I got into backyard birding after I moved into our house and.. surprise! Got a backyard. We have a fig tree that attracts a bunch of birds throughout the year to feast on the fruit and seeds. I have 2 hummingbird feeders that I hang up. Hummingbirds are my favorite, and I have a resident male costas that hangs out in my backyard pretty often. I named him Zippy. There are 3 others that he loves to chase away from the feeder.
Birding is a really fun hobby. I love being able to identify the birds that I see around town. I live in the desert and most people have the idea that it is a truly barren wasteland with no wildlife, and that couldn't be farther from the truth. I wanted to document how many different species I was spotting. I haven't gone out birding in a couple months because of the weather change (it's so freaking hot!) but I can't wait until autumn to get back in the field.

Click here to go to my hummingbird page

Useful Links: BirdandHike.com - Birding Around Las Vegas // Birding Nevada FB group // LV Urban Birders FB group // Red Rock Audubon Society

house finch	snowy egret	white-crowned sparrow
say's phoebe	great-tailed grackle	greater yellowlegs
killdeer	american coot	green wing teal
northern shoveler	anna's hummingbird	costa's hummingbird
orange crowned warbler	audobon's yellow rumped warbler	abert's towhee (front)
american robin	northern mockingbird	raven
western bluebird	phainopepla	ruby-crowned kinglet
verdin	bufflehead	cinnamon teal
gambel's quail	burrowing owl	bullock's oriole
night heron	redhead	ring-billed gull