Capital
District Bird-Finding Calendar (rev. 1/7/2014)
| WIDESPREAD SPECIES | FREQUENCY | COMMENTS |
| Canada Goose | Abundant year-round resident | |
| Mallard | Abundant year-round resident | |
| Great Blue Heron | Uncommon year-round resident | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Uncommon year-round resident | |
| Cooper’s Hawk | Uncommon year-round resident | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Common year-round resident | |
| Rock Pigeon | Abundant year-round resident | |
| Mourning Dove | Abundant year-round resident | |
| Downy Woodpecker | Common year-round resident | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Common year-round resident | |
| Blue Jay | Common year-round resident | |
| American Crow | Abundant year-round resident | |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Common year-round resident | |
| Tufted Titmouse | Common year-round resident | |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Uncommon year-round resident | |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Common year-round resident | |
| Eastern Bluebird | Uncommon year-round resident | |
| American Robin | Common year-round resident | |
| European Starling | Abundant year-round resident | |
| Song Sparrow | Common year-round resident | Spring=Abundant; Winter=Uncommon |
| Northern Cardinal | Common year-round resident | |
| House Finch | Uncommon year-round resident | |
| American Goldfinch | Common year-round resident | |
| House Sparrow | Abundant year-round resident |
INDIVIDUAL SPECIES ACCOUNTS
| Species Name | Occurrence | Approximate Arrival Date |
Habitat preference and additional
information.
Likely location(s) to observe the
species.
| Snow Goose | Seasonally abundant migrant | Spring: 3/12; Fall: 10/15 |
More common in fall, feeding in
harvested cornfields and resting on rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Often seen in large, flyover “skeins.” Some overwinter where
water remains open. Scan for rare Ross’ Goose.
Tomhannock Reservoir, Saratoga Lake,
Fort Miller.
| Brant | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: mid-May; Fall: mid-Oct. |
Passes through quickly. Majority of
birds heard/seen as flyovers.
| Cackling Goose | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring and Fall |
Seen among migrating Canada Geese.
| Mute Swan | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Seen along Hudson River, occasionally
on reservoirs, lakes, ponds, estuaries. Retreats southward in winter.
Tomhannock Reservoir, Basic Creek
Reservoir.
| Tundra Swan | Rare winter visitant | Fall: 11/1 |
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Saratoga Lake, Ft. Miller, Stillwater.
| Wood Duck | Locally common summer resident | Spring: 3/10 |
Wooded swamps. Dabbler.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Hudson-Mohawk
bikepath (Niskayuna), Black Creek Marsh.
| Gadwall | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 3/14; Fall: 10/5 |
Shallow ponds, flooded fields. Dabbler.
Stanton Pond, Vischer Ferry NHP, Ann
Lee Pond.
| American Wigeon | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 3/10; Fall: 10/8 |
Shallow ponds, flooded fields. Dabbler.
Stanton Pond, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Collins Lake.
| Eurasian Wigeon | Rare migrant |
Seen in the company of American Wigeon.
| American Black Duck | Uncommon year-round resident |
Shallow ponds, wetlands, marshes.
Dabbler.
Black Creek Marsh, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Stanton Pond.
| Blue-winged Teal | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 4/1; Fall: 9/1 |
Ponds and wetlands. Dabbler.
Black Creek Marsh, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Cohoes Flats.
| Northern Shoveler | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 3/15; Fall: 9/15 |
Ponds, wetlands, and flooded areas.
Dabbler.
Stanton Pond, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Collins Park.
| Northern Pintail | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 3/10; Fall: 10/1 |
Ponds and marshes. Dabbler.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Collins Lake,
Stanton Pond.
| Green-winged Teal | Seasonally common migrant | Spring: 3/10; Fall: 9/1 |
Ponds and marshes. Dabbler.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Collins Lake,
Stanton Pond.
| Canvasback | Seasonally rare migrant | Spring: 3/15; Fall: 11/15 |
Lakes and rivers. Mainly bypasses this
area.
Ft. Miller, Saratoga Lake.
| Redhead | Seasonally rare migrant | Spring: 3/15; Fall: 11/15 |
Lakes and rivers. Mainly bypasses this
area.
Ft. Miller, Stillwater.
| Ring-necked Duck | Seasonally common migrant | Spring 3/15; Fall: 10/10 |
Rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and ponds.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Stanton Pond,
Collins Lake.
| Greater Scaup | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 3/15; Fall: 10/20 |
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Saratoga Lake, Tomhannock Reservoir,
Ft. Miller.
| Lesser Scaup | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 3/15; Fall: 10/20 |
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Collins Lake, Vischer Ferry (Mohawk
River), Ft. Miller.
| Surf Scoter | Seasonally rare migrant | Fall: 10/20 |
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Normally
seen on fall migration only.
Mohawk River, Saratoga Lake, Tomhannock
Reservoir.
| White-winged Scoter | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Fall: 10/20 |
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Normally
seen on fall migration only.
Mohawk River, Saratoga Lake, Tomhannock
Reservoir.
| Black Scoter | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Fall: 10/20 |
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Normally
seen on fall migration only.
Mohawk River, Saratoga Lake, Tomhannock
Reservoir.
| Long-tailed Duck | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 3/31; Fall: 10/25 |
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Tomhannock Reservoir, Myosotis Lake,
Mohawk River.
| Bufflehead | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 3/10; Fall: 11/1 |
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Basic Creek Reservoir, Vischer Ferry
(Mohawk River), Ft. Miller.
| Common Goldeneye | Common winter resident | Fall: 11/5 |
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Scan for
rare Barrow’s Goldeneye.
| Red-breasted Merganser | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 4/6; Fall: 10/20 |
Very uncommon, usually 1-3 birds,
April/November.
Mohawk River, Tomhannock Reservoir,
Saratoga Lake.
| Hooded Merganser | Seasonally common migrant | Spring: 3/15; Fall: 10/10 |
Virtually any body of water. A few
overwinter if water remains open.
| Common Merganser | Common winter resident | Fall: 10/10 |
Virtually any body of water,
October-April.
| Ruddy Duck | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 3/25; Fall: 10/10 |
More common in fall.
Stanton Pond, Tomhannock Reservoir,
Basic Creek Reservoir.
| Ruffed Grouse | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Early succession mixed deciduous
forests, with small clearings.
Partridge Run WMA, Saratoga NHP,
Thacher Park.
| Wild Turkey | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Hardwood forests with scattered
openings.
