Exactly 3 weeks ago my family and I had to leave on a sudden trip to the midwest of the United States for a family emergency. Back in Canada 2 weeks ago, we are just coming to the end of our mandatory 14 day quarantine at home now. Here are the birds encountered from my yard during these two weeks.

Canada Goose

Rock Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Anna’s Hummingbird (a first for me in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District) camera trap photo.

Calliope Hummingbird

Sandhill Crane

Turkey Vulture

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper’s Hawk

Bald Eagle

Broad-winged Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

Great Horned Owl

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

American Kestrel

Merlin

Steller’s Jay

Black-billed Magpie

Clark’s Nutcracker

American Crow

Common Raven

Mountain Chickadee

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Pygmy Nuthatch

Rock Wren – new yard bird for me. Recording on eBird

European Starling

Mountain Bluebird

Townsend’s Solitaire

American Robin

Cedar Waxwing

House Sparrow

American Pipit

House Finch

Red Crossbill

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

Chipping Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln’s Sparrow

Spotted Towhee

Red-winged Blackbird

Brewer’s Blackbird

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Western Tanager