Sean's Blog

No sooner than I write a post about the birds we’ve seen at our feeder and another bird is added to the list: Song Sparrow.

While some are common to what we saw in Bowling Green, OH, there are some we either never or rarely saw while there, probably due to our location.

Birds seen at our feeders on the porch:

• Blue Jay
• Northern Cardinal
• House Sparrow
• House Finch
• Carolina Chickadee
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Tufted Titmouse – added 7/25 when I realized I skipped this species somehow
• Mourning Dove – moved from the complex list on 7/31 after almost a week of visiting the feeders

Birds seen outside the rear windows of the apartment (computer room and bedroom):

• The above list
• American Robin
• American Goldfinch
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• Some small wren-like bird we didn’t get a chance to identify completely

Finally, birds seen while walking around the apartment complex grounds:

• Pileated Woodpecker
• Mallard (one female and four juveniles)
• Black-crowned Night-Heron
• Chimney Swift

That brings the list to 15 16 different bird species (including the unidentified one, which we can say is not one of the listed ones). Then again, I guess being surrounded by plenty of trees helps with the number of species.

Edit 7/31: I’m modifying the above list to include the fact that the mourning doves have found the feeder and now visit rather regularly. The added benefit is that they, much like the song sparrow and some of the house finches, assist in cleaning up the porch by eating seeds that have been knocked out of the feeders.