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Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Worm-Eating Warbler Red-Breasted Nuthatch Whether you are a beginner or are an old hand at birding, S S F W S S F W S S F W we think you will find the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area good territory. This checklist should be of Snow Goose U U Black Vulture C C C U Red-headed Woodpecker U U U R help letting you know what birds to expect and when. Brant U U Turkey Vulture C C C U Red-bellied Woodpecker C C U Canada Goose C C C C The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area lies on a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker R C U great migration flyway. Untold numbers of birds pass Mute Swan C C C C Osprey C C C Downy Woodpecker C C C C through the area on their way to and from North, Central, Tundra Swan R Bald Eagle U U U Hairy Woodpecker C C C C and South America. Tremendous flocks of blackbirds use Wood Duck C C C R Northern Harrier C C R Northern Flicker C C C U the Delaware Valley as their migratory route. Spring is Gadwall R Sharp-shinned Hawk C R C R Pileated Woodpecker U U U U particularly colorful with passing warblers and other perching American Wigeon U U R Cooper’s Hawk R R U R birds. Summer brings a lull as nesting species retire to American Black Duck C C C C Red-shouldered Hawk C U C U American Kestrel U U U U protective nest sites. However, August marks the beginning Mallard C C C C Broad-winged Hawk C C C Merlin U U of the greatest show above the earth with the majestic Blue-winged Teal U R U Peregrine Falcon R R pageant of migrating hawks and eagles. The Recreation Area Red-tailed Hawk C C C C affords several good vantage points along the Kittatinny- Northern Pintail U U Rough-legged Hawk U U U Shawangunk Ridge and Corridor for observing this spectacular Green-winged Teal U U Golden Eagle U U U Olive-sided Flycatcher R U Fall phenomenon. Canvasback U R Eastern Wood-Pewee C C C Redhead R R Virginia Rail R R R Yellow-bellied Flycatcher U This checklist is written for use within and nearby the National Ring-necked Duck C U Sora R R R Acadian Flycatcher U U Recreation Area. It follows the usual order given in The Sibley Lesser Scaup U U Common Gallinule R U R Alder Flycatcher U U U Guide to Birds, second edition, 2014, which in 2000 established Bufflehead C C C Willow Flycatcher U U U David Allen Sibley as the author and illustrator of the nation’s American Coot U U U supreme and most comprehensive guide to birds. Common Goldeneye C C Least Flycatcher U U U Hooded Merganser R U Black-bellied Plover R R Eastern Phoebe C C C Common Merganser U C C American Golden-Plover R Great Crested Flycatcher C C C U Semipalmated Plover R R Eastern Kingbird C C C The following are of accidental occurrence in the area: Northern Bobwhite U U U Killdeer C C C U Spotted Sandpiper C C C Greater Scaup Solitary Sandpiper U U Long-tailed Duck Greater Yellowlegs U U Red-breasted White-winged Scoter Lesser Yellowlegs U U Surf Scoter Red-winged Blackbird C C C U Nuthatch Red-breasted Merganser Eastern Meadowlark C C U U Yellow-crowned Night Heron Rusty Blackbird U U R Glossy Ibis Common Grackle C C C U Gyrfalcon Brown-headed Cowbird C C C C King Rail Orchard Oriole U U Upland Sandpiper Baltimore Oriole C C C Ruby-crowned Stilt Sandpiper Kinglet Dunlin Pine Grosbeak R R R White-rumped Sandpiper Purple Finch C R C U Northern Phalarope House Finch C C C C Yellow-bellied Dovekie Red Crossbill R Sapsucker Iceland Gull White-winged Crossbill R Glaucous Gull Common Redpoll U Caspian Tern Black Tern Pine Siskin C C U Northern Shrike R R Common Tern American Goldfinch C C C C Loggerhead Shrike R R R Snowy Owl Evening Grosbeak R U U American Three-toed Woodpecker House Sparrow C C C C White-eyed Vireo R R Carolina Chickadee Yellow-throated Vireo R U R Bewick’s Wren Blue-headed Vireo U U U Brewster’s Warbler Warbling Vireo U C Lawrence’s Warbler Worm-eating Philadelphia Vireo R U Prothonotary Warbler Indigo Warbler Red-eyed Vireo C C C Summer Tanager Bunting Blue Grosbeak Blue Jay C C C C