Birds Seen at Rice Creek Field Station

Podicipediformes

   Podicipedidae

[m]

Pied-billed Grebe  (Podilymbus podiceps)

Ciconiiformes

   Ardeidae

[s]

Great Blue Heron  (Ardea herodias)

[s]

Green Heron  (Butorides vircens)

   Cathartidae

[s]

Turkey Vulture  (Cathartes aura)

Anseriformes

   Anatidae

     Anserinae

[r]

Canada Goose  (Branta canadensis)

     Anatinae

[s]

Wood Duck  (Aix sponsa)

[m]

Gadwall  (Anas strepera)

[m]

American Widgeon  (Anas americana)

[m]

Amdrican Black Duck  (Anas rubripes)

[r]

Mallard  (Anas platyrhynchos)

[m]

Blue-winged Teal  (Anas discors)

[m]

Northern Shoveler  (Anas clypeata)

[s]

Green-winged Teal  (Anas crecca)

[m]

Ring-necked Duck  (Aythya collaris)

[m]

Bufflehead  (Bucephala albeola)

[m]

Hooded Merganser  (Lophodytes cucullatus)

Falconiformes

   Accipitridae

     Pandioninae

[s]

Osprey  (Pandion haliaetus)

     Accipitrinae

[m]

Sharp-shinned Hawk  (Accipiter striatus)

[m]

Cooper'[s] Hawk  (Accipiter cooperii)

[r]

Red-Tailed Hawk  (Buteo jamaicensis)

Galliformes

   Phasianinae

     Tetraoninae

[r]

Ruffed Grouse  (Bonasa umbellus)

     Meleagridinae

[r]

Wild Turkey  (meleagris gallopavo)

Gruiformes

   Rallidae

[s]

Common Moorhen  (Gallinula chloropus)

[m]

American Coot  (Fulica americana)

   Scolopacidae

[m]

Lesser Yellowlegs  (Tringa flavipes)

[m]

Least Sandpiper  (Calidris minutilla)

   Laridae

     Larinae

[r]

Ring-billed Gull  (Larus delawarensis)

     Sterninae

[s]

Caspian Tern  (sterna caspia)

Columbiformes

   Columbidae

[r]

Mourning Dove  (Zenaida macroura)

Cuculiformes

   Cuculidae

     Coccyzinae

[s]

Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)

   Trochilidae

[s]

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  (Archilochus colubris)

Coraciiformes

   Alcedinnidae

     Cerylinae

[s]

Belted Kingfisher  (Ceryle alcyon)

   Picidae

     Picinae

[r]

Red-bellied Woodpecker  (melanerpes carolinus)

[r]

Downy Woodpecker  (Picoides pubescens)

[r]

Hairy Woodpecker  (Picoides villosus)

[s]

Northern Flicker  (Colaptes auratus)

[r]

Pileated Woodpecker  (Dryocopus pileatus)

Passeriformes

   Tyrannidae

     Fluvicolinae

[s]

Alder Flycatcher  (Empidonax alnorum)

[s]

willow Flycatcher  (Empidonax traillii)

[s]

Least Flycatcher  (Empidonax minimus)

[s]

Eastern Phoebe  (sayornis phoebe)

     Tyranninae

[s]

Great Crested Flycatcher  (myiarchus crinitus)

[s]

Eastern Kingbird  (Tyrannus tyrannus)

   Laniidae

[w]

Northern Shrike  (Lanius excubitor)

   Vireonidae

[s]

Warbling Vireo  (Vireo gilvus)

[s]

Red-eyed Vireo  (Vireo olivaceus)

   Corvidae

[r]

Bluejay  (Cyanocitta cristata)

[r]

American Crow  (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

   Hirundinidae

     Hirundininae

[s]

Tree Swallow  (Tachycineta bicolor)

   Paridae

[r]

Black-capped Chickadee  (Poecile atricapillus)

[r]

Tufted Titmouse  (Baeolophus bicolor)

   Sittidae

[r]

Red-breasted Nuthatch  (sitta canadensis)

[r]

White-breasted Nuthatch  (sitta carolinensis)

   Certhiidae

[r]

Brown Creeper  (Certhia americana)

   Troglodytidae

[s]

House Wren  (Troglodytes aedon)

   Regulidae

[m]

Golden-crowned Kinglet  (Regulus satrapa)

[m]

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  (Regulus calendula)

   Turdidae

[s]

Eastern Bluebird  (sialia sialis)

[s]

American Robin  (Turdus mratorius)

[m]

Gray-cheeked Thrush  (Catharus minimus)

[m]

Bicknell’s Thrush  (Catharus bicknelli)

[m]

Swainson’s Thrush  (Catharus ustulatus)

[s]

Hermit Thrush  (Catharus guttatus)

[s]

Wood Thrush  (Hylocichla mustelina)

   Mimidae

[s]

Gray Catbird  (Dumetella carolinensis)

   Sturnidae

[r]

European Starling  (sturnus vulgaris)

   Bombycillidae

[s]

Cedar Waxwing  (Bombycilla cedrorum)

   Parulidae

[s]

Yellow Warbler  (Dendroica petechia)

[s]

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica)

[m]

Black-throated Blue Warbler  (Dendroica caerulescens)

[m]

Yellow-rumped Warbler  (Dendroica coronata)

[s]

American Redstart  (setophaga ruticilla)

[s]

Common Yellowthroat  (Geothlypis trichas)

[m]

Hooded Warbler  (Wilsonia citrina)

[m]

Wilson’s Warbler  (Wilsonia pusilla)

   Thraupidae

[s]

Scarlet Tanager  (Piranga olivacea)

   Emberizidae

[s]

Eastern Towhee  (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

[w]

AmericanTree Sparrow  (spizella arborea)

[m]

Chipping Sparrow  (spizella passerina)

[s]

Field Sparrow (spizella pusilla)

[m]

Fox Sparrow  (Passerella iliaca)

[s]

Song Sparrow  (melospiza melodia)

[s]

Swamp Sparrow  (melospiza georgiana)

[m]

White-throated Sparrow  (Zonotrichia albicollis)

[m]

White-crowned Sparrow  (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

[w]

Dark-eyed Junco  (Junco hyemalis)

   Cardinalidae

[r]

Northern Cardinal  (Cardinalis cardinalis)

[s]

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

[s]

Indigo Bunting  (Passerina cyanea)

   Icteridae

[s]

Red-winged Blackbird  (Agelaius phoeniceus)

[m]

Brewer's Blackbird  (Euphagus cyanocephalus)

[s]

Common Grackle  (Quiscalus quiscula)

[s]

Brown-headed Cowbird  (molothrus ater)

[s]

Baltimore Oriole  (Icterus galbula)

   Fringillidae

     Carduelinae

[w]

Purple Finch  (Carpodacus purpureus)

[r]

House Finch  (Carpodacus mexicanus)

[w]

Common Redpoll  (Carduelis flammea)

[r]

American Goldfinch  (Carduelis tristis)

[w]

Evening Grosbeak  (Coccothraustes vespertinus)