Passerines of Flower Hill Farm
There is a bright and cheery palette of passerines that flit about through the 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
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
