A few individuals encountered on...

Many individuals encountered on...

C

Common

More than 90% of days

More than 50% of days

F

Fairly Common

50% to 90% of days

10% to 50% of days

U

Uncommon

10% to 50% of days

Fewer than 10% of days

R

Rare

Fewer than 10% of days

X

Extremely rare

5 or fewer sightings ever

Season categories

Habitat Codes

Spring: March 1 - May 31

A = Aerial

Summer: June 1 - July 31

B = Bottomland forest, floodplain or swamp

Fall: August 1 - November 30

C = Cropland or fields

Winter: December 1 - February 29

E = Edge habitat (forest margins, hedgerows, scrub)

F = Upland deciduous forest

M = Freshwater tidal marshes and channels

O = Open (deep) water

T = Tidal mud flats

Sp

Su

Fa

W

Habitat

Red-throated Loon

X

X

O

Common Loon

R

R

X

A,O

Pied-billed Grebe

U

U

R

M,O

Horned Grebe

X

X

X

O

Red-necked Grebe

X

X

O

Double-crested Cormorant

U

X

U

X

A,O

American Bittern

R

R

M

Least Bittern

Nests

F

F

F

M

Great Blue Heron

Nests

C

C

C

U

M,T

Great Egret

R

R

R

M,T

Snowy Egret

R

R

R

M,T

Little Blue Heron

R

R

R

M,T

Tricolored Heron

X

X

X

M,T

Cattle Egret

X

X

X

X

C,M

Green Heron

Nests

F

F

F

M

Black-crowned Night Heron

U

U

M,T

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

X

X

M,T

Glossy Ibis

R

X

R

M,T

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

X

M,O

Tundra Swan

U

F

R

O

Mute Swan

X

X

X

X

O

Greater White-fronted Goose

X

M,O,T

Snow Goose

X

X

X

M,O,T

Canada Goose

Nests

C

U

C

C

M,O,T

Wood Duck

Nests

C

C

C

R

B,M

Green-winged Teal

C

C

U

M,O,T

American Black Duck

C

X

C

C

M,O,T

Mallard

Nests

C

C

C

C

M,O,T

Northern Pintail

R

U

R

M,O,T

Blue-winged Teal

U

X

R

X

M,O,T

Northern Shoveler

U

R

R

M,O,T

Gadwall

R

R

R

M,O,T

Eurasian Wigeon

X

X

M,O,T

American Wigeon

R

R

R

M,O,T

Canvasback

R

R

R

O

Redhead

X

X

X

O

Ring-necked Duck

R

R

R

O

Greater Scaup

X

X

X

O

Lesser Scaup

R

R

R

O

Long-tailed Duck

X

X

X

O

White-winged Scoter

X

X

O

Common Goldeneye

R

R

R

O

Bufflehead

R

R

R

O

Hooded Merganser

U

R

R

M,O

Common Merganser

C

U

U

O

Red-breasted Merganser

U

R

R

O

Ruddy Duck

R

U

R

M,O

Black Vulture

Nests

F

F

F

F

A

Turkey Vulture

Nests

C

C

C

C

A

Mississippi Kite

X

A

Osprey

Nests

C

C

C

A,M,O,T

Bald Eagle

Nests

U

R

U

U

A,M,T

Northern Harrier

F

F

F

M,T

Sharp-shinned Hawk

F

F

U

A,F,M

Cooper's Hawk

Nests

U

U

F

U

A,F,M

Red-shouldered Hawk

Nests

U

U

U

U

E,F

Broad-winged Hawk

F

X

F

A

Red-tailed Hawk

Nests

C

C

C

C

A,C,M

Rough-legged Hawk

X

A

Golden Eagle

X

A

American Kestrel

F

R

F

U

A,C

Merlin

X

R

X

A

Peregrine Falcon

X

R

X

A

