2012 COMPOSITE LIST OF BIRD 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 species. 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, Ducks (20) Canada Goose Snow Goose Tundra Swan (R) Wood Duck Gadwall 01-23-12 M Dever Wetlands Canoe Trail (10) American Wigeon Northern Pintail (08) American Black Duck 01-23-12 M Dever Canoe Lake Mallard 02-11-12 D Hunter Canoe Lake Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal 01-26-12 C Blake Wetlands Redhead 02-15-12 M Nichols Canoe Lake Lesser Scaup Greater Scaup 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 Hawks, Eagles (12) Broad-winged Hawk (10) Merlin Peregrine Falcon 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) American Kestrel Turkeys (1) Wild Turkey (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 Woodcock 01-25-12 Nichols, Blake Old access road (2) Gulls & Tern (12) Gull-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 Mourning Dove 02-11-12 D Hunter Outside Nature Center (3) Cuckoos (1) Yellow-billed Cuckoo Owls (3) Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl 01-23-12 M Dever Nature Center Barred Owl 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 Pines Trail American Crow 02-11-12 M Daivd Wood Duck Trail Fish Crow 02-11-12 M David Flying over wetlands Martins & Swallows (4) Purple Martin Tree 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) Carolina Wren 02-11-12 C Homer Parking lot near Ranger Station Marsh 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) American Robin 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 Pine Warbler 02-11-12 M Dever Lake Trail Prairie 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 Fox Sparrow 02-11-12 M Dever Wildlife Core Area Song Sparrow 02-11-12 M Dever Wetlands Area Swamp 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 Cowbird 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 .