Ducks, Geese, Swans Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Ibis Gulls, Terns Species Residence Habitat Species Residence Habitat Species Residence Habitat Snow Goose WV E American Bittern WR M Bonaparte's Gull WV O Canada Goose * PR E Least Bittern SR M Laughing Gull * PR B, E, M Wood Duck * PR E, M Great Blue Heron * PR E, M Ring-billed Gull T, WV B, E Great Egret * PR E, M Herring Gull T, WV B, E Gadwall WR E, M American Wigeon* WR E, M Snowy Egret * PR E, M Great Black-backed Gull T, WV B, E American Black Duck WR E, M Little Blue Heron * PR E, M Least Tern SR B, E Mallard * WR E, M Tricolored Heron * PR E, M Caspian Tern T B, E Blue-winged Teal T, WR E, M Reddish Egret SV E, M Black Tern T B, E Northern Shoveler * WR E, M Cattle Egret SR M Common Tern SR B, E Northern Pintail WR E, M Green Heron * SR E, M Forster's Tern WR B, E Green-winged Teal WR E, M Black-crowned Night Heron * PR E, M Royal Tern SR B, E Canvasback WR E Yellow-crowned Night Heron PR E, M Sandwich Tern SR B, E Redhead * WR E White Ibis * PR E, M Black Skimmer SR B, E Ring-necked Duck * WR E Glossy Ibis SR E, M Goatsuckers, Swifts, Hummingbirds Greater Scaup WR E Shorebirds Common Nighthawk SR E Lesser Scaup * WR E American Oystercatcher PR B, E, M Chuck-will's Widow SR T Surf Scoter WR E, O Black-bellied Plover T B, E, Chimney Swift SR T White-winged Scoter WR E, O Wilson's Plover SR B Ruby-throated Hummingbird* SR T Black Scoter WR E, O Semipalmated Plover T B, E Rufous Hummingbird * SV T Bufflehead * WR E, O Kildeer * PR B, E Kingfisher, Woodpeckers Common Goldeneye * WR E Spotted Sandpiper * T E, M Belted Kingfisher * WR E Hooded Merganser * WR E Greater Yellowlegs * T, WR E, M Red-headed Woodpecker * PR T Red-breasted Merganser WR E Willet PR B, E, M Red-bellied Woodpecker * PR T Ruddy Duck * WR E Lesser Yellowlegs T E, M Yellow-bellied Sapsucker * WR T Loons, Grebes Whimbrel * T B Downy Woodpecker * PR T Red-throated Loon WR E, O Ruddy Turnstone T B Hairy Woodpecker T T Common Loon * WR E, O Red Knot T B Northern Flicker * PR T Pied-billed Grebe * WR E Sanderling WR, T B Pileated Woodpecker * PR T Horned Grebe * WR E Dunlin WR, T B, E, M Cardinals, Grosbeaks Gannets, Cormorants, Darters, Pelicans Least Sandpiper T E, M Summer Tanager T T Northern Gannet WR O Semipalmated Sandpiper T E, M Scarlet Tanager T T Double-crested Cormorant * WR E, O Western Sandpiper T E, M Northern Cardinal * PR T Great Cormorant WR O Short-billed Dowitcher T, WV E, M Rose-breasted Grosbeak T T Anhinga * PR Pond Wilson's Snipe WV E, M Blue Grosbeak SR T American White Pelican WV E, B, O American Woodcock WV T Indigo Bunting T T Brown Pelican * PR E, B, O Rails, Coots Painted Bunting * SR T Cuckoos, Doves Flycatchers Clapper Rail * PR M Rock Pigeon PR T Eastern Wood-Pewee * SR T Mourning Dove * PR T King Rail T M, Fresh Water Yellow-bellied Flycatcher T T Virginia Rail T M Yellow-billed Cuckoo SR T Acadian Flycatcher T T Owls Eastern Screech-Owl PR T Sora WR M Eastern Phoebe* WR T Great Horned Owl * PR T American Coot* WV M Great Crested Flycatcher * SR T Barred Owl PR T Eastern Kingbird * SR T Vultures, Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, Osprey Sparrows Species Residence Habitat Species Residence Habitat Birds Found in Black Vulture * SR Open Eastern Towhee * PR T Turkey Vulture * PR Open Chipping Sparrow * W, T T Brunswick County Bald Eagle * T B, E Field Sparrow * T T Northern Harrier * WR B, M Vesper Sparrow T T North Carolina Sharp-shinned Hawk WR T Savannah Sparrow * WR M, T Cooper's Hawk * PR T Saltmarsh Sparrow WV M * Birds sighted within Town of St. James Red-tailed Hawk * PR T Nelson's Sparrow WV M Red-shouldered Hawk PR T Seaside Sparrow PR M Season Key Residence Broad-winged Hawk T T Fox Sparrow WV T Winter Visitor WV American Kestrel * WR B, M, T Song Sparrow * WV T Winter Resident WR Merlin * WR B, E, M Swamp Sparrow WR M, T Permanent Resident PR Peregrine Falcon WR B, E, M White-throated Sparrow * WR T Summer Visitor SV Osprey* B, E, M White-crowned Sparrow WV T Summer Resident SR Transient (Migrant) T House Sparrow PR T Vireos Fall Visitor FV White-eyed Vireo SR T Dark-eyed Junco * WR T Yellow-throated Vireo SR T Warblers Habitat Key Blue-headed Vireo T T E Estuary Ovenbird * T T Red-eyed Vireo T T M Marsh Worm-eating Warbler T T Jays, Crows, Chickadees, Titmouse T Thicket Louisiana Waterthrush T T Blue Jay * PR T Northern Waterthrush * T T O Ocean American Crow * PR E, M, T Black-and white Warbler * T T B Beach Fish Crow * PR B, E, M, T Prothonotary Warbler T T Carolina Chickadee * PR T Orange-crowned Warbler WR T Tufted Titmouse * PR T Common Yellowthroat * PR M, T Blackbirds, Orioles Nuthatches, Wrens Hooded Warbler T T Species Residence Habitat Brown-headed Nuthatch * PR T American Redstart * T T Bobolink T M, T Brown Creeper WV T Cape May Warbler T T Red-winged Blackbird * PR M, T House Wren * WR M, T Northern Parula S T Eastern Meadowlark PR B, M, T Sedge Wren WR M Magnolia Warbler T T Marsh Wren PR T Bay-breasted Warbler T T Rusty Blackbird T T Carolina Wren * PR T Blackburnian Warbler T T Common Grackle * PR B, M, T Yellow Warbler T T Boat-tailed Grackle * PR B, E, M, T Thrushes Black-throated Blue Warbler T T Brown-headed Cowbird * PR T Eastern Bluebird * PR T, M Palm Warbler * T T Orchard Oriole * SR T Veery T T Pine Warbler * PR T Baltimore Oriole * WV T Gray-cheeked Thrush T T Yellow-rumped Warbler * WR T Starlings, Waxwings Swainson's Thrush T T Yellow-throated Warbler T T European Starling * PR T Hermit Thrush WR T Yellow-breasted Chat SR T Cedar Waxwing * WV T American Robin * PR T Prairie Warbler SR T Finches Gnatcatcher, Kinglet Mockingbirds, Thrashers House Finch * PR T Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * SR T Gray Catbird * PR T Pine Siskin WV T Golden-crowned Kinglet WR T Brown Thrasher * PR T American Goldfinch * WV T Ruby-crowned Kinglet * WR T Northern Mockingbird * PR T .