Refuge Manager U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Erie National Wildlife Refuge 11296 Wood Duck Lane Guys Mills, PA 16327 814/789 3585 Erie Federal Relay Service for the deaf and hard-of-hearing National Wildlife 1 800/877 8339 Refuge U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 1 800/344 WILD http://www.fws.gov http://www.twitter.com/USFWSNortheast Birds http://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsnortheast http://www.facebook.com/usfws http://www.youtube.com/usfws http://www.fws.gov/northeast/newsroom August 2011 NT OF E TH TM E R IN A P T E E R D I . O S R . U M A 49 RC H 3, 18 Blue Jay Dave Menke Introduction Erie National Wildlife Refuge, This list follows the Fifty-first Supplement to the established in 1959, is located in American Ornithologists’ Union Checklist of North Crawford County in northwestern American Birds. Pennsylvania. The refuge consists of two separate land units. The Sugar Most birds are migratory and their seasonal occurrence Lake Division, containing 5,206 and relative abundance are coded as follows: acres, is 10 miles east of Meadville on the outskirts of the village of Season Guys Mills. The Seneca Division, Sp spring March – May containing 3,594 acres, is 10 miles S summer June – August north of the Sugar Lake Division, F fall September – November near Cambridge Springs W winter December – February Forests, swamps, beaver ponds, man- • Birds known to nest on or near the refuge made impoundments, grasslands and croplands make up the diverse Relative Abundance habitats that have attracted more Relative abundance indicates how frequently you might than 230 species of birds. An see a bird in its favored habitat. additional 18 species have been observed only one or two times and a abundant very numerous and readily seen are listed separately as accidentals. c common likely to be seen or heard in suitable habitat u uncommon present, but not certain to be seen Waterfowl migrations occur in o occasional seen only a few times during a season March to early April and again r rare may be present but not every year from September to November. There are more wood ducks nesting on the refuge than any other duck; a good place to watch them during the spring migration is from our observation blind. In the spring, goslings and Sp S F W their parents also can be seen as they Geese – Swans – Ducks travel back and forth from Pool C to ___ Snow Goose ________________________ r r r the Entrance Road Pond. ___ • Canada Goose ______________________ c c c c ___ Tundra Swan _______________________ c c o Spring and summer are the times to ___ • Wood Duck _________________________ c c c o look for nesting songbirds. Look for ___ Gadwall____________________________ c c r Henslow’s sparrow, a rare bird in ___ American Wigeon ___________________ c r c r most areas of the United States. This ___ • American Black Duck ________________ o o o u sparrow is secretive and usually ___ • Mallard ____________________________ c c c c sings its “slick” song from a low ___ • Blue-winged Teal ___________________ c u c r perch in an open field. ___ Northern Shoveler __________________ u u r ___ Northern Pintail ____________________ u o u Shorebirds, such as sandpipers and ___ Green-winged Teal __________________ c c u yellowlegs, can be seen in small ___ Canvasback ________________________ o o r groups feeding on mudflats during ___ Redhead ___________________________ o o r summer and fall. On a winter walk, ___ Ring-necked Duck __________________ c r c o black-capped chickadees, nuthatches, ___ Greater Scaup ______________________ r r r downy woodpeckers and dark-eyed ___ Lesser Scaup _______________________ o o r juncos are easy to spot. ___ Long-tailed Duck ___________________ r r ___ Bufflehead _________________________ c c o ___ Common Goldeneye _________________ o o o ___ • Hooded Merganser __________________ c c c r Sp S F W Sp S F W ___ Common Merganser _________________ o r o ___ Northern Goshawk __________________ r r r r ___ Red-breasted Merganser _____________ o o r ___ • Red-shouldered Hawk _______________ c c c o ___ Ruddy Duck ________________________ o o r ___ • Broad-winged Hawk _________________ u u u ___ • Red-tailed Hawk ____________________ c c c c ___ Rough-legged Hawk _________________ r Grouse – Allies ___ Golden Eagle _______________________ r ___ Northern Bobwhite _________________ r r r r ___ • American Kestrel ___________________ o o o r ___ • Ring-necked Pheasant _______________ u u u u ___ Merlin _____________________________ r r r ___ • Ruffed Grouse ______________________ c c c c ___ Peregrine Falcon ____________________ r r r ___ • Wild Turkey ________________________ c c c c Loons – Grebes Rails – Cranes ___ Common Loon _____________________o o ___ • Virginia Rail _______________________ u u u ___ • Pied-billed Grebe ___________________ c u u r ___ • Sora ______________________________ u u u ___ Horned Grebe ______________________ o o ___ • Common Gallinule __________________ o o o ___ • American Coot______________________ o o o r ___ • Sandhill Crane ______________________ o o o Cormorants ___ Double-crested Cormorant ___________ o o Killdeer Plovers – Sandpipers ___ Black-bellied Plover _________________ r ___ American Golden-Plover _____________ r Mallards ___ Semipalmated Plover ________________ u u ___ • Killdeer ___________________________ c c c r ___ • Spotted Sandpiper __________________ u u u ___ Solitary Sandpiper __________________ u o u Bitterns – Herons – Egrets ___ Greater Yellowlegs __________________ u o u ___ • American Bittern ___________________ u r u ___ Lesser Yellowlegs ___________________ u o u ___ • Least Bittern _______________________ r r ___ Upland Sandpiper ___________________ r r ___ • Great Blue Heron ___________________ c c c u ___ Semipalmated Sandpiper _____________ r u ___ Great Egret ________________________ o o o ___ Least Sandpiper ____________________ u u ___ Little Blue Heron ___________________ r ___ Pectoral Sandpiper __________________ u u ___ • Green Heron _______________________ u c u ___ Dunlin _____________________________ u u ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron __________ r r r ___ Stilt Sandpiper _____________________ r r ___ Short-billed Dowitcher _______________ u u Vultures – Hawks – Falcons ___ Long-billed Dowitcher _______________ r ___ • Turkey Vulture _____________________ c c c ___ • Wilson's Snipe ______________________ c u u ___ Osprey ____________________________ o o ___ • American Woodcock _________________ c u c ___ • Bald Eagle _________________________ c c c o ___ • Northern Harrier ___________________ o r r r Gulls – Terns ___ • Sharp-shinned Hawk ________________ u u u u ___ Bonaparte’s Gull ____________________ o o ___ • Cooper’s Hawk _____________________ c c c c ___ Ring-billed Gull _____________________ o o r Sp S F W Sp S F W ___ Herring Gull _______________________ o o ___ • Northern Flicker ___________________ c c c u ___ Black Tern _________________________ r r ___ • Pileated Woodpecker ________________ u u u u ___ Common Tern ______________________ r r ___ Forster’s Tern ______________________ r r Flycatchers ___ Olive-sided Flycatcher _______________ r r ___ • Eastern Wood-Pewee ________________ c c c ___ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher _____________ r r ___ • Acadian Flycatcher __________________ c c c ___ • Alder Flycatcher ____________________ o o o ___ • Willow Flycatcher ___________________ c c c ___ • Least Flycatcher ____________________ c u c ___ • Eastern Phoebe ____________________ c c c ___ • Great Crested Flycatcher ____________ c c c ___ • Eastern Kingbird ___________________ c c c Shrikes – Vireos ___ Northern Shrike ____________________ r ___ • White-eyed Vireo ___________________ r o r ___ • Yellow-throated Vireo ________________ o o o Great Horned Owl ___ • Blue-headed Vireo __________________ c c c ___ • Warbling Vireo _____________________ u c u ___ Philadelphia Vireo ___________________ r r Doves – Cuckoos ___ • Red-eyed Vireo _____________________ a a a ___ • Rock Pigeon ________________________ c c c c ___ • Mourning Dove _____________________ c c c c Jays – Crows – Larks – Swallows ___ • Yellow-billed Cuckoo _________________ u u u ___ • Blue Jay ___________________________ a a a a ___ • Black-billed Cuckoo _________________ c c c ___ • American Crow _____________________ a a a a ___ Common Raven _____________________ u u u u Owls – Nightjars ___ • Horned Lark _______________________ u o u o ___ • Barn Owl __________________________ r r r r ___ • Purple Martin ______________________ u c c ___ • Eastern Screech-Owl ________________ u u u u ___ • Tree Swallow _______________________ a a a ___ • Great Horned Owl __________________ c c c c ___ • Northern Rough-winged Swallow _____ u c u ___ Snowy Owl _________________________ r ___ • Bank Swallow ______________________ c c c ___ • Barred Owl ________________________ c c c c ___ Cliff Swallow _______________________ r r r ___ Long-eared Owl ____________________ r r r r ___ • Barn Swallow ______________________ c a a ___ Short-eared Owl ____________________ r r r ___ Northern Saw-whet Owl _____________ r r u r ___ • Common Nighthawk _________________ r r r ___ Eastern Whip-poor-will ______________ r Swifts – Hummingbirds – Kingfishers ___ • Chimney Swift ______________________ c c c ___ • Ruby-throated Hummingbird _________ c c c ___ • Belted Kingfisher ___________________ c c c o Woodpeckers ___ • Red-headed Woodpecker _____________ u u u ___ • Red-bellied Woodpecker _____________ c c c c ___ • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker _____________ o c c r ___ • Downy Woodpecker _________________ c c c c ___ • Hairy Woodpecker