Since installing her water feature in 1999, this is the list of birds Ruth has documented using it. Keep in mind that her home is in downtown Lee’s Summit. Impressive! 

American Crow

American Goldfinch

American Robin

American Tree Sparrow

Baltimore Oriole

Black-and-white Warbler

Black-capped Chickadee

Blue Jay

Brown Creeper

Brown Thrasher

Brown-headed Cowbird

Canada Warbler

Carolina Wren

Cedar Waxwing

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Common Grackle

Common Redpoll

Common Yellowthroat

Dark-eyed Junco

Downy Woodpecker

Eastern Bluebird

Eastern Towhee

Field Sparrow

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Gray Catbird

Great Blue Heron

Harris’s Sparrow

Hermit Thrush

House Finch

House Wren

Indigo Bunting

Lincoln’s Sparrow

Marsh Wren

Mourning Dove

Nashville Warbler

Northern Cardinal

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

Northern Mockingbird

Northern Waterthrush

Orange-crowned Warbler

Pine Siskin

Purple Finch

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-winged Blackbird

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Song Sparrow

Spotted Towhee

Swainson’s Thrush

Tennessee Warbler

Tufted Titmouse

White-crowned Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Wilson’s Warbler

Winter Wren

Yellow Warbler (Northern)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

By Ruth Simmons

SUMMER 2011