The Year in Birds

I love the end of the year when it gives me a chance to look back through the year.  This year, I really started paying attention to the birds I have around here, and thanks to TexWisGirl, I think I have them all labeled.  I will admit, any small brownish bird that I don’t know, I label a sparrow.  Feel free to correct me.

January

juvenile Cooper’s Hawk, Downey Woodpecker, and Red-bellied Woodpecker

February

sparrow, female cardinal, pheasants, male cardinal

March

Canada geese, male cardinal, nuthatch

April

robin, downey woodpecker

May

bluebirds, bobolink, eastern kingbird, and catbird

great horned owlets, great horned owl

June

house finch, goldfinch, juvenile Baltimore oriole, indigo bunting

July

barn swallows, red-headed woodpecker, dicksissel, hummingbird

August

female cardinal, hummingbird

September

killdeer, red-tailed hawk

October

Canada geese, sparrow

November

red-bellied woodpecker, sparrows

December

Barred owl, blue jay, junco, starlings

I know I’ve missed a couple of birds that I managed to photograph, but this is a good sampling.

Sharing with Bird d’Pot, Wild Bird Wednesday, and Mosaic Monday.