Wild Turkey

R

R

R

R

F

Northern Bobwhite

R

R

R

R

C,E

Yellow Rail

X

M

King Rail

X

X

M

Virginia Rail

Nests

R

R

F

R

M

Sora

U

X

C

X

M

Purple Gallinule

X

M

Common Moorhen

R

R

M

American Coot

U

U

X

M,O

Sandhill Crane

X

C,M

Black-bellied Plover

R

R

T

American Golden Plover

X

X

C,T

Semipalmated Plover

R

X

R

T

Killdeer

Nests

F

F

F

U

C,T

Black-necked Stilt

X

T

American Avocet

X

X

T

Greater Yellowlegs

C

R

C

X

M,T

Lesser Yellowlegs

F

R

F

X

M,T

Solitary Sandpiper

U

R

U

M,T

Willet

X

M,T

Spotted Sandpiper

F

R

F

T

Ruddy Turnstone

X

T

Sanderling

X

X

T

Semipalmated Sandpiper

U

R

U

T

Western Sandpiper

X

T

Least Sandpiper

U

R

U

T

White-rumped Sandpiper

X

T

Pectoral Sandpiper

X

U

T

Dunlin

F

U

X

T

Ruff

X

X

T

Short-billed Dowitcher

U

R

U

T

Common Snipe

C

C

C

M,T

American Woodcock

Nests

F

R

U

R

E,F

Laughing Gull

C

U

C

R

O,T

Common Black-headed Gull

X

O,T

Bonaparte's Gull

U

R

X

O,T

Ring-billed Gull

C

U

C

C

C,O,T

Herring Gull

C

U

C

C

O,T

Iceland Gull

X

O,T

Thayer's Gull

X

O,T

Lesser Black-backed Gull

X

O,T

Great Black-backed Gull

U

R

U

F

O,T

Caspian Tern

F

U

C

O

Royal Tern

X

X

O

Common Tern

R

R

R

O

Forster's Tern

C

C

C

X

O

Least Tern

X

X

O

Black Tern

X

X

M,O

Rock Dove

R

R

R

R

A

Mourning Dove

Nests

C

C

C

C

C,E

Black-billed Cuckoo

R

X

R

F

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Nests

F

F

F

B,F

Barn Owl

Nests

U

U

U

U

C,M

Eastern Screech-Owl

Nests

R

R

R

R

F

Great Horned Owl

Nests

F

F

F

F

B,F

Barred Owl

Nests

F

F

F

F

F

Short-eared Owl

X

C,M

Northern Saw-whet Owl

X

F

U

F,E

Common Nighthawk

F

X

F

A

Chuck-will's-widow

X

X

X

F

Whip-poor-will

Nests

U

U

U

C,F

Chimney Swift

Nests

C

C

C

A

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Nests

U

U

U

E

Belted Kingfisher

Nests

F

U

F

U

M,O

Red-headed Woodpecker

X

R

X

F

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Nests

C

C

C

C

F

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

U

F

U

F

Downy Woodpecker

Nests

C

C

C

C

B,F

Hairy Woodpecker

Nests

F

F

F

F

F

Northern Flicker

Nests

C

U

C

F

C,F

Pileated Woodpecker

Nests

U

U

U

U

B,F

Eastern Wood Pewee

Nests

C

C

C

E,F

Acadian Flycatcher

Nests

C

C

C

B,F

Least Flycatcher

R

F

R

B,F

Alder Flycatcher

F

F

B,F

Willow Flycatcher

F

F

B,F

Eastern Phoebe

Nests

C

C

C

R

C,E

Great-crested Flycatcher

Nests

U

U

U

E

Eastern Kingbird

Nests

F

F

F

C,E

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

X

C

Horned Lark

R

R

R

C

Purple Martin

Nests

F

F

F

A

Tree Swallow

Nests

C

C

C

A

