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FORGOTTEN COAST BIRDING LIST

SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER
LOONS
Artic Loon       R
Common Loon C   C A
GREBES
Horned Grebe C   C A
Pie-billed Grebe C   C A
PELICANS
White Pelican U   U U
Brown Pelican A A A A
BOOBIES
Northern Gannet C   U C
CORMORANTS
Double-crested C C C C
FRIGATEBIRD
Magnificent frigatebird   R   R
HERONS & BITTERNS
Green-backed heron* C U U R
Great Blue Heron* C C C C
Great Egret C C C C
Little Blue Heron U U U U
Cattle Egret C U U  
Snowy Egret U U U U
Tricolored (LA) Heron U U U U
Black-crowned Night Heron U U U  
Yellow-crowned Night Heron U U U  
Least Bittern* U U    
America Bittern U   U U
Reddish Egret   R    
IBIS
White Ibis     R R
DUCKS & GEESE
Canada Goose     U  
Snow Goose     U U
Mallard       U
Black Duck     U U
Mottled Duck U U U  
Pintail     R U
Blue-winged Teal U     U
American Wigeon       U
Wood Duck       R
Red Head C   C C
Ring-necked Duck     R  
Greater Scaup U   U C
Lesser Scaup C   C A
Common Goldeneye R   U U
Bufflehead C   C C
Surf Scoter     R  
Black Scoter     R R
Red Breasted Merganser C   C A
Hooded Merganser       A
AMERICAN VULTURES
Turkey Vulture U R U U
HAWKS & EAGELS
Sharpe-Shined Hawk U   C U
Red-tailed Hawk U   U U
Red-shouldered Hawk U   U U
Broad-winged Hawk R   U  
Bald Eagle* U   U U
Marsh Hawk U   C C
OSPREY
Osprey* C C C C
FALCONS
Peregrine Falcon R   U U
Merlin R   U  
American Kestrel U   C C
RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS
King Rail* U U U U
Clapper Rail* C C C C
Virginia Rail       R
Sora U   U R
Purple Gallinule* U   U U
Common Morehen* U U U  
American Coot U   U U
OYSTERCATCHER
Amercian Oystercatcher* C C U C
PLOVERS
Black-bellied Plover A C A A
Semipalmated Plover C C U U
Piping Plover C U C C
Snowy Plover C C C C
Killdeer* U   U  
Wilson's Plover*   R    
SNIPERS & SANDPIPERS
Greater Yellowlegs U   U R
Lesser Yellowlegs U   U  
Solitary Sandpiper R      
Willet* A A A A
Spotted Sandpiper U C C  
Ruddy Turnstone A C A A
Red Knot C U C R
Least Sandpiper U U U R
Baird's Sandpiper     R  
Pectoral Sandpiper     R  
Dunlin A   A A
Semipalmated Sandpiper U U U  
Western Sandpiper   U U U
Sanderling A A A A
Long-billed Curlew       R
Whimbrel R   A  
Short-billed Dowitcher C U C C
Common Snipe     R R
American Woodcock   R    
Wilson's Phalarope     R  
AVOCET
Amercian Avocet     R  
Black-necked Stilt R R    
JAEGER
Parasitic Jaeger       R
GULLS & TERNS
Herring Gull C R C R
Lesser Black-backed Gull       C
Ring-billed Gull C R C A
Laughing Gull A A C U
Bonaparte's Gull U     U
Gull-billed Tern* U U    
Forster's Tern A U C A
Common Tern U   U  
Least Tern* C A R  
Royal Tern A A C U
Sandwich Tern A C U  
Caspian Tern U R U U
Black Tern* U C    
Artic Tern   R    
Razorbill R      
Black Skimmer* C C C U
DOVES
White-winged Dove R   R R
Mourning Dove* U R A U
Ground Dove* A A   U
CUCKOOS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo C   C  
Black-billed Cuckoo R   R  
Mangrove Cuckoo     R  
BARN OWL
Barn Owl     U U
OWLS
Great Horned Owl* U U U U
Short-eared Owl       R
GOATSUCKERS
Chuck's Will's Widow C C U  
Whip-poor-will U   U U
Common Nighthawk* A C A  
Lesser Nighthawk R   R  
SHIFTS
Chimney Swift U R U  
HUMMINGBIRDS
Ruby-throated U   R  
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher C U C U
WOODPECKERS
Common Flicker R   C U
Red-bellied Woodpecker* C C C C
Red-headed Woodpecker C   R  
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker C   C C
Downey Woodpecker* C C C C
FLYCATCHERS
Eastern Kingbird* A C C  
Gray Kingbird C C C  
