The Birds of Lake Park Brochure

A=Abundant (easily seen), C=Common (likely seen), BIRD SP SU F W U=Uncommon (present but not easily seen), R=Rare Grasshopper Sparrow R (rarely seen), X=Accidental (may be seen but not Le Conte’s Sparrow R R R every year) Fox Sparrow U C C *** Song Sparrow U U U SP=Spring, SU=Summer, F=Fall, W=Winter Lincoln’s Sparrow U U U BIRD SP SU F W Swamp Sparrow U U C ConventionFounded: & Visitors 1844 Bureau DUCKS, GEESE & SWANs White-throated Sparrow C C C Black-bellied Whistling Duck X Harris’s Sparrow U U C The Birds Greater White-fronted Goose R U R White-crowned Sparrow U U A Incorporated: 1925 Snow Goose R R R Dark-eyed Junco C C C Canada Goose R U U Lapland Longspur R R R Tundra Swan X Smith’s Longspur R Wood Duck U U U U Chestnut-collared Longspur R R R 2008 Population: 97,550 of Lake Park Gadwall U C C Snow Bunting X American Wigeon U C C Land Area: 43 sq. miles Mallard A A A A CARDINals & ALLIES Mottled Duck X Northern Cardinal A A A A Blue-winged Teal U U R Blue Grosbeak R R R Cinnamon Teal R Lazuli Bunting X X Located in the heart of the D/FW Northern Shoveler C C C Indigo Bunting U U U Metroplex along the vital Interstate Northern Pintail U U U Painted Bunting U U U Green-winged Teal U C C Dickcissel U U U 35E and Texas 121 corridors, just a Canvasback R U R Redhead R U R BlacKBIRDS short drive from DFW Airport and Ring-necked Duck U U U Greater Scaup R Red-winged Blackbird A A A A Lesser Scaup U U C Eastern Meadowlark C U C C downtown Dallas, and readily Common Goldeneye R Western Meadowlark C C C accessible to major shopping, tourism White-winged Scoter X Yellow-headed Blackbird U U Long-tailed Duck X Brewer’s Blackbird R R and employment destinations. Bufflehead U U C Common Grackle C C C C Red-breasted Merganser R Great-tailed Grackle A A A A Hooded Merganser U U Brown-headed Cowbird C C C C Common Merganser R Orchard Oriole U U For more information visit: Ruddy Duck R U Baltimore Oriole U U U www.cityoflewisville.com PartridgES, GROUSE & TURKEYS FINCHES & ALLIES Wild Turkey R R R Purple Finch R R House Finch U U U U An informational guide LOONS Red Crossbill X Common Loon R R Pine Siskin R R R to the known species of birds American Goldfinch C C C GREBES found in the Lake Park area Pied-billed Grebe U U OLD WORLD SparrOws Horned Grebe R R R House Sparrow A A A A Red-necked Grebe X Eared Grebe R R R Western Grebe X More than 200 bird species can be found in the Lake Park area throughout different parts of the year. PELICANS City of Lewisville American White Pelican U C U 151 W. Church Street Brown Pelican X Bird data contributed by Keith Lockhart and Lewisville, TX 75057 Murray Gardler. Checklist originally compiled by Brian CORMORANTS Huskinson. Project approved and guided 972.219.3400 Neotropic Cormorant U U U Double-crested Cormorant U A A by Bob Monaghan. DartERS www.cityoflewisville.com Anhinga X X Please don’t litter. Keep the park beautiful. FrigatEBIRDS revised 4/2008 Magnificent Frigatebird X BIRD SP SU F W BIRD SP SU F W BIRD SP SU F W BIRD SP SU F W Long-billed Curlew R KINGFISHERS KINGLETS BITTERNS, HERONS, & ALLIEs Hudsonian Godwit R Belted Kingfisher U U U U Golden-crowned Kinglet U U U American Bittern R R R X Ruddy Turnstone R Ruby-crowned Kinglet U C C Great Blue Heron A A A A Sanderling U U WOODPECKERS Great Egret C C C U Semipalmated Sandpiper U U Red-headed Woodpecker R R R R GNatcatchERS Snowy Egret C C C Western Sandpiper U U Red-bellied Woodpecker C C C C Blue-gray Gnatcatcher U U R Little Blue Heron C C C Least Sandpiper C U C C Yellow-bellied Sapsucker U Cattle Egret A A A White-rumped Sandpiper U Downy Woodpecker C C C C ThrushES Green Heron C C C Baird’s Sandpiper U U Hairy Woodpecker R R R Eastern Bluebird C C C C Black-crowned Night-Heron R R R Pectoral Sandpiper U U Northern Flicker U U Gray-cheeked Thrush U U Yellow-crowned