Lilypad is a 9-acre patch in the Catskills, bordered by a creek on the north, a mountain ridge on the south, and neighbors on the east and west.
This page is a project to improve the experience of birds that inhabit Lilypad. Because of bears, I have to be very careful of birdfeeders.
Songbirds require a great amount of shelter, because there are many predators around. They tend to congregate in the thornbushes, but many of those are invasive multiflora.
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American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos |
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American Robin | Turdus migratorius |
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Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
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Barred Owl | Strix varia |
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Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapilla |
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Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus |
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Common Merganser | Mergus merganser |
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Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis |
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Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis |
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Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
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Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis |
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris |
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Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia |
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Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor |
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Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
This page is also a course record for the Binoculars to Binomials - 2026 Contemplative Cohort.