This excellent video by Phil LeMontagne shows close-ups of some, but not all, of the backyard birds commonly found in northern Middlesex County in the winter. Most are year-round residents, but two of them, the Slate- colored Junco and the White-throated Sparrow, tend to move a little farther north in the summer. How many of these birds can you name? Keep watching until the end of the video to see why they are all constantly looking around nervously!

For a list of birds in order of first appearance, see below.

Tufted Titmouse; White-breasted Nuthatch; Downey Woodpecker; Slate-colored Junco; Black-capped Chickadee; White-throated Sparrow;  Caroline Wren; Northern Cardinal; Hairy Woodpecker; Mourning Dove; Song Sparrow; Starling; Blue Jay; Northern Mockingbird; House Finch; Sharp-shinned Hawk.