Northern Shenandoah Valley Audubon Society (NSVAS)

           

Shenandoah Audubon BIRD LIST

BIRD COUNT INFORMATION (if used for Annual Bird Count)

Observer Name(s):

Date:

          

Count Name:

                  

Section #:

                       

Start Time:

 

Hours / Miles: Car:

 

Hours / Miles: Canoe:

 

End Time:

 

Hours / Miles: Foot:

 

Hours / Miles: Owling:

 

Temperature:

 

Wind Direction:

 

Wind Velocity:

 

 

E =

Erratic, yearly status fluctuates widely

R =

Rare, does not occur every year

U =

Uncommon, low numbers occur each year

F =

Frequent, often seen, but not in each trip

C =

Common, readily observed within area

S =

Small numbers in area

t =

Transient, spring and / or fall migration

r =

Resident, species occurs year-round

s =

Summer resident (June - September)

w =

Winter resident (December - March)

(L) =

Restricted locally to small area(s)

!!! =

Should not occur again, get a photograph

DATE

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SPECIES

SPRING

FALL

XMAS

OTHER

                                

Gaviidae: Loons

 

 

 

 

   

Red-Throated Loon - Rt, Rw

 

 

 

 

   

Common Loon - S, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Podicipedidae: Grebes

 

 

 

 

   

Pied-Billed Grebe - Ct, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Horned Grebe - C, Ft, Rw

 

 

 

 

   

Red-necked Grebe - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Phalacrocoracidicae: Cormorants

 

 

 

 

   

Double-Crested Cormorant - Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Ardeidiae: Herons and Egrets

 

 

 

 

   

American Bittern - Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Great Blue Heron - Fw, Ft, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Great Egret - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Snowy Egret - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Little Blue Heron - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Tri-colored Heron - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Cattle Egret - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Green Heron - Rw, Ft, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Black-Crowned Night-Heron - R, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Threskiornithidae: Ibises

 

 

 

 

   

Glossy Ibis - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Ciconiidae: Storks

 

 

 

 

   

Wood Stork - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Cathartidae: New World Vultures

 

 

 

 

   

Black Vulture - Fr

 

 

 

 

   

Turkey Vulture - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Anatidae: Waterfowl

 

 

 

 

   

Greater White-fronted Goose - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Snow Goose - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Canada Goose - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Mute Swan - S, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Tundra Swan - Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Wood Duck - Cs, Ft, Rw

 

 

 

 

   

Gadwall - S, Ft, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Eurasian Wigeon - Rw

 

 

 

 

   

American Wigeon - S, Ft, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

American Black Duck - Ct, Fw

 

 

 

 

   

Mallard - Ct, Fw, Cs

 

 

 

 

   

Blue-Winged Teal - Rs, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Northern Shoveler - S, Ut, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Northern Pintail - S, Uw, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

American Green-winged Teal- Ft, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Canvasback - S, Ut, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Redhead - S, Ut, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Ring-necked Duck - S, Ft, Rw

 

 

 

 

   

Greater Scaup - S, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Lesser Scaup - S, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Surf Scoter - R

 

 

 

 

   

Black Scoter - R

 

 

 

 

   

White-winged Scoter - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Long-tailed Duck - S, Uw, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Bufflehead - S, Ft, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Common Goldeneye - Ct, Fw

 

 

 

 

   

Hooded Merganser - S, Uw, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Common Merganser - S, Uw, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Red-breasted Merganser - S, Rw, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Ruddy Duck - S, Ft, Rw

 

 

 

 

   

Accipitridae: Hawks and Eagles

 

 

 

 

   

Osprey - Rw, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Bald Eagle - S, Ut, Rw

 

 

 

 

   

Northern Harrier - Ft, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Sharp-shinned Hawk - Ft, Fr

 

 

 

 

   

Cooper’s Hawk - Ft, Ur

 

 

 

 

   

Northern Goshawk - Rw, Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Red Shouldered Hawk - S, Ft, Ur

 

 

 

 

   

Broad-Winged Hawk - R, Ct, Fs

 

 

 

 

   

Red-Tailed Hawk - Cw, Ct, Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Rough-legged Hawk - Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Golden Eagle - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Falconidae: Falcons

 

 

 

 

   

American Kestrel - Cw, Ct, Cs

 

 

 

 

   

Merlin - R, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Peregrine Falcon - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Phasianidae: Pheasants

 

 

 

 

   

Ring-necked Pheasant - S, Ur

 

 

 

 

   

Ruffed Grouse - S, Ur

 

 

 

 

   

Wild Turkey - Ur

 

 

 

 

   

Odontophoridae: Quail

 

 

 

 

   

Northern Bobwhite - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Rallidae: Rails

 

 

 

 

   

Virginia Rail - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Common Moorhen - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

American Coot - Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Charadriidae: Plovers

 

 

 

 

   

Black-bellied Plover - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Semipalmated Plover - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Killdeer - Cs, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Scolopacidae: Sandpipers

 

 

 

 

   

Greater Yellowlegs - R, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Lesser Yellowlegs - R, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Solitary Sandpiper - Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Spotted Sandpiper - Ft, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Upland Sandpiper - S, Ut, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Semipalmated Sandpiper - S, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Western Sandpiper - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Least Sandpiper - Ft

 

 

 

 

   

White-rumped Sandpiper - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Pectoral Sandpiper - R, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Short-billed Dowitcher - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Common Snipe - Fw, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

American Woodcock - Fs, Rw

 

 

 

 

   

Red-necked Phalarope - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Laridae: Gulls and Terns

 

 

 

 

   

Bonaparte’s Gull - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Ring-billed Gull - Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Herring Gull - Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Common Tern - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Foster's Tern - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Black Tern - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Columbidae: Doves

 

 

 

 

   

Rock Dove - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Mourning Dove - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Cuculidae: Cuckoos

 

 

 

 

   

Black-billed Cuckoo - S, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Us

 

 

 

 

   

Tytonidae: Barn Owls

 

 

 

 

   

Barn Owl - S, Ur

 

 

 

 

   

Strigidae: Typical Owls

 

 

 

 

   

Eastern Screech Owl - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Great Horned Owl - Fr

 

 

 

 

   

Snowy Owl - Rw

 

 

 

 

   

Barred Owl - Fr

 

 

 

 

   

Long-Eared Owl - S, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Short-Eared Owl - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Northern Saw-Whet Owl - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Caprimulgidae: Goatsuckers

 

 

 

 

   

Common Nighthawk - Ct, Cs, (L)

 

 

 

 

   

Whip-Poor-Will - Us

 

 

 

 

   

Apodidae: Swifts

 

 

 

 

   

Chimney Swift - Ct, Cs

 

 

 

 

   

Trochilidae: Hummingbirds

 

 

 

 

   

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Fs, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Alcedinidae: Kingfishers

 

 

 

 

   

Belted Kingfisher - Fr

 

 

 

 

   

Picidae: Woodpeckers

 

 

 

 

   

Red-headed Woodpecker - S, Ur

 

 

 

 

   

Red-bellied Woodpecker - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Ft, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Downy Woodpecker - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Hairy Woodpecker - Fr

 

 

 

 

   

Northern Flicker - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Pileated Woodpecker - Fr

 

 

 

 

   

Tyrannidae: Tyrant Flycatchers

 

 

 

 

   

Olive-sided Flycatcher - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Eastern Wood Pewee - Ft, Fs

 

 

 

 

   

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - S, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Acadian Flycatcher - Ft, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Alder Flycatcher - Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Willow Flycatcher - S, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Least Flycatcher - Fs, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Eastern Phoebe - Uw, Cs

 

 

 

 

   

