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SPECIES
Pied-billed Grebe
STATUS SEASONS
U
F
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SPECIES
STATUS SEASONS
Northern Bobwhite (N)
R
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SPECIES
All
American Crow
STATUS SEASONS
C
All
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SPECIES
STATUS SEASONS
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SPECIES
Nashville Warbler
U
SP/F
Painted Bunting
STATUS SEASONS
*
SU
Ca
SP
Wild Turkey
C
All
Fish Crow
Ca
SP/SU/F
Northern Parula (N)
C
SP/SU
Eastern Towhee
R
SP/SU
American White Pelican
R
SP/F
Purple Gallinule
*
SP
Carolina Chickadee (N)
C
All
Yellow Warbler
U
SP
Spotted Towhee
Ca
W
Double-crested Cormorant
R
F/SP
American Coot
C
F/W/SP
Tufted Titmouse (N)
C
All
Chestnut-sided Warbler
U
SP
American Tree Sparrow
R
F/W/SP
Great Blue Heron
C
SP/SU/F
Killdeer
R
SP/F
Red-breasted Nuthatch
R
F/W/SP
Magnolia Warbler
U
SP
Chipping Sparrow
R
SP
Great Egret
C
SP/F
Solitary Sandpiper
R
SP
White-breasted Nuthatch (N)
C
All
Yellow-rumped Warbler
U
F/W/SP
Field Sparrow
R
SP/SU
Snowy Egret
Ca
SP/F
Spotted Sandpiper
R
SP/SU
Brown Creeper
U
F/W
Black-throated Green Warbler
U
SP
Savannah Sparrow
R
SP/F
Little Blue Heron
Ca
SP
American Woodcock
R
SP
Carolina Wren (N)
C
All
Blackburnian Warbler
R
SP
Fox Sparrow
U
W/SP
Tricolored Heron
*
SP
Ring-billed Gull
U
F/W
Bewick’s Wren
Ca
SP
Yellow-throated Warbler
R
SP
Song Sparrow
U
F/W/SP
Green Heron
U
SP/SU/F
Black Tern
Ca
F
House Wren (N)
U
SP/SU/F
Pine Warbler
*
SP
Lincoln’s Sparrow
R
SP
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
R
SP
Inca Dove
*
W
Winter Wren
R
F/W
Prairie Warbler
*
SP
Swamp Sparrow
R
F/W
Mute Swan
R
All
Mourning Dove
C
All
Marsh Wren
Palm Warbler
R
SP
White-throated Sparrow
C
F/W/SP
Snow Goose
R
F/W
Black-billed Cuckoo
R
SP/F
Bay-breasted Warbler
R
SP
White-crowned Sparrow
R
F/W/SP
Canada Goose (N)
C
F/W
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (N)
C
SP/SU/F
Wood Duck (N)
U
SP/SU/F
Great Horned Owl (N)
U
All
Green Winged Teal
U
F/W/SP
Barred Owl (N)
U
All
Mallard (N)
C
F/W/SP
Common Nighthawk
U
SU/F
Blue-winged Teal
U
SP
Chimney Swift
U
SP/SU/F
Northern Shoveler
R
W/SP
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (N)
C
SP/SU/F
Gadwall
U
F/W/SP
Belted Kingfisher
U
All
American Wigeon
R
F/W
Red-headed Woodpecker
R
F/W/SP
Eared Grebe
Ca
SP
Golden-crowned Kinglet
U
SP/F/W
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
U
SP/F
Blackpoll Warbler
R
SP
Dark-eyed Junco
C
F/W/SP
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (N)
C
SP/SU
Cerulean Warbler
*
SP
Smith’s Longspur
*
SP
Eastern Bluebird (N)
U
All
Black and White Warbler (N)
U
SP/SU
Red-winged Blackbird (N)
C
SP/SU
Veery
R
SP
American Redstart
U
SP
Eastern Meadowlark (N)
U
SP/SU
Gray-cheeked Thrush
R
SP
Prothonotary Warbler (N)
C
SP/SU
Common Grackle (N)
C
SP/SU/F
Swainson’s Thrush
C
SP
Worm-eating Warbler
Ca
SP
Brown-headed Cowbird
C
SP/SU/F
Hermit Thrush
R
SP
Swainson’s Warbler
*
F
Orchard oriole
R
SP
Wood Thrush
R
SP
Ovenbird
R
SP
Baltimore Oriole
U
SP
American Robin (N)
C
All
Northern Waterthrush
U
SP
Purple Finch
R
W/SP
Gray Catbird (N)
U
SP/SU/F
Louisiana Waterthrush
C
SP
House Finch (N)
U
All
Canvasback
Ca
F
Red-bellied Woodpecker (N)
C
All
Common Goldeneye
Ca
W
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
U
SP/F/W
Hooded Merganser
Ca
W
Downy Woodpecker (N)
C
All
Northern Mockingbird
R
SP/SU/F
Kentucky Warbler
R
SP
Pine Siskin
R
F/W/SP
Ruddy Duck
Ca
F/W
Hairy Woodpecker (N)
U
All
Brown Thrasher
R
SP/SU/F