Black Creek Marsh (and vicinity),
Albany Pine Bush Preserve, Saratoga NHP
| Red-throated Loon | Seasonally rare migrant | Spring: 4/6; Fall: 10/10 |
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Tomhannock Reservoir, Collins Lake,
Mohawk River.
| Common Loon | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 4/1; Fall: 10/10 |
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Tomhannock Reservoir, Saratoga Lake,
Mohawk River.
| Pied-billed Grebe | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 3/14; Fall: 10/1 |
Marshes, shallow ponds.
Collins Lake, Ann Lee Pond, Vischer
Ferry NHP.
| Horned Grebe | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 3/15; Fall: 10/10 |
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Collins Lake, Mohawk River, Tomhannock
Reservoir.
| Red-necked Grebe | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 4/3; Fall: 10/15 |
Rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Tomhannock Reservoir, Hudson River.
| Double-crested Cormorant | Common summer resident | Spring: 3/21 |
Widespread on reservoirs, lakes and
rivers.
| Great Cormorant | Uncommon early spring visitant | Late-Feb. through March |
On the Hudson River from Coeymans
southward. Favors river channel markers as perch.
Embought Bay (Catskill), Germantown.
| American Bittern | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/15 |
In large cattail marshes.
Black Creek Marsh, Cline Rd. marsh
(Oppenheim).
| Least Bittern | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/7 |
In large cattail marshes.
Black Creek Marsh, Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Great Egret | Locally uncommon summer visitant | Spring: 4/11; Fall: 7/18 |
Small numbers seen during spring
migration; larger numbers during post-breeding dispersal. Any shallow
water along rivers, ponds, lakes.
Vischer Ferry Preserve, Mohawk River.
| Snowy Egret | Rare summer visitant | Late July- September |
Along/near the Hudson and Mohawk
Rivers, Cohoes Flats.
| Green Heron | Locally common summer resident | Spring: 4/20 |
Shallow ponds, marshes, wooded
wetlands.
Black Creek Marsh, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Five Rivers.
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Seasonally rare migrant | Spring: 4/19; Fall: 8/7 |
Rivers, lakes, wooded marshes.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Cohoes Flats, Black
Creek Marsh.
| Black Vulture | Uncommon summer resident | Spring: 3/10 |
Increasing due to range expansion.
Retreats southward in winter, though a few are now overwintering.
Thacher Park, Five Rivers.
| Turkey Vulture | Common summer resident | Spring: 2/12 |
Widespread in small numbers. Retreats
southward in winter.
| Osprey | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 4/1 |
Rivers, lakes and ponds. Some recent
attempts at nesting in this area.
Hudson and Mohawk Rivers.
| Bald Eagle | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Numbers increasing. Rivers, lakes and
ponds.
Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, Tomhannock
Reservoir.
| Golden Eagle | Seasonally rare migrant | Spring: March; Fall: late October |
Main breeding population migrates west
of the area. Quebec & Labrador population crosses our area en
route to/from wintering grounds.
| Mississippi Kite | Locally rare summer resident | Spring: present by end of May |
Range expanding. Breeding pair
established in Montgomery County, NY in 2009/2010. Also present in
southeast NH and northern CT.
| Northern Harrier | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Open habitat, especially grasslands and
marshes.
Ft. Edward Grasslands, Coxsackie
Grasslands, Five Rivers.
| Northern Goshawk | Locally rare year-round resident |
Very localized breeder throughout the
region. Prefers dense, contiguous forested areas.
Dyken Pond, Partridge Run WMA.
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 3/12 |
Deciduous woodlands, often near rivers
and swamps. Retreats just south of the area during the winter months.
Red-shouldered Hawks return to the same nesting territory year after
year.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Stanton Pond,
Partridge Run WMA
| Broad-winged Hawk | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/20 |
Breeds in forested areas, especially at
higher elevations. Migrates in large groups. Can be seen in great
numbers at fall hawk watches.
Western Albany County, Rensselaer
Plateau.
| Rough-legged Hawk | Locally uncommon winter resident | November through March |
Open grasslands.
Coxsackie, Ft. Edward, Northumberland.
| American Kestrel | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Open habitat, with scattered trees for
surveying prey. Often seen on utility wires.
Saratoga NHP, Coxsackie Grasslands, Ft.
Edward.
| Merlin | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Along rivers; also seen at hawk watches
during migration. Increasingly found in more populated areas.
Cohoes Flats/Peebles Island, Coxsackie.
| Peregrine Falcon | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Along bodies of water, primarily the
Hudson River. Nests in boxes on bridges, naturally on cliff faces.
Cohoes, Albany, Schodack Island.
| Virginia Rail | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/10 |
Cattail marshes. Calls alert observers
to their presence, though they are frequently seen through diligent
observation, and during post-breeding forays.
Black Creek Marsh, Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Sora | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/14 |
Cattail marshes. More often heard than
seen.
Black Creek Marsh, Vischer Ferry NHP,
RamsHorn-Livingston Sanctuary.
| Common Gallinule | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/6 |
Cattail marshes.
Black Creek Marsh, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Cline Rd. marsh (Oppenheim).
| American Coot | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 4/1; Fall: 10/20 |
Lakes and ponds.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Collins Lake,
Stanton Pond.
| Black-bellied Plover | Seasonally rare migrant | Spring: 5/15; Fall: 8/15 |
Mudflats, flooded fields.
Mohawk River, Wright’s Loop.
| American Golden-Plover | Seasonally rare migrant | Fall: 9/5 |
Most likely during fall migration.
Pastures, rocky flats.
Cohoes Flats, Myosotis Lake.
| Semipalmated Plover | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 5/14; Fall: 8/5 |
Mudflats, flooded fields.
Cohoes, Vischer Ferry, Staats Island
Rd. (Schodack).
| Killdeer | Locally common summer resident | Spring: 3/6 |
Widespread in shortgrass and gravel
areas, rocky flats.
| Spotted Sandpiper | Locally common summer resident | Spring: 4/19 |
Ponds, creeks, shorelines. Usually a
singleton.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Peebles Island, Five
Rivers.
| Solitary Sandpiper | Seasonally common migrant | Spring: 4/27 Fall: 7/25 |
Shallow, muddy, vegetated ponds and
creeks, flooded areas.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Five Rivers, Staats
Island Rd. (Schodack).
| Greater Yellowlegs | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 4/10; Fall: 8/5 |
Any shallow water habitat.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Five Rivers, Staats
Island Rd. (Schodack).
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 4/22; Fall: 7/21 |
Any shallow water habitat.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Cohoes Flats/Peebles
Island, Papscanee Island North.
| Upland Sandpiper | Locally rare summer resident | Spring: 4/21 |
Short grass fields and pastures,
especially in agricultural areas.