N. Rough-winged Swallow

Nests

U

U

U

A

Bank Swallow

Nests

C

C

C

A

Cliff Swallow

R

R

A

Barn Swallow

Nests

C

C

C

A

Blue Jay

Nests

C

U

C

F

B,E,F

American Crow

Nests

C

C

C

C

C,M,T

Fish Crow

F

U

C

C

M,T

Carolina Chickadee

Nests

C

C

C

C

B,F

Tufted Titmouse

Nests

C

C

C

C

B,F

Red-breasted Nuthatch

U

U

R

B,F

White-breasted Nuthatch

Nests

R

R

R

R

B,F

Brown Creeper

U

F

U

B,F

House Wren

U

X

U

X

E

Carolina Wren

Nests

C

C

C

C

E,F

Winter Wren

U

F

U

B,F

Marsh Wren

Nests

U

U

U

R

M

Golden-crowned Kinglet

F

C

F

B,F

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

F

C

U

B,E,F

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Nests

C

C

U

X

E

Eastern Bluebird

Nests

F

F

F

F

C,E,M

Veery

U

X

U

B,F

Gray-cheeked Thrush

U

U

B,F

Bicknell's Thrush

R

R

B,F

Swainson's Thrush

U

F

B,F

Hermit Thrush

U

C

F

B,F

Wood Thrush

Nests

C

C

C

B,F

American Robin

Nests

C

R

C

U

C,F

Gray Catbird

Nests

C

R

C

R

E,F

Northern Mockingbird

Nests

F

F

F

F

E

Brown Thrasher

Nests

U

U

F

U

E,F

American Pipit

R

U

X

C,T

Cedar Waxwing

Nests

C

U

C

F

B,F

Loggerhead Shrike

X

X

C,M

European Starling

Nests

F

U

F

F

C

White-eyed Vireo

Nests

C

C

C

B,F

Solitary Vireo

R

R

B,F

Yellow-throated Vireo

Nests

F

F

F

B,F

Warbling Vireo

X

X

B,F

Philadelphia Vireo

X

B,F

Red-eyed Vireo

Nests

C

C

C

B,F

Blue-winged Warbler

U

R

B,E,F

Golden-winged Warbler

X

X

B,E,F

Tennessee Warbler

R

F

B,E,F

Orange-crowned Warbler

X

X

B,E,F

Nashville Warbler

R

R

B,E,F

Northern Parula

Nests

C

C

C

B

Yellow Warbler

Nests

F

F

U

B,F

Chestnut-sided Warbler

U

F

B,E,F

Magnolia Warbler

U

F

B,E,F

Cape May Warbler

U

U

B,E,F

Black-throated Blue Warbler

U

F

B,E,F

Yellow-rumped Warbler

C

C

U

B,C,E,F

Black-throated Green Warbler

U

U

B,E,F

Blackburnian Warbler

R

R

B,E,F

Yellow-throated Warbler

Nests

U

U

U

B,E,F

Pine Warbler

Nests

F

F

F

X

F

Prairie Warbler

Nests

F

X

F

B,E,F

Palm Warbler

F

F

X

B,E,F

Bay-breasted Warbler

R

U

B,E,F

Blackpoll Warbler

C

F

B,E,F

Cerulean Warbler

X

B,E,F

Black-and-white Warbler

Nests

C

F

C

B

American Redstart

Nests

C

X

C

B,E,F

Prothonotary Warbler

Nests

U

U

U

B

Worm-eating Warbler

Nests

U

U

U

B,F

Ovenbird

Nests

C

C

C

B,F

Northern Waterthrush

F

F

B

Louisiana Waterthrush

Nests

U

U

U

B

Kentucky Warbler

Nests

R

X

R

B,E,F

Connecticut Warbler

X

B,E,F

Mourning Warbler

R

R

B,E,F

Common Yellowthroat

Nests

C

C

C

R

B,C,M

Hooded Warbler

Nests

F

F

F

B,F

Wilson's Warbler

R

R

B,E,F

Canada Warbler

F

F

B,E,F

Yellow-breasted Chat

Nests

U

R

U

B,E

Summer Tanager

Nests

U

U