All The Birds of the Big Spring

Following is a listing of the 178 species of birds identified on the Big Spring since January 2006.

Ducks, Geese & Friends

Waterfowl

Mallard, American Black Duck, Bufflehead, Canada Geese, Green-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Wood Duck, Lesser Scaup, American Wigeon, Gadwall, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Tundra Swan, Common Loon, Snow Goose, Ringed-necked Duck, Northern Shoveler, Redhead, Horned Grebe, Cackling Goose...

Gull Like Birds

Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Caspian Tern
Photo: Common Loon, by Mary Jane Spencer

Herons & Friends

Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Egret, Belted Kingfisher, Spotted Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Killdeer, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, American Bittern, Wilson’s Snipe, Common Moorhen...

Photo: Least Sandpiper and Killdeer by Andy Markel

Sparrows & Finches

Sparrows

Song, Savannah, Swamp, Field, White-throated, Grasshopper, White-crowned, Fox, Chipping, American Tree, House...

Finches
American Goldfinch, Housefinch, Purplefinch, Pine Siskin, White-winged Crossbill...

Photo: White-throated Sparrow by Mary Jane Spencer

Backyard

American Robin, Gray Catbird, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird, Northern Cardinal, House Wren, European Starling, Brown Thrasher, Baltimore Oriole, House Wren, Mourning Dove, Cedar Waxwing, Ruby-throated Hummingbird...

Photo: Northern Cardinal by Mary Jane Spencer

Hawks and Owls

Hawks & Eagles

Red-tailed, Cooper's, Osprey, Red-shouldered, Broad-winged, Sharp-shinned, Rough-legged, Northern Goshawk, Northern Harrier,
American Kestrel, Bald Eagle...

Owls

Great Horned, Eastern Screech, Barred, Short-eared...

Photo: Barred Owl by Mary Jane Spencer

Warblers & Vireos

Warblers - Yellow-rumped, Blackpoll, Cape May, Yellow, Palm, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Golden-winged, Blue-winged, Black-throated Blue, Mourning, Black-throated Green, American Redstart, Kentucky, Black-and-white, Louisiana Waterthrush, Bay-breasted, Wilson's, Northern Waterthrush, Northern Parula, Black-throated Gray, Common Yellowthroat, Nashville...
Photo: Black-throated Gray Warbler by Andrew Markel

Vireos - Red-eyed, White-eyed, Warbling, Yellow-throated, Blue-headed, Philadelphia...

Swallows, Flycatchers & Gnatcatcher

Tree Swallow, Least Flycatcher, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Chimney Swift, Cliff Swallow, Eastern Phoebe, Bank Swallow, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Alder Flycatcher, Purple Martin, Common Nighthawk, Willow Flycatcher, Barn Swallow, Great-crested Flycatcher, Western Kingbird...

Photo: Barn Swallow, Public Domain . If you can provide a local photo for this group of birds then please send the picture here.

Chickadees, Woodpeckers & Friends

Carolina Chickadee, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse, Red-headed Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Dark-eyed Junco, Downy Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, Hairy Woodpecker, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Pileated Woodpecker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Northern Flicker...


Photo: Carolina Chickadee by Mary Jane Spencer

Out In The Fields

American Crow, Fish Crow, Red-winged Blackbird, Rock Pigeon, American Pipit, Eastern Bluebird, Eastern Meadowlark, Common Raven, Brown-headed Cowbird, Black Vulture, Common Grackle, Bobolink, Turkey Vulture, Eastern Kingbird, Wild Turkey...


Photo: Eastern Bluebird by John Muscovich

The Rest

Indigo Bunting, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Eastern Towhee, Black-billed Cuckoo, Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, Hermit Thrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Winter Wren, Swainson’s Thrush, Orchard Oriole, Rusty Blackbird...

Photo: Indigo Bunting by Mary Jane Spencer