Ft. Edward Grasslands, Fulton &
Montgomery County farms/pastures. Notable breeders in West Ames,
Montgomery County.
| Sanderling | Seasonally rare migrant | Fall: 8/15 |
More common during fall migration. At
water’s edge or on rocky flats.
Mohawk, Hudson Rivers.
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Fall: 8/1 |
More common during fall migration.
Mudflats, any shallow water habitat.
Cohoes Flats, Coxsackie Grasslands,
Mohawk River.
| Least Sandpiper | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 5/1; Fall: 7/10 |
Mudflats, ponds, any shallow water
habitat.
Cohoes Flats, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Stanton Pond.
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Fall: 7/25 |
More common in fall migration.
Reservoirs, lakes, rivers.
Myosotis Lake, Cohoes Flats.
| Dunlin | Seasonally rare migrant | Spring: 4/27; Fall: 10/1 |
Mudflats, flooded areas.
Staats Island Rd., Cohoes Flats, Mohawk
River.
| Wilson’s Snipe | Uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/1 |
Wet, grassy areas, edges of shallow
ponds.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Five Rivers, Black
Creek Marsh.
| American Woodcock | Uncommon summer resident | Spring: 3/8 |
Along wooded edge habitat.
Albany Pine Bush, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Five Rivers.
| Bonaparte’s Gull | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 4/5; Fall: 10/10 |
Rivers and lakes. A few wanderers
occasionally seen in summer.
Cohoes Flats, Saratoga Lake, Mohawk
River.
| Ring-billed Gull | Abundant year-round resident |
Rivers, lakes, landfills, parking lots.
Summer residents are non-breeding individuals. Ring-billed Gulls
breed in the Great Lakes region.
| Herring Gull | Abundant year-round resident |
Rivers, lakes, landfills, parking lots.
Summer residents are non-breeding individuals. Herring Gulls breed on
Long Island and in the Adirondacks/Lake Champlain Region.
| Iceland Gull | Rare winter visitant | Nov.- March |
Occasionally appears among winter gulls
along Hudson/Mohawk Rivers.
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Rare winter visitant | Nov.- March |
Occasionally appears among winter gulls
along Hudson/Mohawk Rivers.
| Glaucous Gull | Rare winter visitant | Nov.- March |
Occasionally appears among winter gulls
along Hudson/Mohawk Rivers.
| Great Black-backed Gull | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Rivers, reservoirs, lakes. Summer
residents are non-breeding individuals. Great Black-backed Gulls
breed along the Atlantic Coast from Long Island to the Canadian
Maritime Provinces.
| Caspian Tern | Rare spring migrant/summer visitant | Spring: 4/10 |
Lakes and rivers. A few wanderers
occasionally seen in mid-late summer.
| Black Tern | Rare spring migrant | Spring: 5/15 |
Lakes and rivers.
| Common Tern | Rare spring migrant | Apr./May |
Lakes and rivers.
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/5 |
Open woodlands with clearings and dense
scrubby vegetation, often along water.
Schodack Island SP, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Black Creek Marsh.
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/9 |
Deciduous woodlands and thickets.
Saratoga NHP, Five Rivers.
| Eastern Screech-Owl | Uncommon year-round resident |
Any wooded habitat with tree cavities,
or nesting boxes. Often suns itself in those openings during the day.
Black Creek Marsh, Vosburgh Marsh, Five
Rivers.
| Great Horned Owl | Uncommon year-round resident |
Open and secondary-growth woodlands and
agricultural areas.
Five Rivers, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Saratoga NHP.
| Snowy Owl | Rare winter visitant |
Irruptive species moves southward
(typically immature birds) in years with high breeding success.
| Barred Owl | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Mixed woodland habitat with large
trees.
Saratoga NHP, Five Rivers, Partridge
Run WMA.
| Long-eared Owl | Locally rare year-round resident |
Open forest adjacent to
grasslands/shrubland.
| Short-eared Owl | Locally uncommon winter resident | Nov.- March |
Open country grasslands, marshes.
Ft.Edward Grasslands, Coxsackie
Grasslands.
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Locally rare year-round resident |
Forests, densely vegetated habitats, especially fond of eastern red cedar.
Western Albany County.
| Common Nighthawk | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 5/22; Fall: 8/10 |
Most commonly seen in migratory flight
towards sundown.
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | Locally rare summer resident | Spring: 4/29 |
Deciduous or mixed forest.
Stanton Pond, Malta Tech Park.
| Chimney Swift | Locally common summer resident | Spring: 4/27 |
Commonly nests in urban areas, forages
over open areas.
Cohoes Flats, Five Rivers.
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/30 |
Forest edges, old fields, orchards,
meadows and backyards.
Five Rivers, Schodack Island SP,
Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Belted Kingfisher | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes.
Overwinters as long as open water is available.
Five Rivers, Vischer Ferry NHP, Cohoes
Flats.
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Locally rare year-round resident |
Open oak or pine savannah, wooded
beaver swamps.
Albany Pine Bush Preserve
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Common year-round resident |
Forests, woodlands, and backyards.
Five Rivers, Vischer Ferry NHP, Collins
Lake.
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/1 |
Young forests and edge habitat. A few
birds linger through winter.
Five Rivers, Saratoga NHP, Thacher
Park.
| Northern Flicker | Common year-round resident |
Woodlands, forest edges, open areas
with scattered trees. Some birds regularly overwinter.
Five Rivers, Saratoga NHP, Albany Pine
Bush Preserve.
| Pileated Woodpecker | Uncommon year-round resident |
Mature woodlands, suburban woodlots
with large trees.
Thacher Park, Five Rivers, Vischer
Ferry NHP.
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Seasonally rare migrant | Spring: 5/15; Fall: 8/20 |
Forest edges and openings, ponds, with
tall snags.
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/12 |
All types of woodlands.
Thacher Park, Black Creek Marsh,
Partridge Run WMA.
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Locally rare summer resident | Spring: 5/20; Fall migrants: 8/20 |
Bogs, swamps, coniferous forest. Breeds
at the highest elevations of the Catskill Mountains.
Plateau Mountain, Hunter Mountain.
| Alder Flycatcher | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/15 |
Wet thickets, especially of alder and
birch.
Five Rivers, Black Creek Marsh,
Saratoga NHP.
| Willow Flycatcher | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/16 |
Moist, shrubby areas often with
standing water.
Five Rivers, Black Creek Marsh, Vischer
Ferry NHP.
| Least Flycatcher | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/7 |
Semi-open woodlands, shrubby fields.
Papscanee Island NP, Five Rivers,
Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Eastern Phoebe | Common summer resident | Spring: 3/20 |
Open woodlands, backyards, parks
especially near water.
Five Rivers, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Hudson-Mohawk bikepath.
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/1 |
Open deciduous woodlands, riparian
corridors, wooded swamps, urban areas with large trees.
Schodack Island SP, Five Rivers,
Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Eastern Kingbird | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/25 |
Fields, pastures, grasslands, and
marshes with shrubs. Usually near water.
Saratoga NHP, Black Creek Marsh,
Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Northern Shrike | Locally uncommon winter resident | Fall: 11/1 |
Open country with tall perches, shrubby
fields, marshes.
Five Rivers (and vicinity), Coxsackie
Grasslands, Black Creek Marsh.
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/27 |
Edge habitat in mature deciduous woods,
usually near water.
Schodack Island SP, Black Creek Marsh,
Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Blue-headed Vireo | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/18 |
Cool, higher elevation forests. Common
Spring/Fall migrant.
Dyken Pond EEC, Cherry Plain SP,
Thacher Park.
| Warbling Vireo | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/26 |
Mixed-deciduous woodlands along
streams, ponds, and marshes.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Black creek Marsh,
Schodack Island SP.
| Philadelphia Vireo | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 5/10; Fall: 9/1 |
Deciduous woodlands. More often seen on
fall migration.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Five Rivers.
| Red-eyed Vireo | Locally common summer resident | Spring: 5/6 |
Deciduous and mixed-deciduous forests,
urban areas with large trees.
Hannacroix Creek Preserve, Five Rivers,
Albany Pine Bush Preserve.
| Fish Crow | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Along rivers, lakes, and landfills.
Hudson River, Peebles Island SP, The
Crossings (Colonie).
| Common Raven | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
A variety of habitats, mostly outside
of urban areas.
Thacher Park, Five Rivers, Tomhannock
Reservoir.
| Horned Lark | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Open, barren country; airports, plowed
agricultural fields, roadside edges in winter.
Coxsackie Flats, Saratoga County
Airport, Northumberland farmlands (north of Bacon Hill).
| Purple Martin | Locally rare summer resident | Spring: 4/20 |
Colonial nesters in nest boxes and
martin houses, especially in open areas near water.
Saratoga Lake and vicinity.
| Tree Swallow | Locally common summer resident | Spring: 3/12 |
Open areas near water and fields,
especially wooded swamps and shorelines.
Five Rivers, Black Creek Marsh, Cohoes
Flats.
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/7 |
Open habitats with nesting surfaces
such as river banks and human structures.
Mohawk River Lock 7, Cohoes Flats,
Tomhannock Reservoir.
| Bank Swallow | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/18 |
River banks or sand/gravel quarries.
Coxsackie Grasslands, Papscanee Island
NP, Peebles Island SP.
| Cliff Swallow | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/1 |
Habitats with open foraging areas,
especially near bridges and other man-made structures for nesting.
Alcove Reservoir, Schoharie Creek
bridges.
| Barn Swallow | Locally common summer resident | Spring: 4/7 |
Open habitat including parks,
agricultural areas, lakes, and ponds, with nearby structures for
nesting.
Black Creek Marsh, Stanton Pond, The
Crossings (Colonie).
| Brown Creeper | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Evergreen or mixed evergreen-deciduous
forests.
Five Rivers, Thacher Park, Albany Pine
Bush Preserve.
| Carolina Wren | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Dense vegetation in wooded areas,
primarily at lower elevations.
Five Rivers, Vischer Ferry NHP, Peebles
Island SP.
| House Wren | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/19 |
Edge habitat with trees, shrubs, and
tangles; also farms and backyards.
Five Rivers, Black Creek Marsh, Vischer
Ferry NHP.
| Winter Wren | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/10 |
Riparian corridors, coniferous forests
with fallen trees, logs. A few birds overwinter; most winter just to
our south, return north in April and May at lower elevations first,
then expand northward and to higher elevations in June.
Five Rivers, Vischer Ferry NHP, Thacher
Park.
| Sedge Wren | Locally rare summer resident | Spring: mid-May |
Damp, tall-grass meadows with scattered
bushes.
Ft. Edward grasslands, Gansevoort (and
vicinity), Sharon Springs (and vicinity).
| Marsh Wren | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/13 |
Cattail marshes. A few birds may
attempt to overwinter.
Black Creek Marsh, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Hudson-Mohawk bikepath (Niskayuna).
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Breeds in higher elevation spruce
forest, more often seen Sept. through April when retreating to lower
elevation mixed woodlands.
Partridge Run WMA, Thacher Park, Five
Rivers.
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 4/7 |
Breeds mainly to our north, in
spruce-fir forests; a few breeding reports from the northern
Catskills. Winters just to the south of our area, occasional
Jan.-Mar. reports along the Hudson River.
Five Rivers, Black Creek Marsh, Vischer
Ferry NHP.
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/18 |
Deciduous wooded habitats, especially
near water.
Black Creek Marsh, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Schodack Island SP.
| Veery | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/4 |
Damp, deciduous forests and riparian
corridors. Along with the Wood Thrush, lives at the lowest elevations
of the resident thrushes.
Holt Preserve, Schodack Island SP,
Papscanee Island NP.
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Seasonally rare migrant | Fall: 9/25 |
Occasionally reported on fall
migration, usually heard overhead in nocturnal flight.
| Bicknell’s Thrush | Locally rare summer resident | Spring: 6/1 |
Breeds at the highest elevations of the
Catskill Mountains.
Plateau Mountain, Hunter Mountain.
| Swainson’s Thrush | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/4; Fall: 9/5 |
Breeds in spruce-fir forests in the
Catskill Mountains, higher than the Hermit Thrush but below
Bicknell’s. More commonly observed on fall migration in lower
elevation woodlands.
Partridge Run WMA, Hunter Mountain,
Plateau Mountain.
| Hermit Thrush | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/6 |
Coniferous and deciduous forests with
open understory for foraging. Hermit Thrushes occupy the middle
elevations of the resident thrushes. Some birds attempt to
overwinter.
Thacher Park, Dyken Pond EEC, Partridge
Run WMA.
| Wood Thrush | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/27 |
Mature forests with an open floor and
moist soil, with water nearby.
Black Creek Marsh, Schodack Island SP,
Papscanee Island NP.
| Gray Catbird | Common summer resident | Spring: 4/26 |
Dense shrubs, vine tangles, and
thickets of young trees.
