Birding Checklist
Species commonly sighted during their expected season are recorded in bold.  For more detailed frequency data, see footnote below.

WATERFOWL
Black-bellied whistling duck Y3
Greater white-fronted goose M2
Wood duck Y3
Muscovy duck
Mallard 4
Blue-winged teal W2
Northern shoveller W2
Gadwall W2
American wigeon W1
Ring-necked duck W1

LOONS AND GREBES
Least grebe W1
Pied-billed grebe W2

ANHINGA AND CORMORANTS
Double-crested cormorant W2
Neotropical cormorant W2

WADING BIRDS
 
American bittern M1
Great egret Y4
Snowy egret S2
Cattle egret S4
Little blue heron S2
Great blue heron Y2
Green heron S2N
Yellow-crowned night heron Y2


BIRDS OF PREY
Turkey vulture Y4
Black vulture Y5

Mississippi kite M2
Sharp-shinned hawk W2
Cooper's hawk W2
Red-shouldered hawk Y3
Red-tailed hawk Y3
Swainson's hawk M2
Zone-tailed hawk Y0
Crested caracara Y1
American kestrel W2
Merlin W1

RAILS, CRANES AND ALLIES

Common moorhen W1
American coot S3
Sora W0


SHOREBIRDS   
Killdeer Y3
American woodcock W1


GULLS AND TERNS
Franklin's gull (M2) 

PIGEONS AND DOVES 
Rock dove Y4
Mourning dove Y3
White-winged dove Y5
Inca dove Y3
Common ground dove Y1


CUCKOOS 
Greater roadrunner Y0
Yellow-billed cuckoo S3
Black-billed cuckoo M2

OWLS
Long-eared owl 0
Great horned owl Y0
Barred owl Y1

NIGHTJARS
Lesser nighthawk S3
Common nighthawk S4
Whip-poor-will M1

SWIFTS AND HUMMINGBIRDS 
Chimney swift S4
Black-chinned hummingbird S5
Ruby-throated hummingbird M4
Rufous hummingbird W3


KINGFISHERS AND ALLIES  
Belted kingfisher Y3
Ringed kingfisher 1


WOODPECKERS
Yellow-bellied sapsucker W2
Golden-fronted woodpecker Y4
Downy woodpecker Y3
Ladder-backed woodpecker Y3


TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Olive-sided flycatcher M2
Eastern wood Pewee M3
Least flycatcher M4
Traill's flycatcher M3
Yellow-bellied flycatcher M3
Eastern phoebe W4
Ash-throated flycatchers S3
Brown-crested flycatcher S3
Great-crested flycatcher M3
Greater kiskadee Y0
Western kingbird S3
Eastern kingbird M1
Couch's kingbird Y2
Scissor-tailed flycatcher S2 

SHRIKES AND VIREOS
Loggerhead shrike Y3
White-eyed vireo Y3
Bell's vireo S3
Black-capped vireo S0
Yellow-throated vireo M1
Blue-headed vireo WM3
Plumbeous vireo M2
Cassin's vireo M1
Warbling vireo M3
Philadelphia vireo M2
Red-eyed vireo M2

CORVIDS
American crow M1
Blue jay Y4
Western scrub jay Y0

MARTINS AND SWALLOWS
Barn swallow S5
Cave swallow Y3
Tree swallow M1
Purple martin S4

CHICKADEES AND TITMICE
 
Carolina chickadee Y3
Black-crested titmouse Y3

NUTHATCHES AND CREEPERS
Brown creeper W2

WRENS
Carolina wren Y4

House wren MW3
Bewick's wren Y2
Winter wren W2

KINGLETS AND GNATCATCHERS
Ruby-crowned kinglet WM5
Goldened-crowned kinglet W2
Blue-gray gnatcatcher W3W4


THRUSHES
American robin Y3
Wood thrush M2
Hermit thrush W4 
Swainson's thrush M3
Grey-cheecked thrush M2
Veery M1

MIMIDS
Gray catbird M3
Northern mockingbird Y5
Brown thrasher M2
Long-billed thrasher Y3N
Curve-billed thrasher Y1

STARLINGS 
European starling Y5


WAXWINGS
Cedar waxwing W3



WOOD-WARBLERS
Golden-winged warbler M0
Tennesse warbler M3
Orange-crowned warbler WM4
Nashville warbler M4
Northern parula M3
Yellow warbler M4
Chestnut-sided warbler M3
Magnolia warbler M3
Cape may warbler M1
Yellow-rumped warbler WM4
Black-throated green warbler M4
Blackburnian warbler M3
Pine warbler WM3
Bay-brested warbler M3
Yellow-throated warbler M1
Black and white warbler M3
American redstart M4
Worm-eating warbler M1
Common yellowthroat WM2/3
Mourning warbler M3
MacGillivray's warbler M2
Kentucky warbler M1
Northern waterthrush M2
Ovenbird M3
Canada warbler M1
Hooded warbler  M2
Wilson's warbler M3
Yellow-breasted chat M3

TANAGERS, CARDINALS AND
ALLIES
Summer tanager (S3)
Northern cardinal (Y5N)
Pyrrhuloxia (Y0)
Rose-breasted grosbeak (M2)
Black-headed grosbeak (M1)
Blue grosbeak (M1)
Painted bunting (SM3)
Indigo bunting (M3)


NEW WORLD SPARROWS
Eastern towhee M3
Spotted towhee W3
Chipping sparrow WM4
Clay-colored sparrow M3
Field sparrow M2
Lark sparrow M2
Grasshopper sparrow M1
Song sparrow WM2
Lincoln's sparrow WM3
White-throated sparrow W4
White-crowned sparrow WM3
Dark-eyed Junco W1

BLACKBIRDS 
Red-winged blackbird WM3
Great-tailed grackle Y5
Common grackle WM2
Brown-headed cowbird MS2
Bronzed cowbird S3
Orchard oriole M3
Baltimore oriole  M3
Bullock's oriole M3

FINCHES
House finch Y4
Lesser goldfinch Y4
American goldfinch W4

OLD WORLD SPARROW
English sparrow Y4

by Candace AndrewsExpected season:  (Y) Year-round local resident  (S) Summer resident
(W) Winter resident (M) Migrant 

Expected frequency at SABG, based on records:  (5) Abundant  (4) Common 
(3) Fairly common (2) Uncommon  (1) Rare  (0) Accidental

Compiled by Brad Wier and Greg Lisciandro 

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