2023 Yard List

Here's all the birds and other animals we saw in our yard in 2023. Click on the species links to view all of our recorded observations for that species. Most of the common species are only recorded when we saw them doing something interesting, or the first time they're seen each year.

Birds

• Mallard
• Ruffed Grouse
• Spruce Grouse
• Red-tailed Hawk
• American Kestrel
• Sandhill Crane
• Solitary Sandpiper
• Wilson’s Snipe
• Great Horned Owl
• Belted Kingfisher
• Downy Woodpecker
• Hairy Woodpecker
• American Three-toed Woodpecker
• Yellow-shafted Flicker
• Alder Flycatcher
• Hammond’s Flycatcher
• Canada Jay
• Common Raven
• Black-capped Chickadee
• Boreal Chickadee
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• Townsend’s Solitaire
• Swainson’s Thrush
• American Robin
• Varied Thrush
• Bohemian Waxwing
• Orange-crowned Warbler
• Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
• Townsend’s Warbler
• Northern Waterthrush
• American Tree Sparrow
• Lincoln’s Sparrow
• Gambel’s White-crowned Sparrow
• Slate-colored Junco
• Pine Grosbeak
• White-winged Crossbill
• Common Redpoll

• 38 species

Other animals

• Moose
• Northern Red-backed Vole
• Coyote
• Northern Flying Squirrel
• Snowshoe Hare
• Lynx
• Wood Frog
• American Red Squirrel
• Red Fox

• 9 species

Animals pages:

• Yard list for animals seen this year
• 2023 yard list
• 2022 yard list
• 2021 yard list
• 2020 yard list
• 2019 yard list
• 2018 yard list
• 2017 yard list
• 2016 yard list
• 2015 yard list
• 2014 yard list
• 2013 yard list
• 2012 yard list
• 2011 yard list
• 2010 yard list
• 2009 yard list
• 2008 yard list
• Full yard list (all animals, all years)
• Recent observations