Five Rivers, Schodack Island SP,
Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Northern Mockingbird | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Open ground with shrubby vegetation
such as hedges, fruiting bushes, and thickets.
The Crossings (Colonie), Five Rivers,
Saratoga NHP
| Brown Thrasher | Uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/10 |
Thickets, hedgerows, and forest edges.
Five Rivers, Black Creek Marsh,
Rensselaer Tech Park.
| American Pipit | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Fall: 9/20 |
Recently plowed fields, mudflats, and
river courses. More often seen on fall migration.
Stanton Pond, Myosotis Lake, Staats
Island Rd.
| Bohemian Waxwing | Rare winter visitant |
Irruptive species feeds on mountain
ash, crabapples and other fruit-bearing trees. Sometimes occurs in
mixed company with Cedar Waxwing. Usually seen in northern portions
of our area.
| Cedar Waxwing | Common year-round resident |
Deciduous, coniferous, and mixed
woodlands, particularly areas along streams. Diet primarily consists
of fruits, but is seen catching insects over ponds and streams in
summer.
| Lapland Longspur | Locally rare winter resident | Dec.- early March |
Plowed fields, stubble, and open
grasslands. Often associates with Horned Lark.
Northumberland farm fields,
Schaghticoke farm fields, Coxsackie Flats.
| Snow Bunting | Locally uncommon winter resident | Nov.- March |
Open weedy and grassy fields, and along
shores of lakes.
Ft. Edward Flats, Northumberland farm
fields, Coxsackie Flats.
| Blue-winged Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/26 |
Early to mid-succession habitats,
especially abandoned farmland, shrublands, and forest clearings.
Five Rivers, Saratoga NHP, Hannacroix
Creek Preserve.
| Golden-winged Warbler | Locally rare summer resident | Spring: 5/7 |
Early successional habitats such as
recently abandoned farms, shrublands, and clearcuts.
Hannacroix Creek Preserve, Black Creek
Marsh (and vicinity).
| Tennessee Warbler | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 5/10; Fall: 9/1 |
Open woodlands. More often seen on fall
migration.
Thacher Park, Partridge Run WMA, Five
Rivers.
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Seasonally rare migrant | Fall: 9/24 |
Thickets and dense tangles of shrubs
and vines. Nearly all sightings are on fall migration, in late Sept-
Oct. for this late migrant.
Five Rivers, Peebles Island SP,
Papscanee Island NP.
| Nashville Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/21; Fall migrants: 9/1 |
Second-growth deciduous or mixed forest
with shrubby undergrowth. Usually seen on migration, a few breeding
locations have been found at higher elevations in Rensselaer, Albany,
Greene and Schoharie Counties.
Grafton Lakes SP, Burnt-Rossman Hills
SF, Cherry Plain SP (and vicinity).
| Northern Parula | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 4/29; Fall: 8/25 |
Mature forests along streams, swamps,
and other bottomlands. Normally seen on migration only, but breeds
both south and north of our area. A few June/July reports from the
Schoharie Valley.
Max Shaul SP (and vicinity).
| Yellow Warbler | Locally common summer resident | Spring: 4/23 |
Shrubby thickets and woods,
particularly along watercourses and in wetlands, especially where
willows are present.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Black Creek Marsh,
Papscanee Island NP.
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/30 |
Early successional deciduous woods and
scrubby forests.
Partridge Run WMA, Albany Pine Bush
Preserve, Schodack Island SP.
| Magnolia Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/3; Fall migrants: 8/25 |
Usually seen on migration. Breeds in
small conifers, especially young spruces, in purely coniferous stands
or mixed forest. A few breeders at higher elevations on the
Rensselaer Plateau, western Albany County, and Schoharie County.
Dyken Pond EEC, Burnt-Rossman Hills SF,
Partridge Run WMA.
| Cape May Warbler | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 5/7; Fall: 8/25 |
Coniferous forests and mixed woodlands,
but nearly always around spruce trees.
Five Rivers, Partridge Run WMA, Camp
Pinnacle (and vicinity).
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/1; Fall migrants: 8/25 |
Usually seen on migration. Breeds in
mature deciduous and mixed coniferous-deciduous woodlands with a
thick understory, usually at higher elevations.
Partridge Run WMA, Burnt-Rossman Hills
SF, Dyken Pond EEC.
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/12; Fall migrants: 9/1 |
Mature coniferous and mixed
coniferous-deciduous woodlands. Very common during spring and fall
migration, a few breeders are found at higher elevations on the
Rensselaer Plateau, Northern Saratoga County, western Albany County,
and the Schoharie Valley.
Dyken Pond EEC, Cherry Plain SP,
Burnt-Rossman Hills SF.
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/23: Fall migrants: 8/25 |
Coniferous forests and transitional
coniferous-deciduous forest, usually at higher elevations.
Dyken Pond EEC, Cherry Plain SP, Deer
Mountain Nature Trail.
| Blackburnian Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/28; Fall migrants: 8/25 |
Mature coniferous and mixed
coniferous/deciduous forests at higher elevations.
Dyken Pond EEC, Cherry Plain SP,
Burnt-Rossman Hills SF.
| Pine Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/4 |
Pine or mixed pine-deciduous forest.
Albany Pine Bush Preserve, Five Rivers,
Wilton Wildlife Preserve.
| Prairie Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/27 |
Shrubby habitats and open fields, often
with pine trees present.
Five Rivers, Albany Pine Bush Preserve,
Black Creek Marsh (and vicinity).
| Palm Warbler | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 4/7; Fall: 9/10 |
Second growth and thicket habitats, and
open fields.
Five Rivers, Black Creek Marsh, Vischer
Ferry Preserve.
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Seasonally rare migrant | Spring: 5/11; Fall: 9/1 |
Coniferous woodlands, more often seen
on fall migration.
Five Rivers, Thacher Park, Albany Pine
Bush Preserve.
| Blackpoll Warbler | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 5/12; Fall: 9/10 |
Various forest, woodland, scrub and
brushy habitats. A small population breeds at higher elevations in
the Catskill Mountains.
Five Rivers, Albany Pine Bush Preserve,
Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Cerulean Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/5 |
Forests with tall deciduous trees and
open understory.
Max Shaul SP (and vicinity), Schodack
Island SP, Hannacroix Creek Preserve.
| Black-and-white Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/27 |
Mature and second-growth deciduous and
mixed forests.
Schodack Island SP, Holt Preserve, Max
Shaul SP (and vicinity).
| American Redstart | Locally common summer resident | Spring: 4/27 |
Moist second growth deciduous forest,
with abundant shrubs.
Schodack Island SP, Papscanee Island
NP, Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Worm-eating Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring 5/11 |
Steep slopes with dense understory.
Deer Mountain Nature Trail, Holt
Preserve, Bennett Hill Preserve.
| Ovenbird | Locally common summer resident | Spring: 4/26 |
Mature deciduous and mixed deciduous
and coniferous forests.
Dyken Pond EEC, Schodack Island SP,
Five Rivers.
| Northern Waterthrush | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/26 |
Thickets near slow-moving streams,
ponds, swamps, and bogs.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Partridge Run WMA,
Grafton Lakes SP.
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/9 |
Gravel-bottomed streams flowing through
hilly, deciduous forest.
Five Rivers, Hannacroix Creek Preserve,
Thacher Park.
| Connecticut Warbler | Seasonally rare migrant | Fall: 9/7 |
Scrub and thicket habitats. All
sightings are on fall migration.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Albany Pine Bush
Preserve, Dyken Pond EEC.
| Mourning Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/16; Fall migrants: 9/1 |
Second-growth forested areas, with
moderately closed canopy and thick vegetation.
Partridge Run WMA, Cherry Plain SP,
Berlin Mountain.
| Common Yellowthroat | Locally common summer resident | Spring: 4/25 |
Common in thick vegetation from
wetlands to pine forests. Frequently near water.
Five Rivers, Albany Pine Bush Preserve,
Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Hooded Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/6 |
Hardwood forests with some shrub
understory.
Holt Preserve, Bennett Hill Preserve,
Partridge Run WMA.
| Wilson’s Warbler | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 5/7; Fall: 8/26 |
Secondary growth and scrub thickets,
pond edges and riparian habitats.
Schodack Island SP, Five Rivers,
Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Canada Warbler | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/5; Fall migrants: 8/15 |
Found in moist thickets in riparian
corridors, brushy ravines, forest bogs.
Max Shaul SP (and vicinity), Cherry
Plain SP, Partridge Run WMA.
| Eastern Towhee | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/7 |
Forest edges, overgrown fields and
woodlands, and scrubby backyards or thickets. Winters just to the
south of our area.
Five Rivers, Albany Pine Bush Preserve,
Saratoga NHP.
| American Tree Sparrow | Locally uncommon winter resident | Fall: 10/23 |
Weedy fields with hedgerows or shrubs,
along forest edges, or near marshes.
Five Rivers, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Saratoga NHP.
| Chipping Sparrow | Locally common summer resident | Spring: 4/10 |
Open woodlands, forests with grassy
clearings, parks.
Albany Pine Bush Preserve, The
Crossings (Colonie), Saratoga NHP.
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Locally rare summer resident | Spring: 5/2 |
Brushy and weedy, dry habitats such as
pastures and field edges. Population gradually expanding eastward
from the Great Lakes region.
Five Rivers, Sharon Springs (and
vicinity).
| Field Sparrow | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 3/20 |
Brushy pastures and old fields. Winters
just to the south of our area.
Five Rivers, Albany Pine Bush Preserve,
Saratoga NHP.
| Vesper Sparrow | Locally rare summer resident | Spring: 4/13 |
Open habitats with grass.
Ft. Edward Grasslands, Saratoga County
Airport, Coxsackie Grasslands.
| Savannah Sparrow | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/11 |
Open areas with low vegetation,
grasslands with few trees. A few birds overwinter, primarily in
southern parts of our area.
Staats Island Rd. (Schodack), The
Crossings (Colonie), Saratoga County Airport.
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/5 |
Open grasslands with patches of bare
ground.
Saratoga County Airport, Ft. Edward
Grasslands.
| Fox Sparrow | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 3/14; Fall: 10/14 |
Thickets of dense, shrubby growth.
Winters just to the south of our area.
Five Rivers, Ann Lee Pond, Vischer
Ferry NHP.
| Lincoln’s Sparrow | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 5/7: Fall: 9/3 |
Brushy areas, thickets, hedgerows,
clearings, and scrubby areas. More common on fall migration.
Five Rivers, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Coxsackie Grasslands.
| Swamp Sparrow | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/2 |
Various wetlands, including marshes,
bogs, and swamps. Winters just to the south of our area.
Black Creek Marsh, Vischer Ferry NHP,
Bog Meadow Brook Nature Trail.
| White-throated Sparrow | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Forest edges, thickets, overgrown
fields, and parks. Retreats to higher elevations in summer.
Dyken Pond EEC, Cherry Plain SP,
Partridge Run WMA.
| White-crowned Sparrow | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 4/28; Fall: 9/27 |
Thickets, weedy fields, and
agricultural fields.
Five Rivers, Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Dark-eyed Junco | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Coniferous forests, open woodlands,
fields and parks. Common in low elevations in winter.
Dyken Pond EEC, Grafton Lakes SP,
Burnt-Rossman Hills SF.
| Scarlet Tanager | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/3 |
Deciduous and mixed
deciduous/coniferous woodlands.
Five Rivers, Vischer Ferry NHP, Albany
Pine Bush Preserve.
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/27 |
Deciduous and mixed woodlands,
especially at the edges.
Five Rivers, Schodack Island SP,
Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Indigo Bunting | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/9 |
Brushy and weedy areas, on the edges of
woods and fields, and along powerline cuts.
Albany Pine Bush Preserve, Malta Tech
Park, Saratoga NHP.
| Bobolink | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/29 |
Open grasslands and hay fields.
Five Rivers, Saratoga NHP, Coxsackie
Grasslands.
| Red-winged Blackbird | Locally abundant summer resident | Mid-Feb. through mid-Dec. |
Marshes, agricultural fields, pastures,
and wet grasslands. Retreats slightly south of the area for a short
time.
Areawide.
| Eastern Meadowlark | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 3/26 |
Farm fields, grasslands, and wet
fields. A few birds attempt to overwinter.
Coxsackie Flats, Saratoga NHP, Ft.
Edward Grasslands.
| Rusty Blackbird | Seasonally uncommon migrant | Spring: 3/20; Fall: 9/25 |
Wet areas, including flooded woods,
swamps, marshes and the edges of ponds.
Vischer Ferry NHP, Ann Lee Pond, Bog
Meadow Brook Nature Trail.
| Common Grackle | Locally abundant summer resident | Late Feb. through mid- Nov. |
Agricultural fields, parks, woodland
edges, marshes, and suburban lawns. Retreats slightly south of the
area for a short time.
Areawide.
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Locally uncommon summer resident | Mid-Feb. through mid-Nov. |
Woodland edges, brushy thickets,
fields, pastures, orchards, and residential areas. A few birds
overwinter, mainly in southern parts of our area.
Areawide.
| Orchard Oriole | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 5/6 |
Deciduous trees along streams, rivers
and lakes, and near gardens and orchards.
Five Rivers, Rensselaer Tech Park,
Saratoga NHP.
| Baltimore Oriole | Locally uncommon summer resident | Spring: 4/27 |
Open woodland, forest edge, orchards,
and stands of trees along rivers, in parks, and in suburban areas.
Five Rivers, Schodack Island SP,
Vischer Ferry NHP.
| Pine Grosbeak | Rare winter visitant | Nov.- Feb. |
Irruptive species feeds on
fruit-bearing trees. Often found in urban/suburban areas with
ornamental fruit tree plantings.
| Purple Finch | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Moist, cool evergreen forests, and
mixed forests, along wooded streams.
Partridge Run WMA, Cherry Plain SP,
Burnt-Rossman Hills SF.
| Red Crossbill | Locally rare year-round resident |
Mature coniferous forests. Wanders
widely between years to find a good cone crop. Will breed throughout
most of the year, whenever it finds areas with an abundance of cones.
Burnt-Rossman Hills SF, Partridge Run
WMA.
| White-winged Crossbill | Rare winter visitant | Nov.- March |
Coniferous forests, especially where
large crops of spruce and tamarack cones can be found. Wanders widely
between years to find a good cone crop. Will breed throughout most of
the year, whenever it finds areas with an abundance of cones.
Breeding reports from higher elevations of Rensselaer County.
| Common Redpoll | Locally uncommon winter visitant | Nov.- mid-Apr. |
Irruptive species. Winter range
extremely variable as birds seek unpredictable food sources. Open
woodlands, scrubby and weedy fields, especially with birch trees.
| Pine Siskin | Locally uncommon year-round resident |
Coniferous or mixed coniferous forest.
Irrupts southward and to lower elevations in search of seeds.
Opportunistic and adaptable, foraging in weedy fields, scrubby
thickets, or suburban yards and gardens. A few breeding locations in
the higher elevations of western Albany and eastern Rensselaer
Counties.
| Evening Grosbeak | Locally uncommon winter visitant | Oct.- Feb. |
Irruptive species. Winters in
coniferous or deciduous forests, and in urban and suburban areas.
Citations:
eBird. 2009. eBird: An online database
of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. Version 2.
eBird, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org.
(Accessed: November 2012).
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and
National Audubon Society. 2009. eBird: An online database of bird
distribution and abundance. Avian Knowledge Network. Ithaca, NY.
www.avianknowledge.net.
Data accessed: November 2012.
New York State Breeding Bird Atlas 2000
[Internet]. 2000 - 2005. Release 1.0. Albany (New York): New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation. [updated 2007 Jun 11;
cited 2012 Nov 29]. Available from:
http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7312.html.
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. All
About Birds: Bird Guide: Life Histories.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=1189.
Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club.
http://hmbc.net
& HMBirds Yahoo Group. Anecdotal sightings.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hmbird.
Appendix A: List of Birds by
Approximate Arrival Date
| JANUARY- all month | ||
| Tundra Swan | Rare winter visitant | |
| American Black Duck | Uncommon year-round resident | |
| Common Goldeneye | Common winter resident | |
| Common Merganser | Common winter resident | |
| Ruffed Grouse | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Wild Turkey | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Bald Eagle | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Northern Harrier | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Northern Goshawk | Locally rare year-round resident | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Locally uncommon winter resident | |
| American Kestrel | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Merlin | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Abundant year-round resident | |
| Herring Gull | Abundant year-round resident | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Iceland Gull | Rare winter visitant | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Rare winter visitant | |
| Glaucous Gull | Rare winter visitant | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | Uncommon year-round resident | |
| Great Horned Owl | Uncommon year-round resident | |
| Snowy Owl | Rare winter visitant | |
| Barred Owl | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Long-eared Owl | Locally rare year-round resident | |
| Short-eared Owl | Locally uncommon winter resident | |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Locally rare year-round resident | |
| Belted Kingfisher | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Locally rare year-round resident | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Common year-round resident | |
| Northern Flicker | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Uncommon year-round resident | |
| Northern Shrike | Locally uncommon winter resident | |
| Fish Crow | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Common Raven | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Horned Lark | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Brown Creeper | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Carolina Wren | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Bohemian Waxwing | Rare winter visitant | |
| Cedar Waxwing | Common year-round resident | |
| Lapland Longspur | Rare winter resident | |
| Snow Bunting | Locally uncommon winter resident | |
| American Tree Sparrow | Locally uncommon winter resident | |
| White-throated Sparrow | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Pine Grosbeak | Rare winter visitant | |
| Purple Finch | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Red Crossbill | Locally rare year-round resident | |
| White-winged Crossbill | Rare winter visitant | |
| Common Redpoll | Locally uncommon winter visitant | |
| Pine Siskin | Locally uncommon year-round resident | |
| Evening Grosbeak | Locally uncommon winter visitant | |
| FEBRUARY | ||
| Turkey Vulture | 2/12 | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 2/15 | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 2/20 | |
| Great Cormorant | 2/24 | |
| Common Grackle | 2/25 | |
| MARCH | ||
| Mute Swan | 3/1 | |
| Killdeer | 3/6 | |
| American Woodcock | 3/8 | |
| Wood Duck | 3/10 | |
| American Wigeon | 3/10 | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | 3/10 | |
| Northern Pintail | 3/10 | |
| Green-winged Teal | 3/10 | |
| Bufflehead | 3/10 | |
| Black Vulture | 3/10 | |
| Snow Goose | 3/12 | |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 3/12 | |
| Tree Swallow | 3/12 | |
| Gadwall | 3/14 | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 3/14 | |
| Fox Sparrow | 3/14 | |
