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 Birds of Hornsby Bend
The following checklist is compiled from the Hornsby Bend Bird Sightings Database, and contains all species known to have occured through July 1999.  Seasonal abundance is given for each species as follows:
 
 
A Abundant Hundreds usually present
C Common 10-100 usually present
FC Fairly Common 1-10 usually present
U Uncommon 1-10 records each season
R Rare 1 or fewer records each season
VR Very Rare less than 2 records each decade
 
Species 
Pacific Loon 
Common Loon 
Least Grebe 
Pied-billed Grebe 
Horned Grebe 
Eared Grebe 
Western Grebe 
American White Pelican 
Neotropic Cormorant 
Double-crested Cormorant 
Anhinga 
Magnificent Frigatebird 
American Bittern 
Least Bittern 
Great Blue Heron 
Great Egret 
Snowy Egret 
Little Blue Heron 
Tricolored Heron 
Reddish Egret 
Cattle Egret 
Green Heron 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 
White Ibis 
Glossy Ibis 
White-faced Ibis 
Roseate Spoonbill 
Wood Stork 
Black Vulture 
Turkey Vulture 
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 
Greater White-fronted Goose 
Snow Goose 
Ross's Goose 
Canada Goose 
Mute Swan 
Tundra Swan 
Wood Duck 
Gadwall 
Eurasian Wigeon 
American Wigeon 
Mallard 
Mottled Duck 
Blue-winged Teal 
Cinnamon Teal 
Northern Shoveler 
Northern Pintail 
Green-winged Teal 
Canvasback 
Redhead 
Ring-necked Duck 
Greater Scaup 
Lesser Scaup 
Surf Scoter 
White-winged Scoter 
Oldsquaw 
Bufflehead 
Common Goldeneye 
Barrow's Goldeneye 
Hooded Merganser 
Common Merganser 
Red-breasted Merganser 
Ruddy Duck 
Osprey 
White-tailed Kite 
Mississippi Kite 
Bald Eagle 
Northern Harrier 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 
Cooper's Hawk 
Northern Goshawk 
Harris's Hawk 
Red-shouldered Hawk 
Broad-winged Hawk 
Swainson's Hawk 
White-tailed Hawk 
Red-tailed Hawk 
Ferruginous Hawk 
Rough-legged Hawk 
Golden Eagle 
Crested Caracara 
American Kestrel 
Merlin 
Peregrine Falcon 
Prairie Falcon 
Northern Bobwhite 
King Rail 
Virginia Rail 
Sora 
Purple Gallinule 
Common Moorhen 
American Coot 
Sandhill Crane 
Whooping Crane 
Black-bellied Plover 
American Golden-Plover 
Snowy Plover 
Wilson's Plover 
Semipalmated Plover 
Piping Plover 
Killdeer 
Mountain Plover 
Black-necked Stilt 
American Avocet 
Northern Jacana 
Greater Yellowlegs 
Lesser Yellowlegs 
Solitary Sandpiper 
Willet 
Spotted Sandpiper 
Upland Sandpiper 
Whimbrel 
Long-billed Curlew 
Hudsonian Godwit 
Marbled Godwit 
Ruddy Turnstone 
Red Knot 
Sanderling 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 
Western Sandpiper 
Least Sandpiper 
White-rumped Sandpiper 
Baird's Sandpiper 
Pectoral Sandpiper 
Purple Sandpiper 
Dunlin 
Curlew Sandpiper 
Stilt Sandpiper 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 
Ruff 
Short-billed Dowitcher 
Long-billed Dowitcher 
Common Snipe 
American Woodcock 
Wilson's Phalarope 
Red-necked Phalarope 
Red Phalarope 
Pomarine Jaeger 
Long-tailed Jaeger 
Laughing Gull 
Franklin's Gull 
Little Gull 
Bonaparte's Gull 
Mew Gull 
Ring-billed Gull 
California Gull 
Herring Gull 
Glaucous Gull 
Sabine's Gull 
Gull-billed Tern 
Caspian Tern 
Royal Tern 
Common Tern 
Forster's Tern 
Least Tern 
Black Tern 
Black Skimmer 
Rock Dove 
Eurasian Collared-Dove 
White-winged Dove 
Mourning Dove 
Inca Dove 
Common Ground-Dove 
Monk Parakeet 
Black-billed Cuckoo 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 
Greater Roadrunner 
Groove-billed Ani 
Barn Owl 
Eastern Screech-Owl 
Great Horned Owl 
Burrowing Owl 
Barred Owl 
Short-eared Owl 
Common Nighthawk 
Chuck-will's-widow 
Whip-poor-will 
Chimney Swift 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 
