WBWW Bird ChecklistResearched and prepared by Homer Singleton April 2, 2006 B = Breeds in our area ? = Believed to breed in our area but not recently documented W = more usually found in winter M = usually seen only during migration Common Loon W Pied-billed Grebe B Eared Grebe W Horned Grebe W Brown Pelican B American White Pelican W Double-crested Cormorant W Anhinga ? Least Bittern B Great Blue Heron B Great Egret B Snowy Egret B Little Blue Heron B Tricolored Heron B Reddish Egret ? Cattle Egret B Green Heron B Black-crowned Night-Heron ? Yellow-crowned Night-Heron B White Ibis ? Glossy Ibis W Black Vulture B Turkey Vulture B Canada Goose B Blue-winged Teal W Northern Shoveler W Gadwall W Lesser Scaup W Black Scoter W Canvasback W Redhead W Bufflehead W Hooded Merganser W Red-breasted Merganser W Wood Duck B Mallard B Mottled Duck B Osprey B Swallow-tailed Kite B Bald Eagle B Cooper's Hawk B Red-shouldered Hawk B Broad-winged Hawk B Red-tailed Hawk B Northern Harrier W Sharp-shinned Hawk ? American Kestrel ? Peregrine Falcon W Merlin M Wild Turkey B Northern Bobwhite B Clapper Rail B King Rail B Black Rail ? Sora W Purple Gallinule ? Common Moorhen ? American Coot W Sandhill Crane M Snowy Plover ? Black-bellied Plover W Semipalmated Plover W American Golden Plover M Killdeer B Solitary Sandpiper M Upland Sandpiper M Pectoral Sandpiper M Least Sandpiper W American Oystercatcher ? Black-necked Stilt ? Greater Yellowlegs W Lesser Yellowlegs W Spotted Sandpiper W Willet B Ruddy Turnstone W Sanderling W Short-billed Dowitcher W Long-billed Dowitcher W American Woodcock B Common Snipe W Laughing Gull B Ring-billed Gull W Bonaparte’s Gull W Herring Gull W Gull-billed Tern B Caspian Tern ? Royal Tern B Forster's Tern B Least Tern B Black Skimmer ? Black Tern ? Rock Dove B Eurasian Collared-Dove B White-winged Dove B Mourning Dove B Common Ground-Dove B Yellow-billed Cuckoo B Barn Owl B Eastern Screech-Owl B Great Horned Owl B Barred Owl B Common Nighthawk B Chuck-will's-widow B Chimney Swift B Ruby-throated Hummingbird B Black-chinned Hummingbird W Rufous Hummingbird M Calliope Hummingbird W Belted Kingfisher B Red-headed Woodpecker B Red-bellied Woodpecker B Downy Woodpecker B Hairy Woodpecker B Red-cockaded Woodpecker ? Northern Flicker B Yellow-bellied Sapsucker W Pileated Woodpecker B Eastern Wood-Pewee B Least Flycatcher M Acadian Flycatcher B Eastern Phoebe B Great Crested Flycatcher B Eastern Kingbird B Western Kingbird W Gray Kingbird ? Loggerhead Shrike B White-eyed Vireo B Yellow-throated Vireo B Red-eyed Vireo B Blue Jay B American Crow B Fish Crow B Purple Martin B No Rough-winged S B Cliff Swallow ? Barn Swallow B Tufted Titmouse B White-breasted Nuthatch ? Brown-headed Nuthatch B Marsh Wren B Sedge Wren W Ruby-crowned Kinglet W Golden-crowned Kinglet W Blue-gray Gnatcatcher B Eastern Bluebird B Wood Thrush B Swainson’s Thrush W American Robin B Gray Catbird B Northern Mockingbird B Brown Thrasher B American Pipit W Cedar Waxwing W European Starling B Logger-head Shrike B White-eyed Vireo W Red-eyed Vireo W Yellow-throated Vireo ? Black-throated Green Warbler M Yellow-throated Warbler B Pine Warbler B Prairie Warbler B Yellow-rumped Warbler W Palm Warbler W American Redstart ? Prothonotary Warbler B Black and White Warbler B Worm-eating Warbler B Swainson's Warbler B Common Yellowthroat B Hooded Warbler B Mourning Warbler M Yellow-breasted Chat B Scarlet Tanager M Summer Tanager ? Eastern Towhee B Bachman's Sparrow B Field Sparrow B Seaside Sparrow B Chipping Sparrow W White-throated Sparrow W White-crowned Sparrow W Sharp-tailed Sparrow W Song Sparrow W Swamp Sparrow W Northern Cardinal B Blue Grosbeak B Rose-breasted Grosbeak M Indigo Bunting B Painted Bunting ? Red-winged Blackbird B Eastern Meadowlark B Common Grackle B Boat-tailed Grackle B Shiny Cowbird ? Brown-headed Cowbird B Orchard Oriole B Baltimore Oriole M Pine Siskin M American Goldfinch W House Finch B House Sparrow B |
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Birds of Wolf Bay
Birds abound in the Wolf Bay watershed.
How many of the birds on the WBWW Bird Checklist have you seen?
Please help us keep this list up-to-date. If you see a bird that is not on this list, please email Homer Singleton with the name of the bird, and the location, date and time of the sighting.
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