Bird Sightings in the Conservation District

Annotated List (through May 2026)

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

  • Brant
  • Canada Goose
  • Mute Swan
  • Tundra Swan
  • Wood Duck
  • Blue-winged Teal
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Gadwall
  • Eurasian Wigeon
  • American Wigeon
  • Mallard
  • American Black Duck
  • Northern Pintail
  • Green-winged Teal
  • Canvasback
  • Redhead
  • Ring-necked Duck
  • Tufted Duck
  • Greater Scaup
  • Lesser Scaup
  • Common Eider
  • Surf Scoter
  • White-winged Scoter
  • Black Scoter
  • Long-tailed Duck
  • Bufflehead
  • Common Goldeneye
  • Barrow’s Goldeneye
  • Hooded Merganser
  • Common Merganser
  • Red-breasted Merganser
  • Ruddy Duck

New World Quail

  • Northern Bobwhite

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

  • Ring-necked Pheasant
  • Wild Turkey

Grebes

  • Horned Grebe
  • Red-necked Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

  • Rock Pigeon
  • Mourning Dove

Cuckoos

  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

  • Common Nighthawk

Swifts

  • Chimney Swift

Hummingbirds

  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

  • Virginia Rail
  • Sora
  • American Coot

Oystercatchers

  • American Oystercatcher

Plovers and Lapwings

  • Black-bellied Plover
  • Semipalmated Plover
  • Killdeer

Sandpipers and Allies

  • Least Sandpiper
  • White-rumped Sandpiper
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper
  • Short-billed Dowitcher
  • Spotted Sandpiper
  • Solitary Sandpiper
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Lesser Yellowlegs

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

  • Bonaparte’s Gull
  • Black-headed Gull
  • Laughing Gull
  • Ring-billed Gull
  • American Herring Gull
  • Iceland Gull
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • Glaucous Gull
  • Great Black-backed Gull
  • Caspian Tern
  • Black Tern
  • Common Tern
  • Arctic Tern
  • Forster’s Tern

Loons

  • Red-throated Loon
  • Common Loon

Cormorants and Shags

  • Great Cormorant
  • Double-crested Cormorant

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

  • Great Blue Heron
  • Great Egret
  • Snowy Egret
  • Green Heron
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron
  • Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

New World Vultures

  • Black Vulture
  • Turkey Vulture

Osprey

  • Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

  • Northern Harrier
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk
  • Cooper’s Hawk
  • Bald Eagle
  • Red-shouldered Hawk
  • Broad-winged Hawk
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Rough-legged Hawk

Owls

  • Eastern Screech-Owl
  • Great Horned Owl
  • Snowy Owl
  • Barred Owl
  • Long-eared Owl
  • Short-eared Owl

Kingfishers

  • Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers

  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)
  • Hairy Woodpecker
  • Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

Falcons and Caracaras

  • American Kestrel
  • Peregrine Falcon

 

Tyrant Flycatchers

  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
  • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
  • Acadian Flycatcher
  • Willow Flycatcher
  • Least Flycatcher
  • Eastern Phoebe
  • Great Crested Flycatcher
  • Eastern Kingbird

Vireos

  • Blue-headed Vireo
  • Philadelphia Vireo
  • Eastern Warbling Vireo
  • Red-eyed Vireo

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

  • Blue Jay
  • American Crow
  • Fish Crow
  • Common Raven

Chickadees and Tits

  • Black-capped Chickadee
  • Tufted Titmouse

Swallows

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

Kinglets

  • Golden-crowned Kinglet
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Nuthatches

  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)

Creepers

  • Brown Creeper

Gnatcatchers

  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Wrens

  • Northern House Wren (Northern)
  • Winter Wren
  • Marsh Wren
  • Carolina Wren

Starlings

  • European Starling

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

  • Gray Catbird
  • Northern Mockingbird
  • Brown Thrasher

Thrushes and Allies

  • Veery
  • Hermit Thrush
  • Wood Thrush
  • American Robin

Waxwings

  • Cedar Waxwing

Old World Sparrows

  • House Sparrow

Siskins, Crossbills, and Allies

  • Evening Grosbeak
  • House Finch
  • Purple Finch
  • Common Redpoll
  • Pine Siskin
  • American Goldfinch

New World Buntings and Sparrows

  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Field Sparrow
  • American Tree Sparrow
  • Fox Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • White-throated Sparrow
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Song Sparrow
  • Lincoln’s Sparrow
  • Swamp Sparrow
  • Eastern Towhee

Yellow-Breasted Chat

  • Yellow-breasted Chat

Troupials and Allies

  • Bobolink
  • Orchard Oriole
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Rusty Blackbird
  • Common Grackle
  • Boat-tailed Grackle

New World Warblers

  • Ovenbird
  • Worm-eating Warbler
  • Northern Waterthrush
  • Blue-winged Warbler
  • Black-and-white Warbler
  • Tennessee Warbler
  • Orange-crowned Warbler
  • Nashville Warbler
  • Connecticut Warbler
  • MacGillivray’s Warbler
  • Kentucky Warbler
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Hooded Warbler
  • American Redstart
  • Northern Parula
  • Magnolia Warbler
  • Blackburnian Warbler
  • Northern Yellow Warbler
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler
  • Palm Warbler
  • Pine Warbler
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
  • Bay-breasted Warbler
  • Yellow-throated Warbler
  • Prairie Warbler
  • Black-throated Green Warbler
  • Canada Warbler
  • Wilson’s Warbler

Cardinals and Allies

  • Scarlet Tanager
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak

 

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