Birds of Sandhurst Shores

Barred Owl

Barred Owl

These are the birds which we have recorded at Sandhurst Shores.  Although in the past we were very active birders, we now only bird haphazardly, usually while searching for other things.  Because we spend most of the warmer months looking for dragonflies and butterflies, our bird observations during that period are even more casual than they are during the rest of the year.  So this list does not represent a very thorough survey of the birds that occur at Sandhurst Shores throughout the year.  There are a lot of species that could be added to this list, especially those that migrate through the area.

Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Snow GooseChen caerulescens
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Wood DuckAix sponsa
GadwallAnas strepera
American WigeonAnas americana
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
RedheadAythya americana
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
White-winged ScoterMelanitta fusca
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Common LoonGavia immer
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Great EgretArdea alba
Green HeronButorides virescens
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern HarrierCircus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
American KestrelFalco sparverius
MerlinFalco columbarius
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
American CootFulica americana
Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
American WoodcockScolopax minor
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Black TernChlidonias niger
Common TernSterna hirundo
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Barred OwlStrix varia
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Eastern Whip-poor-willCaprimulgus vociferus
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Northern ShrikeLanius excubitor
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Common RavenCorvus corax
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Purple MartinProgne subis
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Brown CreeperCerthia americana
House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
Orange-crowned WarblerOreothlypis celata
Nashville WarblerOreothlypis ruficapilla
Northern ParulaParula americana
Yellow WarblerDendroica petechia
Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striata
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Mourning WarblerOporornis philadelphia
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
Eastern TowheePapilo erythrophthalmus
American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
Hoary RedpollAcanthis hornemanni
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
House SparrowPasser domesticus