Date: 12/22/25 2:24 pm From: Greene, Terri B <tgreene...> Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Mostly yard birds, Monroe and Lawrence Co.
Seeing the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Jack’s feeders on Sat, Dec 20, was a thrill. The Purple Finches (2 males and a female) were first-of-season for me as well. We saw a Golden-crowned Kinglet earlier in the week. Jack reported seeing a Fox Sparrow yesterday (Sun, Dec 21).
A male and a female Hairy Woodpecker have been more frequent visitors to my backyard feeders recently. And, my first White-throated Sparrow for the yard has stopped by a few times. The Red-breasted Nuthatch continues. I witnessed another Cooper’s Hawk checking out the feeding area on Dec 14.
Streams of crows have been passing over from north to south in the early a.m. and then south to north in the late afternoon. As expected, the recent snow brought more birds to my feeders—including 80 Mourning Doves on Dec 13.
Unless otherwise noted, all birds were heard/seen from my yard.
Terri Greene
South of the IU Bloomington campus
Knob Creek, Lawrence, Indiana, US
Dec 20, 2025 10:50 AM - 3:00 PM
Turkey Vulture 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 3
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 3
Purple Finch 3
American Goldfinch 15
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Knob Creek, Lawrence, Indiana, US
Dec 17, 2025 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Sparrow 1
American Goldfinch 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Dec 15, 2025 2:30 PM - 2:35 PM
Northern Flicker 1
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
House Sparrow 6
House Finch 3
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 4
Dec 14, 2025
Checklist Comments: Snow on ground. Single-digit temperatures (starting at -2 degrees F.) throughout the day.
Mourning Dove 37
Cooper's Hawk 1 11 a.m.: Perched for a few minutes in sumac tree on south side of feeding area then dove into the cedar tree next to the sumac and spooked out some small birds. Cooper's flew across street and temporarily landed in tree before moving on.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Blue Jay 3
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 4
American Robin 1
House Sparrow 9
House Finch 7
Dark-eyed Junco 9
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Dec 13, 2025 11:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Checklist Comments: Snow already on ground and snowed most of the day.
Mourning Dove 80 At feeders, on the ground, and in trees above feeding area. Counted individually.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 32 Flying over from south to north at 2:45pm
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 1
House Sparrow 33
House Finch 8
American Goldfinch 1
Dark-eyed Junco 8
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 7
bird sp. 9 At 2:45pm I noticed 9 vultures hunkered down in a tree behind a house across and down the street. The birds being hunkered down, the dim light, and that it was snowing made it difficult to ID the birds. Two appeared to be Black Vultures. No guess on the IDs of the other seven vultures.
Dec 13, 2025 9:13 AM
Mourning Dove 69 perched on power line across the street
Dec 12, 2025 7:11 AM - 7:15 AM
American Crow 180 Flying over from north to south.
Dec 10, 2025 12:33 PM
Mourning Dove 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Dec 8, 2025 4:22 PM
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Dec 8, 2025 9:30 AM - 9:35 AM
Mourning Dove 15
Northern Flicker 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Finch 6
Dark-eyed Junco 11
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1
