Many thanks gandolfi. I appreciate your interest and feedback.
The bird population in our backyard changes with the seasons and over the years tremendously. Some move locally, from higher (up to 13,000 feet) to lower (down to about 5,000 feet around here) ground and vice versa. Others (e.g. some Hummingbirds) cover a range from Mexico to Alaska. :shocked: :loco:
Some time ago I made this list of birds that I have actually taken pictures of in/from my backyard over the last decade. Of course, they don't show up all at the same time. May be half a dozen to a dozen species at a time.
For example several years ago in the winter we counted several dozen American Robins in our backyard at the same time getting their drinks of water. In other years/seasons none of them showed up.
Here is my list:
American Robin, (leucistic)
Blue Jay (real name: Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay)
Bluebird, Mountain
Bluebird, Western
Bushtit
Canyon Towhee
Cassin’s Finch
Cassin’s Kingbird
Cedar Waxwings
Clark's Nutcracker
Cooper's Hawk
Cowbird
Dark-eyed Junco
Dove, Eurasian Collared
Dove, Mourning
Grosbeak, Black-headed
Grosbeak, Evening
Hermit Thrush
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Hummingbird Black-chinned
Hummingbird Broad-tailed
Hummingbird Calliope
Hummingbird Rufous
Juniper Titmouse
Lesser Goldfinch
Mountain Chickadee
Northern Flicker
Pine Siskin
Raven
Red-naped Sapsucker
Rock Pigeon
Sandhill Crane
Scaled Quail
Spotted Towhee
Steller's Jay
Swift
Thrasher, Curve-billed
Thrasher, Sage
Townsend’s Solitaire
Turkey Vulture
Western Tanager
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-crowned Sparrow
Woodpecker, Downy
Woodpecker, Hairy
Yellow Warbler
Enjoy, Karl-Heinz.