Great Crested Flycatcher - Cs, Ct

 

 

 

 

   

Eastern Kingbird - Fs, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Laniidae: Shrikes

 

 

 

 

   

Loggerhead Shrike - S, Ft, Ur

 

 

 

 

   

Northern Shrike - Rw

 

 

 

 

   

Vireonidae: Vireos

 

 

 

 

   

White-eyed Vireo - S, Ut, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Yellow-throated Vireo - S, Ut, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Blue-headed Vireo - Rw, Us, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Warbling Vireo - Ct, (L), Cs

 

 

 

 

   

Philadelphia Vireo - Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Red-eyed Vireo - Ct, Cs

 

 

 

 

   

Corvidae: Jays and Crows

 

 

 

 

   

Blue Jay - Ct, Fr

 

 

 

 

   

American Crow - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Fish Crow - Ft, Uw, Rs

 

 

 

 

   

Common Raven - S, Fr

 

 

 

 

   

Alaudidae: Larks

 

 

 

 

   

Horned Lark - Fw, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Hirundinidae: Swallows

 

 

 

 

   

Purple Martin - Ft, Fs

 

 

 

 

   

Tree Swallow - Cs

 

 

 

 

   

Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Bank Swallow - S, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Cliff Swallow - S, Ut, Rs

 

 

 

 

   

Barn Swallow - Ct, Cs

 

 

 

 

   

Paridae: Chickadees

 

 

 

 

   

Carolina Chickadee - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Black-capped Chickadee - S, Ft, Uw, Rs

 

 

 

 

   

Tufted Titmouse - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Sittidae: Nuthatches

 

 

 

 

   

Red-breasted Nuthatch - Ft, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

White-breasted Nuthatch - Fr

 

 

 

 

   

Certhiidae: Creepers

 

 

 

 

   

Brown Creeper - Ft, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Troglodytidae: Wrens

 

 

 

 

   

Carolina Wren - Fr

 

 

 

 

   

Bewick's Wren - S, Ut, Rs, !!!

 

 

 

 

   

House Wren - Rw, Cs

 

 

 

 

   

Winter Wren - S, Ut, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Marsh Wren - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Regulidae: Kinglets

 

 

 

 

   

Golden-crowned Kinglet - Ft, Fw

 

 

 

 

   

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Ct, Fw

 

 

 

 

   

Sylviidae: Gnatcatchers

 

 

 

 

   

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Fs

 

 

 

 

   

Turdidae: Thrushes

 

 

 

 

   

Eastern Bluebird - Ft, Fs, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Veery - Ft, Fs

 

 

 

 

   

Gray-checked Thrush - S, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Swainson's Thrush - R, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Hermit Thrush - S, Ft, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Wood Thrush - Ft, Fs

 

 

 

 

   

American Robin - Cs, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Varied Thrush - R

 

 

 

 

   

Mimidae: Mimic Thrushes

 

 

 

 

   

Gray Catbird - S, Cs

 

 

 

 

   

Northern Mockingbird - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Brown Thrasher - S, Cs, Rw

 

 

 

 

   

Sturnidae: Starling

 

 

 

 

   

European Starling - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Motacillidae: Pipits

 

 

 

 

   

Water Pipit - S, Ft, Rw

 

 

 

 

   

Bombycillidae: Waxwings

 

 

 

 

   

Cedar Waxwing - Ft, Er

 

 

 

 

   

Parulidae: Wood Warblers

 

 

 

 

   

Blue-winged Warbler - Rs, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Golden-winged Warbler - Rs, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Tennessee Warbler - Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Orange Crowned Warbler - R, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Nashville Warbler - Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Northern Parula - Ft, Fr

 

 

 

 

   

Yellow Warbler - Ft, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Chestnut-sided Warbler - R, Ft, Fs

 

 

 

 

   

