Full Yard List
Here's all the birds and other animals we’ve seen in our yard since moving to the Goldstream Valley in September 2007. 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
- Canada Goose
- Trumpeter Swan
- American Wigeon
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Harlequin Duck
- Bufflehead
- Ruffed Grouse
- Spruce Grouse
- Sharp-tailed Grouse
- Bald Eagle
- Northern Harrier
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Northern Goshawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- American Kestrel
- Merlin
- Sandhill Crane
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Mew Gull
- Great Horned Owl
- Northern Hawk Owl
- Great Gray Owl
- Boreal Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
- Black-backed Woodpecker
- Yellow-shafted Flicker
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Alder Flycatcher
- Hammond’s Flycatcher
- Northern Shrike
- Canada Jay
- Gray Jay
- Black-billed Magpie
- Common Raven
- Tree Swallow
- Violet-green Swallow
- Cliff Swallow
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Boreal Chickadee
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Townsend’s Solitaire
- Swainson’s Thrush
- Hermit Thrush
- American Robin
- Varied Thrush
- American Pipit
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
- Townsend’s Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Wilson’s Warbler
- American Tree Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Gambel’s White-crowned Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Slate-colored Junco
- Rusty Blackbird
- Pine Grosbeak
- White-winged Crossbill
- Common Redpoll
- Common/Hoary Redpoll
- Hoary Redpoll
- Pine Siskin
- 75 species
Other animals
- Moose
- Beaver
- Northern Red-backed Vole
- Coyote
- Porcupine
- Northern Flying Squirrel
- Snowshoe Hare
- Lynx
- Meadow Vole
- Ermine
- Least Weasel
- Little Brown Bat
- Muskrat
- Wood Frog
- American Red Squirrel
- Red Fox
- 16 species
- Moose
- Beaver
- Northern Red-backed Vole
- Coyote
- Porcupine
- Northern Flying Squirrel
- Snowshoe Hare
- Lynx
- Meadow Vole
- Ermine
- Least Weasel
- Little Brown Bat
- Muskrat
- Wood Frog
- American Red Squirrel
- Red Fox
- 16 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