The Wonderland Project
Birds of Wonderland
Birds are like breathing for me. The breath of their company pulls on knotted heartstrings, dissolving, releasing, opening the spirit home. I have found company with over 90 species of birds that walk, fly, eat, sleep, and nest on these 4 acres. I have photographed over 85 of them, many in a blur of flight—an adventure of color and form that their company, my breath, has joyfully experienced.
Species group, family name, and the list of birds I've seen;
hover over to see some of my wonderland bird photographs.
Loons Gaviidae
Common Loon
Mimics Mimidae
Gray Catbird
New World Sparrows Emberizidae
Eastern Towee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Nightjars Caprimulgidae
Common Nighthawk
Nuthatches Sittidae
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Owls Strigidae
Barred Owl
Pigeons and Doves Columbidae
Mourning Dove
Starlings Sturnidae
European Starling
Swallows Hirundinidae
Tree Swallow
Tanagers Thraupidae
Scarlet Tanager
Thrushes Turdidae
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush (?)
American Robin
Bitterns and Herons Ardeidae
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Blackbirds Icteridae
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Brown-headed Cowbird
Cardinals and Allies Cardinalidae
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Chickadees Paridae
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse
Creepers Certhiidae
Brown Creeper
Great Blue Heron
Grouse Phasianidae
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Great Blue Heron
Kinglets Regulidae
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Great Blue Heron
Cuckoos Cuculidae
Black-billed Cuckoo
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hawks and Eagles Accipitridae
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tail Hawk
Brown-headed Cowbird
Loons Gaviidae
Common Loon
Brown-headed Cowbird
Flycatchers Fluvicolinae
Eastern Wood-Pewee (?)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (?)
Alder Flycatcher (?)
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Indigo Bunting
Hummingbirds Trochilidae
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Indigo Bunting
Mimics Mimidae
Gray Catbird
Indigo Bunting
Geese and Ducks Anatidae
Wood Duck
Mallard
Tufted Titmouse
Jays and Crows Corvidae
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tufted Titmouse
New World Sparrows Emberizidae
Eastern Towee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lincoln's Sparrow
Tufted Titmouse
Bitterns and Herons Ardeidae
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Blackbirds Icteridae
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Brown-headed Cowbird
Cardinals and Allies Cardinalidae
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Chickadees Paridae
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse
Creepers Certhiidae
Brown Creeper
Great Blue Heron
Grouse Phasianidae
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Great Blue Heron
Cuckoos Cuculidae
Black-billed Cuckoo
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hawks and Eagles Accipitridae
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tail Hawk
Brown-headed Cowbird
Flycatchers Fluvicolinae
Eastern Wood-Pewee (?)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (?)
Alder Flycatcher (?)
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Indigo Bunting
Hummingbirds Trochilidae
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Indigo Bunting
Geese and Ducks Anatidae
Wood Duck
Mallard
Tufted Titmouse
Jays and Crows Corvidae
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tufted Titmouse
Vireos Vireonidae
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Vultures Cathartidae
Turkey Vulture
Waxwings Bombycillidae
Cedar Waxwings
Woodpeckers Picidae
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Wood Warblers Parulidae
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson’s Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler (?)
Wrens Troglodytidae
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren