Bird Checklist for 2013-2017 at Tara

We’ve been keeping a checklist of the bird species seen at Tara in the spring and summer seasons over the last couple of years. If you are looking for a specific bird, this will help you plan your trip to Tara.

To view even more data, visit the ebird checklist at: http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L343333

Birding Checklist for Those Spotted Spring and Summer

BIRD SPECIES	Summer 2013	Spring 2014	Spring 2015	Spring 2016	Spring 2017
GEESE, SWANS, & DUCKS
Black-bellied Whistling Duck		X	X	X	X
Blue-winged Teal	X	X
Canada Goose		X		X
Wood Duck	X	X	X	X	X
TURKEYS
Wild Turkey		X	X	X
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe			X	X	X
STORKS
Wood Stork	X
CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant	X		X	X
ANHINGAS
Anhinga	X	X	X	X	X
BITTERNS & HERONS
Black-crowned Night Heron	X	X	X	X
Cattle Egret	X		X	X	X
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X
Green Heron	X	X	X	X	X
Great Egret	X	X	X	X	X
Little Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X
Snowy Egret	X		X	X
Yellow-crowned Night Heron	X
VULTURES
Black Vulture	X	X	X	X	X
Turkey Vulture	X		X	X	X
OSPREYS
Osprey			X
KITES, EAGLES, & HAWKS
Bald Eagle	X		X
Cooper’s Hawk			X	X
Mississippi Kite	X	X	X	X	X
Red-shouldered Hawk	X		X	X
Red-tailed Hawk	X	X	X	X	X
Broad-winged Hawk					X
RAILS, GALLINULES, & COOTS
Common Gallinule	X	X	X	X	X
Sora					X
PLOVERS
Killdeer	X	X	X	X	X
SANDPIPERS
Greater Yellowlegs	X
Least Sandpiper	X
Pectoral Sandpiper	X
Solitary Sandpiper	X	X
Spotted Sandpiper					X
GULLS & TERNS
Least Tern	X		X
PIGEONS & DOVES
Eurasian Collared Dove	X	X	X	X	X
Mourning Dove	X	X	X	X	X
Rock Pigeon		X	X	X
CUCKOOS & ANIS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo		X	X	X	X
TYPICAL OWLS
Barred Owl	X	X	X	X	X
Great-horned Owl			X
NIGHTHAWKS, NIGHTJARS
Common Nighthawk			X	X	X
SWIFTS
Chimney Swift		X	X	X	X
HUMMINGBIRDS
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	X	X	X	X	X
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher	X		X	X
WOODPECKERS
Downy Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X
Hairy Woodpecker		X		X
Pileated Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X
Red-bellied Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X
Red-headed Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Acadian Flycatcher	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Kingbird	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Phoebe		X
Eastern Wood-Peewee	X	X	X	X	X
Great Crested Flycatcher	X	X	X	X	X
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike	X		X	X
VIREOS
Red-eyed Vireo		X	X	X	X
Warbling Vireo		X	X
White-eyed Vireo	X	X	X	X	X
Yellow-throated Vireo	X	X	X	X	X
JAYS & CROWS
American Crow	X	X	X	X
Blue Jay	X	X	X	X	X
Fish Crow	X	X	X	X	X
SWALLOWS
Barn Swallow	X	X		X	X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	X	X	X	X	X
Purple Martin	X	X	X	X	X
TITMICE
Carolina Chickadee	X	X	X	X	X
Tufted Titmouse	X	X	X	X	X
NUTHATCHES
White-breasted nuthatch				X
WRENS
Carolina Wren	X	X	X	X	X
GNATCATCHERS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher		X	X	X	X
THRUSHES
American Robin			X	X
Eastern Bluebird		X	X	X	X
Wood Thrush			X		X
Swainson’s Thrush					X
MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS
Brown Thrasher	X	X	X	X	X
Gray Catbird		X	X	X	X
Northern Mockingbird	X	X	X	X	X
STARLINGS
European Starling	X	X	X	X
WAXWINGS
Cedar Waxwing			X	X	X
WOOD WARBLERS
American Redstart					X
Black-and-white Warbler		X	X
Black-throated Green Warbler			X
Common Yellowthroat		X	X
Hooded Warbler		X	X	X	X
Northern Parula	X	X	X	X	X
Prothonotary Warbler	X	X	X	X	X
Tennessee Warbler		X	X	X	X
Yellow Warbler			X
Yellow-breasted Chat		X	X	X
NEW WORLD SPARROWS
Eastern Towhee	X	X	X	X
Song Sparrow				X
White-crowned Sparrow		X
Chipping Sparrow					X
GROSBEAKS & ALLIES
Blue Grosbeak	X	X	X
Dickcissel				X	X
Indigo Bunting	X	X	X	X	X
Painted Bunting			X	X
Northern Cardinal	X	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak			X	X
Scarlet Tanager		X	X
Summer Tanager	X	X	X	X	X
BLACKBIRDS & ALLIES
Baltimore Oriole	X	X	X	X	X
Bobolink		X		X	X
Brown-headed Cowbird	X	X	X	X	X
Common Grackle	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Meadowlark		X	X
Orchard Oriole	X	X	X	X	X
Red-winged Blackbird	X	X	X	X	X
FINCHES
American Goldfinch		X
House Finch			X	X
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow		X	X	X	X