Now that we're well into the summer season for birding (with summer's official start only a couple of days away), I felt it a good time to provide an updated bird list for Chateau Papillon. We made our goal of 50 species--with a Wood Thrush I've heard several times but not yet seen taking the 50th slot--and added a 51st (a Brown Thrasher feeding in our expanded "natural area" of mulch) just this morning.
- Bluebird, Eastern
- Bunting, Indigo
- Cardinal, Northern
- Catbird, Grey
- Chickadee, Carolina
- Cowbird, Brown
- Creeper, Brown
- Crow, American
- Crow, Fish
- Dove, Mourning
- Finch, House
- Finch, Purple
- Flicker, Northern
- Flycatcher, Great Crested
- Goldfinch, American
- Goose, Canada
- Grackle, Common
- Grosbeak, Rose-breasted
- Hawk, Cooper's
- Hawk, Red-shouldered
- Hawk, Red-tailed
- Hummingbird, Ruby-throated
- Jay, Blue
- Junco, Dark-eyed
- Kingbird, Eastern
- Mallard
- Mockingbird, Northern
- Nuthatch, White-breasted
- Owl, Barred
- Phoebe, Eastern
- Robin, American
- Siskin, Pine
- Sparrow, Chipping
- Sparrow, Fox
- Sparrow, House
- Sparrow, Song
- Sparrow, White-crowned
- Sparrow, White-throated
- Starling, European
- Thrasher, Brown
- Thrush, Wood
- Titmouse, Tufted
- Towhee, Eastern
- Vulture, Turkey
- Waxwing, Cedar
- Woodpecker, Downy
- Woodpecker, Hairy
- Woodpecker, Pileated
- Woodpecker, Red-bellied
- Wren, Carolina
- Wren, House
Though we haven't had the time to construct a water feature (nor the cooperation of the weather; Nature seems to think our whole yard should be a water feature these days!), I do expect we'll add a few more during the fall migration (to start in a month or two), including perhaps some tanagers attracted to our dogwood berries.
Hopefully by next spring, we'll have something of a pond ready and will attract several warbler species (I'd expect at a minimum Yellow-rumped, perhaps some Northern or Louisiana Waterthrushes, and likely several upper-level migrators like the American Redstart), as well as some herons. Confirming a Yellow-breasted Sapsucker would also be nice, as it's really the only other woodpecker I'd expect to find in our yard's habitat. Winter could bring us a Redpoll or two, and I'm curious about some faint owl hoots I've heard of late which don't seem to be those of the Barred Owl we've heard before. Heck, summer could itself bring us another bird or two, such as some arial displays by Common Nighthawks.
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