- American crow2
- American goldfinch1
- American robin1,2,3,4
- Black-capped chickadee1,2
- Blue jay1,2,3
- Bufflehead (three pairs)3
- Canada goose1,2,3,4
- Carolina wren1
- Common grackle1,2,3
- Cooper’s / sharp-shinned hawk (overhead)1
- Dark-eyed junco1,2,3,4
- Downy woodpecker1,4
- Eastern bluebird3
- Eastern phoebe*2,4
- European starling1,2,3,4
- Gull sp. (overhead)1
- Harris’s sparrow (immature)**1
- House finch1
- House sparrow1,2
- Great blue heron2,4
- Killdeer2
- Mallard2,3,4
- Mourning dove1,2,3,4
- Northern cardinal1,2,4
- Northern flicker1
- Red-bellied woodpecker1,2
- Red-tailed hawk2,3
- Red-winged blackbird (male)1,2
- Rock pigeon2
- Song sparrow4
- White-breasted nuthatch4
- White-throated sparrow1,4
- Wood duck4
- Yellow-rumped warbler2
I saw my first eastern phoebe today. I also saw a Harris’s sparrow in my yard for the first time.
Locations — in my backyard, at Leawood City Park, at Meadowbrook Park, and at a local creek. A single asterisk indicates first sighting. A double asterisk indicates first sighting in my yard.
1. Seen at home
2. Seen at Leawood City Park
3. Seen at Meadowbrook Park
4. Seen at a local creek
