Birding on Washington Island

1. Waterfowl at Detroit Harbor Dock. Welcome Center with information and restrooms. 2. Woodland birds from Heritage Nature Trail. 3. Door County Land Trust property. Meditation trail to the replica of medieval Norwegian Stavkirke. 4. The Art and Nature Center. Hand water pump, restrooms. 5. Herons at Little Lake Park. Latrines. 6. Various birds at Peoples Park with scenic overlook of Green Bay. Picnic tables 7. Washington Harbor’s scenic overview at the end of Dock Road. 8. Schoolhouse Beach. Hand water pump, picnic tables, latrines. 9. Bluebirds, hummingbirds and swallows at Farm Museum. Map Key 10. Maritime Museum and Ridges Sanctuary in the town of Baileys Harbor. Cliff swallows nest in June in the Icelandic-style boathouse on . Concession stand, GB – Grassland-nesting birds are attracted information kiosk, trails, latrines. to our meadows. By early August many of these birds have begun to migrate south. To 11. Carlin’s Point Trail off Old Camp Road is habitat for rare boreal forest plants. observe these birds, safely park your car on Please walk only on the trails. the shoulder of the road. Your car makes a 12. Mountain Park has a lookout tower. Scan tree tops for birds. good blind. 13. Percy Johnson Eastside Park, view of Wildlife Refuge where large colonies of gulls, cormorants, waterfowl, and blue herons may be seen with a telescope. Fall RE – Most of our roads that end at the shore and spring migrations see shore birds and ducks. Warblers and vireos on Hemlock have a public accessto the water for views of Drive and Lakeview Road. Hand water pump, picnic tables, latrines. Green Bay or . 14. Sand Dunes Park with short dunes trail to a beach. Latrines. 15. Gislason Park with view of . Bird Check List ❏ Merlin (U) ❏ Hairy Woodpecker (C) ❏ Cerulean (X) ❏ Peregrine Falcon (X) ❏ Northern Flicker (C) ❏ Blackpoll (U) Bold type: Summer Birds and ❏ Pileated Woodpecker (C) ❏ Black-and-white Warbler (U) Year Round Residents ❏ Ruffed Grouse (U) ❏ American Redstart (C) Italic type: Spring & Fall Migratory ❏ Ring-necked Pheasant (C)* ❏ Olive-sided Flycatcher (R) ❏ Ovenbird (C) and Winter Birds From the Artic ❏ Wild Turkey (U)* ❏ Eastern o Wood-pewee (U) ❏ Northern Waterthrush (R) (*Introduced by Sportsmen’s Club) ❏ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (U) ❏ Connecticut (X) Abundance Designation: ❏ Acadian Flycatcher (X) ❏ Mourning Warbler (U) (C) Common in its habitat ❏ Virginia Rail (X) ❏ Alder Flycatcher (R) ❏ Common Yellowthroat (U) (U) Uncommon, always a few here ❏ Sora (R) ❏ Willow Flycatcher (R) ❏ Hooded Warbler (X) but difficult to find. ❏ Coot (U) ❏ Least Flycatcher (U) ❏ Wilson’s Warbler (R) (R)Rare, birds not seen every year ❏ Sandhill Crane (C) ❏ Great-crested Flycatcher (C) ❏ Canada Warbler (R) (X)Birds seen once every ❏ Eastern Phoebe (U) 5 to 10 years ❏ Black-bellied Plover (C) ❏ Eastern Kingbird (C) ❏ Scarlet Tanager (U) ❏ Golden Plover (R) ❏ Horned Lark (R) ❏ Cardinal (C) ❏ Red-Throated Loon (X) ❏ Semipalmated Plover (U) ❏ Purple Martin (C) ❏ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (C) ❏ Common Loon (U) ❏ Piping Plover (X) ❏ Tree Swallow (C) ❏ Indigo Bunting (C) ❏ Horned Grebe (R) ❏ Killdeer (U) ❏Northern Rough-winged Swallow (U) ❏ Dickcissel (U) ❏ Pied-billed Grebe (R) ❏ Greater Yellowlegs (U) ❏ Bank Swallow (U) ❏ Rufous-sided Towhee (R) ❏ Red-necked Grebe (X) ❏ Lesser Yellowlegs (U) ❏ Cliff Swallow (C) ❏ Eared Grebe (X) ❏ Solitary Sandpiper (U) ❏ Barn Swallow (C) ❏ Tree Sparrow (U) ❏ Western Grebe (R) ❏ Willet (X) ❏ Chipping Sparrow (C) ❏ White Pelican (C) ❏ Spotted Sandpiper (U) ❏ Blue Jay (C) ❏ Clay-colored Sparrow (U) ❏ Double-crested Cormorant (C) ❏ Upland Sandpiper (U) ❏ American Crow (C) ❏ Field Sparrow (U) ❏ American Bittern (U) ❏ Marbled Godwit (X) ❏ Raven (C) ❏ Vesper Sparrow (U) ❏ Great Blue Heron (C) ❏ Ruddy Turnstone (U) ❏ Black-capped Chickadee (C) ❏ Savannah Sparrow (C) ❏ Great