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