Night-Heron U U U Dunlin R R Swainson’s Thrush U U Stilt Sandpiper U U TYRANT FLYcatchErs Hermit Thrush U U U IBISES & SPOONbills Buff-breasted Sandpiper R R R Olive-sided Flycatcher R R Wood Thrush U U White Ibis U Short-billed Dowitcher U U Eastern Wood-Pewee R R R American Robin A U A A Glossy Ibis X Long-billed Dowitcher R Acadian Flycatcher U U White-faced Ibis U Wilson’s Snipe U U U Willow Flycatcher U U MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHErs Roseate Spoonbill X American Woodcock R Least Flycatcher U U Gray Catbird U U Eastern Phoebe U U U U Northern Mockingbird A A A A Wilson’s Phalarope U U VulturES Ash-throated Flycatcher R R Brown Thrasher C C C C Red-necked Phalarope R Black Vulture C C C C Great Crested Flycatcher U U U Turkey Vulture A A A A Western Kingbird C C C StarliNGS Gulls & TERNS Eastern Kingbird C C C European Starling A A A A HAWKS, KITES & EaglEs Laughing Gull R R Scissor-tailed Flycatcher A A A R Mississippi Kite R R Franklin’s Gull C C R PIPITS Osprey U U U Bonaparte’s Gull U U U SHRIKES American Pipit U U U Bald Eagle R Mew Gull X Loggerhead Shrike U U U U Sprague’s Pipit X X X Northern Harrier U U U Ring-billed Gull C C A Sharp-shinned Hawk U U U California Gull X VIREOS WAXWINGS Cooper’s Hawk U U U Herring Gull U U U White-eyed Vireo U U U Cedar Waxwing U U C Red-shouldered Hawk U U U Thayer’s Gull X Bell’s Vireo R R R Broad-winged Hawk U U Lesser Black-backed Gull R Blue-headed Vireo U U U X WOOD-WARBLERS Swainson’s Hawk U U Sabine’s Gull X Warbling Vireo U U Blue-winged Warbler R R Red-tailed Hawk A C A A Black-legged Kittiwake X Red-eyed Vireo U U Golden-winged Warbler R R Rough-legged Hawk X Least Tern R U Tennessee Warbler U U Caspian Tern R R JAYS & CROWS Orange-crowned Warbler U U FalcONS Black Tern R U U Blue Jay A A A A Nashville Warbler U U R American Kestrel U U C Common Tern R American Crow A A A A Yellow Warbler U U Merlin U U Forster’s Tern U C A Chestnut-sided Warbler U U Peregrine Falcon R R R SWALLOWS Magnolia Warbler U U Prairie Falcon R R PIGEONS & DOVES Purple Martin A A A Yellow-rumped Warbler C C A Rock Pigeon A A A A Tree Swallow U U Black-throated Green Warbler U U RAIL, GALLINULES & COOts White-winged Dove U U U U N. Rough-winged Swallow U U U Blackburnian Warbler R R American Coot A A A Mourning Dove A A A A Bank Swallow U U U Pine Warbler R U U Inca Dove U U U U Cliff Swallow U U U Bay-breasted Warbler R R CRANES Barn Swallow A A A Black-and-white Warbler U U Sandhill Crane U CUCKOOS & ROadruNNErs American Redstart R R Yellow-billed Cuckoo C C C CHICKADEES & TITMICE Prothonotary Warbler R R PLOVERS Greater Roadrunner R R R R Carolina Chickadee A A A A Ovenbird R R Black-bellied Plover R U U Tufted Titmouse C C C C Northern Waterthrush R R American Golden-Plover U U Owls Louisiana Waterthrush R R Snowy Plover R R Eastern Screech-Owl U U U U NuthatchES Mourning Warbler R R Semipalmated Plover U U Great Horned Owl U U U U Red-breasted Nuthatch R Common Yellowthroat U U U Piping Plover R R GOatsucKERS White-breasted Nuthatch R Wilson’s Warbler U U Killdeer A C A A Yellow-breasted Chat U U Common Nighthawk U U U CREEPERS Common Poorwill X SANDPIPERS & PhalarOPEs Brown Creeper U U U SparrOWS & ALLIES Chuck-will’s-widow R R R Black-necked Stilt R R Spotted Towhee U U U American Avocet R R WRENS Eastern Towhee U U U SWIFTS Spotted Sandpiper U U R Carolina Wren C C C C American Tree Sparrow R R R Solitary Sandpiper U U Chimney Swift A A A Bewick’s Wren C C C C Chipping Sparrow U U U Willet U House Wren U U R Field Sparrow C C C Greater Yellowlegs U U U HUMMINGBIRDS Winter Wren R R R Vesper Sparrow C C U Lesser Yellowlegs U U R Ruby-throated Hummingbird C C C Sedge Wren R R R Lark Sparrow R R R Upland Sandpiper U U U Black-chinned Hummingbird U U U Marsh Wren R R R Savannah Sparrow U U C.

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