Checklist of Birds Observed at the Botanical Gardens at Asheville (updated 2017-A)

Herons Wrens Green Heron Great Blue Heron Winter Wren Carolina Wren Little Blue Heron Great Egret House Wren

Geese and Ducks Kinglets and Gnatcatchers Wood Duck Mallard Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Canada Goose Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Vultures Thrushes and Bluebirds Turkey Vulture Black Vulture Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Swainson's Thrush Eastern Bluebird Hawks, Falcons, Osprey American Robin Veery Sharp-shinned Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Mockingbirds and Thrashers Red-shouldered Hawk Osprey Northern Mockingbird Gray Catbird American Kestrel Merlin Brown Thrasher

Turkeys and relatives Waxwings _ Wild Turkey Cedar Waxwing

Doves Mourning Dove Wood Warblers Black-and-white Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Owls Yellow Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Eastern Screech-Owl Barred Owl Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Great Horned Owl Magnolia Warbler American Redstart Cape May Warbler Ovenbird Nightjars Black-throated Blue Warbler Northern Waterthrush Whip-poor-will Chuck-will's-widow Black-throated Green Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Hummingbirds and Swifts Ruby-throated Palm Warbler Hooded Warbler Chimney Swift Hummingbird Golden-winged Warbler Canada Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Tenessee Warbler Kingfishers Bay-breasted Warbler Belted Kingfisher Blackbirds, Meadowlarks and Orioles Woodpeckers Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Yellow-belliedRed-bellied Woodpecker Northern Flicker Brown-headed Cowbird Sapsucker Pileated Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Tanagers Red-headed Woodpecker Scarlet Tanager

Flycatchers Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Buntings Eastern Wood-Pewee Eastern Phoebe Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Eastern Kingbird Great Crested Flycatcher Northern Cardinal Blue Grosbeak

Vireos Finches White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo House Finch American Goldfinch Red-eyed vireo Yellow-throated vireo Pine Siskin

Jays and Crows New World Sparrows American Crow Blue Jay Song Sparrow Fox Sparrow Fish Crow Chipping Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Field Sparrow Swallows Northern Rough-winged Swallow Eastern Towhee Dark-eyed Junco Barn Swallow

Chickadees and Titmice Tufted Titmouse Introduced Species Carolina Chickadee House Sparrow European Starling Nuthatches Brown-headed Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch

Creepers Brown Creeper