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| Meadowlark singing from fence-post at back of property |
Southwest Saskatchewan is part of an avian migratory route. Spring and Fall see many species visiting - for days or for months. The backyard at this house is one acre, with many trees at the back. I planted a patch of prairie sunflowers and erected nesting boxes in order to attract some of these birds. But they would come anyway - this property, being on the edge of the village, is probably the best birding site in town. Here is a
not quite complete list of birds I have photographed in the backyard. Other species - such as wading birds, etc. - will be seen nearby. (You can see some of these by visiting my Flickr album,
Birds in My Backyard, or
Birds of Southwest Saskatchewan.)
American Goldfinch American Redstart American Robin American Tree Sparrow Bald Eagle Baltimore Oriole Blackpoll Warbler Bluejay Bohemian Waxwing Brewers Sparrow Brown-headed Cowbird Brown Thrasher Cedar Waxwing Chipping
Sparrow Common Grackle Common Nighthawk Common Redpoll
Cooper's Hawk Dark-eyed Junco Downy Woodpecker Eastern Bluebird Eastern Kingbird Eurasian-collared Dove Flycatcher Gray Catbird Gray-crowned Rosy Finch Gray Partridge Great-horned Owl Harris Sparrow House Finch House Sparrow House Wren Lark Sparrow Lazuli Bunting Loggerhead Shrike Magpie Northern Flicker Northern Shrike Pelican Pine Siskin Red-breasted Nuthatch Red-eyed Vireo Red-winged Blackbird Ring-necked Pheasant Rose-breasted Grosbeak Ruby-crowned Kinglet Ruby-throated Hummingbird Sandhill Crane Savannah Sparrow Sharp-shinned Hawk Sharp-tailed Grouse Slate-colored Junco Starling Swainson's Hawk Swainson's Thrush Townsend's Solitaire Tree Swallow Vesper Sparrow Western Kingbird Western Meadowlark White-crowned Sparrow Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow Warbler