| Northern Shoveler | 3/15 | |
| Canvasback | 3/15 | |
| Redhead | 3/15 | |
| Ring-necked Duck | 3/15 | |
| Greater Scaup | 3/15 | |
| Lesser Scaup | 3/15 | |
| Hooded Merganser | 3/15 | |
| Horned Grebe | 3/15 | |
| Golden Eagle | 3/15 | |
| Eastern Phoebe | 3/20 | |
| Field Sparrow | 3/20 | |
| Rusty Blackbird | 3/20 | |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 3/21 | |
| Blue-winged Teal | 3/25 | |
| Ruddy Duck | 3/25 | |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 3/26 | |
| Long-tailed Duck | 3/31 | |
| APRIL | ||
| Common Loon | 4/1 | |
| Osprey | 4/1 | |
| American Coot | 4/1 | |
| Wilson’s Snipe | 4/1 | |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 4/1 | |
| Swamp Sparrow | 4/2 | |
| Red-necked Grebe | 4/3 | |
| Pine Warbler | 4/4 | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | 4/5 | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 4/6 | |
| Red-throated Loon | 4/6 | |
| Hermit Thrush | 4/6 | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 4/7 | |
| Barn Swallow | 4/7 | |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 4/7 | |
| Palm Warbler | 4/7 | |
| Eastern Towhee | 4/7 | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 4/9 | |
| Virginia Rail | 4/10 | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 4/10 | |
| Winter Wren | 4/10 | |
| Brown Thrasher | 4/10 | |
| Chipping Sparrow | 4/10 | |
| Caspian Tern | 4/10 | |
| Savannah Sparrow | 4/11 | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 4/12 | |
| Marsh Wren | 4/13 | |
| Vesper Sparrow | 4/13 | |
| Sora | 4/14 | |
| American Bittern | 4/15 | |
| Great Egret | 4/15 | |
| Blue-headed Vireo | 4/18 | |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 4/18 | |
| Bank Swallow | 4/18 | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 4/19 | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 4/19 | |
| House Wren | 4/19 | |
| Green Heron | 4/20 | |
| Broad-winged Hawk | 4/20 | |
| Purple Martin | 4/20 | |
| Upland Sandpiper | 4/21 | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 4/22 | |
| Yellow Warbler | 4/23 | |
| Eastern Kingbird | 4/25 | |
| Common Yellowthroat | 4/25 | |
| Warbling Vireo | 4/26 | |
| Gray Catbird | 4/26 | |
| Blue-winged Warbler | 4/26 | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 4/26 | |
| Ovenbird | 4/26 | |
| Northern Waterthrush | 4/26 | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 4/27 | |
| Dunlin | 4/27 | |
| Chimney Swift | 4/27 | |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | 4/27 | |
| Wood Thrush | 4/27 | |
| Prairie Warbler | 4/27 | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 4/27 | |
| American Redstart | 4/27 | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 4/27 | |
| Baltimore Oriole | 4/27 | |
| Blackburnian Warbler | 4/28 | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 4/28 | |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | 4/29 | |
| Nashville Warbler | 4/29 | |
| Northern Parula | 4/29 | |
| Bobolink | 4/29 | |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 4/30 | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 4/30 | |
| MAY | ||
| Least Sandpiper | 5/1 | |
| Great-crested Flycatcher | 5/1 | |
| Cliff Swallow | 5/1 | |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | 5/1 | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | 5/2 (?) | |
| Magnolia Warbler | 5/3 | |
| Scarlet Tanager | 5/3 | |
| Caspian Tern | 5/4 | |
| Veery | 5/4 | |
| Swainson’s Thrush | 5/4 | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 5/5 | |
| Canada Warbler | 5/5 | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 5/5 | |
| Common Gallinule | 5/6 | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 5/6 | |
| Hooded Warbler | 5/6 | |
| Orchard Oriole | 5/6 | |
| Least Bittern | 5/7 | |
| Least Flycatcher | 5/7 | |
| Golden-winged Warbler | 5/7 (?) | |
| Cape May Warbler | 5/7 | |
| Wilson’s Warbler | 5/7 | |
| Lincoln’s Sparrow | 5/7 | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 5/9 | |
| Indigo Bunting | 5/9 | |
| Brant | 5/10 | |
| Black Tern | 5/10 | |
| Common Tern | 5/10 | |
| Tennessee Warbler | 5/10 | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 5/11 | |
| Worm-eating Warbler | 5/11 | |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 5/12 | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 5/12 | |
| Semipalmated Plover | 5/14 | |
| Alder Flycatcher | 5/15 | |
| Mississippi Kite | 5/15 (?) | |
| Black-bellied Plover | 5/15 | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | 5/15 | |
| Willow Flycatcher | 5/16 | |
| Mourning Warbler | 5/16 | |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 5/20 | |
| JUNE | ||
| Bicknell’s Thrush | 6/1 (?) | |
| JULY | ||
| Great Egret | 7/18 | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 7/21 | |
| Snowy Egret | 7/22 | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | 7/25 | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | 7/28 | |
| Least Sandpiper | 7/29 | |
| AUGUST | ||
| Semipalmated Plover | 8/5 | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | 8/5 | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 8/7 | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 8/14 | |
| Sanderling | 8/15 | |
| Northern Parula | 8/25 | |
| Cape May Warbler | 8/25 | |
| Wilson’s Warbler | 8/26 | |
| SEPTEMBER | ||
| Philadelphia Vireo | 9/1 | |
| Tennessee Warbler | 9/1 | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 9/1 | |
| Lincoln’s Sparrow | 9/3 | |
| Swainson’s Thrush | 9/5 | |
| American Golden-Plover | 9/5 | |
| Connecticut Warbler | 9/7 | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | 9/10 | |
| Palm Warbler | 9/10 | |
| American Pipit | 9/20 | |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 9/24 | |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 9/25 | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 9/27 | |
| OCTOBER | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | 10/1 | |
| Dunlin | 10/1 | |
| Ruddy Duck | 10/7 | |
| Horned Grebe | 10/10 | |
| Brant | 10/10 | |
| Red-throated Loon | 10/10 | |
| Bonaparte’s Gull | 10/10 | |
| Evening Grosbeak | 10/10 | |
| Common Loon | 10/12 | |
| Fox Sparrow | 10/14 | |
| Snow Goose | 10/15 | |
| Red-necked Grebe | 10/15 | |
| Greater Scaup | 10/20 | |
| Lesser Scaup | 10/20 | |
| Surf Scoter | 10/20 | |
| White-winged Scoter | 10/20 | |
| Black Scoter | 10/20 | |
| American Tree Sparrow | 10/23 | |
| Long-tailed Duck | 10/25 | |
| Golden Eagle | 10/25 | |
| NOVEMBER | ||
| Northern Shrike | 11/1 | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 11/1 | |
| Tundra Swan | 11/1 | |
| Snow Bunting | 11/1 | |
| Common Redpoll | 11/1 | |
| Short-eared Owl | 11/1 | |
| White-winged Crossbill | 11/1 | |
| Common Goldeneye | 11/5 | |
| Iceland Gull | 11/10 | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 11/10 | |
| Glaucous Gull | 11/10 | |
| Pine Grosbeak | 11/15 |
Compiled by Thomas Williams- December
2012.
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