Well, as often happens I found this thread pretty late, but I think I'll put up my January list anyhow. It's the same as my February list so far anyway, except that the hairy woodpeckers moved on when I took down the suet feeder for a week in hopes of discouraging the starlings. We live in Silver Spring (Wheaton), MD, a suburb of Washington, DC. The original builders left a row of big trees in the back yards which is nice. And our yard is great habitat, which is my excuse for never clipping it into order....

Cardinals (a pair)
Song sparrows
White throated sparrows
House ("English") sparrows
Tufted Titmice
Carolina chickadees
White Breasted Nuthatch
Northern Juncos
House Finches
Goldfinches (American)
Red Tailed Hawk
Carolina wrens
Downy woodpeckers (2 pairs)
Hairy woodpeckers (male & female)
Red Bellied woodpecker (male only, so far)
Mourning doves
Starlings
Robins

A few goldfinches always winter here and seem fat and sassy. If I keep the thistle feeders up during spring and early fall, we get literally dozens of them, like little olive and gold and black mice swarming around and underneath the thistle feeders.

I have to be lucky to see any other birds because they are usually migrants. Have seen American redstarts, common yellowthroats, black and white warbler, yellow rumped warbler, pileated woodpecker, Coopers hawks, hermit thrush and veery, all (not at the same time!) within 10 feet of the house at one time or another.

Rita F