Black-chinned Hummingbird 
Rufous Hummingbird 
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 
Ringed Kingfisher 
Belted Kingfisher 
Green Kingfisher 
Red-headed Woodpecker 
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 
Downy Woodpecker 
Hairy Woodpecker 
Northern Flicker 
Pileated Woodpecker 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 
Acadian Flycatcher 
Alder Flycatcher 
Willow Flycatcher 
Least Flycatcher 
Eastern Phoebe 
Say's Phoebe 
Vermillion Flycatcher 
Ash-throated Flycatcher 
Great Crested Flycatcher 
Great Kiskadee 
Western Kingbird 
Eastern Kingbird 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 
Fork-tailed Flycatcher 
Loggerhead Shrike 
White-eyed Vireo 
Bell's Vireo 
Blue-headed Vireo 
Warbling Vireo 
Philadelphia Vireo 
Red-eyed Vireo 
Blue Jay 
American Crow 
Common Raven 
Horned Lark 
Purple Martin 
Tree Swallow 
Violet-green Swallow 
N. Rough-winged Swallow 
Bank Swallow 
Cliff Swallow 
Cave Swallow 
Barn Swallow 
Carolina Chickadee 
Tufted Titmouse 
Verdin 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 
Brown Creeper 
Carolina Wren 
Bewick's Wren 
House Wren 
Winter Wren 
Sedge Wren 
Marsh Wren 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 
Eastern Bluebird 
Mountain Bluebird 
Veery 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 
Swainson's Thrush 
Hermit Thrush 
Wood Thrush 
American Robin 
Gray Catbird 
Northern Mockingbird 
Brown Thrasher 
Curve-billed Thrasher 
European Starling 
American Pipit 
Sprague's Pipit 
Cedar Waxwing 
Blue-winged Warbler 
Golden-winged Warbler 
"Brewster's" Warbler 
Tennessee Warbler 
Orange-crowned Warbler 
Nashville Warbler 
Northern Parula 
Yellow Warbler 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 
Magnolia Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
Black-throated Green Warbler 
Blackburnian Warbler 
Pine Warbler 
Prairie Warbler 
Palm Warbler 
Bay-breasted Warbler 
Blackpoll Warbler 
Black-and-white Warbler 
American Redstart 
Worm-eating Warbler 
Ovenbird 
Northern Waterthrush 
Louisiana Waterthrush 
Kentucky Warbler 
Mourning Warbler 
MacGillivray's Warbler 
Common Yellowthroat 
Hooded Warbler 
Wilson's Warbler 
Canada Warbler 
Yellow-breasted Chat 
Summer Tanager 
Scarlet Tanager 
Western Tanager 
Green-tailed Towhee 
Spotted Towhee 
Eastern Towhee 
Cassin's Sparrow 
Chipping Sparrow 
Clay-colored Sparrow 
Field Sparrow 
Vesper Sparrow 
Lark Sparrow 
Lark Bunting 
Savannah Sparrow 
Grasshopper Sparrow 
Henslow's Sparrow 
LeConte's Sparrow 
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 
Fox Sparrow 
Song Sparrow 
Lincoln' Sparrow 
Swamp Sparrow 
White-throated Sparrow 
Harris's Sparrow 
White-crowned Sparrow 
Dark-eyed Junco 
McCown's Longspur 
Lapland Longspur 
Chestnut-collared Longspur 
Northern Cardinal 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
Black-headed Grosbeak 
Blue Grosbeak 
Lazuli Bunting 
Indigo Bunting 
Painted Bunting 
Dickcissel 
Bobolink 
Red-winged Blackbird 
Eastern Meadowlark 
Western Meadowlark 
Yellow-headed Blackbird 
Rusty Blackbird 
Brewer's Blackbird 
Common Grackle 
Great-tailed Grackle 
Bronzed Cowbird 
Brown-headed Cowbird 
Orchard Oriole 
Baltimore Oriole 
Bullock's Oriole 
Scott's Oriole 
Purple Finch 
House Finch 
Pine Siskin 
Lesser Goldfinch 
American Goldfinch 
House Sparrow 
 
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    Exotics: The following escaped exotic species have been recorded at Hornsby Bend.
    Black Swan
    Muscovy Duck
    West-Indian Whistling-Duck
    Ring-necked Pheasant
    Common Peafowl
    Helmeted Guineafowl
    Red Junglefowl (domestic)
    Orange-fronted Parakeet
    Budgerigar
    Ringed Turtle Dove

© 1999 Rob Fergus