Connecticut Warbler
*
SP
American Goldfinch (N)
C
All
Black Vulture
R
SP
Northern Flicker (N)
U
All
Cedar Waxwing
R
SP/SU/F
Mourning Warbler
R
SP
House Sparrow (N)
U
All
Turkey Vulture
C
SP/SU/F
Pileated Woodpecker (N)
U
All
Loggerhead Shrike
Ca
W
Common Yellowthroat (N)
U
SP/SU
Osprey
R
SP/F
Olive-sided Flycatcher
*
SP
European Starling (N)
C
All
Hooded Warbler
*
SP
Ca
SP
Eastern Wood-Pewee (N)
U
SU
White-eyed Vireo
U
SP
Wilson’s Warbler
U
SP
Bald Eagle
U
F/W
Least Flycatcher
R
SP
Blue-headed Vireo
R
SP
Canada Warbler
R
SP
Sharp-shinned Hawk
R
F
Eastern Phoebe (N)
C
SP/SU/F
Yellow-throated Vireo
R
SP
Yellow-breasted Chat
*
SP
Cooper’s Hawk (N)
U
F
Great-crested Flycatcher (N)
U
SP/SU
Warbling Vireo (N)
U
SP/SU
Summer Tanager (N)
C
SP/SU
Red-shouldered Hawk
R
All
Eastern Kingbird (N)
U
SU
Philadelphia Vireo
R
SP
Scarlet Tanager
R
SP
Broad-winged Hawk
Ca
SP/SU
Purple Martin
U
SP/SU/F
Red-eyed Vireo (N)
C
SP/SU
Northern Cardinal (N)
C
All
Swainson’s Hawk
Tree Swallow (N)
Blue-winged Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
U
SP
R
SP
Mississippi Kite
Ca
SP/SU
U
SP/SU/F
R
SP
Red-tailed Hawk (N)
C
All
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
U
SP/SU/F
Golden-winged Warbler
R
SP
Blue Grosbeak
American Kestrel
R
All
Barn Swallow (N)
U
SP/SU/F
Tennessee Warbler
U
SP
Lazuli Bunting
*
SP
Peregrine Falcon
*
SP
Blue Jay (N)
C
All
Orange-crowned Warbler
R
SP
Indigo Bunting (N)
C
SP/SU
Revised 7/10
TOTAL SPECIES = 178
STATUS AT THE NATURE CENTER
C = COMMON: A bird frequently and easily observed
in suitable habitat
U = UNCOMMON: Fairly frequent reports usually
in small numbers
R = RARE: Sparingly observed; more than 15
records; usually recorded annually
Ca = CASUAL: 5-15 records; occasionally reported
* = ACCIDENTAL: Only 1 or 2 sightings reported;
a vagrant
Springfield
Conservation
Nature Center
Trails
SEASONS
SP =
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SPRING (March, April, May)
SUMMER (June, July)
FALL (August, September, October, November)
WINTER (December, January, February)
The following list includes all birds positively
identified at the Springfield Conservation Nature
Center. The bird’s status is followed by the
season (or seasons) the bird has been or is
most likely to be observed at the nature center.
“All” indicates a bird which can be observed
in all seasons. (N) indicates birds which have
been confirmed or are probably nesting species
on or adjacent to the nature center.
PLEASE NOTE:
a bird’s status pertains only to the
nature center property. Birds not listed or listed as
casual or rare may be quite common nearby.
PLEASE RECORD BIRD SIGHTINGS AT THE
NATURE CENTER RECEPTION DESK.
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HOURS:
From March 1 to October 31, the area and trails are open daily 8am
to 8pm Monday–Saturday and Noon–8pm Sunday. The building is closed
Monday and open 8am to 5pm Tuesday–Saturday and Noon–5pm Sunday.
From November 1 to February 29, the area and trails are open daily
8am to 6pm Monday–Saturday and Noon–6pm Sunday. The building is
closed Sunday and Monday and open 8am to 5pm Tuesday–Saturday.
The nature center building, trails, and area are closed on Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day; Washington’s Birthday; Memorial Day;
Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Thanksgiving, Christmas;
New Year’s Day; and other state holidays that fall on a Monday.
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Spingfield MO 65804
417/888-4237
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