Passerines of Flower Hill Farm

 

Throughout the years, a bright and cheery palette of passerines flit about through the fields, shrubberies, and trees of Flower Hill Farm.  It is a joy to eye them, to try and identify them by their colors, markings, and songs.  The gardens are like a stage set waiting for the return of their lively thespians to return each spring.  And the hillside feels truly alive when these charming creatures return to rear their young.  

 

Family ~ Tyrant Flycatchers – Tyrannidae

 

 Least Flycatcher – Empidonax minimus

 

Eastern Phoebe – Sayornis phoebe

 

Eastern Kingbird – Tyrannus tyrannus

 

 

Family ~ Vireo – Vireonidae

 

Yellow-throated Vireo – Vireo flavifrons

 

Blue-headed Vireo – Vireo solitarius

 

Red-eyed Vireo – Vireo olivaceus

 

 

Family ~ Jays and Crows – Corvidae

 

Blue Jay – Cyanocitta cristata

 

American Crow – Corvus brachyrhynchos

 

 

Family ~ Swallows – Hirundinidae

 

Tree Swallows – Tachycineta bicolor

 

 

Family ~ Chickadees and Titmice – Paridae

 

Black-capped Chickadee – Poecile atricapillus

 

Tufted Titmouse – Baeolophus bicolor

 

 

Family ~ Nuthatches – Sittidae

 

White-breasted Nuthatch – Sitta carolinensis

 

 

Family ~ Creepers – Certhiidae

 

Brown Creeper – Certhia americana

 

 

Family ~ Wrens – Troglodytidae

 

House Wren – Troglodytes aedon

 

Carolina Wren – Thryothorus ludovicianus

 

 

 Family ~ Gnatcatchers – Polioptilidae

 

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – Polioptilia caerulea

 

 

Family ~ Kinglets – Regulidae

 

Golden-crowned Kinglet – Regulus satrapa

 

Ruby-crowned Kinglet – Regulus calendula

 

 

Family ~ Wood-Warblers – Parulidae

 

Ovenbird – Seiurus aurocapilla

 

Blue-winged Warbler – Vermivora cyanoptera

 

Black-and-white Warbler – Mniotilta varia

 

Tennessee Warbler – Oreothlypis peregrina

 

Nashville Warbler – Oreothlypis ruficapilla

 

Common Yellowthroat – Geothlypis trichas

 

American Redstart – Setophaga ruticilla

 

Northern Parula – Setophaga americana

 

Magnolia Warbler – Setophaga magnolia

 

Blackburnian Warbler – Setophaga fusca

 

Yellow Warbler – Setophaga petechia

 

Chestnut-sided Warbler – Setophaga pensylvanica

 

Black-throated Blue Warbler – Setophaga caerulescens

 

Palm Warbler – Setophaga palmarum

 

Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus

 

Yellow-rumped Warbler – Setophaga coronata

 

Black-throated Green Warbler – Setophaga virens

 

 

Family ~ Thrushes – Turdidae

 

Eastern Bluebird – Sialia sialis

 

Veery –  Catharus fuscescens

 

Hermit Thrush – Catharus guttatus

 

American Robin – Turdus migratorius

 

 

Family ~ Mockingbirds & Thrashers – Mimidae

 

Gray Catbird – Dumetella carolinensis

 

Brown Thrasher – Toxostoma rufum

 

 

Family~ Waxwings – Bombycillidae

 

Bohemian Waxwing – Bombycilla garrulus

 

Cedar Waxwing – Bombycilla cedrorum

 

 

Family ~ New World Sparrows – Emberizidae

 

Eastern Towhee – Pipilo erythrophthalmus

 

Chipping Sparrow – Spizella passerina

 

Vesper Sparrow – Pooecetes gramineus

 

 

Song Sparrow – Melospiza melodia

 

White-throated Sparrow – Zonotrichia albicollis

 

Dark-eyed Junco – Junco hyemalis

 

 

Family ~ Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Allies – Cardinalidae

 

Scarlet Tanager – Piranga olivacea

 

Northern Cardinal – Cardinalis cardinalis

 

Rose-breasted Grosbeak – Pheucticus ludovicianus

 

Indigo Bunting – Passerina cyanea

 

 

Family ~ Blackbirds and Allies – Icteridae

 

Baltimore Oriole – Icterus galbula

 

Brown-headed Cowbird – Molothrus ater

 

 

Family ~ Finches  and Allies – Fringillidae

 

Pine Grosbeak – Pinicola enucleator

 

Purple Finch – Haemorhous purpureus

 

Pine Siskin – Spinus pinus

 

American Goldfinch – Spinus tristis

 

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