Magnolia Warbler - Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Cape May Warbler - R, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Black-throated Blue Warbler - S, Ft, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Yellow rumped Warbler - Ct, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Black-throated Green Warbler - S, Ft, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Blackburnian Warbler - Ft, Fs

 

 

 

 

   

Yellow-Throated Warbler - Ft, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Pine Warbler - Ft, Us, Rw

 

 

 

 

   

Prairie Warbler - R, Fs, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Palm Warbler - R, Ct

 

 

 

 

   

Bay-Breasted Warbler - R, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Blackpoll Warbler - Ct

 

 

 

 

   

Cerulean Warbler - R, Ut, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Black & White Warbler - R, Ft, Fs

 

 

 

 

   

American Redstart - Fs, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Prothonotary Warbler - R, Ut, Rs

 

 

 

 

   

Worm-eating Warbler - Ut, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Swainson's Warbler - Rt !!!

 

 

 

 

   

Ovenbird - Cs, Ct

 

 

 

 

   

Northern Waterthrush - Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Louisiana Waterthrush - Ft, Us

 

 

 

 

   

Kentucky Warbler - Us, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Connecticut Warbler - Rt

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mourning Warbler - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Common Yellowthroat - Fs, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Hooded Warbler - Us, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Wilson’s Warbler - Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Canada Warbler - Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Yellow-breasted Chat - S, Us, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Thraupidae: Tanagers

 

 

 

 

   

Summer Tanager - Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Scarlet Tanager - Fs, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Emberizidae: Sparrows

 

 

 

 

   

Eastern Towhee - Cs, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Bachman's Sparrow - Rt, Rs

 

 

 

 

   

American Tree Sparrow - E, Fw

 

 

 

 

   

Chipping Sparrow - Rw, Cs

 

 

 

 

   

Field Sparrow - Fr

 

 

 

 

   

Vesper Sparrow - Rw, Us, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Lark Sparrow- Rt, Rs

 

 

 

 

   

Savannah Sparrow - Rw, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Grasshopper Sparrow - Fs, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Henslow's Sparrow - Rs, Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Fox Sparrow - S, Ft, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Song Sparrow - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Lincoln’s Sparrow - Rw, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Swamp Sparrow - S, Ut, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

White-throated Sparrow - Cw, Ct

 

 

 

 

   

White-crowned Sparrow - Cw, Ct

 

 

 

 

   

Dark-eyed Junco - Cw, Ur

 

 

 

 

   

Lapland Longspur - Rt, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

Snow Bunting - S, Uw, Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Cardinalidae: Cardinals

 

 

 

 

   

Northern Cardinal - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Fs, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Blue Grosbeak - S, Us, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Indigo Bunting - Cs

 

 

 

 

   

Painted Bunting - Rt !!!

 

 

 

 

   

Dickcissel - Rw, Rt

 

 

 

 

   

Icteridae: Blackbirds

 

 

 

 

   

Bobolink - Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Red-winged Blackbird - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Eastern Meadowlark - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Rusty Blackbird - S, Uw, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Common Grackle - Cs, Fw

 

 

 

 

   

Brown-headed Cowbird - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Orchard Oriole - S, Us, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Baltimore Oriole - Fs, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Fringillidae: Finches

 

 

 

 

   

Pine Grosbeak - Rt !!!

 

 

 

 

   

Purple Finch - E, Ut, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

House Finch - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Red Crossbill - R, E, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

White-winged Crossbill - E, Ut

 

 

 

 

   

Common Redpoll - Rw, Rt, E

 

 

 

 

   

Pine Siskin - S, E, Uw

 

 

 

 

   

American Goldfinch - Cr

 

 

 

 

   

Evening Grosbeak - E, Fw, Ft

 

 

 

 

   

Passeridae: Old World Sparrows

 

 

 

 

   

House Sparrow - Cr

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                          Bird List (birds found in the northern Shenandoah Valley) updated 04/2001 by Dave Carr, Director, State Arboretum of VA

 

 

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