Egret (R) ❏ Sanderling (U) ❏ Tufted Titmouse (R) ❏ Grasshopper Sparrow (U) ❏ Green Heron (U) ❏ Semipalmated Sandpiper (R) ❏ Red-breasted Nuthatch (C) ❏ Henslow’s Sparrow (R) ❏ Black-crowned Night Heron (U) ❏ Least Sandpiper (R) ❏ White-breasted Nuthatch (C) ❏ LeConte’s Sparrow (R) ❏ White-rumped Sandpiper (X) ❏ Brown Creeper (C) ❏ Fox Sparrow (R) ❏ Tundra Swan (C) ❏ Baird’s Sandpiper (X) ❏ House Wren (U) ❏ Song Sparrow (C) ❏ Trumpeter Swan (U) ❏ Pectoral Sandpiper (R) ❏ Winter Wren (U) ❏ Lincoln’s Sparrow (U) (flock introduced at Seney ❏ Dunlin (R) ❏ Carolina Wren (R) ❏ Swamp Sparrow (U) NWR, U.P., MI) ❏ Stilt Sandpiper (X) ❏ Sedge Wren (R) ❏ White-throated Sparrow (C) ❏ Mute Swan (C) ❏ Short-billed Dowitcher (R) ❏ Marsh Wren (R) ❏ White-crowned Sparrow (U) ❏ White-fronted Goose (R) ❏ Long-billed Dowitcher (R) ❏ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (C) ❏ Dark-eyed Junco (C) ❏ Snow Goose (R) ❏ Snipe (R) ❏ Golden-crowned Kinglet (C) ❏ Lapland Longspur (X) ❏ Canada Goose (C) ❏ Woodcock (C) ❏ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (R) ❏ Snow Bunting (C) ❏ Wood Duck (R) ❏ Bobolink (C) ❏ Green-winged Teal (U) ❏ Franklin’s Gull (X) ❏ Eastern Bluebird (C) ❏ Red-winged Blackbird (C) ❏ American Black Duck (U) ❏ Little Gull (X) ❏ Veery (R) ❏ Eastern Meadowlark (C) ❏ Mallard (C) ❏ Bonaparte’s Gull (R) ❏ Grey-cheeked Thrush (R) ❏ Western Meadowlark (X) ❏ Pintail (U) ❏ Ring-billed Gull (C) ❏ Swainson’s Thrush (R) ❏ Yellow-headed Blackbird (R) ❏ Blue-winged Teal (C) ❏ Herring Gull (C) ❏ Hermit Thrush (U) ❏ Rusty Blackbird (R) ❏ Shoveler (U) ❏ Thayer’s Gull (R) ❏ Wood Thrush (X) ❏ Brewer’s Blackbird (U) ❏ Gadwall (U) ❏ Iceland Gull (X) ❏ American Robin (C) ❏ Common Grackle (C) ❏ Wigeon (U) ❏ Greater Black-backed Gull (U) ❏ Gray Catbird (C) ❏ Brown-headed Cowbird (C) ❏ Canvasback (X) ❏ Caspian Tern (C) ❏ Brown Thrasher (U) ❏ Orchard Oriole (U) ❏ Redhead (U) ❏ Common Tern (R) ❏ Cedar Waxwing (C) ❏ Baltimore Oriole (C) ❏ Ring-necked Duck (U) ❏ Forester’s Tern (R) ❏ Northern Shrike (U) ❏ Pine Grosbeak (R) ❏ Greater Scaup (U) ❏ Black Tern (R) ❏ Loggerhead Shrike (R) ❏ Purple Finch (C) ❏ Lesser Scaup (U) ❏ Rock Dove Pigeon (C) ❏ Starling (C) ❏ House Finch (C) ❏ Harlequin (X) ❏ Mourning Dove (C) ❏ Red Crossbill (R) ❏ Long-tailed Duck (R) ❏ Black-billed Cuckoo (U) ❏ Blue-headed Vireo (R) ❏ White-winged Crossbill (R) ❏ Scoter species (R) ❏ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (U) ❏ Yellow-throated Vireo (R) ❏ Common Redpoll (R) ❏ Common Goldeneye (U) ❏ Warbling Vireo (R) ❏ Hoary Redpoll (X) ❏ Bufflehead (C) ❏ Screech Owl (R) ❏ Philadelphia Vireo (R) ❏ Pine Siskin (U) ❏ Ruddy Duck (R) ❏ Great Horned Owl (C) ❏ Red-eyed Vireo (C) ❏ Goldfinch (C) ❏ Hooded Merganser (U) ❏ Snowy Owl (R) ❏ Blue-winged Warbler (R) ❏ Evening Grosbeak (U) ❏ Common Merganser (U) ❏ Barred Owl (U) ❏ Golden-winged Warbler (R) ❏ House Sparrow (C) ❏ Red-breasted Merganser (C) ❏ Great Grey Owl (X) ❏ Tennessee Warbler (U) ❏ Long-eared Owl (R) ❏ Orange-crowned Warbler (R) ❏ Turkey Vulture (C) ❏ Short-eared Owl (R) ❏ Nashville Warbler (U) ❏ Osprey (C) ❏ Saw-whet Owl (R) ❏ Parula Warbler (R) ❏ Bald Eagle (C) ❏ Yellow Warbler (U) ❏ Golden Eagle (X) ❏ Nighthawk (R) ❏ Chestnut-sided Warbler (U) ❏ Northern Harrier (C) ❏ Whip-poor-will (R) ❏ Magnolia Warbler (U) ❏ Sharp-shinned Hawk (U) ❏ Chimney Swift (U) ❏ Cape May Warbler (U) ❏ Cooper’s Hawk (U) ❏ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (C) ❏ Black-throated Blue Warbler (U) ❏ Goshawk (R) ❏ Belted Kingfisher (C) ❏ Yellow-rumped Warbler (C) ❏ Red-shouldered Hawk (U) ❏ Black-throated Green Warbler (C) ❏ Broad-winged Hawk (U) ❏ Red-headed Woodpecker (U) ❏ Blackburnian Warbler (U) ❏ Red-tailed Hawk (U) ❏ Red-bellied Woodpecker(U) ❏ Pine Warbler (U) ❏ Rough-legged Hawk (R) ❏ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (U) ❏ Palm Warbler (C) ❏ American Kestrel (C) ❏ Downy Woodpecker (C) ❏ Bay-breasted Warbler (U)