Spring Birds

I keep a record of all the birds I see in the backyard as often as possible. This Spring I recorded sightings 44 days and ended up with 40 different species in the backyard. Included were 6 birds added to my life list!

For ease of calculating and picture posting, Spring in my world is March, April & May. I may change that to April, May, June as I go forward since summer doesn't start until late June. I am sure you don't care. Superfluous rambling. (Is that a redundancy?)

I won't post any pictures here. If you want to see some, I'll make you work for it! Pictures of most of the 40 can be found at my SmugMug Backyard Birds photo site. If you don't want to take the time to look through all of them (trust me, it doesn't hurt my feelings), click on the hyperlinks below for specific birds.

Backyard Birds - Spring 2007 (March, April, May)
Species	How Often		Species	How Often
American Robin	100.0%		Cedar Waxwing	15.9%
House Finch	100.0%		Rock Pigeon	15.9%
House Sparrow	100.0%		Gray Catbird	13.6%
Northern Cardinal	100.0%		Eurasian Tree Sparrow	11.4%
Common Grackle	97.7%		Ruby-throated Hummingbird	11.4%
European Starling	97.7%		Red-bellied Woodpecker	9.1%
Mourning Dove	97.7%		American Crow	6.8%
American Goldfinch	86.4%		American Redstart	6.8%	*
White-throated Sparrow	79.5%		Brown Creeper	4.5%
Carolina Chickadee	63.6%		Carolina Wren	4.5%
Song Sparrow	54.5%		Chipping Sparrow	4.5%
Brown-headed Cowbird	50.0%		American Kestrel	2.3%
Dark-eyed Junco	40.9%		Blue-headed Vireo	2.3%	*
White-crowned Sparrow	36.4%		Northern Flicker	2.3%
Downy Woodpecker	27.3%		Northern Parula	2.3%	*
Blue Jay	25.0%		Red-winged Blackbird	2.3%
Brown Thrasher	25.0%		Ruby-Crowned Kinglet	2.3%	*
Northern Mockingbird	25.0%		Swainson's Thrush	2.3%	*
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	25.0%		Swamp Sparrow	2.3%	*
Tufted Titmouse	18.2%		Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	2.3%
* Life Bird
The percentage is based on 44 days of record keeping. A "How Often" percentage of 2.3% is equivalent to 1 day.