Credit: USFWS Bird Watching

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