Bird Checklist

W = winter, S = summer (nesting), M = migrant, Y = year-round, R = rare

Information provided by Dave Brown for the Wetlands brochure, supplemented with additional species. Categories and seasonal information from The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, Knopf, 2003.

Contact us for additions and corrections.

Printable Checklist (PDF format)

Waterfowl

Ducks:

  • Wood Duck (S)
  • Mallard Duck (Y)
  • American Black Duck (Y)
  • Northern Pintail (S)
  • Gadwall (S)
  • American Wigeon (M/S)
  • Northern Shoveler (M/S)
  • Blue-winged Teal (S)
  • Green-winged Teal (S)
  • Canvasback (M/Y)
  • Redhead (M)
  • Ring-necked Duck (S)
  • Lesser Scaup (M)
  • Greater Scaup (M)
  • Long-tailed Duck (M)
  • White-winged Scoter (M)
  • Surf Scoter (M)
  • Black Scoter (M)
  • Common Goldeneye (W)
  • Bufflehead (W/M)
  • Hooded Merganser (S/Y)
  • Common Merganser (S/Y)
  • Red-breasted Merganser (R)
  • Ruddy Duck (M/S)

Swans and Geese:

  • Mute Swan (S/Y)
  • Tundra Swan (M)
  • Trumpeter Swan (R)
  • Canada Goose (Y)
  • Snow Goose (M)

Loons & Grebes:

  • Common Loon (M)
  • Red-throated Loon (M)
  • Red-necked Grebe (M)
  • Eared Grebe (R)
  • Horned Grebe (M)
  • Pied-billed Grebe (S)

Pelicans and Cormorants:

  • American White Pelican (R)
  • Double-crested Cormorant (S)

Kingfishers:

  • Belted Kingfisher (S/Y)

Shorebirds

Plovers and Sandpipers:

  • Black-bellied Plover (M)
  • American Golden Plover (M)
  • Killdeer (S)
  • Semi-palmated Plover (M)
  • American Avocet (R)
  • Spotted Sandpiper (S)
  • Greater Yellowlegs (M)
  • Lesser Yellowlegs (M)
  • Solitary Sandpiper (M)
  • Willet (M)
  • Marbled Godwit (M/R)
  • Hodsonian Godwit (M/R)
  • Whimbrel (M)
  • Upland Sandpiper (S)
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper (R)
  • Ruddy Turnstone (M)
  • Sanderling (M)
  • Red Knot (M)
  • Dunlin (M)
  • Pectoral Sandpiper (M)
  • White-rumped Sandpiper (M)
  • Baird’s Sandpiper (M)
  • Semi-Palmated Sandpiper (M)
  • Western Sandpiper (M/R)
  • Least Sandpiper (M)
  • Stilt Sandpiper (M)
  • Long-billed Dowitcher (M)
  • Short-billed Dowitcher (M)
  • Common Snipe = Wilson's Snipe (S)
  • Wilson's Phalarope (R)
  • Red-necked Phalarope (M)
  • American Woodcock (S)

Gulls and Terns:

  • Bonaparte's Gull (M)
  • Ring-Billed Gull (Y)
  • Herring Gull (Y)
  • Iceland Gull (W)
  • Glaucous Gull (W)
  • Caspian Tern (M/S)
  • Forster's Tern (M)
  • Black Tern (S)

Wading Birds:

  • Great Blue Heron (S)
  • Great Egret (M/S)
  • Green Heron (S)
  • Black-crowned Night-heron (S)
  • American Bittern (S)
  • Least Bittern (S)

Rails, Cranes and Coots:

  • Sora (S)
  • King Rail (S)
  • Virginia Rail (S)
  • Common Moorhen (S)
  • American Coot (S)
  • Sandhill Crane (S)

Birds of Prey

Hawks and Falcons:

  • Northern Goshawk (Y)
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk (S/Y)
  • Cooper's Hawk (S/Y)
  • Northern Harrier (S/Y)
  • Red-shouldered Hawk (S)
  • Broad-winged Hawk (S)
  • Red-tailed Hawk (Y)
  • Rough-legged Hawk (W)
  • American Kestrel (Y)
  • Merlin (W/M)
  • Peregrine Falcon (Y/M)

Eagle, Vulture, Osprey:

  • Bald Eagle (Y)
  • Golden Eagle (M)
  • Turkey Vulture (S)
  • Osprey (S/M)

Owls:

  • Long-eared Owl (Y)
  • Short-eared Owl (Y/S)
  • Great Horned Owl (Y)
  • Snowy Owl (W)
  • Barred Owl (Y)
  • Northern Saw-whet Owl (W)
  • Eastern Screech Owl (Y)

Goatsuckers:

  • Common Nighthawk (S)
  • Whip-poor-will (S)

Meadow and Woodland Birds

Upland Game Birds:

  • Northern Bobwhite (Y)
  • Ruffed Grouse (Y)
  • Wild Turkey (Y)
  • Ring-necked Pheasant (Y)

Pigeons and Doves

  • Rock Dove (Y)
  • Mourning Dove (Y)

Cuckoos:

  • Black-billed Cuckoo (S)
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo (S)

Hummingbirds and Swifts:

