Bird List

A Field Guide to South Wind Farm


Our resident birder (and faculty member) Kevin Powell has created this comprehensive list.
It’s organized by families, and includes the type of habitat where a particular bird is most often found.

Family Common Name When Seen Habitat

Wading Birds Great Blue Heron All year Pond


Great Egret All year Pond


Swans, Geese, Ducks Canada goose All year In Flight; pond


Wood duck All year Pond; woods


Mallard All year Pond


Green-winged teal Winter Pond


Hooded merganser Nov-March Pond


Common merganser Winter Pond


Vultures Turkey vulture All year Fields; edges of woods


Black vulture All year Fields; edges of woods


Diurnal raptors
Bald eagle All year In flight


Northern harrier Winter Fields


Sharp-shinned hawk All year Edges; fields; feeders


Cooper's hawk All year Woods; edges


Red-shouldered hawk All year Woods; edges


Red-tailed hawk All year Fields


Broad-winged hawk Spring Fields


Swallow-tailed kite Summer Edges


Osprey March-Sept. Pond


American Kestrel Oct.-March Fields


Upland game birds
Northern bobwhite All year Woods; edges


Wild turkey All year Woods; edges

Gruiformes Coot Winter Pond

Shorebirds Killdeer All year Fields


Spotted sandpiper Spring; fall Pond

Gulls, terns & Skimmers Ring-billed gull Winter Fields

Pigeons & Doves Mourning dove All year Fields; edges; woods


Rock dove All year Fields; edges

Cuckoos & their allies Yellow-billed cuckoo Summer Groves; edges


Owls
Great horned owl All year Woods; groves


Barred owl All year Woods


Screech owl All year Woods

Goatsuckers & swifts Chimney swift Summer Fields

Hummingbirds Ruby-throated hummingbird Summer Flower beds; woods

Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher All year Pond


Woodpeckers
Red-bellied woodpecker All year Woods; edges; feeders


Yellow-bellied sapsucker Winter Woods; groves


Downy woodpecker All year Woods; groves


Hairy woodpecker All year Woods


Pileated woodpecker All year Woods; edges


Tyrant flycatchers
Eastern wood pewee Summer Woods; groves


Acadian flycatcher Summer Woods


Eastern Phoebe All year Edges; groves


Great-crested flycatcher Summer Woods


Eastern Kingbird Summer Fields; groves


Shrikes & vireos Loggerhead shrike Winter Fields


Red-eyed vireo Summer Woods


White-eyed vireo Summer Edges


Blue-headed vireo Spring-Fall Woods


Jays, crows & their allies Blue jay All year Throughout area


Common crow All year Throughout area


Fish crow Summer Fields; pond


Swallows
Barn swallow Summer Fields; nests on bldgs


Northern rough-winged swallow Summer Fields


Tree swallow Spring; fall Fields


Chickadees
Carolina chickadee All year Throughout area


Tufted titmouse All year Throughout area


Nuthatches & creepers
White-breasted nuthatch All year Woods; feeders


Red-breasted nuthatch Winter Woods; feeders


Brown-headed nuthatch All year Woods (pines)


Brown creeper Winter Woods


Wrens
Carolina wren All year Throughout area


House wren All year Gardens; edges


Marsh wren Winter Pond


Old-world warblers, thrushes
Ruby-crowned kinglet Winter Woods


Golden-crowned kinglet Winter Woods


Blue-gray gnatcatcher Summer Woods; tall brush


Eastern bluebird All year Fields; edges


American robin All year Fields; groves; woods


Hermit thrush Winter; spring Woods


Swainson's thrush Spring Woods


Wood thrush Summer Woods


Mimids
Gray catbird Summer Dense thickets


Brown thrasher Summer Dense thickets


Mockingbird All year Throughout area


Starlings
European starling All year Fields; edges; groves

Waxwings Cedar waxwing All year Woods; edges


Wood-warblers
Northern parula Summer Woods


Yellow warbler Spring-summer Low trees; edges


Black-throated warbler Spring-summer Forest understory


Yellow-rumped warbler All year Woods; brush


Black-throated green warbler Spring Woods


Prairie warbler Summer Brush; young trees


Palm warbler Fall Fields; yards


Pine warbler All year Woods


Blackpoll warbler Summer Woods


Yellow-throated warbler Spring-summer Woods


Black & white warbler Summer Woods


Redstart Summer Woods


Ovenbird Summer Woods


Common yellowthroat Summer Brush; near pond

Tanagers,
cardinals & allies
Summer tanager Summer Woods; groves


Scarlet tanager Summer Woods; groves


Northern cardinal All year Throughout area


Rose-breasted grosbeak May 1-15 Woods; groves; feeders


Blue grosbeak Spring-summer Brush; young trees


Indigo bunting Summer Brush; edges


Eastern towhee All year Brush; edges

Finches &
old world sparrows
Field sparrow All year Fields


Chipping sparrow All year Fields


Grasshopper sparrow All year Fields


Savannah sparrow Winter Fields


Song sparrow All year Fields; edges


Swamp sparrow Winter Pond edges


Evening grosbeak Winter Groves; woods


Purple finch Winter-spring Woods; feeders


House finch All year Feeders; groves; yards


American goldfinch All year Feeders; groves; edges

Emberizine sparrows
& allies
Dark-eyed junco Winter-spring Fields; yards


Icterids
Eastern meadowlark All year Fields


Bobolink Spring Fields; groves


Brown-headed cowbird All year Fields; groves


Red-winged blackbird All year Fields; pond


Rusty blackbird Winter Woods


Common grackle All year Fields


Orchard oriole Summer Groves