A cold windy day of birding
Thank you everyone for coming to the Fargo Big sit. We had 21 people and 39 species! The morning wasn’t bad, we were at 30+ species by 9 am. But as the wind picked up, the birds slowed down…Regardless, it was a really fun event!
Next up : Christmas Bird Count!
List of birds from Fargo Big Sit 2025
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Rock Pigeon (Feral ) (Columba livia)
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
- Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
- Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
- Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)
- Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
- Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
- Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
- White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
- Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Harris’s Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)
- White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
- Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
