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2012 Bird Sightings

2012 Bird Sightings

2012 COMPOSITE LIST OF SIGHTINGS AT SANDY BOTTOM NATURE PARK

A list of cumulative “firsts” for the year by all the birders!

Currently we have 56 out of 180 possible . Last updated with sightings from March 21, 2012

Check the list below to see if your sighting is a first. If it is, sign below or send it to [email protected]

Species Date Reporter Location In Park (i.e. trail, structure, etc) Swans, Geese, (20) Goose Swan (R) Wood 01-23-12 M Dever Wetlands Canoe Trail (10) American Wigeon (08) 01-23-12 M Dever Canoe Lake 02-11-12 D Hunter Canoe Lake Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal 01-26-12 C Blake Wetlands 02-15-12 M Nichols Canoe Lake Ring-necked Duck 01-09-12 D Hunter Fishing Lake (40) Bufflehead 01-30-12 C Blake Hooded Merganser 01-09-12 D Hunter Canoe Lake (6) Ruddy Duck Red-breasted Merganser ( R) Loons & Grebes (2) Common Loon (VR) 02-16-12 M Dever Fishing Lake Pied-billed Grebe 03-23-12 D Hunter Canoe &Fishing Lake (8) Cormorants (1) Double-crested Cormorant 02-11-12 M Dever Fishing Lake Bitterns, Herons, Egrets (9) White Ibis Glossy Ibis Great Blue Heron 02-11-12 C Heese Wetlands Area Little Blue Heron Cattle Egret (11) Great Egret 02-16-12 D Hunter Canoe Lake near yurts Snowy Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Vultures (2) Black Vulture 02-02-12 C Blake Flying over Wetlands (3) Turkey Vulture 01-23-12 M Dever Flying over wetlands , Eagles (12) Broad-winged (10) Merlin Peregrine Osprey Bald Eagle 01-31-12 Blake, Mertz, Waugh Flying over Wetlands Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk 02-06-12 M David WEA (1 juvenile) Red-shouldered Hawk 02-09-12 M David Wetlands Area Red-tailed Hawk 02-11-12 M Dever Wetlands Area Harrier Hawk (R) Gyrfalcon (R) Turkeys (1) (10) Coots (1) American Coot Plovers (3) Semipalmated Plover Wilson’s Plover Killdeer Sandpipers & Phalaropes (10) Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Wilson’s Snipe 02-02-12 M David Wetlands Area American 01-25-12 Nichols, Blake Old access road (2) & Tern (12) -billed Tern (10) Sandwich Tern (08) Forster’s Tern (08) Royal Tern (08) Laughing Gull 03-07-12 J Bowie Crystal Lake Least Tern Bonaparte’s Gull Ring-billed Gull 02-10-12 C Homer Fishing Lake Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull 02-10-12 C Homer Fishing Lake Common Tern Black Skimmer (UC) Pigeons & Doves (2) Rock Pigeon 02-11-12 D Hunter Outside Nature Center (3) Cuckoos (1) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (3) Eastern Screech- Great Horned Owl 01-23-12 M Dever Nature Center Goatsuckers (1) Chuck-will’s-widow (UC) Swifts, Hummingbirds, & Kingfishers (3) Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher 02-10-12 C Homer Lake Trail / Fishing Lake Woodpeckers (7) Red-headed Woodpecker (11) Red-bellied Woodpecker 02-11-12 D Hunter Fallen Oak Trail Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 02-06-12 C Heese Backyard Habitat (UC) Downy Woodpecker 02-11-12 M Dever Lake Trail Hairy Woodpecker (UC) 01-28-12 Nichols, Blake Trillium & Newmarket Creek Northern Flicker 02-11-12 M Dever Courtyard Parking Lot Pileated Woodpecker Tyrant Flycatchers (5) Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher (UC) Eastern Phoebe 02-11-12 M Dever Wetlands Area Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Vireos (4) Philadelphia Vireo (08) White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Jays & Crows (3) Blue Jay 02-11-12 M David Whispering Trail 02-11-12 M Daivd Trail Crow 02-11-12 M David Flying over wetlands Martins & Swallows (4) Purple Martin Swallow N Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Chickadees & Titmice (2) Carolina Chickadee 02-11-12 D Hunter Fallen Oak Trail Tufted Titmouse 02-11-12 D Hunter Fallen Oak Trail Nuthatches & Creepers (3) Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper 02-11-12 C Homer Lake Trail Wrens (4) 02-11-12 C Homer Parking lot near Ranger Station Wren (09) House Wren Winter Wren Gnatcatchers & Kinglets (3) Golden-crowned Kinglet 02-11-12 M Dever Lake Trail Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Thrushes (6) Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush 02-11-12 C Homer Wildlife Core Area Wood Thrush Swainson’s Thrush (08) Veery (08) 02-11-12 C Homer Flying over wetlands (4) Catbirds, Mockingbirds, Thrashers & Starlings (4) Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird 02-11-12 M David Ranger Station Brown Thrasher 02-02-12 M David Newmarket Creek European Starling 01-29-12 M Dever Bethel Road entrance Waxwings (1) Cedar Waxwing Wood Warblers (23) Wilson’s Warbler (08) Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush (09) Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler 02-11-12 M David Fallen Oak Trail Black-throated Green Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Warbler 02-11-12 M Dever Lake Trail Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Hooded Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Blue-winged Warbler (08) Prothonotary Warbler (08) Magnolia Warbler (08) Worm-eating Warbler (09) American Redstart Ovenbird Yellow-breasted Chat Common Yellowthroat Tanagers (2) Scarlet Tanager (R) Summer Tanager Sparrows, Cardinals, Grosbeaks & Dickcissels (13) Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Sparrow 02-11-12 M Dever Wildlife Core Area Song Sparrow 02-11-12 M Dever Wetlands Area Sparrow 02-11-12 M Dever Wetlands Area White-throated Sparrow 02-11-12 M Dever Wetlands Area Dark-eyed Junco 02-11-12 M David Fallen Oak Trail (15) Northern Cardinal 02-11-12 M David Fallen Oak Trail Rose-breasted Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Savannah Sparrow (08) 02-11-12 M Dever Wetlands Area Indigo Bunting Blackbirds, Meadowlarks & Orioles (8) Bobolink (11) Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Rusty Blackbird (08) Baltimore Oriole (08) Brown-headed Orchard Oriole (08) Eastern Meadowlark Finches (3) Pine Siskin (08) House Finch American Goldfinch 02-11-12 M David Lake Trail (2) Old World Sparrows (1) House Sparrow Key: R Rare (red) New to the park this year VR Very Rare (blue) New to the park in that year UC Uncommon