The Biggest List
May 5th — 14th, 2017
Species Seen: 235
Geese, Swans, and Ducks
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Grouse, Pheasants, and Turkeys
Wild Turkey
Loons
Common Loon
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
New World Vultures
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey, Hawks, and Eagles
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Pharalope
Red-necked Phalarope
Warblers Seen: 35
Gulls and Terns
Bonaparte’s Gull
Franklin’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Forster’s Tern
Black-headed Gull
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Typical Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will’s-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Falcons
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Jays and Crows
Blue Jay
American Crow
Larks
Horned Lark
Swallows and Martins
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chickadees and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Nuthatches and Creepers
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Wrens
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Gnatcatchers and Kinglets
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Mimids
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Starlings
European Starling
Pipits
American Pipit
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Wood Warblers
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Wood Warblers, continued
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
American Sparrows
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow
Le Conte’s Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Cardinals and Related Birds
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Blackbirds
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Finches
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
See you next year!
May 4th — 13th, 2018