Credit: USFWS Bird Watching

Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Ibises, Vultures: Great Blue Heron; Great Egret; Turkey Vulture

Ospreys, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons: Bald Eagle; Northern Harrier; Sharp-shinned Hawk; Cooper's Hawk; Red-shouldered Hawk; Red-tailed Hawk; American Kestrel; Merlin

Gallinaceous Birds (Grouse/Quail): Wild Turkey

Rails:

Plovers, Sandpipers, Phalaropes:

Gulls and Terns: Laughing Gull; Ring-billed Gull; Herring Gull; Great Black-backed Gull

Doves, Cuckoos, Owls, Nightjars: Rock Pigeon; Mourning Dove; Great Horned Owl

Swifts, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers: Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers, Flycatchers: Red-bellied Woodpecker; Downy Woodpecker; Hairy Woodpecker; Northern Flicker

Shrikes, Vireos: Blue-headed Vireo

Larks, Swallows, Jays, Crows: Blue Jay; American Crow

Titmice, Nuthatches, Chickadees, Wrens: Carolina Chickadee; Tufted Titmouse; White-breasted Nuthatch; Brown Creeper; Winter Wren

Kinglets, Thrushes, Old World Warblers: Golden-crowned Kinglet; Ruby-crowned Kinglet; Hermit Thrush; American Robin; Gray Catbird; Northern Mockingbird; Brown Thrasher

Waxwing, Starling: Cedar Waxwing; European Starling

Wood Warblers: Yellow-rumped Warbler

Tanagers, Sparrows: Eastern Towhee; Fox Sparrow; Song Sparrow; Swamp Sparrow; White-throated Sparrow; Dark-eyed Junco

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Allies:

Blackbirds, Finches, Orioles, Old World Sparrows: Red-winged Blackbird; Rusty Blackbird; Brown-headed Cowbird; House Finch; 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