I am currently at an official 30 species count for the yard. My most profound thanks to Tom Hurst for doing this for me, he was my guest. He spent a lot of time in the yard almost everyday and surveyed at different times. This is an official backyard bird account, verified by an expert birder.
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Plain Chacalaca
Neotropic Cormorant (fly over)
Great Egret (fly over)
Yellow Crowned Heron (nesting)
Turkey Vulture (fly over)
Broad-winged Hawk (fly over)
Copper’s Hawk (fly over)
Rock Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Morning Dove
Inca Dove
Eastern Screech Owl (hunting and calling)
Chimney Swift (fly over)
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Golden Fronted Woodpecker (nesting)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (nesting)
Great Kiskadee
Couch’s Kingbird
Green Jay
Black-crested Titmouse
Clay-colored Thrush
Northern Mockingbird
Long-billed Thrush
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Red-winged Blackbirds
Great-tailed Crackle
House Sparrow
Green parakeets (nesting)
Red-crowned (nesting)
Birding Mecca 