The Birds of North Pond

Here is the list of the 206 species of birds that have been seen to date (last updated 14 April 2013) in the North Pond area. They are list in taxonomic order, with the Order and Class names separating them into groups. Click on the Class name to see some photographs taken at North Pond of birds in that Class.

Order ANSERIFORMES
- Class Anatidae
  - Greater White-fronted Goose
  - Cackling Goose
  - Canada Goose
  - Mute Swan
  - Wood Duck
  - Gadwall
  - American Wigeon
  - American Black Duck
  - Mallard
  - Blue-winged Teal
  - Cinnamon Teal
  - Northern Shoveler
  - Northern Pintail
  - Green-winged Teal
  - Canvasback
  - Redhead
  - Ring-necked Duck
  - Greater Scaup
  - Lesser Scaup
  - Bufflehead
  - Common Goldeneye
  - Hooded Merganser
  - Common Merganser
  - Red-breasted Merganser
  - Ruddy Duck
Order GALLIFORMES
- Class Phasianidae
  - Ring-necked Pheasant
Order GAVIIFORMES
- Class Gaviidae
  - Common Loon
Order PODICIPEDIFORMES
- Class Podicipedidae
  - Pied-billed Grebe
  - Horned Grebe
  - Eared Grebe
Order SULIFORMES
- Class Phalacrocoracidae
  - Double-crested Cormorant
Order PELECANIFORMES
- Class Ardeidae

American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Order ACCIPITRIFORMES
- Class Cathartidae

Turkey Vulture

Class Pandionidae

Osprey

Class Accipitridae

Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk

Order GRUIFORMES
- Class Rallidae

King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot

Class Gruidae

Sandhill Crane

Order CHARADRIIFORMES
- Class Charadriidae

Killdeer

Class Scolopacidae

Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock

Class Laridae

Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern

Order COLUMBIFORMES
- Class Columbidae

Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove

Order CUCULIFORMES
- Class Cuculidae

Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Order STRIGIFORMES
- Class Tytonidae

Barn Owl

Class Strigidae

Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl

Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES
- Class Caprimulgidae

Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will

Order APODIFORMES
- Class Apodidae

Chimney Swift

Class Trochilidae

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Order CORACIIFORMES
- Class Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher

Order PICIFORMES
- Class Picidae

Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker

Order FALCONIFORMES
- Class Falconidae

American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon

Order PSITTACIFORMES
- Class Psittacidae

Monk Parakeet

Order PASSERIFORMES
- Class Tyrannidae

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird

Class Vireonidae

White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo

Class Corvidae

Blue Jay
American Crow

Class Hirundinidae

Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow

Class Paridae

Black-capped Chickadee

Class Sittidae

Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch

Class Certhiidae

Brown Creeper

Class Troglodytidae

Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren

Class Polioptilide

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Class Regulidae

Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Class Turdidae

Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin

Class Mimidae

Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher

Class Sturnidae

European Starling

Class Motacillidae

American Pipit

Class Bombycillidae

Cedar Waxwing

Class Calcariidae

Lapland Longspur

Class Parulidae

Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat

Class Emberizidae

Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco

Class Cardinalidae

Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting

Class Icteridae

Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole

Class Fringillidae

Purple Finch
House Finch
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch

Class Passeridae

House Sparrow

This page last updated on 14 April 2013.
Contact Geoff Williamson with any comments, updates or suggestions.