Checklist of Species Clayton County Water Authority, GA SHOREBIRDS Newman Wetlands Center BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER M/U 2755 Freeman Road, Hampton, GA 30228 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER M/U 770.603.5606 www.ccwa.us SEMIPALMATED PLOVER M/U

KILLDEER Y/C C Y Year-round, breeding The following 263 species have been observed GREATER YELLOWLEGS M/C O M Migratory, non-breeding D MB Migratory, breeding & recorded on the CCWA lands and waters. LESSER YELLOWLEGS M/C Please report any sightings of rare on the E C Common SOLITARY SANDPIPER M/C S U Uncommon to rare property to the Wetlands Center staff. 2010 WILLET M/U SPOTTED SANDPIPER M/U GEESE, SWANS & DUCKS DIVING & WADING BIRDS UPLAND SANDPIPER M/U GRT. WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE M/U PIED-BILLED Y/C SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER M/U SNOW GOOSE M/U HORNED GREBE M/U ROSS’S GOOSE M/U EARED GREBE M/U WESTERN SANDPIPER M/U CANADA GOOSE Y/C DBL-CRESTED CORMORANT M/C LAST SANDPIPER M/U WOOD DUCK Y/C ANHINGA M/U WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER M/U GADWALL M/C AMERICAN BITTERN M/U BAIRD’S SANDPIPER M/U AMERICAN WIDGEON M/C LEAST BITTERN M/U PECTORAL SANDPIPER M/C AMERICAN BLACK DUCK M/U GREAT BLUE HERON Y/C DUNLIN M/U MALLARD Y/C GREAT EGRET M/C STILT SANDPIPER M/U BLUE-WINGED TEAL M/C SNOWY EGRET M/U BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER M/U LITTLE BLUE HERON M/U NORTHERN SHOVELER M/C SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER M/U TRICOLORED HERON M/U NORTHERN PINTAIL M/U LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER M/U CATTLE EGRET M/U GREEN-WINGED TEAL M/C WILSON’S SNIPE M/U GREEN HERON MB/C CANVASBACK M/U AMERICAN WOODCOCK Y/U BLK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON M/U REDHEAD M/U GULLS, TERNS, SKIMMERS YEL-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON MB/U RING-NECKED DUCK M/C LAUGHING GULL M/U WHITE M/U GREATER SCAUP M/U FRANKLIN’S GULL M/U VULTURES, RAPTORS & CRANES LESSER SCAUP M/C BONAPARTE’S GULL M/U BUFFLEHEAD M/C BLACK VULTURE Y/C RING-BILLED GULL M/U COMMON GOLDENEYE M/U TURKEY VULTURE Y/C OSPREY MB/U HERRING GULL M/U HOODED MERGANSER M/C MISISSIPPI KITE M/U CASPIAN TERN M/U RED-BREASTED MERGANSER M/U BALD EAGLE Y/U ROYAL TERN M/U RUDDY DUCK M/C RAILS & MARSH BIRDS NORTHERN HARRIER M/U COMMON TERN M/U KING M/U SHARP-SHINNED HAWK M/U FORSTER’S TERN M/U VIRGINIA RAIL MB/U COOPER’S HAWK Y/C BLACK TERN M/U SORA M/U RED-SHOULDERED HAWK Y/C PIGEONS, DOVES, CUCKOOS, OWLS COMMON MOORHEN Y/C BROAD-WINGED HAWK MB/U ROCK PIGEON Y/C RED-TAILED HAWK Y/C AMERICAN COOT Y/C EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE Y/U AMERICAN KESTREL M/U MOURNING DOVE Y/C MERLIN M/U BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO M/U PEREGRINE FALCON M/U SANDHILL M/C YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO MB/C QUAIL EASTERN SCREECH-OWL Y/U WILD TURKEY Y/U GREAT HORNED OWL Y/C NORTHERN BOBWHITE Y/U BARRED OWL Y/C NIGHTJARS & SWIFTS CHICKADEES THRU WRENS PROTHONOTARY WARBLER M/U COMMON NIGHTHAWK M/U CAROLINA CHICKADEE Y/C -EATING WARBLER M/U CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW M/U TUFTED TITMOUSE Y/C SWAINSON’S WARBLER MB/U WHIP-POOR-WILL M/U RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH M/U OVENBIRD M/U CHIMNEY SWIFT MB/C WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH Y/C NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH M/U HUMMINGBIRDS BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH Y/C LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH MB/C RUBY-THRT. HUMMINGBIRD MB/C KENTUCKY WARBLER MB/U KINGFISHERS & WOODPECKERS BROWN CREEPER M/U CONNECTICUT WARBLER M/U BELTED KINGFISHER Y/C CAROLINA WREN Y/C COMMON YELLOWTHROAT Y/C RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Y/U HOUSE WREN Y/U HOODED WARBLER MB/C RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER Y/C WINTER WREN M/U WILSON’S WARBLER M/U YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER M/C SEDGE WREN M/U CANADA WARBLER M/U DOWNY WOODPECKER Y/C MARSH WREN M/U HAIRY WOODPECKER Y/C YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT MB/C GNATCATCHERS THRU WAXWINGS NORTHERN FLICKER Y/C TANAGERS THRU SPARROWS BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER MB/C PILEATED WOODPECKER Y/C SUMMER TANAGER MB/C RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET M/C FLYCATCHERS, KINGBIRDS, SHRIKES SCARLET TANAGER MB/U GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET M/C OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER M/U EASTERN TOWHEE Y/C EASTERN BLUEBIRD Y/C EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE MB/C CHIPPING SPARROW Y/C VEERY M/U YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER M/U FIELD SPARROW Y/C GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH M/U ACADIAN FLYCATCHER MB/C VESPER SPARROW M/U WILLOW FLYCATCHER M/U SWAINSON’S THRUSH M/C LARK SPARROW M/U LEAST FLYCATCHER M/U HERMIT THRUSH M/C SAVANNAH SPARROW M/C EASTERN PHOEBE Y/C WOOD THRUSH MB/C GRASSHOPPER SPARROW M/U GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCH. MB/C AMERICAN ROBIN Y/C HENSLOW’S SPARROW M/U EASTERN KINGBIRD MB/C GRAY CATBIRD MB/C FOX SPARROW M/C LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE Y/U NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD Y/C SONG SPARROW Y/C VIREOS BROWN THRASHER Y/C LINCOLN’S SPARROW M/U WHITE-EYED VIREO MB/C EUROPEAN STARLING Y/C SPARROW M/C YELLOW-THROATED VIREO MB/C AMERICAN PIPIT M/C BLUE-HEADED VIREO M/U CEDAR WAXWING M/C WHITE-THROATED SPARROW M/C WARBLING VIREO M/U WOOD WARBLERS WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW M/U DARK-EYED JUNCO M/C PHILADELPHIA VIREO M/U BLUE-WINGED WARBLER M/U RED-EYED VIREO MB/C CARDINAL THRU BUNTINGS GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER M/U JAYS, LARKS, SWALLOWS NORTHERN CARDINAL Y/C TENNESSEE WARBLER M/C BLUE JAY Y/C ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK M/C ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER M/U AMERICAN CROW Y/C BLUE GROSBEAK MB/C NASHVILLE WARBLER M/U FISH CROW Y/C INDIGO BUNTING MB/C NORTHERN PARULA MB/C HORNED LARK M U / DICKCISSEL M/U YELLOW WARBLER M/U PURPLE MARTIN MB/C BLACKBIRDS CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER M/C TREE SWALLOW MB/C BOBOLINK M/U MAGNOLIA WARBLER M/C N. ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW MB/C RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD Y/C CAPE MAY WARBLER M/U BANK SWALLOW M/U EASTERN MEADOWLARK Y/C CLIFF SWALLOW M/U BLK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER M/U RUSTY BLACKBIRD M/U BARN SWALLOW MB/C YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER M/C COMMON GRACKLE Y/C BLK-THR. GREEN WARBLER M/C BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD Y/C BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER M/U ORCHARD ORIOLE MB/U YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER M/U BALTIMORE ORIOLE M/U PINE WARBLER Y/C FINCHES PRAIRIE WARBLER M/U PURPLE FINCH M/U PALM WARBLER M/C HOUSE FINCH Y/C BAY-BREASTED WARBLER M/U PINE SISKIN M/U BLACKPOLL WARBLER M/C AMERICAN GOLDFINCH Y/C CERULEAN WARBLER M/U

