… literally! Some of the twelve birds featured in this 2012 Backyard Birds Mini Calendar may be Backyard Birds, but you’d never find them all in the same back yard.
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Northern Cardinals are native to eastern North America.
Cedar Waxwings live across much of North America.
Wren is kind of non-specific for a calendar published in Indiana, but it probably refers to the Eurasian Wren, which is commonly referred to as simply “wren” and is native to Europe and Asia.
Great Tits are back yard birds through much of Europe and are also found across Asia and north Africa.
White-crowned Sparrows live across much of North America.
Great Spotted Woodpeckers live in parts of Europe and Asia.
Steller’s Jays live across western North America.
Oriental White Eyes are found in tropical Asia. I can’t find any evidence of them frequenting feeders.
Siberian Rubythroats live in Siberia, natch. They eat insects.
Vermilion Flycatchers (spelled Vermillion on the calendar) live in the Americas, from the American southwest through much of South America.
I’m having a hard time figuring out what a “Common Tree Pie” is supposed to be, but it looks like a White-winged Redstart, native to southwest and central Asia. They eat insects.
Finally, the Azure Kingfisher is native to Australia and neighboring islands. However, the bird identified as such looks more like a Common Kingfisher (native to Eurasia and Africa). If you’ve got a thriving body of water in your yard, you might count a kingfisher as a yard bird, but they’d certainly never be feeder birds.
On Amazon’s best seller list, this calendar ranks #258,859 in books. That seems a little high to me.
