John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum Conserving the Nature of America

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

Ospreys, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons: Red-tailed Hawk; Cooper's Hawk; Osprey; Bald Eagle

Gallinaceous Birds (Grouse/Quail): Wild Turkey

Rails:

Plovers, Sandpipers, Phalaropes: Killdeer; Greater Yellowlegs; Lesser Yellowlegs; Pectoral Sandpiper; Solitary Sandpiper; Spotted Sandpiper; Semi-palmated Sandpiper

Gulls and Terns: Ring-billed Gull; Herring Gull; Great Black-backed Gull; Forster's Tern; Laughing Gull

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

Swifts, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers: Belted Kingfisher; Chimney Swift; Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Woodpeckers, Flycatchers: Red-bellied Woodpecker; Downy Woodpecker; Hairy Woodpecker; Northern Flicker; Eastern Kingbird; Eastern Phoebe; Great Crested Flycatcher

Shrikes, Vireos: White-eyed, Blue-headed, Yellow-throated, Warbling, and Red-eyed Vireos

Larks, Swallows, Jays, Crows: American Crow; Fish Crow; Blue Jay; Tree, Northern Rough-winged, and Barn Swallows

Titmice, Nuthatches, Chickadees, Wrens: Carolina Chickadee; Tufted Titmouse; Red-breasted Nuthatch; Carolina, House, and Marsh Wrens

Kinglets, Thrushes, Old World Warblers: Northern Mockingbird; Gray Catbird; American Robin; Ruby-crowned Kinglet; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; Brown Thrasher; Swainson's, Hermit, and Wood Thrushes

Waxwing, Starling: European Starling

Wood Warblers: Blue-winged, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Blue-throated Green, Pine, Prairie, Palm, Black and White, and Worm-eating Warbler; Northern Parula; American Redstart; Ovenbird; Northern Waterthrush; Common Yellowthroat; Yellow-breasted Chat

Tanagers, Sparrows: Scarlet Tanager; Eastern Towhee; Chipping, Field, Savannah, Fox, Swamp, White-throated, and White-crowned Sparrows

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Allies: Northern Cardinal; Red-breasted Grosbeak

Blackbirds, Finches, Orioles, Old World Sparrows: Red-winged Black Bird; Rusty Black Bird; House Finch; American Goldfinch; Common Grackle; Brown-headed Cowbird; Baltimore Oriole

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.