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER M/C

AMERICAN REDSTART M/C Accidental / Out-of-Normal Range Species (5 or less sightings) Birding Ethics & CCWA Rules Blk-bellied Whist. Duck- Sanderling  No harassment or interference with Tundra Swan Purple Sandpiper birds or other wildlife Mottled Duck Red-necked Phalarope  No use of audio equipment to attract Surf Scoter Red Phalarope birds January thru August White-winged Scoter Sooty Tern Black Scoter Black Skimmer  No collecting of species or nests Long-tailed Duck Common Ground Dove  No blocking of walkways or roadways Red-necked Grebe Rufous Hummingbird by birders or equipment American White Pelican Vermilion Flycatcher  No interference by photographers of Glossy Ibis Western Kingbird other’s efforts to observe birds Roseate Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  No trespassing into closed areas or Wood Stork Wood Stork into the water Limpkin Evening Grosbeak Piping Plover Lapland Longspur  No release of any bird species (see Black-necked Stilt Yellow-headed Blackbird Wetlands Center staff naturalist) American Avocet

Public Access Sites for Birding at the CCWA

Open throughout the year: Huie Ponds & Wetlands 10061 Dixon Industrial Blvd., Jonesboro

Birding Resources Newman Wetlands Center 2755 Freeman Road, Hampton Atlanta Audubon Society www.atlantaaudubon.org Open March thru October: Blalock & Shamrock Reservoirs* 2610 Shamrock Road, Jonesboro Georgia Ornithological Society www.gos.org J.W. Smith Reservoir 143 Northbridge Rd., Hampton GOS Georgia Rare Bird Alert 770-493-8862 *Birding permit available for Blalock & Shamrock reservoir birding during winter.

Birding Information - 770-603-5606 [email protected]

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