A variety of birds share our residential areas with us. The habitat around your home will determine what you see. Different species may favor open fields or more forested neighborhoods. There are birds in urban areas. Some are frequent visitors at backyard feeders. Others don't generally eat from the feeders but are still seen quite often, such as the robin.
Birdsong is one of the nicest aspects of the outdoors. Birds usually can make several sounds per species. Where possible I will place a link to an example of a common song for the birds listed. These links will take you to audio on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's MaCauley Library website. They have an extensive audio library accessible to the public. (If their server is down, the calls won't be available).
- American Goldfinch
- American Robin
- Baltimore Oriole
- Barn Swallow
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Blue-jay
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Carolina Wren
- Cardinal
- Common Grackle
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers
- Eastern Bluebird
- European Starling
- House Finch
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Flicker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Purple Martin
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Sparrows
- Tufted titmouse
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Wood Thrush