Field Guide Prints

Free printable

Backyard Birds of Washington: free printable checklist

The 16 birds people see most often at Washington feeders and yards, with when to look for each. Print it, keep it by the window and tick each bird off the first time you see it.

SeenBird and when to lookFirst seenNotes
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisSummer (mid-Apr to mid-Oct)
American RobinTurdus migratoriusYear-round
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaYear-round
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusYear-round
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisYear-round
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusYear-round
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusYear-round
Western TanagerPiranga ludovicianaSummer (May to Sep)
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusYear-round
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatusYear-round
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisYear-round
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysYear-round
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer (May to Sep)
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalusSummer (mid-May to Aug)
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensYear-round
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusSummer (Mar to Aug)

Year-round birds come to feeders in summer and winter; the others are around for the season and months shown. Seasons are from our species research: eBird and Project FeederWatch records (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) and All About Birds range maps.

All 16 birds on one print

The same birds drawn in a vintage field-guide style: Backyard Birds of Washington Print, from $29.00 with free US shipping.