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

Cape May Warbler – Setophaga tigrina

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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