Birds of the Porcupine Mountains: DIVING DUCKS Aythyinae SANDPIPERS Scolopacidae A FIELD CHECKLIST l Bufflehead M,u l Greater Yellowlegs M,u *** Indicates birds known to l Canvasback M,r l Lesser Yellowlegs M,u l Common Goldeneye M,c l Dunlin M,o nest in the area. P=Permanent l l Residents, present all year. Lesser Scaup S,o / M,c Solitary Sandpiper M,r l Redhead M,r l Upland Sandpiper M,u S=Summer residents, present l Ring-necked Duck*** S,u / M,u l Least Sandpiper M,u all summer. W=Winter visi- l Oldsquaw V l Semipalmated Sandpiper M,u tors, species that generally MERGANSERS Merginae l Spotted Sandpiper*** S,c / M,c reside year round in areas to the north of l Common Merganser*** S,c / M,c l American Woodcock*** S,c / M,c us. Individuals from these northern regions l Hooded Merganser*** S,o / M,o l Common Snipe*** S,o / M,o visit during winter months in search of l Red-breasted Merganser*** S,o / M,o GULLS Larinae food. Numbers vary widely from year to FALCONIFORMES l Herring Gull*** P,c year. M=Migrant, these species reside VULTURES Catharidae l Ring-billed Gull*** S,c seasonally in areas to our north and are not l Turkey Vulture*** S,o / M,c TERNS Sterninae ACCIPITERS Accipitrinae l Caspian Tern S,r / M,r within our range. They are normally viewed l l in the park only during the spring and fall Cooper’s Hawk S,r / M,u Common Tern S,r / M,r l Northern Goshawk*** P,r COLUMBIFORMES migrations. V=Vagrant, species outside its l Sharp-shinned Hawk*** S,u / M,c DOVES Columbidae normal range, always irregular. Abundance BUTEOS Buteoninae l Mourning Dove*** S,o / M,o ratings, consider these as a measure of the l Bald Eagle*** S,o / W,o CUCULIFORMES likelyhood of your viewing or hearing each l Golden Eagle M,r CUCKOOS Cuculidae species in appropriate habitat. c=common, l Broad-winged Hawk*** S,c / M,c l Black-billed Cuckoo*** S,u / M,r o=occasional, u=uncommon, r=rare. l Red-tailed Hawk*** S,r / M,r l Yellow-billed Cuckoo S,u GAVIIFORMES l Red-shouldered Hawk S,u STRIGIFORMES LOONS Gaviidae l Rough-legged Hawk V OWLS Strigidae l Common Loon S, u HARRIERS Circinae l Barred Owl*** P,o PODICEPEDIFORMES lNorthern Harrier S,u l Boreal Owl W,r GREBES Podicipedidae OSPREY Pandionidae l Great Horned Owl*** P,u l Horned Grebe M, u l Osprey S,r / M,u l Northern Saw-whet Owl*** S,o / M,o l Pied-billed Grebe*** S, u FALCONS Falconinae l Snowy Owl W,r PELECANIFORMES l American Kestrel*** S,o / M,o CAPRIMULGIFORMES CORMORANTS Phalacrocoracidae l Merlin*** S,o / M,o NIGHTJARS Caprimulgidae l Dbl. Crested Cormorant*** S, c l Peregrine Falcon*** S,r / M,r l Common Nighthawk *** S,o / M,o CICONIIFORMES GALLIFORMES l Whip-poor-will*** S,o / M,c HERONS AND BITTERNS Ardeidae GROUSE Tetraonidae SWIFTS Apodidae l Great Blue Heron*** S,c l Ruffed Grouse *** P,c l Chimney Swift *** S,c / M,c l Cattle Egret V GRUIFORMES HUMMINGBIRDS Trochilidae l American Bittern*** S, u RAILS Rallidae l Ruby-thr.Hummingbird*** S,c ANSERIFORMES l Sora Rail*** S,r / M,o CORACIIFORMES GEESE Anserinae l Virginia Rail*** S,u KINGFISHERS Alcedinidae l Canada Goose *** S,o / M,c l American Coot*** M,r l Belted Kingfisher*** S,c / M,c MARSH DUCKS Anatinae CRANES Gruidae PICIFORMES l Black Duck*** S,r / M,o l Sandhill Crane*** S,u / M,u WOODPECKERS Picidae l Blue-winged Teal S,r / M,u CHARADRIIFORMES l Black-backed Woodpecker*** P,u l Green-winged Teal*** S,r / M,u PLOVERS Charadriidae l Downy Woodpecker *** P,c l Mallard*** S,o / M,c l Black-bellied Plover M,u l Hairy Woodpecker *** P,c l Northern Shoveler*** S,r / M,u l Killdeer*** S,o / M,o l Red-headed Woodpecker S,r / M,u l Wood Duck*** S,o / M,o l Yellow-bellied Sapsucker*** S,c / M,c l Northern Flicker*** S,c / M,c KINGLETS Sylviidae l