Birds That We Might See

GEESE and DUCKS (TINAMIDAE)
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Brant
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's 'Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
 
 
GROUSE (PHASIANIDAE)
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Wild Turkey
 
LOONS (GAVIIDAE)
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
 
GREBES (PODICIPEDIDAE)
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
 
 
 
SHEARWATERS (PROCELLARIIDAE)
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
 
 
STORM-PETRELS (HYDROBATIDAE)
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
 
 
BOOBIES (SULIDAE)
Northern Gannet
 
 
CORMORANTS (PHALACROCORACIDAE)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
 
 
BITTERNS and HERONS (ARDEIDAE)
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
 
 
VULTURES (CATHARTIDAE)
Turkey Vulture
 
 
HAWKS and EAGLES (ACCIPITRIDAE)
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
 
FALCONS (FALCONIDAE)
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
 
RAILS and ALLIES (RALLIDAE)
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
 
CRANES (GRUIDAE)
Sandhill Crane
 
 
PLOVERS (CHARADRIIDAE)
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
 
 
SANDPIPERS (SCOLOPACIDAE)
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
 
GULLS and TERNS (LARIDAE)
Laughing Gull
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Caspian Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
 
ALCIDS (ALCIDAE)
Dovekie
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Atlantic Puffin
 
PIGEONS and DOVES (COLUMBIDAE)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
 
 
CUCKOOS (CUCULIDAE)
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
 
OWLS (STRIGIDAE)
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
 
NIGHTJARS (CAPRIMULGIDAE)
Common Nighthawk
Whip-poor-will
 
SWIFTS (APODIDAE)
Chimney Swift
 
HUMMINGBIRDS (TROCHILIDAE)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
 
KINGFISHERS (ALCEDINIDAE)
Belted Kingfisher
 
WOODPECKERS (PICIDAE)
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Am. Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
 
FLYCATCHERS (FLUVICOLINAE)
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
 
 
SHRIKES (LANIIDAE)
Northern Shrike
 
VIREOS (VIREONIDAE)
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
 
 
JAYS and CROWS (CORVIDAE)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
 
LARKS (ALAUDIDAE)
Horned Lark
 
SWALLOWS (HIRUNDINIDAE)
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
 
 
CHICKADEES (PARIDAE)
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
 
 
NUTHATCHES (SITTIDAE)
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
 
 
CREEPERS (CERTHIIDAE)
Brown Creeper
 
 
WRENS (TROGLODYTIDAE)
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
 
 
KINGLETS (REGULIDAE)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
 
 
GNATCATCHERS (SYLVIIDAE)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
 
THRUSHES (TURDIDAE)
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
 
MIMICS (MIMIDAE)
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
 
STARLINGS (STURNIDAE)
European Starling
 
WAXWINGS (BOMBYCILLIDAE)
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
 
WOOD WARBLERS (PARULIDAE)
Blue-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
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
 
 
TANAGERS (THRAUPIDAE)
Scarlet Tanager
 
NEW WORLD SPARROWS (EMBERIZIDAE)
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
 
CARDINALS and ALLIES (CARDINALIDAE)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
 
BLACKBIRDS (ICTERIDAE)
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
 
OLD WORLD SPARROWS (PASSERIDAE)
House Sparrow