U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuges Along the Souris River Loop Bird List Welcome The national wildlife refuges Checklist along the Souris River in North Dakota Seasons of Sp Spring (March-May) -- Des Lacs (19, 554 acres), Occurrence: S Summer (June-July) J. Clark Salyer (58,700 acres), and Upper F Fall (August-November) Souris (32,092 acres) -- were all W Winter (December-February) established in 1935. Important habitats This goose, found on these refuges Abundance The following abundance categories designed by J.N. include restored marshes, remnant tracts Categories: indicate the peak daily and seasonal “Ding” Darling, of native grass, lowland meadows, totals of birds that may be seen by an is the symbol of impounded lakes, active, experienced observer spending at the National wooded sandhills, river bottoms, least 8 hours per week sampling all types Wildlife Refuge and brush-covered coulees. of habitats on these refuges. System. While waterfowl, pelicans, tundra swans, a Abundant: grouse, and cranes are spectacular, a > 125 per day, > 600 per season variety of other species of interest may be found. Birders come from all over the c Common: country looking for Sprague’s pipits, and 25-125 per day, Baird’s and LeConte’s sparrows. In 125-600 per season addition, as many as six species of grebes may be found. Species found on these f Fairly Common: refuges since 1935 total 308, of which 30 5-25 per day, are accidentals and one is extirpated. 25-125 per season About 169 species are known to have nested on these refuges, and 150 of these u Uncommon: species nest regularly. 1-5 per day, 5-25 per season Acknowledgments Thanks to Gordon Berkey and Ron Martin for their contribution r Rare: in compiling this list. Observers are 1-5 per season encouraged to contact Gordon at PO Box 46, Upham, ND 58789, or Ron at 16900 o Occasional: 125th St. SE, Sawyer, ND 58781, for Small numbers seen at further information and to share intervals of 2-10 years observations. • Nested: Accessibility Equal opportunity to participate Species which have nested Information in and benefit from programs and activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (i) Irregular: Service is available to all individuals Indicates a species which is regardless of physical or mental ability. irregular; the abundance For visitors using TTY, contact the category indicates the North Dakota Relay Service at numbers expected in 1 800 / 366 6888. For more information or peak years. to address accessibility needs, please contact the U.S. Department of the 1 Extirpated as a breeding species Interior, Office of Equal Opportunity, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 2 Last observed 1956 20240, or the staff from any of the three refuges. Common Bird Name Sp S F W Common Bird Name Sp S F W Loons Greater Scaup r r Common Loon r o r • Lesser Scaup a u a o Surf Scoter r Grebes White-winged Scoter r • Pied-billed Grebe f f f Black Scoter o • Horned Grebe f r u Long-tailed Duck (formerly Oldsquaw) r • Red-necked Grebe o o o • Bufflehead c r c • Eared Grebe a a a Common Goldeneye c c • Western Grebe c c c • Hooded Merganser f f f Clark’s Grebe r r r Common Merganser c f Red-breasted Merganser o o Pelicans • Ruddy Duck a c a American White Pelican c c c Osprey, Kites, Hawks, and Eagles Cormorants Osprey r r • Double-crested Cormorant c c c Bald Eagle f o f r • Northern Harrier c f c o Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets • Sharp-shinned Hawk f f f r • American Bittern u u u • Cooper’s Hawk u u u Least Bittern o o o Northern Goshawk o r r • Great Blue Heron f f f • Broad-winged Hawk u o u Great Egret o o o • Swainson’s Hawk f u f • Snowy Egret o o o • Red-tailed Hawk c f c o • Little Blue Heron o o o • Ferruginous Hawk r o r • Cattle Egret (i) f f f Rough-legged Hawk u u r • Black-crowned Night-Heron f f f Golden Eagle r r r

