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All the birds of this neighborhood are leaving. Some days we feel left behind.


  1. American crow
  2. American goldfinch
  3. American kestrel -- swallows mob them, and they've been displaced by barn owls, but still got 'em; very striking
  4. American robin -- very bad caretakers
  5. Baltimore oriole
  6. barn owl -- noisy, messy things, but also haunting; I touched one before; we have the only ones in all of Boone County
  7. black-capped chickadee
  8. blue jay -- cannot be tamed
  9. brown-headed cowbird -- parasites; and they don't even perch on cows
  10. brown thrasher -- or was it a wood thrush ...
  11. Canada goose
  12. chipping sparrow
  13. common grackle -- grackles ...
  14. common nighthawk -- one of the most surreal moments in my life; only saw them once, dozens of them in different levels of the sky
  15. dark-eyed junco -- almost got one to eat from my hand; they're winter birds
  16. downy woodpecker -- did catch one of these, during a wind storm; held it in the porch for about ten minutes
  17. Eastern bluebird -- rarely see these anymore
  18. Eastern kingbird -- they hunt over the creek; they can hover, so I mistook it for a kingfisher
  19. Eastern meadowlark -- they were dancing about the airy fields one day
  20. European starling -- numerous, noisy things
  21. gray catbird -- shy
  22. great blue heron -- they live at the creek; very majestic, quiet birds; when you stumble upon one, you're rooted to the spot
  23. hairy woodpecker
  24. house finch
  25. house sparrow -- oh, I've caught many of these; they live in the cracks of the house; the males are vicious
  26. house wren -- in the brush at the creek
  27. indigo bunting -- catch bright, fleeting glimpses of these, in the summer
  28. killdeer -- funny, stilt-leg birds
  29. mallard duck
  30. mourning dove -- nice birds; skittish
  31. Northern bobwhite -- you hear them but never see them
  32. Northern cardinal -- Indiana's state bird
  33. Northern mockingbird -- perhaps my favorite bird; classy virtuosos, flying with distinct grace and switch-singing at night
  34. purple finch
  35. purple martin -- used to have these, but they've been displaced
  36. red-bellied woodpecker -- have one at home; very handsome
  37. red-headed woodpecker -- saw one on a telephone pole once
  38. red-tailed hawk -- our most numerous hawk; you can hear them
  39. red-winged blackbird -- harbingers of spring; ok-a-lee
  40. rock dove -- city pigeon
  41. rose-breasted grosbeak -- saw once, flying across the road
  42. ruby-throated hummingbird -- another favorite; captivating creatures
  43. tufted titmouse
  44. turkey vulture -- not very appealing
  45. yellow warbler -- bright, pretty yellow birds

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