Confined by a lingering illness to the house today, I tried to count as many birds as possible from that vantage point  and see what that would be. Nothing earth-shattering, just a good cross-section of this place and time:
 
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey
Bald Eagle, a
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk (mercilessly mobbed by crows)
Mourning Dove 2
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Am Crow 4-5
Blue Jay
C Chickadee 3, still all adults tho' nestlings near ready to flege
T Titmouse 3
House Wren 
Carolina Wren
E Bluebird
Wood Thrush
Myrtle Warbler
Ovenbird
L. Waterthrush
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow 3
White-thr Sparrow (only 1 left)
C Grackle 8 fly-overs
B-h Cowbird pr
N Cardinal
House Finch 4
Am Goldfinch 10
 
- 28 species. I've stayed up waiting for our Barred Owl but have not got him. Notice that not a single migrant appears on this list.
Also note the absence of Robin, Mockingbird, Song Sparrow !- common elsewhere but not with us.
 
Fred Fallon
Huntingtown

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