Eastern Meadowlark S,r / M,r l Pileated Woodpecker*** P,c l Golden-crowned Kinglet*** S,o / M,o l Western Meadowlark M,r PASSERIFORMES l Ruby-crowned Kinglet M,o l Red-winged Blackbird*** S,c / M,c FLYCATCHERS Tyrannidae PIPITS Motacillidae l Rusty Blackbird M,r l Eastern Wood-Pewee*** S,c / M,c l Water Pipit M,r l Yellow-headed Blackbird S,r / M,r l Great-crested Flycatcher*** S,u / M,u WAXWINGS Bombycillidae l Northern Oriole*** S,r / M,u l Least Flycatcher*** S,c / M,c l Bohemian Waxwing W,u TANAGERS Thraupidae l Alder Flycatcher*** S,o / M,o l Cedar Waxwing*** S,c / M,c l Scarlet Tanager*** S,r / M,o l Olive-sided Flycatcher *** S,r / M,r SHRIKES Laniidae FINCHES & SPARROWS Fringillidae l Eastern Phoebe*** S,c / M,c l Northern Shrike W,r l Common Redpoll W,u l Eastern Kingbird*** S,c / M,c STARLINGS Sturnidae l Evening Grosbeak*** S,o / M,o LARKS Alaudidae l European Starling*** S,c / M,c l Indigo Bunting*** S,u / M,u l Horned Lark M,r VIREOS Vireonidae l Rufous-sided Towhee M,r SWALLOWS Hirundinidae l Red-eyed Vireo*** S,c / M,c l Rose-breasted Grosbeak*** S,o / M,o l Purple Martin*** S,r / M,u l Blue-headed Vireo*** S,u / M,u l Snow Bunting M,o l Bank Swallow*** S,o / M,o l Warbling Vireo*** S,r / M,r l American Goldfinch*** S,o / W,o l Barn Swallow*** S,c / M,c WOOD WARBLERS Parulidae l Dark-eyed Junco*** S,c / M,c l Cliff Swallow*** S,o / M,o l American Redstart*** S,c / M,c l Pine Grosbeak W,u l Rough-winged Swallow*** S,u / M,u l Bay-breasted Warbler S,c / M,r l Purple Finch*** S,o / M,o l Tree Swallow*** S,c / M,c l Black & White Warbler*** S,o / M,o l Northern Cardinal *** S,r / W,r JAYS & CROWS Corvidae l Black-throated Bl. Warbler*** S,o / M,o l Red Crossbill*** P,r l Blue Jay*** P,c l Black-throated Gr. Warbler*** S,c / M,c l White-winged Crossbill*** P,r l Gray Jay W,u l Blackburnian Warbler *** S,o / M,c l Pine Siskin*** P,o l American Crow*** S,c / M,c l Blackpoll Warbler M,r l American Tree Sparrow M,o l Northern Raven*** P,c l Canada Warbler*** S,o / M,o l Chipping Sparrow*** S,c / M,c CHICKADEES Paridae l Cape May Warbler*** S,r / M,o l Clay-colored Sparrow*** S,r / M,r l Black-capped Chickadee*** P,c l Chestnut-sided Warbler*** S,o / M,o l Fox Sparrow M,o NUTHATCHS Sittidae l Common Yellowthroat*** S,c / M,c l Harris’ Sparrow M,r l Red-breasted Nuthatch*** P,c / M,c l Connecticut Warbler S,r / M,r l Lincoln’s Sparrow M,r l White-breasted Nuthatch*** P,o l Magnolia Warbler*** S,o / M,o l Savannah Sparrow*** S,u / M,u CREEPERS Certhiidae l Mourning Warbler*** S,o / M,o l Song Sparrow*** S,o / M,o l Brown Creeper*** S,c / M,c l Nashville Warbler*** S,o / M,o l Swamp Sparrow*** S,o / M,o WRENS Troglodytidae l Northern Parula Warbler*** S,u / M,u l Vesper Sparrow M,r l House Wren*** S,r / M,r l Orange-crowned Warbler M,r l White-crowned Sparrow M,o l Marsh Wren*** M,o l Ovenbird*** S,c / M,c l White-throated Sparrow*** S,c / M,c l Sedge Wren*** S,u / M,u l Palm Warbler M,o l Lapland Longspur M,r l Winter Wren*** S,c / M,c l Pine Warbler*** S,r / M,r MIMIC THRUSHES Mimidae l Tennessee Warbler S,r / M,o l Brown Thrasher*** S,r / M,u l Wilson’s Warbler M,u l Gray Catbird*** S,r / M,u l Yellow Warbler*** S,u / M,o l Northern Mockingbird S,r / M,u l Yellow-rumped Warbler*** S,c / M,c THRUSHES Turdidae WEAVER FINCHES Ploceidae l American Robin*** S,c / M,c l House Sparrow*** M,r l Eastern Bluebird*** S,u / M,u BLACKBIRDS Icteridae l Hermit Thrush*** S,c / M,c l Bobolink M,r Porcupine Mountains Wilderness l Swainson’s Thrush*** S,c / M,c l Brewer’s Blackbird*** S,r / M,r State Park, 412 S. Boundary Rd., l Veery*** S,c / M,c l Brown-headed Cowbird*** S,o / M,c l Wood Thrush*** S,o / M,o l Common Grackle*** S,r / M,o Ontonagon, MI 49953.