  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird (S)
  • Chimney Swift (S)

Woodpeckers:

  • Red-headed Woodpecker (S)
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker (Y)
  • Downy Woodpecker (Y)
  • Hairy Woodpecker (Y)
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (S/M)
  • Northern Flicker (Y/S)
  • Pileated Woodpecker (Y)

Tyrant Flycatchers:

  • Olive-sided Flycatcher (S/M)
  • Eastern Wood-pewee (S)
  • Willow Flycatcher (S)
  • Alder Flycatcher (S)
  • Least Flycatcher (S)
  • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (M/S)
  • Acadian Flycatcher (S)
  • Eastern Phoebe (S)
  • Great Crested Flycatcher (S)
  • Eastern Kingbird (S)

Shrikes and Vireos:

  • Northern Shrike (W)
  • Warbling Vireo (S)
  • Philadelphia Vireo (M)
  • Red-eyed Vireo (S)
  • Yellow-throated Vireo (S)
  • Blue-headed Vireo (M)

Jays and Crows:

  • Blue Jay (Y)
  • American Crow (Y)

Larks:

  • Horned Lark (Y)

Swallows:

  • Barn Swallow (S)
  • Cliff Swallow (S)
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow (S)
  • Bank Swallow (S)
  • Tree Swallow (S)
  • Purple Martin (S)

Chickadees and Nuthatches:

  • Black-capped Chickadee (Y)
  • White-breasted Nuthatch (Y)
  • Brown Creeper (Y)
  • Tufted Titmouse (Y)
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch (W)

Wrens:

  • Sedge Wren (S)
  • Marsh Wren (S)
  • House Wren (S)
  • Winter Wren (M)
  • Carolina Wren (Y/R)

Kinglets and Gnatcatchers:

  • Golden-crowned Kinglet (W)
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet (M)
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (S)

Thrushes:

  • Eastern Bluebird (S)
  • Wood Thrush (S)
  • Swainson's Thrush (M)
  • Veery (S)
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush (M)
  • Hermit Thrush (M)
  • American Robin (S)

Mimids:

  • Gray Catbird (S)
  • Brown Thrasher (S)

Pipits, Waxwings, Starlings:

  • American Pipit (M)
  • Sprague’s Pipit (possible) (R)
  • Cedar Waxwing (Y)
  • European Starling (Y)

Tanagers and Cardinals:

  • Scarlet Tanager (S)
  • Northern Cardinal (Y)
  • Dickcissel (R)
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak (S)
  • Indigo Bunting (S)

Wood-Warblers:

  • Yellow Warbler (S)
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler (S)
  • Magnolia Warbler (M/S)
  • Cape May Warbler (M/S)
  • Blackburnian Warbler (S)
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler (M)
  • Cerulean Warbler (S)
  • Black-throated Green Warbler (S)
  • Myrtle Warbler = Yellow-rumped (M)
  • Palm Warbler (M)
  • Pine Warbler (S)
  • Prairie Warbler (S)
  • Blackpoll Warbler (M)
  • Bay-breasted Warbler (M)
  • Tennessee Warbler (M)
  • Nashville Warbler (M)
  • Orange-crowned Warbler (M)
  • Blue-winged Warbler (S)
  • Golden-winged Warbler (S)
  • Northern Parula (M)
  • Black-and-White Warbler (S)
  • American Redstart (S)
  • Prothonotary Warbler (S/R)
  • Common Yellowthroat (S)
  • Mourning Warbler (S)
  • Connecticut Warbler (M)
  • Northern Waterthrush (S)
  • Louisiana Waterthrush (S)
  • Ovenbird (S)
  • Canada Warbler (S)
  • Hooded Warbler (S)
  • Wilson's Warbler (M)

Sparrows:

  • Eastern Towhee (S)
  • Chipping Sparrow (S)
  • Clay-coloured Sparrow (S)
  • Vesper Sparrow (S)
  • Field Sparrow (S)
  • American Tree Sparrow (W)
  • Grasshopper Sparrow (S)
  • Song Sparrow (Y)
  • Lincoln's Sparrow (M)
  • Swamp Sparrow (S/Y)
  • Savannah Sparrow (S)
  • Fox Sparrow (M)
  • White-crowned Sparrow (M)
  • White-throated Sparrow (S)
  • Dark-eyed Junco (Y/W)
  • Lapland Longspur (W)
  • Snow Bunting (W)

Icterids:

  • Baltimore Oriole (S)
  • Orchard Oriole (S)
  • Bobolink (S)
  • Eastern Meadowlark (S)
  • Western Meadowlark (S)
  • Red-winged Blackbird (Y/S)
  • Rusty Blackbird (M)
  • Brewer's Blackbird (S/R)
  • Brown-headed Cowbird (S)
  • Common Grackle (S)

Finches:

  • House Sparrow (Y)
  • Evening Grosbeak (W)
  • Pine Siskin (W)
  • American Goldfinch (Y)
  • Common Redpoll (W)
  • House Finch (Y)
  • Purple Finch (Y)
  • Pine Grosbeak (R/W)
  • White-winged Crossbill (W)
  • Red Crossbill (W/Y)

 

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