Dickcissel American Crow C C C C Ovenbird C C C Fish Crow U U Worm-eating Warbler R U R Common Raven U U U U Louisiana Waterthrush U U U Northern Waterthrush U U U Horned Lark U U U C Golden-winged Warbler R U R Purple Martin C C C Blue-winged Warbler U C U Tree Swallow C C C Black-and-white Warbler C C C Northern Rough-winged Swallow C C C Tennessee Warbler C C Bank Swallow C C C Orange-crowned Warbler R Cliff Swallow U U U Fox Sparrow Nashville Warbler U U U Barn Swallow C C C Connecticut Warbler R R Mourning Warbler R R Black-capped Chickadee C C C C Kentucky Warbler R R Boreal Chickadee R R Common Yellowthroat C C C Tufted Titmouse C C C C Snowy Hooded Warbler R R R Owl American Redstart C C C Red-breasted Nuthatch U R C C Cape May Warbler C C White-breasted Nuthatch C C C C Woodpeckers – Flycatchers – Vireos Accidentals Warblers – Sparrows – Blackbirds – Finches Wrens – Kinglets – Thrushes – Warblers Crows – Swallows – Chickadees www.brandwein.org S S F W S S F W Published by the Paul F-Brandwein Institute F-Brandwein Paul the by Published Cerulean Warbler C U C Brown Creeper U U C C Northern Parula C R C Magnolia Warbler C R C House Wren C C C Bay-breasted Warbler U U U Winter Wren U R C U Blackburnian Warbler CV U C Marsh Wren U Yellow Warbler C C C Carolina Wren U U U U Chestnut-sided Warbler C U C Blackpoll Warbler C C Blue-gray Gnatcatcher U U U Spotted Black-throated Blue Warbler C U C Palm Warbler C C Golden-crowned Kinglet C R C C Sandpiper Pine Warbler U R U Ruby-crowned Kinglet C C U Yellow-rumped Warbler C R C R Yellow-throated Warbler R Eastern Bluebird C C C C Prairie Warbler U U U Veery U U U Black-throated Green Warbler C U C Gray-cheeked Thrush C C Canada Warbler C C C Swainson’s Thrush C C Wilson’s Warbler U U Hermit Thrush C U C R Yellow-breasted Chat R R R Wood Thrush C C C American Robin C C C U Eastern Towhee C C C R Cooper’s American Tree Sparrow C C C Gray Catbird C C C R Hawk Chipping Sparrow C C C R Brown Thrasher C C C R Field Sparrow C C C U Northern Mockingbird C C C C Vesper Sparrow U U U Savannah Sparrow C R C European Starling C C C C Grasshopper Sparrow R Henslow’s Sparrow R R American Pipit C C Least Fox Sparrow C C R Bittern Song Sparrow C C C C Cedar Waxwing C C C U Lincoln’s Sparrow U U U Swamp Sparrow U U U R Lapland Longspur R White-throated Sparrow U R C C Snow Bunting U White-crowned Sparrow U U R Dark-eyed Junco C R C C Scarlet Tanager C C C Northern Cardinal C C C C Rose-breasted Grosbeak C C C Indigo Bunting C C C Bobolink U U Pectoral Sandpiper U U Turkey Wilson’s Snipe C C U Vulture American Woodcock C C C U Bonaparte’s Gull R R Ring-necked Pheasant C C C Ring-billed Gull C R C U Ruffed Grouse U U U U Herring Gull C R C U Wild Turkey C C C C Great Black-backed Gull U U NOTES As bird behavior doesn’t exactly fit calendar seasons we have modified seasonal designations as follows: Red-throated Loon R R Rock Pigeon C C C C Common Loon U C C U Mourning Dove C C C C S (Spring) March – May S (Summer) June – July Pied-billed Grebe C C C U Yellow-billed Cuckoo C C C C National Park Service | U.S. Department of the Interior F (Fall) August – October Horned Grebe Black-billed Cuckoo C C C C W (Winter) November – February Delaware Water Gap Red-necked Grebe R R National Recreation Area Barn Owl U U U R Relative abundance of species is indicated as follows: Double-crested Cormorant R R C (Common) . you should see these Eastern Screech Owl C C C C U (Uncommon) . you might see these R (Rare) . you will seldom see these American Bittern R R R Great Horned Owl C C C C Red-tailed Least Bittern R Barred Owl U U U U Hawk Blank spaces indicate insufficient data. Great Blue Heron C C C U Long-eared Owl U R U R If you should find an unlisted, rare, or out-of-the-ordinary Great Egret U U Short-eared Owl U U U Birds of the bird, please tell us about it. Talk to a park ranger, write Snowy Egret U U Northern Saw-whet Owl R R to the Brandwein Institute, Historic Callahan House, Box 873, Little Blue Heron R R Delaware Milford, PA 18337 or call 570-296-6752.
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