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Balkwill Woods Bird Species

Bill Balkwill has kept a record over a number of years of the bird species observed on the Balkwill farm. The following list is a summary as of August 2004.

Species ObservedNesting Record
Great Blue Heron Yes
Great Egret Yes
Green Heron Yes
Turkey Vulture Yes
Canada Goose Yes
Wood Duck Yes
Mallard Yes
Bald Eagle Yes
Northern Harrier Yes
Sharp-shinned Hawk Yes
Cooper's Hawk Yes
Red-shouldered Hawk Yes
Broad-winged Hawk Yes
Red-tailed Hawk Yes
Rough-legged Hawk Yes
Golden Eagle Yes
American Kestrel Yes
Ring-necked Pheasant Yes
Wild Turkey Yes
Sandhill Crane Yes
Black-bellied Plover Yes
Killdeer Yes
Greater Yellowlegs Yes
Spotted Sandpiper Yes
American Woodcock Yes
Ring-billed Gull Yes
Herring Gull Yes
Rock Pigeon Yes
Mourning Dove Yes
Black-billed Cuckoo Yes
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Yes
Eastern Screech-Owl Yes
Great Horned Owl Yes
Snowy Owl Yes
Long-eared Owl Yes
Northern Saw-whet Owl Yes
Common Nighthawk Yes
Whip-poor-will Yes
Chimney Swift Yes
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yes
Red-headed Woodpeciker Yes
Red-bellied Woodpecker Yes
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker Yes
Downy Woodpecker Yes
Hairy Woodpecker Yes
Northern Flicker Yes
Eastern Wood-Pewee Yes
Willow Flycatcher Yes
Eastern Phoebe Yes
Great Crested Flycatcher Yes
Eastern Kingbird Yes
Northern Shrike Yes
Warbling Vireo Yes
Red-eyed Vireo Yes
Blue Jay Yes
American Crow Yes
Horned Lark Yes
Purple Martin Yes
Tree Swallow Yes
Barn Swallow Yes
Black-capped Chickadee Yes
Tufted Titmouse Yes
Red-breasted Nuthatch Yes
White-breasted Nuthatch Yes
Brown Creeper Yes
Carolina Wren Yes
House Wren Yes
Winter Wren Yes
Golden-crowned Kinglet Yes
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Yes
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Yes
Eastern Bluebird Yes
Veery Yes
Gray-cheeked Thrush Yes
Swainson's Thrush Yes
Hermit Thrush Yes
Wood Thrush Yes
American Robin Yes
Gray Catbird Yes
Northern Mockingbird Yes
Brown Thrasher Yes
European Starling Yes
American Pipit Yes
Cedar Waxwing Yes
Yellow Warbler Yes
Chestnut-sided Warbler Yes
Magnolia Warbler Yes
Cape May Warbler Yes
Black-throated Blue Warbler Yes
Yellow-rumped Warbler Yes
Black-throated Green Warbler Yes
Blackburnian Warbler Yes
Prairie Warbler Yes
Palm Warbler Yes
Bay-breasted Warbler Yes
Black-and-white Warbler Yes
American Redstart Yes
Prothonotary Warbler Yes
Ovenbird Yes
Mourning Warbler Yes
Common Yellowthroat Yes
Wilson's Warbler Yes
Canada Warbler Yes
Yellow-breasted Chat Yes
Scarlet Tanager Yes
Eastern Towhee Yes
American Tree Sparrow Yes
Chipping Sparrow Yes
Field Sparrow Yes
Vesper Sparrow Yes
Savannah Sparrow Yes
Fox Sparrow Yes
Song Sparrow Yes
Swamp Sparrow Yes
White-throated Sparrow Yes
White-crowned Sparrow Yes
Dark-eyed Junco Yes
Lapland Longspur Yes
Snow Bunting Yes
Northern Cardinal Yes
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Yes
Indigo Bunting Yes
Bobolink Yes
Red-winged Blackbird Yes
Eastern Meadowlark Yes
Rusty Blackbird Yes
Common Grackle Yes
Brown-headed Cowbird Yes
Orchard Oriole Yes
Baltimore Oriole Yes
House Finch Yes
Common Redpoll Yes
Pine Siskin Yes
American Goldfinch Yes
Evening Grosbeak Yes
House Sparrow Yes
Totals 86 seen 50 nested