a local birder tour (there are many here). It's not that that doesn't interest me, it does, it's just that I won't make the time for it.
Anyhow I've been feeding the birds (and other critters) for the last 25 years that we've lived here.
Here is my backyard list (the only list I keep):
Black-headed Grosbeak (Spring - Apr)
Black Phoebe (Winter) ????
Blue Grosbeak (Summer)
Bronzed Cowbird (Spring - Apr)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Summer)
Cactus Wren
Canyon Towhee
Cooper's Hawk
Curve-billed Thrasher
Desert Cardinal (Pyrrhuloxia)
Desert (Black-throated) Sparrow
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Gambel's Quail
Gila Woodpecker
Greater Roadrunner
Great Horned Owl
Great-tailed Grackle (Summer)
Harris's Hawk
Hooded Oriole
House Finch
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Lesser Goldfinch
Lesser Nighthawk (Summer)
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Phainopepla
Raven
Red-winged Blackbird (Summer)
Rock Dove (Common Pigeon)
Starling
Turkey Vulture
Verdin
Western Screech-Owl (heard just after dark)
White-throated Sparrow (Winter)
White-winged Dove (Spring - Apr)
Hummingbirds:
Costa's
Anna's
Rufous (one time during spring or fall migration)
Anyhow I've been feeding the birds (and other critters) for the last 25 years that we've lived here.
Here is my backyard list (the only list I keep):
Black-headed Grosbeak (Spring - Apr)
Black Phoebe (Winter) ????
Blue Grosbeak (Summer)
Bronzed Cowbird (Spring - Apr)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Summer)
Cactus Wren
Canyon Towhee
Cooper's Hawk
Curve-billed Thrasher
Desert Cardinal (Pyrrhuloxia)
Desert (Black-throated) Sparrow
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Gambel's Quail
Gila Woodpecker
Greater Roadrunner
Great Horned Owl
Great-tailed Grackle (Summer)
Harris's Hawk
Hooded Oriole
House Finch
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Lesser Goldfinch
Lesser Nighthawk (Summer)
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Phainopepla
Raven
Red-winged Blackbird (Summer)
Rock Dove (Common Pigeon)
Starling
Turkey Vulture
Verdin
Western Screech-Owl (heard just after dark)
White-throated Sparrow (Winter)
White-winged Dove (Spring - Apr)
Hummingbirds:
Costa's
Anna's
Rufous (one time during spring or fall migration)
Last edited by PumaMan; 09-15-22 at 02:13 PM.