Ibises and Spoonbills Falcons and Caracaras White-faced Ibis o o o • American Kestrel f u f Merlin r u u New World Vultures Gyrfalcon o o Turkey Vulture r r Peregrine Falcon r o r o Prairie Falcon o r r Swans, Geese, and Ducks Greater White-fronted Goose f f Gallinaceous Birds Snow Goose a o a o • Gray Partridge u u u u Ross’ Goose u u • Ring-necked Pheasant f f f f • Canada Goose a c a o • Ruffed Grouse u u u u 1 Trumpeter Swan o o • Sharp-tailed Grouse f f f f Tundra Swan c o a 2 Greater Prairie-Chicken (Extirpated) • Wood Duck f f f • Wild Turkey u u u u • Gadwall a c a • American Wigeon c u c Rails • American Black Duck o o r • Yellow Rail r o r • Mallard a c a o • Virginia Rail u u u • Blue-winged Teal a c a • Sora c c c Cinnamon Teal o o • American Coot a a a • Northern Shoveler a c a • Northern Pintail a c c o Cranes • Green-winged Teal f u c o • Sandhill Crane a r a • Canvasback c f c Whooping Crane o o • Redhead c f a • Ring-necked Duck f r f Common Bird Name Sp S F W Common Bird Name Sp S F W Plovers Cuckoos and Anis Black-bellied Plover f f • Black-billed Cuckoo u u r American Golden-Plover f f Yellow-billed Cuckoo o Semipalmated Plover u u u • Piping Plover o o o Typical Owls • Killdeer c c c • Eastern Screech-Owl r r r r • Great Horned Owl f f f f Stilts and Avocets Snowy Owl r r r • American Avocet c f c • Burrowing Owl o o o • Long-eared Owl (i) u u r o Sandpipers and Phalaropes • Short-eared Owl (i) u u u r Greater Yellowlegs f f f Boreal Owl o Lesser Yellowlegs c c c Northern Saw-whet Owl o o o Solitary Sandpiper u u u • Willet f f f Nightjars • Spotted Sandpiper f f f • Common Nighthawk u r u • Upland Sandpiper f f u • Common Poorwill o o o Hudsonian Godwit u o o Whip-poor-will o o • Marbled Godwit f f f Ruddy Turnstone r o o Swifts Red Knot o o o Chimney Swift o o Sanderling u u u Semipalmated Sandpiper a c a Hummingbirds Western Sandpiper o o o • Ruby-throated Hummingbird r r r Least Sandpiper c f c White-rumped Sandpiper a f o Kingfishers Baird’s Sandpiper c f c • Belted Kingfisher u u u o Pectoral Sandpiper c f c Dunlin u o Woodpeckers Stilt Sandpiper f c c • Red-headed Woodpecker r o r Buff-breasted Sandpiper o o • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker u u u Short-billed Dowitcher f f f • Downy Woodpecker u u u u Long-billed Dowitcher c c a • Hairy Woodpecker u u u u • Common Snipe f u c • Northern Flicker f f f o • Wilson’s Phalarope c a a Red-necked Phalarope a a a Tyrant Flycatchers Olive-sided Flycatcher r r r Skuas, Jaegers, Gulls, and Terns Western Wood-Pewee o o o • Franklin’s Gull a a a • Eastern Wood-Pewee f f f Bonaparte’s Gull r r u Yellow-bellied Flycatcher o o • Ring-billed Gull a c a • Alder Flycatcher u r r • California Gull u r u • Willow Flycatcher f f f Herring Gull u u • Least Flycatcher c c c • Common Tern f r f • Eastern Phoebe r r r • Forster’s Tern f f f • Say’s Phoebe r r r • Black Tern a c a • Great Crested Flycatcher f f u • Western Kingbird c c c Pigeons and Doves • Eastern Kingbird c c c • Rock Dove u u u u • Mourning Dove c c a o Shrikes • Loggerhead Shrike r r r o Northern Shrike u u u Common Bird Name Sp S F W Common Bird Name Sp S F W Vireos Swainson’s Thrush c f • Yellow-throated Vireo u u u Hermit Thrush u u Blue-headed Vireo u u • American Robin a c a r • Warbling Vireo f f f Philadelphia Vireo r o r Mimic Thrushes • Red-eyed Vireo c c c • Gray Catbird f f f Northern Mockingbird o o o Crows, Jays, and Magpies • Brown Thrasher f f f • Blue Jay f u f u • Black-billed Magpie f f f f Starlings • American Crow a f a u • European Starling c f a u • Common Raven r r o o Wagtails and Pipits Larks American Pipit u f • Horned Lark a f a f • Sprague’s Pipit f f u

