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Birds of Allerton Park Birds of Allerton Park 2 Table of Contents Red-head woodpecker .................................................................................................................................. 5 Red-bellied woodpecker ............................................................................................................................... 6 Hairy Woodpecker ........................................................................................................................................ 7 Downy woodpecker ...................................................................................................................................... 8 Northern Flicker ............................................................................................................................................ 9 Pileated woodpecker .................................................................................................................................. 10 Eastern Meadowlark ................................................................................................................................... 11 Common Grackle......................................................................................................................................... 12 Red-wing blackbird ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Rusty blackbird ............................................................................................................................................ 14 Brown-headed Cowbird .............................................................................................................................. 15 Orchard Oriole ............................................................................................................................................ 16 Baltimore Oriole .......................................................................................................................................... 17 House Sparrow ............................................................................................................................................ 18 American Goldfinch .................................................................................................................................... 19 Chipping Sparrow ........................................................................................................................................ 20 Field Sparrow .............................................................................................................................................. 21 Vesper Sparrow ........................................................................................................................................... 22 Savannah Sparrow ...................................................................................................................................... 23 Grasshopper Sparrow ................................................................................................................................. 24 Henslow's Sparrow ...................................................................................................................................... 25 Song Sparrow .............................................................................................................................................. 26 White throated sparrow ............................................................................................................................. 27 White-crowned sparrow ............................................................................................................................. 28 American tree sparrow ............................................................................................................................... 29 Red Crossbill ................................................................................................................................................ 30 Northern Parula .......................................................................................................................................... 31 Yellow Warbler ............................................................................................................................................ 32 Yellow-throated Warbler ............................................................................................................................ 33 Prothonotary Warbler ................................................................................................................................. 34 Information from Cornell’s All About Birds website, www.allaboutbirds.org. 3 Black-&-white Warbler ............................................................................................................................... 35 Cerulean Warbler ........................................................................................................................................ 36 Kentucky Warbler ....................................................................................................................................... 37 Hooded Warbler ......................................................................................................................................... 38 American Redstart ...................................................................................................................................... 39 Ovenbird Warbler ....................................................................................................................................... 40 Louisiana Waterthrush ................................................................................................................................ 41 Common Yellowthroat ................................................................................................................................ 42 Yellow-breasted Chat .................................................................................................................................. 43 Summer Tanager ......................................................................................................................................... 44 Scarlet Tanager ........................................................................................................................................... 45 Rose-breasted Grosbeak ............................................................................................................................. 46 Indigo Bunting ............................................................................................................................................. 47 Dickcissel ..................................................................................................................................................... 48 Eastern Towhee .......................................................................................................................................... 49 Barred Owl .................................................................................................................................................. 50 Great Horned Owl ....................................................................................................................................... 51 Eastern Screech-Owl ................................................................................................................................... 52 Red-shouldered Hawk ................................................................................................................................. 53 Red-tailed Hawk .......................................................................................................................................... 54 Cooper’s Hawk ............................................................................................................................................ 55 Blue Jay ....................................................................................................................................................... 56 American Robin ........................................................................................................................................... 57 Wood Thrush............................................................................................................................................... 58 Mourning Dove ........................................................................................................................................... 59 Northern Cardinal ....................................................................................................................................... 60 Citations .................................................................................................................................................. 61 Information from Cornell’s All About Birds website, www.allaboutbirds.org. 4 How this list is to be used. In the following pages you will find a list of some birds that may find their way to Allerton Park. This is not a comprehensive list, nor was it meant to be, but was developed to increase awareness into warblers, blackbirds, sparrows, tanagers, other selected rare or common species that make Allerton Park a home or a part of its migratory path. I hope this list will lead you to want to know more about these species and research online at All About Birds website,
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