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Bird Check List Master 5-3-18 Wrens (TROGLODYTIDAE) Black-throated Blue Warbler 4 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Carolina Wren 6, 7 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 Ο Eastern Meadowlark House Wren 4 Pine Warbler 4 Common Grackle 4 Ο Sedge Wren Ο Prairie Warbler Brown-headed Cowbird 4 Ο Bobolink 4 Ο Marsh Wren Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler 3 Baltimore Oriole 4 Gnatcatchers (POLIOPTILIDAE) Ο Cerulean Warbler Ο Orchard Oriole Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 Black & White Warbler 4 Finches & Allies (FRINGILLIDAE) Kinglets (REGULIDAE) Ο Prothonotary Warbler Purple Finch 7 Golden-crowned Kinglet 3, 5 Blackburnian Warbler 4 House Finch 7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3, 5 Ο Kentucky Warbler American Goldfinch 7 Thrushes & Allies (TURDIDAE) Ο Sawainson’s Warbler Ο Red Crossbill Hermit Thrush 4 Ο Connecticut Warbler Ο Common Redpoll B Wood Thrush 4 L Mourning Warbler 4 Pine Siskin 1, 5 Swainson’s Thrush 5 Canada Warbler 4, 6 Ο Pine Grosbeak American Robin 7 Common Yellowthroat 4 Ο Evening Grosbeak Veery 4 Ο Northern Parula Old World Sparrows (PASSERIDAE) Eastern Bluebird 4 American Redstart 4 House Sparrow 7 i i Mockingbirds & Thrashers (MIMIDAE) Ovenbird 4 Not Listed Gray Catbird 4 Ο Northern Waterthrush _________________________ Northern Mockingbird 4 Ο Louisiana Waterthrush (indicates family classification) The species noted with a square were compiled from actual Brown Thrasher 4 New World Buntings & Sparrows (PASSERELLIDAE) sightings within the Genesee County Park & Forest by the Starlings (STURNIDAEL) American Tree Sparrow 1 following sources: i. Individual birders reporting their findings on E-Bird since 2010. r Chipping Sparrow 4 s European Starling 7 Field Sparrow 4 ii. Buffalo Ornithological Society one day bird census findings each Wagtails & Pipits (MOTACILLIDAE) April, May & October since 2011. Ο Vesper Sparrow American Pipit 5, 6 iii. Individual birders reporting their findings exclusive of E-Bird since Savannah Sparrow 4 2010 . Waxwings (BOMBYCILLIDAE) Fox Sparrow 3, 5 The following key is provided to alert you to the time of year during which you can expect to see these bird species within the Cedar Waxwing 7 Song Sparrow 4 Genesee County Park & Forest. d t Longspurs and Snow Buntings (CALCARIIDAE) Ο Lincoln’s Sparrow 1) Winter: Primarily winter resident or irruptive species from the north following the food supply. Ο Lapland Longspur Swamp Sparrow 4 2) Accidental: Very rare visitor. Ο Snow Bunting White-crowned Sparrow 1, 3, 5 3) Spring Migration: Species that are passing through during spring 11095 Bethany Center Road New World Warblers (PARULIDAE) White-throated Sparrow 1, 3, 5 migration on their way to breeding grounds further north. Dark-eyed Junco 7 East Bethany, New York 14054 Blue-winged Warbler 4 4) Spring / Summer: Species who generally breed here and can be easily seen during spring & summer. Ο Golden-winged Warbler Eastern Towhee 4 Phone # 585-344-1122 Hooded Warbler 4 Cardinals & Allies (CARDINALIDAE) 5) Fall Migration: Species that are passing through during fall migration on their way to wintering grounds further south. Tennessee Warbler 3 Northern Cardinal 7 6) Occasional: Species that show up occasionally but better habitat is This brochure was developed with the Ο Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 Orange-crowned Warbler found elsewhere in the area. assistance of the ACORNS volunteers Nashville Warbler 3 Indigo Bunting 4 7) All Year: Species that can usually be found all year long. and Doug Beattie, our friend and fellow Yellow Warbler 4 Scarlet Tanager 4 The