Great Blue Heron (R) - Regularly flies over, occasionally stops at the pond
Green Heron
Great Egret - Seen regularly on the Hoosic River
Canada Goose (R)
Snow Goose (R) - Some years, flocks of a couple thousand fly back and forth in fall and winter
Mallard (R)
Black Duck
Blue-winged Teal - One sighting
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser (R) - Regular spring visitor
Wood Duck - Likely nests in swamp
Osprey - Visitor from the Hoosic River, which runs a couple of miles from our farm
Turkey Vulture (R)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Coopers Hawk (R) - Likes to buzz our chickens, but too small to harm them
Goshawk - Occasionally comes through during migration. Big time chicken killer.
Red-tailed Hawk (R) - We have lost many chickens to these guys.
Rough-legged Hawk
Northern Harrier (R) - Usually see in late fall
Bald Eagle (R)- Nests along Hoosic River
American Kestrel (R)
Merlin
Ruffed Grouse
Ring-necked pheasant - Other game birds show up as well
Wild Turkey
Killdeer (R) - Lays eggs in onion and asparagus beds
Solitary Piper - One sighting
Spotted Sandpiper - One sighting
American Woodcock (R)
Snipe - About 10 hung out near our pond during an especially wet spring
Ring-billed gull
Rock Dove (R)
Mourning Dove (R)
Black-billed Cuckoo
Short-eared Owl - One winter sighting
Great-horned Owl (R) - They love our chickens.
Barred Owl (R)
Common Screech Owl
Common Nighthawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (R)
Belted Kingfisher
Common Flicker (R)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (R)
Pileated Woodpecker (R)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (R)
Downy Woodpecker (R)
Hairy Woodpecker (R)
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Phoebe (R)
Eastern Wood Pewee (R)
Least Flycatcher - Nested in our yard one year
Willow Flycatcher (R)
Great-crested Flycatcher (R)
Tree Swallow (R) - Formally nested, but driven away by House Sparrows
Barn Swallow (R) - Nest in our barn
Chimney Swift
Blue Jay (R)
Northern Raven (R)
Common Crow (R)
Black-capped Chickadee (R)
Tufted Titmouse (R)
White-breasted Nuthatch (R)
House Wren (R)
Carolina Wren (R) - year-long resident
Mockingbird
Grey Catbird (R)
Brown Thrasher (R)
American Robin (R)
Wood Thrush (R)
Veery (R)
Eastern Bluebird (R) - Driven out of nest boxes by House Sparrows
Brown Creeper
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Cedar Waxwing (R) - like our strawberries
Northern Shrike - Spotted in winters of 2012 and 2014
Starling (R)
Red-eyed Vireo (R)
Warbling Vireo (R)
Yellow-thoated Vireo
Black and White Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler (R)
Magnolia Warbler - mostly during fall migration
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler (R)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (R) - Abundant during fall migration
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Ovenbird (R)
Common Yellowthroat (R)
American Redstart (R)
Indigo Bunting
House Sparrow (R) - I am now trapping them to reduce the population.
Bobolink - Formerly nested in neighboring field until it was converted to a horse pasture
Eastern Meadowlark - Nested in our field one summer
Red-winged Blackbird (R)
Common Grackle (R)
Brown-headed Cowbird (R)
Northern Oriole (R)
Scarlet Tananger
Northern Cardinal (R)
Rose-breasted Grossbeak
American Goldfinch (R)
House Finch (R)
Purple Finch
Rufous-sided Towhee - Nests here sporadically
Savannah Sparrow
Northern Junco (R)
Tree Sparrow (R)
Chipping Sparrow (R)
Field Sparrow (R)
White-crowned Sparrow (R) - Some years abundant during spring and fall migration
White-throated Sparrow (R)
Song Sparrow (R)
Snow Bunting
