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Yard Birds Gallery
Photo Slideshow
All of these photos are of birds found in my yard. Using native plants has been an integral part of attracting birds to my yard.
American crows
goldfinch on aromatic sumac
American robin
American tree sparrow on my back step
Baltimore oriole (female)
Baltimore Oriole
Black and White Warbler
Black-capped chickadee in aromatic sumac
black-headed grosbeak (female), a rare migrant in eastern KS
Blackburnian warbler
blackpoll warbler
Bluejay in my hophornbeam tree
brown creeper
Brown-headed cowbird
Brown thrasher
Cardinal
Carolina wrens in brush pile
Chipping sparrow in winter (rare)
Common grackle
common redpoll
common yellowthroat
Immature Cooper's hawk on my brush pile
Slate-colored junco on my patio
leucistic Dark-eyed Junco
Downy Woodpecker at Sunflower Seed Feeder
Female eastern bluebird in my garden
Eastern bluebird fledglings with the male
bluebirds nest building
Eastern Phoebe?
Eurasian collared dove (invasive species)
Field sparrow
Empidonax Flycatcher, note eyering and wingbars, possibly a least flycatcher
Fox Sparrow in aromtic sumac bush
Golden-crowned kinglet right ouside my back door
goldfinch and purple finch
female great-crested flycatcher gathering nesting material
Great-crested flycatchers nest building
Harris sparrows
Harris sparrow on my platform feeder
Hermit thrush
House finch
house wren checking out my flycatcher house
Indigo Bunting
Lincoln's sparrow
Mallards
mourning doves
Nashville warbler bathing in my marsh
Male yellow-shafted northern flicker
Three Yellow-shafted Flickers at nest box (male inside box, 2 females on box)
pine siskin
redbelly woodpecker
red-breasted nuthatch female
Red crossbills at my tube feeder
red-eyed vireo
Female redwing blackbird
Immature male redwing blackbird
male rose-breasted grosbeak
ruby-crowned kinglet
ruby-throated hummingbird male feeding
ruby-throated hummingbird female feeding
Rusty blackbird in backyard
sharp-shinned
Song sparrow
Swainson's thrush
Swamp sparrow by a brush pile
tufted titmouse nest
White-crowned sparrow
White throated sparrow under my tube feeder
White-winged dove
Yellow-bellied sapsucker in American elm tree
yellow headed blackbird male
yellow warbler (female)
yellow warbler (male)DISCLAIMER: This page contains affiliate links in the right hand panel, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission. This helps support my website and allows me to continue to add new content. Thank you for the support!