This list includes all the birds detected by the Merlin app’s sound recordings wherever I happen to be. Most are from the back yard of my home, lovingly referred to as “the Manor”.

Life list: 150 species (current through 3/14/2024)

Waterfowl
Black Scoter
Canada goose
Mallard
Wood Duck

Cormorants and Anhingas
Double-crested Cormorant

Loons
Common Loon

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull

Shorebirds
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Sanderling

Herons, Ibis, and Allies
American Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Great Blue Heron
White Ibis

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Virginia Rail

Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey

Pigeons and Doves
Mourning Dove
Rock Pigeon

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Osprey
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk

Falcons and Caracaras
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon

Owls
Barred Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl

Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Swifts
Chimney Swift

Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow

Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
American Crow
Blue Jay
Canada Jay
Common Raven
Fish Crow
Violaceous Jay

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee

Old World Flycatchers
European Robin

Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Brown Thrasher
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes
American Robin
Andean Solitaire
Brown-backed Solitaire
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Song Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Veery
Wood Thrush

Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Black-Capped Chickadee
Carolina Chickadee
Marsh Tit
Tufted Titmouse

Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch

Treecreepers
Brown Creeper

Wrens
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren

Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray gnatcatcher

Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Vireos
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo

Wood-Warblers
American Redstart
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Louisiana Waterthrush
Magnolia Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Ovenbird
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Rufous-capped Warbler
Slate-throated Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler

Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Gray Wagtail
Water Pipit

New World Sparrows
American Tree Sparrow
Bachman’s Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow

Old World Buntings
Yellowhammer

Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Dickcissel
Indigo Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Scarlet Tanager

Tanagers and Allies
Masked Flowerpiercer

Blackbirds
Baltimore Oriole
Bobolink
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Western Meadowlark

Starlings and Mynas
European Starling