We playfully call this our cats’ life list! We’ve been privileged to see all the following birds from our 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]
- American White Pelican [w]
- Bald Eagle
- Barred Owl
- Black Vulture
- Black-and-white Warbler
- 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]
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Warbler
- Prairie Warbler [w]
- Purple Martin [s]
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rock Pigeon
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak [m]
- 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
- American Kestrel
- Anhinga
- Belted Kingfisher [w]
- Black-necked Stilt [s]
- Brown Pelican
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Great Horned Owl
- Hooded Merganser [w]
- Lesser Scaup [w]
- Limpkin
- Pied-billed Grebe [w]
- Spotted Sandpiper [m]
- Wood Stork