Swallows Waxwings • Purple Martin f f f Bohemian Waxwing (i) c c c • Tree Swallow c f u • Cedar Waxwing f c c u • Northern Rough-winged Swallow f f r • Bank Swallow a c a Wood Warblers • Cliff Swallow a a a Tennessee Warbler c r f • Barn Swallow a c a • Orange-crowned Warbler f r c Nashville Warbler u u Titmice and Chickadees Northern Parula o o • Black-capped Chickadee f f f f • Yellow Warbler c c c Chestnut-sided Warbler o r Nuthatches Magnolia Warbler u u • Red-breasted Nuthatch (i) u r u r Cape May Warbler o o • White-breasted Nuthatch u u u u Black-throated Blue Warbler o o Yellow-rumped Warbler a o a Creepers Black-throated Green Warbler o r Brown Creeper u u r Blackburnian Warbler o r Palm Warbler u u Wrens Bay-breasted Warbler o r • Rock Wren r r r Blackpoll Warbler c f • House Wren c c c • Black-and-white Warbler f u f Winter Wren o • American Redstart f u f • Sedge Wren (i) c c c • Ovenbird f f u • Marsh Wren c c c • Northern Waterthrush f r u Connecticut Warbler r o o Kinglets Mourning Warbler u o r Golden-crowned Kinglet f f r MacGillivray’s Warbler o o Ruby-crowned Kinglet f f • Common Yellowthroat c c c Wilson’s Warbler u f Thrushes Canada Warbler r r • Eastern Bluebird u u u • Yellow-breasted Chat r r o • Mountain Bluebird u u u Townsend’s Solitaire o o o Tanagers • Veery f f u • Scarlet Tanager o o Gray-cheeked Thrush f r Western Tanager o Common Bird Name Sp S F W Common Bird Name Sp S F W Sparrows and Towhees Finches • Spotted Towhee f f f Pine Grosbeak (i) u u f Eastern Towhee o o Purple Finch u u r American Tree Sparrow a a u • House Finch u u u r • Chipping Sparrow c u c • Red Crossbill (i) u o u f • Clay-colored Sparrow a a a White-winged Crossbill (i) o o o • Field Sparrow r r r Common Redpoll (i) a c a • Vesper Sparrow c c c Hoary Redpoll o o • Lark Sparrow u u r • Pine Siskin (i) c o c f • Lark Bunting (i) u u u • American Goldfinch c c c u • Savannah Sparrow a c a Evening Grosbeak o o o • Grasshopper Sparrow (i) c c c • Baird’s Sparrow (i) f f f Old World Sparrows • LeConte’s Sparrow (i) f f f • House Sparrow f f f f • Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow f f f Fox Sparrow r u Birds rarely seen on the refuges • Song Sparrow c f c o and are out of their normal range: Lincoln’s Sparrow f f Pacific Loon • Swamp Sparrow f r f Brown Pelican White-throated Sparrow c c o Tricolored Heron Harris’s Sparrow c c o Green Heron White-crowned Sparrow f f Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Dark-eyed Junco a o a r White Ibis • McCown’s Longspur o o o Fulvous Whistling-Duck Lapland Longspur a a u Eurasian Wigeon Smith’s Longspur r r Harlequin Duck • Chestnut-collared Longspur u u u Red-shouldered Hawk Snow Bunting c a c Black-necked Stilt Whimbrel Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies Long-billed Curlew • Rose-breasted Grosbeak f f f American Woodcock • Black-headed Grosbeak r r o Glaucous Gull • Lazuli Bunting r r r Black-legged Kittiwake • Indigo Bunting r r r Barn Owl • Dickcissel o o o Barred Owl Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Blackbirds and Orioles Violet-green Swallow • Bobolink c c f Sage Thrasher • Red-winged Blackbird a a a o Townsend’s Warbler • Western Meadowlark a a a o Prothonotary Warbler • Yellow-headed Blackbird a a a o Hooded Warbler Rusty Blackbird r f o Henslow’s Sparrow • Brewer’s Blackbird c f a o Golden-crowned Sparrow • Common Grackle a c a o Bullock’s Oriole • Brown-headed Cowbird a a u Lesser Goldfinch • Orchard Oriole f f o • Baltimore Oriole f f f For more information about the national wildlife refuges along the Souris River, contact:

Des Lacs NWR PO Box 578 Kenmare, ND 58746 701 / 385 4046 701 / 385 3214 fax [email protected]

J. Clark Salyer NWR PO Box 66 Upham, ND 58789 701 / 768 2548 701 / 768 2834 fax [email protected]

Upper Souris NWR 17705 212th Avenue, NW Berthold, ND 58718 701 / 468 5467 701 / 468 5600 fax [email protected]

North Dakota Relay Service TTY: 1 800 / 366 6888 Voice: 1 800 / 366 6889

January 2001