Today the Great Backyard Bird Count sponsored by Cornell University Lab of Ornithology begins. Thi is the list of birds found in my area of the Mid-Atlantic region. The richness of the list astonishes me since my community does absolutely nothing to protect wildlife. You can get your own list at Cornell Ornithology Lab Fifteen minutes of bird watching is all you need to do though you may choose to to spend more time helping cataloge winged visitors to your neighbourhood. It is a good cause.
Waterfowl |
______ Snow Goose
______ Canada Goose
______ Mute Swan
______ Tundra Swan
______ Wood Duck
______ Gadwall
______ American Wigeon
______ American Black Duck
______ Mallard
______ Northern Pintail
______ Green-winged Teal
______ Canvasback | ______ Redhead
______ Ring-necked Duck
______ Greater Scaup
______ Lesser Scaup
______ Long-tailed Duck
______ Bufflehead
______ Common Goldeneye
______ Hooded Merganser
______ Common Merganser
______ Red-breasted Merganser
______ Ruddy Duck |
| Grouse, Quail, and Allies |
______ Northern Bobwhite
______ Ring-necked Pheasant | ______ Ruffed Grouse
______ Wild Turkey |
| Loons and Grebes |
______ Common Loon
______ Pied-billed Grebe | ______ Horned Grebe |
| Cormorants, Anhingas, and Pelicans |
| ______ Double-crested Cormorant | |
| Herons, Ibis, and Allies |
| ______ Great Blue Heron | ______ Great Egret |
| Vultures, Hawks, Falcons and Allies |
______ Black Vulture
______ Turkey Vulture
______ Bald Eagle
______ Northern Harrier
______ Sharp-shinned Hawk
______ Cooper's Hawk | ______ Red-shouldered Hawk
______ Red-tailed Hawk
______ Rough-legged Hawk
______ Golden Eagle
______ American Kestrel
______ Peregrine Falcon |
| Rails, Gallinules, and Allies |
| ______ American Coot | |
| Cranes |
| ______ Sandhill Crane | |
| Shorebirds |
______ Killdeer
______ Wilson's Snipe | ______ American Woodcock |
| Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers |
| ______ Ring-billed Gull | ______ Herring Gull |
| Pigeons and Doves |
| ______ Rock Pigeon | ______ Mourning Dove |
| Owls |
______ Eastern Screech-Owl
______ Great Horned Owl | ______ Barred Owl |
| Kingfishers |
| ______ Belted Kingfisher | |
| Woodpeckers |
______ Red-headed Woodpecker
______ Red-bellied Woodpecker
______ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
______ Downy Woodpecker | ______ Hairy Woodpecker
______ Northern Flicker
______ Pileated Woodpecker |
| Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies |
| ______ Eastern Phoebe | |
| Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens |
______ Blue Jay
______ American Crow | ______ Fish Crow
______ Common Raven |
| Larks |
| ______ Horned Lark | |
| Chickadees and Titmice |
______ Carolina Chickadee
______ Black-capped Chickadee | ______ Tufted Titmouse |
| Nuthatches |
| ______ Red-breasted Nuthatch | ______ White-breasted Nuthatch |
| Treecreepers |
| ______ Brown Creeper | |
| Wrens |
| ______ Carolina Wren | ______ Winter Wren |
| Kinglets |
| ______ Golden-crowned Kinglet | ______ Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| Thrushes |
______ Eastern Bluebird
______ Hermit Thrush | ______ American Robin |
| Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers |
______ Gray Catbird
______ Northern Mockingbird | ______ Brown Thrasher |
| Starlings and Mynas |
| ______ European Starling | |
| Wagtails and Pipits |
| ______ American Pipit | |
| Waxwings |
| ______ Cedar Waxwing | |
| Longspurs and Snow Buntings |
| ______ Lapland Longspur | |
| Wood-Warblers |
| ______ Pine Warbler | ______ Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Sparrows and other Emberizids |
______ Eastern Towhee
______ American Tree Sparrow
______ Chipping Sparrow
______ Field Sparrow
______ Song Sparrow | ______ Swamp Sparrow
______ White-throated Sparrow
______ White-crowned Sparrow
______ Dark-eyed Junco |
| Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies |
| ______ Northern Cardinal | |
| Blackbirds |
______ Red-winged Blackbird
______ Eastern Meadowlark
______ Rusty Blackbird | ______ Common Grackle
______ Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Finches, Euphonias, and Allies |
______ Purple Finch
______ House Finch | ______ Pine Siskin
______ American Goldfinch |
| Old World Sparrows |
| ______ House Sparrow | |
