Backyard Bird Sightings

Our yard has become quite the bird haven this spring and the birds are even getting brave enough to come to the feeders while we are outside.
So far I have a large feeder with songbird seed in the small sycamore tree as well as a suet feeder, and in the large sycamore tree I just placed a small feeder with seed for finches and other small birds. I'm hoping to add a hummingbird feeder as well as a squirrel feeder and at least a couple more bird feeders to some of the other trees in the yard, oh, and a bird bath too!
Here is the list the kids and I have compiled so far:

1. House sparrow
2. American Robin
3. Northern Cardinal
4. Brown-Headed Cowbird
5. European Starling
6. Red-winged Blackbird
7. Yellow-Headed Blackbird
8. Common Grackle
9. Great-Tailed Grackle
10. Downy or Hairy Woodpecker (still not sure which one)
11. Red-Bellied Woodpecker
12. Blue Jay
13. Northern Flicker
14. Mourning Dove
15. Baltimore Oriole
16. American Goldfinch
17. Purple or House Finch (not sure which)

What is so fun about the is that my kids know the birds almost as well as I do! They enjoy grabbing the bird book and leafing through it to see what the recognize.

step by step,
Jessica