
Credit: USFWS
Bird Watching
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January 10-23, 2010
Swans, Geese, Ducks: Canada Goose; American Black Duck; Mallard; Northern Shoveler; American Wigeon; Hooded Merganser; Common Merganser
Loons, Grebes:
Gannetts, Cormorants:
Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Ibises, Vultures: Great Blue Heron; Turkey Vulture
Ospreys, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons: Bald Eagle; Northern Harrier; Cooper's Hawk; Red-shouldered Hawk; Broad-winged Hawk; Red-tailed Hawk; Rough-legged Hawk; Merlin; Peregrine Falcon
Gallinaceous Birds (Grouse/Quail): Wild Turkey
Rails:
Plovers, Sandpipers, Phalaropes:
Gulls and Terns: Ring-billed Gull; Great Black-backed Gull
Doves, Cuckoos, Owls, Nightjars: Mourning Dove; Great Horned Owl
Swifts, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers: Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers, Flycatchers: Red-bellied Woodpecker; Downy
Woodpecker; Hairy Woodpecker; Northern Flicker
Shrikes, Vireos:
Larks, Swallows, Jays, Crows: Blue Jay; American Crow
Titmice, Nuthatches, Chickadees, Wrens: Carolina Chickadee; Tufted Titmouse; White-breasted Nuthatch; Brown Creeper; Carolina Wren; Winter Wren
Kinglets, Thrushes, Old World Warblers: Golden-crowned Kinglet; Ruby-crowned Kinglet; American Robin; Northern Mockingbird
Waxwing, Starling: European Starling
Wood Warblers:
Tanagers, Sparrows: Fox Sparrow; Song Sparrow; Swamp Sparrow; White-throated Sparrow; Dark-eyed Junco
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Allies: Northern Cardinal
Blackbirds, Finches, Orioles, Old World Sparrows: Red-winged Blackbird; American Goldfinch; House Sparrow
Birds seen not on list:
The birds listed above represent what has been
checked off on our Bird Checklist at the Visitor Center front desk. It does
not neccessarily mean that other birds previously listed are no longer at the
refuge or that other species have arrived or been seen. It is a thumbnail sketch
of what people have seen and reported for the time frame listed.
If you have a seen an interesting bird in the area let us know, email Bill
Buchanan at Bill Buchanan@fws.gov
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