Birds Seen in Morris Arboretum’s Wetlands

SPRING Common Name Latin Name Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Green Heron Butorides striatus Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Canada Goose Branta canadensis Wood Duck Aix sponsa Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Osprey Pandion haliaetus Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis American Kestrel Falco sparverius Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Rock Pigeon Columba livia Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Male Tree Swallows Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilocus colubris Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Photos by Ruth Pfeffer Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx erripennis Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Birds Seen in Morris Arboretum’s Wetlands

Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus Carolina Chickadee Parus carolinensis Tufted Titmouse Parus bicolor White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus House Wren Troglodytes aedon Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Veery Catharus fuscescens Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina American Robin Turdus migratorius Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Northern Parula Parula americana Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Birds Seen in Morris Arboretum’s Wetlands

Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius Northern Oriole Icterus galbula House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis House Sparrow Passer domesticus

SUMMER

Male Wood Duck FALL Common Name Latin Name American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis American Kestrel Falco sparverius American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla American Robin Turdus migratorius Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Birds Seen in Morris Arboretum’s Wetlands

Canada Goose Branta canadensis Carolina Chickadee Parus carolinensis Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Great Egret Casmerodius albus Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Green Heron Butorides striatus Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus House Sparrow Passer domesticus House Wren Troglodytes aedon Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia Birds Seen in Morris Arboretum’s Wetlands

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Merlin Falco columbarius Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Northern Oriole Icterus galbula Northern Parula Parula americana Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx erripennis Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Rock Pigeon Columba livia Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilocus colubris Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Tufted Titmouse Parus bicolor Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Male Red-Bellied Woodpecker Birds Seen in Morris Arboretum’s Wetlands

Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Wood Duck Aix sponsa Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

WINTER Common Name Latin Name American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos American Robin Turdus migratorius Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Canada Goose Branta canadensis Carolina Chickadee Parus carolinensis Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Birds Seen in Morris Arboretum’s Wetlands