Stockton’s Most Likely Birds
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Stockton’s 100 Most Likely Birds
Here’s a list of the species generally most often observed on campus. BR = breeds here. See
“Annotated Checklist” for other species and more details.
Species
Common loon
Pied-billed grebe
Double-crested cormorant
Great blue heron
Great egret
Snowy egret
Green-backed heron
Canada goose [BR]
Wood duck [BR]
American black duck
Mallard [BR]
Northern pintail
Ring-necked duck
Hooded merganser
Turkey vulture [BR??]
Osprey
Bald eagle
Sharp-shinned hawk
Cooper’s hawk [BR?]
Broad-winged hawk [BR?]
Red-tailed hawk [BR]
Killdeer [BR]
Greater yellowlegs
Solitary sandpiper
Spotted sandpiper
American woodcock [BR?]
Laughing gull
Ring-billed gull
Herring gull
Gull-billed tern
Forster’s tern
Rock Dove [BR?]
Mourning dove [BR]
Yellow-billed Cuckoo [BR]
Great horned owl [BR?]
Barred owl [BR?]
Chimney swift [BR?]
Ruby-th hummingbird [BR]
Belted Kingfisher [BR]
Red-bellied woodpecker [BR?]
Yellow-bellied sapsucker
Downy woodpecker [BR]
Hairy woodpecker [BR]
Northern flicker [BR?]
Eastern wood pewee [BR?]
Eastern phoebe [BR]
Great crested flycatcher [BR?]
Eastern kingbird [BR]
Purple martin [BR]
Most Likely
on-campus
Oct-March
Oct-April
Sept-May
Year-round
April-Oct
May-Oct
May-Oct
Year-round
April-Sept
Year-round
Year-round
Nov-Feb
Oct-March
Oct-March
Year-round
March-Oct
Year-round
Sept-April
Year-round
April-Sept
Year-round
Mar-Nov
April-Dec
May
May, Sept
Mar-Dec
May-Oct
Year-round
Year-round
May-Sept
May-Oct
Year-round
Year-round
May-Sept
Year-round
Year-round
May-Oct
May-Oct
Year-round
Year-round
Nov-March
Year-round
Year-round
Year-round
May-Sept
April-Oct
May-Sept
May-Sept
Apr-Sept
Behaviors Noted Today
Estimated
Numbers
Stockton’s Most Likely Birds
Tree swallow [BR]
Rough-winged swallow [BR]
Bank swallow [BR?]
Barn swallow[BR]
Blue jay [BR]
Common crow [BR]
Fish crow [BR?]
Carolina chickadee [BR]
Tufted titmouse [BR]
White-breasted nuthatch [BR]
Brown creeper
Carolina wren [BR]
House wren [BR]
Golden-crowned kinglet
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Eastern bluebird [BR]
Hermit thrush
Wood thrush [BR?]
American robin [BR]
Gray catbird [BR]
Northern mockingbird [BR?]
Brown thrasher [BR?]
Cedar waxwing [BR]
European starling [BR]
White-eyed vireo [BR]
Red-eyed vireo [BR]
Northern parula
Yellow warbler [BR]
Magnolia warbler
Yellow-rumped warbler
Pine warbler [BR]
Prairie warbler [BR?]
Blackpoll
Black and white warbler [BR?]
Ovenbird [BR?]
Common yellowthroat [BR]
Northern cardinal [BR?]
Indigo bunting [BR?]
Rufous-sided towhee [BR]
Chipping sparrow [BR]
Song sparrow [BR?]
White-throated sparrow
Dark-eyed junco
Red-winged blackbird [BR]
Common grackle [BR?]
Brown-headed cowbird [BR]
Orchard oriole [BR?]
Northern oriole [BR?]
House finch [BR]
American goldfinch [BR?]
House sparrow [BR]
Other species observed:
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Apr-Oct
Apr-Sept
Apr-Sept
Apr-Sept
Year-round
Year-round?
Feb-Oct
Year-round
Year-round
Year-round
Nov-March
Year-round
April-Sept
Nov-Mar
Oct; April
Year-round
Oct-April
May-Oct
Year-round
April-Oct
Year-round
April-Oct
Year-round
Year-round
May-Oct
May; Sept
May; Sept
April-Sept
May; Sept
Oct-May
March-Sept
April-Sept
May; Sept-Oct
Apr/May; Sept
April-Sept
May-Sept
Year-round
May-Sept
April-Sept
April- Sept
Year-round
Oct-May
Oct-April
Feb-Oct
Feb-Oct
Feb-Oct
May-August
May-August
Year-round
Year-round
Year-round