My goal is to get images of 150 birds in the yard this year. Here’s the chronological list of birds photographed during the 2015 Backyard Big Year. Click on the name of each bird to go to its species page and see images captured during the year. Documentary photos are also hosted in a Flickr album.
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1 Jan)
- Hairy Woodpecker (1 Jan)
- Pileated Woodpecker (1 Jan)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (1 Jan)
- Downy Woodpecker (1 Jan)
- Blue Jay (1 Jan)
- European Starling (1 Jan)
- Carolina Wren (1 Jan)
- White-throated Sparrow (1 Jan)
- Song Sparrow (1 Jan)
- Dark-eyed Junco (1 Jan)
- Tufted Titmouse (1 Jan)
- House Finch (1 Jan)
- American Robin (2 Jan)
- Black Vulture (2 Jan)
- Northern Mockingbird (2 Jan)
- Black-capped Chickadee (2 Jan)
- Northern Cardinal (2 Jan)
- Carolina Chickadee (2 Jan)
- Northern Flicker (5 Jan)
- White-breasted Nuthatch (5 Jan)
- Mourning Dove (5 Jan)
- American Goldfinch (6 Jan)
- Turkey Vulture (7 Jan)
- American Crow (7 Jan)
- House Sparrow (8 Jan)
- Ring-billed Gull (8 Jan)
- Eastern Bluebird (9 Jan)
- Snow Goose (9 Jan)
- Canada Goose (10 Jan)
- Brown-headed Cowbird (13 Jan)
- Sharp-shinned Hawk (20 Jan)
- Red-shouldered Hawk (24 Jan)
- Cooper’s Hawk (31 Jan)
- Common Grackle (6 Feb)
- American Tree Sparrow (9 Feb)
- Pine Siskin (25 Feb)
- Purple Finch (5 March)
- Common Redpoll (5 March)
- Red-tailed Hawk (9 March)
- Red-winged Blackbird (10 March)
- Great Blue Heron (17 March)
- Fox Sparrow (17 March)
- Mallard (28 March)
- Chipping Sparrow (3 April)
- Hooded Merganser (6 April)
- Eastern Towhee (7 April)
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (13 April)
- Brown Thrasher (14 April)
- Wild Turkey (23 April)
- Veery
- Chimney Swift
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Eastern Wood Pewee
- Least Flycatcher
- Common Yellowthroat
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Double-crested Cormorant