species noted with a circle are common to the area though bird lover. Chestnut-sided Warbler 4 a sighting at the Genesee County Park & Forest has not yet Troupials & Allies (ICTERIDAE) been recorded. If you sight one of these birds at the G.C.P. & F. Magnolia Warbler 4 please let the Interpretive Nature Center know so the data may Ο Rusty Blackbird be recorded. Ο Cape May Warbler Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl (ANATIDAE) Osprey (PANDIONIDAE) Ο Caspian Tern Ο Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Ο Wood Duck 4 Osprey Pigeons & Doves (COLUMBIDAE) Alder Flycatcher 4 Ο American Black Duck Hawks, Eagles (ACCIPITRIDAE) Rock Pigeon 7 Willow Flycatcher 4 Ο Ruddy Duck Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 Mourning Dove 7 Least Flycatcher 4 Ο Ring-neck Duck Cooper’s Hawk 7 Cuckoos (CUCULIDAE) Great Crested Flycatcher 4 Mallard 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 4, 6 Black-billed Cuckoo 4 Eastern Phoebe 4 Ο Green-winged Teal Broad-winged Hawk 4,6 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4 Eastern Kingbird 4 Barn Owls (TYTONIDAE) Ο Northern Pintail Red-tailed Hawk 7 Eastern Wood Pewee 4 Ο Barn Owl Ο Blue-winged Teal Ο Rough-legged Hawk Shrikes (LANIIDAE) Owls (STRIGIDAE) Northern Shrikes 1, 2 Ο Eurasian Wigeon Northern Harrier 2 Ο Barred Owl 7 Ο American Wigeon Bald Eagle Vireos (VIREONIDAE) Eastern Screech-Owl 7 Ο Ο Bufflehead Rails & Coots (RALLIDAE) White-eyed Vireo Great Horned Owl 7 Ο Virginia Rail Blue-headed Vireo 4 Ο Common Merganser Ο Snowy Owl Yellow-throated Vireo 4 Hooded Merganser 6 Ο American Coot Ο Long-eared Owl Warbling Vireo 4 Ο Northern Shoveler Ο Sora Ο Short-eared Owl Ο Philadelphia Vireo Ο Snow Goose Plovers & lapwings (CHARADRIIDAE) Northern Saw-whet Owl 6 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Canada Goose 7 Ο Black-bellied Plover Crows & Jays (CORVIDAE) Nightjars & Allies (CAPRIMUIGIDAE) Ο Mute Swan Ο American Golden Plover American Crow 7 Ο Common Nighthawk Ο Tundra Swan Killdeer 6 Common Raven 6,7 Ο Eastern Whip-poor-will Sandpipers & Allies (SCOIOPACIDAR) Blue Jay 7 Pheasants, Grouse & Allies (PHASIANIDAE) Swifts (APODIDAE) Ο Semipalmated Sandpiper Larks (ALANDIDAE) Ring-necked Pheasant 2 Chimney Swift 6 Ο Ο Pectoral Sandpiper Ruffed Grouse Hummingbirds (TROCHILIDAE) Horned Lark 6 Ο Wild Turkey 7 Solitary Sandpiper Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4 Swallows (HIRUNDINIDAE) Ο Tree Swallow 4 Grebes (PODICIPEDIDAE) Spotted Sandpiper Kingfishers (ALCEDINIDAE) Ο Ο N. Rough-winged Swallow Ο Pied-billed Grebe Upland Sandpiper Belted Kingfisher 4 Ο Ο Bank Swallow Ο Horned Grebe Least Sandpiper Woodpeckers (PICIDAE) Barn Swallow 4 Ο Red-necked Grebe Ο Sanderling Ο Redheaded Woodpecker Ο Cormorants (PHAIACROCORACIDAE) Cliff Swallow Ο Greater Yellowlegs Red-bellied Woodpecker 7 Ο Purple Martin Ο Double-crested Cormorant Ο Lesser Yellowlegs Downy Woodpecker 7 Chickadees & Titmice (PARIDAE) Herons, Egrets & Bitterns (ARDEIDAE) Ο Wilson’s Snipe Hairy Woodpecker 7 Black-capped Chickadee 7 Great Blue Heron 4 Ο American Woodcock Pileated Woodpecker 7 Tufted Titmouse 7 Green Heron 4 Gulls & Terns (LARIDAE) Northern Flicker 4 Nuthatches (SITTIDAE) Ο Black-crowned Night Heron Ο Bonaparte’s Gull Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch 7 Great Egret 2 Ring-billed Gull 6 Falcons (FALCONIDAE) White-breasted Nuthatch 7 Ο American Bittern Herring Gull 6 American Kestrel 4 Treecreepers (CERTHIIDAE) Ο Least Bittern Ο Ο Lesser Black-backed Gull Merlin Brown Creeper 7 New World Vultures (CATHARTIDAE) Ο Common Tern Tyrant Flycatchers (TYRANNIDAE) Turkey Vulture 4 Ο Black Tern Ο Olive-sided Flycatcher .
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