2019 Bird Sightings through April 1st

The bird species identified for 2019 have started to pick up now that we are well into spring migration.  This calendar year, I have not yet been outside of the Arrowhead region of Minnesota, so these birds are all in that range.

Here are my bird sightings in alphabetical order:

1. American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

2. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

3. Barred Owl (Strix varia)

4. Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapilla)

5. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

6. Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)

7. Common Raven (Corvus corax)

8. Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)

9. Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubuscens)

This Downy Woodpecker has his long tongue sticking out.

10. European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

11. Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)

12. Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

13. Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni)

14. Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)

15. Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

16. Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enuncleator)

Female Pine Grosbeak

17. Pine Siskin (Carduelis psaltria)

18. Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)

19. Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)

20. Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

21. White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta Carolinensis)

Enjoy the spring migration!