Daily Sightings
The Daily Bird Sightings list is mainly what we have seen around this area. Occasionally there will be sightings from other areas but disabilities are a slight hindrance so I do what I can. Our yard is located about a quarter mile up the side of Ratlum Mountain, in Connecticut.
We have become a registered Backyard Wildlife Habitat with the National Wildlife Federation. Link to NWF is to the left, so check it out. You may qualify for a certification, yourself. Lend Mother Nature a hand and gear your yard toward attracting birds and other wildlife.
We have about 30 bird feeders [to include thistle, suet, and seed] that we keep filled all year long. There is a great wide open sky over this foothill. It is a nice spot for hawk migrations, too. We now have three small man-made ponds that are helping with frogs and insects. There are eight Bluebird houses that Bluebirds and other birds use too
Below, there is a scrollable list of our daily sightings and below that is a small archive of past sightings. We will keep these lists as updated as possible.
2/1/12 to 2/4/12-- The Pelletier Nature Sanctuary, Barkhamsted, Ct.
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Downy Woodpecker
- Tufted Titmouse
- Hairy Woodpecker
- American Crow
- Brown Creeper
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Mourning Dove
- Blue Jay
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Carolina Wren
- Northern Cardinal
- American Goldfinch
- Eastern Bluebirds [investigating our Bluebird houses]
- Purple Finch [female]
- American Robin
- Red-tailed Hawk
-- Also, visit from American Black Bear [daily- maybe due to warm temps in our area], regular sightings of Red Fox, and White-tailed Deer.
1/15/12 to 1/19/12-- The Pelletier Nature Sanctuary, Barkhamsted, Ct.
- Northern Cardinal
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Tufted Titmouse
- Wild Turkey
- American Crow
- Blue Jay
- Downy Woodpecker
- Common Grackles
- Mourning Dove
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Carolina Wren
- American Robin
- American Goldfinch
-- Also, visit from American Black Bear [1/15]
1/10/12 to 1/14/12-- The Pelletier Nature Sanctuary, Barkhamsted, Ct.
- Northern Cardinal
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Wild Turkeys
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Downy Woodpecker
- Blue Jay
- Tufted Titmouse
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- American Crow
- Mourning Dove
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Carolina Wren
- American Goldfinch
- Brown Creeper
- American Robin
- Cooper's Hawk
- American Tree Sparrow
- Common Grackle
-- Also, visits from Red Fox. Visits from American Black Bear [1/10 and 1/14]
1/5/12 to 1/9/12-- The Pelletier Nature Sanctuary, Barkhamsted, Ct.
- Northern Cardinal
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Tufted Titmouse
- Black-capped Chickadee
- American Crow
- Blue Jay
- Downy Woodpecker
- Mourning Dove
- American Robin
- Hairy Woodpecker
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Carolina Wren
- Wild Turkeys [extra large crowd]
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- American Goldfinch
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
-- Also, visits from Red Fox. Bobcat sighting on 1/7/12.
12/30/11 to 1/2/12-- The Pelletier Nature Sanctuary, Barkhamsted, Ct.
- Northern Cardinal
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Wild Turkeys [getting groups of 30-40 birds at a time]
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Tufted Titmouse
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- American Crow
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Downy Woodpecker
- Blue Jay
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Mourning Dove
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- American Goldfinch
- American Robin
- Eastern Bluebirds
-- Also, visits from Red Fox.
12/22/11 to 12/23/11-- The Pelletier Nature Sanctuary, Barkhamsted, Ct.
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Downy Woodpecker
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Tufted Titmouse
- Wild Turkeys
- American Crow
- Blue Jay
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Mourning Dove
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Northern Cardinal
- Carolina Wren
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Northern Harrier
- Red-tailed Hawk
-- Also, visits from Red Fox.
12/21/11 -- The Pelletier Nature Sanctuary, Barkhamsted, Ct.
- Northern Cardinal
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Downy Woodpecker
- Tufted Titmouse
- Blue Jay
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Mourning Dove
- American Crow
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Wild Turkeys [counted 40 birds in group]
- Common Grackle
- Carolina Wren
-- Also, visits from Red Fox.