Western Kingbird     U  
Great Crested Flycatcher* A A C  
Eastern Phoebe U   U  
Acadian Flycatcher U   U  
Eastern Wood Pewee R   U  
Willow Flycatcher       R
Least Flycatcher     C  
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow U   U U
Rough-winged Swallow U   R  
Barn Swallow A C   A
Cliff Swallow U   U  
Purple Martin C   C  
Bank Swallow U R U  
JAYS & CROWS
Blue Jay* R R U U
Fish Crow* A A A U
American Crow       R
NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted U   U U
Brown-headed* U U U U
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper     U R
WRENS
House Wren C   A A
Carolina Wren* A A A A
Long-billed Marsh Wren U U U U
Short-billed Marsh Wren U   U U
Rock Wren     R  
THRASHERS
Northern Mockingbird C U C C
Gray Catbird A   A C
Brown Thrasher U U C C
THRUSHES
American Robin C   C C
Wood Thrush U   U  
Hermit Thrush U   U C
Swainson's Thrush U   U  
Gray-Cheeked Thrush U   U  
Veery C   C  
KINGLETS & GNATCATCHERS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher A C C U
Golden-crowned Kinglet     U U
PIPITS
Water Pipit U   U R
Sprague's Pipit       R
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike U   U U
STARLINGS
European Starling R R    
VIREOS
White-eyed Vireo* C C C U
Bell's Vireo     R  
Yellow-throated Vireo U   U  
Solitary Vireo U   U U
Black-whiskered Vireo R      
Red-eyed Vireo A   A  
Philadelphia Vireo     R  
WOOD WARBLERS
Black & White Warbler C   C U
Prothonotary Warbler C   U  
Worm-eating Warbler U   R  
Blue-winged Warbler U   U  
Golden-winged Warbler U   U  
Tennessee Warbler U   U R
Orange-crowned Warbler U   U U
Northern Parula A C U  
Yellow Warbler R C C  
Magnolia Warbler U   C  
Cape May Warbler C   R  
Black-throated Blue Warbler U   U  
Black-throated Gray Warbler R      
Yellow-rumped Warbler C   C A
Black-throated Green Warbler R   U  
Cerulean Warbler R   R  
Blackburnian Warbler U   U  
Yellow-throated Warbler U U U  
Chestnut-sided Warbler R   U  
Bay-breasted Warbler U   U  
Blackpoll Warbler C      
Pine Warbler* C C A U
Prairie Warbler C C A  
Palm Warbler C   A U
Ovenbird U   U  
Northern Waterthrush U   U  
Louisiana Waterthrush U R    
Kentucky Warbler U   U  
Common Yellowthroat* A C A A
Yellow-breasted Chat R   R  
Hooded Warbler C   C  
Wilson's Warbler R   R  
American Redstart C   C  
TANAGERS
Scarlet Tanager U   U  
Western Tanager     R  
Summer Tanager U   U  
MEADOWLARKS, BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES
Bobolink C   R  
Eastern Meadowlark U   C C
Yellow-headed Blackbird     R  
Red-winged Blackbird* A A A A
Orchard Oriole C U    
Northern Oriole U   U  
Boat-tailed grackle* C C U U
Brown-headed Cowbird* U U U  
GROSBEAKS, SPARROWS & BUNTINGS
Cardinal* A A A A
Rose-breasted Grosbeak C   U  
Dickcissel        
Blue Grosbeak U   U  
Indigo Bunting C   C  
Painted Bunting U   U  
Purple Finch     R R
Pine Siskin     R R
American Goldfinch U   U C
Rufous-sided Towhee* A A A A
Savannah Sparrow A   C A
Grasshopper Sparrow R   R  
Sharp-tailed Sparrow R   R  
Seaside Sparrow* U U U U
Vesper Sparrow C   C C
Dark-eyed Junco     U U
Chipping Sparrow C   C C
Field Sparrow U   U U
White-throated Sparrow A   A A
White-crowned Sparrow     R  
Swamp Sparrow A   A A
Song Sparrow A   A A
 
SYMBOLS FOR RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF EACH SPECIES
A - ABUNDANT, OBSERVED EACH DAY
C - COMMON, OBSERVED SEVERAL TIMES EACH WEEK
U - UNCOMMON, OBSERVED A FEW TIMES A YEAR
R - RARE, NOT OBSERVED EVERY YEAR
*INDICATES SPECIES NESTING IN ST. GEORGE ISLAND STATE PARK
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