Backyard Biolblitz for January

Here is a list of species we saw in our backyard for January of 2016. I included the original list that we generated early in the month and added to it:

• non-natives are marked with an *asterisk 

Birds:

• Northern cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
   

• mourning dove Zenaida macroura
• American goldfinch Carduelis tristis
• tufted titmouse Parus bicolor
• Carolina wren Thryothorus ludovicianus

• American robin Turdus migratorious
• brown headed cowbird Molothrus ater
• blue jay Cyanocitta cristata
• downy woodpecker Picoides pubescens
  

• red bellied woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 
  

• white breasted nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
• Carolina chickadee Parus carolinensis
• song sparrow Melospiza melodia
• red tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis
• house finch Caprodacus mexicanus
• *European starling Sturnus vulgaris
• Red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis
• American crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
• white-throated sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
• yellow-rumped warbler Setophaga coronata
• Northern mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
• Cooper's hawk Accipiter cooperii
• pileated woodpecker Hylatomus pileatus
  

• Eastern towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
• brown thrasher Toxostoma rufum

Mammals:

• gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
• eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus

  Trees and shrubs: 

• Virginia pine or scrub pine Pinus virginiana
•  Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginian
• American Holly Ilex opaca
• Southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
• *Nandina or heavenly bamboo  Nandina domestica

Fungi:  

• Cedar apple rust  Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae