This daily field sheet lists the current status of species ever recorded from Sapsucker Woods through June, 2003. Species followed by “*” Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary regularly breed on or adjacent to the sanctuary; species followed by “†” bred here historically but are not known to be current breeders. Checklist of Birds Please help us keep this list current by reporting species indicated by U (uncommon), R (rare), or A (accidental)—or any species you see that is DATE ________________ TIME____________________ not on this list. WEATHER ______________________________________ GULLS, TERN ____ Tree Swallow* “MIMICS” ____ Eastern Towhee* ____ Ring-billed Gull ____ N. Rough-winged Swallow ____ Gray Catbird* OBSERVERS ____________________________________ ____ Herring Gull ____ Bank Swallow ____ Northern Mockingbird (R) SPARROWS ____ Cliff Swallow (U) ____ American Tree Sparrow _____________________________________________ ____ Great Black-backed Gull ____ Brown Thrasher* ____ Common Tern (R) ____ Barn Swallow* ____ Chipping Sparrow* _____________________________________________ Starling, PIPIT, waXWINGS ____ Field Sparrow* LOON, GREBES HAWKS DOVES, CUCKOOS SHRIKES ____ European Starling* ____ Vesper Sparrow (U) ____ Common Loon ____ Osprey ____ Rock Dove* ____ Northern Shrike (U) ____ American Pipit ____ Savannah Sparrow (U) ____ Pied-billed Grebe ____ Bald Eagle ____ Mourning Dove* ____ Loggerhead Shrike (A) ____ Bohemian Waxwing (R) ____ Grasshopper Sparrow(R) ____ Horned Grebe (R) ____ Northern Harrier* ____ Black-billed Cuckoo* ____ Cedar Waxwing* ____ Henslow’s Sparrow†(R) ____ Sharp-shinned Hawk* ____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo* VIREOS ____ Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow (A) CORMORANT ____ Cooper’s Hawk* ____ White-eyed Vireo (R) WARBLERS ____ Fox Sparrow ____ Double-crested Cormorant ____ Northern Goshawk† (U) OWLS, NIGHTJARS ____ Blue-headed Vireo ____ Blue-winged Warbler* ____ Song Sparrow* ____ Red-shouldered Hawk* ____ Barn Owl (A) ____ Yellow-throated Vireo* ____ “Brewster’s” Warbler (U) ____ Lincoln’s Sparrow HERONS, IBIS ____ Red-tailed Hawk* ____ Eastern Screech-Owl* ____ Warbling Vireo* ____ “Lawrence’s” Warbler (R) ____ Swamp Sparrow* ____ American Bittern ____ Broad-winged Hawk* ____ Great Horned Owl* ____ Philadelphia Vireo ____ Golden-winged Warbler (R) ____ White-throated Sparrow ____ Least Bittern (R) ____ Rough-legged Hawk ____ Barred Owl* ____ Red-eyed Vireo* ____ Tennessee Warbler ____ White-crowned Sparrow ____ Great Blue Heron ____ Golden Eagle (U) ____ Long-eared Owl (R) ____ Orange-crowned Warbler (R) ____ Dark-eyed Junco* ____ Great Egret (U) ____ American Kestrel* ____ Short-eared Owl (R) JaY, CROWS ____ Nashville Warbler ____ Snow Bunting (U) ____ Blue Jay* ____ Green Heron* ____ Merlin (U) ____ Northern Saw-whet Owl (R) ____ Northern Parula ____ American Crow* ____ Black-crowned Night-Heron (U) ____ Peregrine Falcon (R) ____ Common Nighthawk ____ Yellow Warbler* BOBOLINK, BLACKBIRDS, ____ Fish Crow (U) ____ Glossy Ibis (A) ____ Gyrfalcon (A) ____ Whip-poor-will (R) ____ Chestnut-sided Warbler* ORIOLES ____ Common Raven (U) ____ Magnolia Warbler ____ Bobolink VUltURE GALLINACEOUS BIRDS SWIFT, HUMMINGBIRD, KING- ____ Cape May Warbler ____ Red-winged Blackbird* CHICKADEES, NUthatCHES, ____ Turkey Vulture ____ Ring-necked Pheasant† FISHER ____ Black-throated Blue Warbler ____ Eastern Meadowlark* ____ Ruffed Grouse†(U) ____ Chimney Swift CREEPER ____ Yellow-rumped Warbler ____ Yellow-headed Blackbird (A) WaterFOWL ____ Wild Turkey ____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird* ____ Black-capped Chickadee* ____ Black-throated Green Warbler ____ Rusty Blackbird ____ Tundra Swan (U) ____ Northern Bobwhite (A) ____ Belted Kingfisher* ____ Boreal Chickadee (A) ____ Blackburnian Warbler ____ Common Grackle* ____ Greater White-fronted Goose (A) ____ Tufted Titmouse* ____ Pine Warbler ____ Brown-headed Cowbird* ____ Snow Goose RAILS, COOT WOODPECKERS ____ Red-breasted Nuthatch* ____ Prairie Warbler ____ Orchard Oriole (R) ____ Brant (U) ____ King Rail (A) ____ Red-headed Woodpecker (R) ____ White-breasted Nuthatch* ____ Palm Warbler ____ Baltimore Oriole* ____ Canada Goose* ____ Virginia Rail†(U) ____ Red-bellied Woodpecker* ____ Brown Creeper* ____ Bay-breasted Warbler ____ Wood Duck* ____ Sora (U) ____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker* ____ Blackpoll Warbler GROSBEAKS, FINCHES ____ Green-winged Teal ____ American Coot (U) ____ Downy Woodpecker* WRENS ____ Cerulean Warbler (U) ____ Pine Grosbeak (R) ____ American Black Duck ____ Hairy Woodpecker* ____ Carolina Wren* ____ Black-and-white Warbler* ____ Purple Finch* ____ Mallard* CRANE ____ Three-toed Woodpecker (A) ____ House Wren* ____ American Redstart* ____ House Finch* ____ Northern Pintail ____ Sandhill Crane (R) ____ Northern Flicker* ____ Winter Wren ____ Prothonotary Warbler (R) ____ Red Crossbill (U) ____ Blue-winged Teal ____ Pileated Woodpecker* ____ Marsh Wren (U) ____ Worm-eating Warbler (R) ____ White-winged Crossbill (U) ____ Northern Shoveler PLOVERS, SANDPIPERS ____ Ovenbird* ____ Common Redpoll ____ Gadwall ____ Semipalmated Plover (U) FLYCatCHERS KINGLETS, GnatCatCHER ____ Northern Waterthrush* ____ Hoary Redpoll (R) ____ American Wigeon ____ Killdeer* ____ Olive-sided Flycatcher (U) ____ Golden-crowned Kinglet ____ Louisiana Waterthrush ____ Pine Siskin ____ Canvasback (R) ____ Greater Yellowlegs ____ Eastern Wood-Pewee* ____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet ____ Connecticut Warbler (R) ____ American Goldfinch* ____ Redhead (R) ____ Lesser Yellowlegs ____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (U) ____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* ____ Mourning Warbler ____ Evening Grosbeak ____ Ring-necked Duck ____ Solitary Sandpiper ____ Acadian Flycatcher (R) THRUSHES ____ Common Yellowthroat* ____ Greater Scaup (U) ____ Spotted Sandpiper ____ Alder Flycatcher* ____ Hooded Warbler OLD-WORLD SPARROW ____ Eastern Bluebird* ____ Lesser Scaup (U) ____ Upland Sandpiper (R) ____ Willow Flycatcher* ____ Wilson’s Warbler ____ House Sparrow* ____ Veery* ____ Surf Scoter (R) ____ Semipalmated Sandpiper ____ Least Flycatcher* ____ Canada Warbler† ____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (U) ____ White-winged Scoter (R) ____ Least Sandpiper ____ Eastern Phoebe* ____ Yellow-breasted Chat (R) ____ Common Goldeneye (U) ____ White-rumped Sandpiper (R) ____ Great-crested Flycatcher* ____ Bicknell’s Thrush (A) ____ Bufflehead ____ Baird’s Sandpiper (R) ____ Western Kingbird (A) ____ Swainson’s Thrush Tanager TO TOWHEE ____ Hermit Thrush* ____ Hooded Merganser† ____ Pectoral Sandpiper (U) ____ Eastern Kingbird* ____ Scarlet Tanager* ____ Wood Thrush* ____ Common Merganser (U) ____ Dunlin (U) ____ Northern Cardinal* ____ American Robin* ____ Red-breasted Merganser (R) ____ Stilt Sandpiper (R) LARK, Martin, SwallOWS ____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak* ____ Varied Thrush (A) ____ Ruddy Duck (U) ____ Wilson’s Snipe ____ Horned Lark (U) ____ Indigo Bunting* May 2010 ____ American Woodcock* ____ Purple Martin (U) ____ Dickcissel (R).