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What Lives Here?

BIRDS OF RYERSON WOODS

Note: this list is not all inclusive; birds may come to visit Ryerson Woods that are not on the list.
HERONS
> Great Blue Heron
> Green Heron

VULTURES
> Turkey Vulture

GEESE
> Canada Goose

DUCKS
> Wood Duck
> Mallard
> Bue-winged Teal

HAWKS
> Sharp-shinned Hawk
> Cooper's Hawk
> Red-shouldered Hawk
> Broad-winged Hawk
> Red-tailed Hawk
> Rough-legged Hawk

FALCONS
> American Kestrel

PLOVERS and AVOCETS
> Killdeer

SANDPIPERS
> Spotted Sandpiper
> Least Sandpiper

GULLS
> Ring-billed Gull

DOVES
> Rock Dove
> Mourning Dove

CUCKOOS
> Black-billed Cuckoo

OWLS
> Eastern Screech-Owl
>
Great Horned Owl
> Barred Owl

NIGHTHAWKS
> Common Nighthawk

SWIFTS
> Chimney Swift

HUMMINGBIRDS
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird

KINGFISHERS
> Belted Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
> Down Woodpecker
> Hairy Woodpecker
> Northern Flicker
> Pileated Woodpecker
(locally rare)

FLYCATCHERS
> Olive-sided Flycatcher
> Eastern Wood-Pewee
> Least Flycatcher
> Eastern Phoebe
> Great Crested Flycatcher
> Eatern Kingbird

VIREOS
> White-eyed Vireo
> Bell's Vireo (locally rare)
> Yellow-throated Vireo
> Red-eyed Vireo

JAYS and CROWS
> Blue Jay
> American Crow


LARKS
> Horned Lark

SWALLOWS
> Tree Swallow
> Norhtern Rough-winged Swallow
> Barn Swallow

CHICKADEES and TITMICE
> Black-capped Chickadee
> Tufted Titmouse

NUTHATCHES
> White-breated Nuthatch

CREEPERS
> Brown Creeper

WRENS
> House Wren

KINGLETS and GNATCATCHERS
> Golden-crowned Kinglet
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

BLUEBIRDS and THRUSHES
> Eastern Bluebird
> Veery
> Gray-cheeked Thrush
> Swainson's Thrush
> Hermit Thrush
> American Robin

CATBIRDS, MOCKINGBIRDS and THRASHERS
> Gray Catbird
> Northern Mockingbird
> Brown Thrasher

STARLINGS
> European Starling

WAXWINGS
> Cedar Waxwing

WOOD WARBLERS
> Blue-winged Warbler
> Golden-winged Warbler
> Tennessee Warbler
> Orange-crowned Warbler
> Nashville Warbler
> Northern Parula
> Yellow Warbler
> Chestnut-sided Warbler
> Magnolia Warbler
> Cape May Warbler
> Black-throated Blue Warbler
> Yellow-rumped Warbler
> Black-throated Green Warbler
> Blackburnian Warbler
> Pine Warbler
> Prairie Warbler (locally rare)
> Palm Warbler
> Bay-breasted Warbler
> Blackpoll Warbler
> Cerulean Warbler

> Black-and-white Warbler
> American Redstart
> Prothonotary Warbler
> Worm-eating Warbler
> Ovenbird
> Northern Waterthrush
> Louisiana Waterthrush
> Kentucky Warbler
> Connecticut Warbler
> Mourning Warbler
> Common Yellowthroat
> Hooded Warbler
> Wilson's Warbler
> Canada Warbler
> Yellow-breasted Chat

TANAGERS
> Summer Tanager (locally rare)
> Scarlet Tanager

TOWHEES, SPARROWS and JUNCOS
> Eastern Towhee
> American Tree Sparrow
> Chipping Sparrow
> Field Sparrow
> Fox Sparrow
> Song Sparrow
> Swamp Sparrow
> White-throated Sparrow
> White-crowned Sparrow
> Dark-eyed Junco

CARDINALS, GR>SBEAKS and BUNTINGS
> Northern Cardinal
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak
> Indigo Bunting

BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, COWBIRDS and ORIOLES
> Red-winged Blackbird
> Common Grackle
> Brown-headed Cowbird
> Baltimore Oriole

FINCHES
> House Finch
> American Goldfinch

WEAVER FINCHES
> House Sparrow

 

 

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