I’ve been privileged to see all the following birds from my suburban Orlando backyard. Scroll down further for additional birds seen in the neighborhood.
[m] Found during migration only
[s] Summer visitor
[w] Winter visitor
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch [w]
- American Redstart [m]
- American Robin [w]
- Bald Eagle
- Black Vulture
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Boat-tailed Grackle
- Brown Thrasher
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Cape May Warbler [m]
- Carolina Wren [s]
- Cattle Egret
- Cedar Waxwing [w]
- Chipping Sparrow [w]
- Common Grackle
- Common Ground-Dove
- Common Nighthawk [s]
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Phoebe [w]
- Gray Catbird [w]
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- House Wren [w]
- Indigo Bunting [m]
- Little Blue Heron
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Mallard
- Mourning Dove
- Nanday Parakeet
- Northern Bobwhite
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Mockingbird
- Northern Parula
- Orange-crowned Warbler [w]
- Orchard Oriole [m]
- Osprey
- Painted Bunting [w]
- Palm Warbler [w]
- Pine Warbler
- Prairie Warbler [w]
- Purple Martin [s]
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rock Pigeon
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Sandhill Crane
- Savannah Sparrow [w]
- Snowy Egret
- Swallow-tailed Kite [s]
- Tricolored Heron
- Tufted Titmouse
- White Ibis
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (rare)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler [w]
- Yellow-throated Warbler [w]
Additional Birds Found in Our Neighborhood
- Anhinga
- Belted Kingfisher [w]
- Black-necked Stilt [s]
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Great Horned Owl
- Hooded Merganser [w]
- Lesser Scaup [w]
- Limpkin
- Pied-billed Grebe [w]
- Spotted Sandpiper [m]
- Wood Stork