The birds I have identified...

The bird names are taken from Roger Tory Peterson's "Field Guide to Birds of Eastern America"


Click on a bird's name to see its brief description - scientific name, Page and Map numbers in field guide, and spots of sightings.


Locations I have first spotted a species:


  1. Common Loon PWRC
  2. Pied-billed Grebe HOOK
  3. Double-crested Cormorant HOOK
  4. Great Blue Heron PWRC
  5. Green Heron PWRC
  6. Little Blue Heron HOOK
  7. Great Egret PWRC
  8. Snowy Egret HOOK
  9. Black-crowned Night Heron HOOK
  10. Glossy Ibis HOOK
  11. Mute Swan CENT
  12. Canada Goose UMBC
  13. White-fronted Goose CENT
  14. Snow Goose HOOK
  15. Mallard UMBC
  16. American Black Duck UMBC
  17. Common Pintail HOOK
  18. Green-winged Teal HOOK
  19. Blue-winged Teal HOOK
  20. American Wigeon HOOK
  21. Northern Shoveler HOOK
  22. Wood Duck UMBC
  23. Ring-necked Duck PWRC
  24. Lesser Scaup CENT
  25. Bufflehead CENT
  26. Ruddy Duck HOOK
  27. Red-breasted Merganser CCOD
  28. Turkey Vulture UMBC
  29. Black Vulture BYBR
  30. Sharp-shinned Hawk HOOK
  31. Cooper's Hawk PWRC
  32. Red-tailed Hawk PWRC
  33. Red-shouldered Hawk PWRC
  34. Bald Eagle HOOK
  35. Northern Harrier HOOK
  36. American Kestrel UMBC
  37. Ruffed Grouse GRSF
  38. Common Bobwhite PWRC
  39. Wild Turkey GRSF
  40. American Coot CENT
  41. Killdeer UMBC
  42. Greater Yellowlegs PWRC
  43. Lesser Yellowlegs PWRC
  44. Spotted Sandpiper UMBC
  45. Ruddy Turnstone LTCR
  46. Common Snipe PWRC
  47. Short-billed Dowitcher HOOK
  48. Least Sandpiper PWRC
  49. Pectoral Sandpiper HOOK
  50. Dunlin HOOK
  51. Great Black-backed Gull LTCR
  52. Herring Gull LTCR
  53. Ring-billed Gull UMBC
  54. Laughing Gull LTCR
  55. Forster's Tern LTCR
  56. Little Tern PWRC
  57. Rock Dove UMBC
  58. Mourning Dove UMBC
  59. Whip-poor-will PWRC
  60. Chimney Swift UMBC
  61. Ruby-throated Hummingbird UMBC
  62. Belted Kingfisher PWRC
  63. Common Flicker UMBC
  64. Pileated Woodpecker GRSF
  65. Red-bellied Woodpecker UMBC
  66. Red-headed Woodpecker PWRC
  67. Hairy Woodpecker HOOK
  68. Downy Woodpecker UMBC
  69. Eastern Kingbird UMBC
  70. Great Crested Flycatcher SHNP
  71. Eastern Phoebe UMBC
  72. Acadian Flycatcher UMBC
  73. Eastern Pewee UMBC
  74. Tree Swallow UMBC
  75. Barn Swallow UMBC
  76. Purple Martin PWRC
  77. Blue Jay UMBC
  78. Northern Raven SHNP
  79. American Crow UMBC
  80. Fish Crow UMBC
  81. Black-capped Chickadee UMBC
  82. Carolina Chickadee UMBC
  83. Tufted Titmouse PWRC
  84. White-breasted Nuthatch PWRC
  85. House Wren UMBC
  86. Carolina Wren UMBC
  87. Marsh Wren GRSF
  88. Northern Mockingbird UMBC
  89. Gray Catbird UMBC
  90. Brown Thrasher UMBC
  91. American Robin UMBC
  92. Wood Thrush PWRC
  93. Hermit Thrush UMBC
  94. Gray-cheeked Thrush PWRC
  95. Eastern Bluebird UMBC
  96. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher UMBC
  97. Golden-crowned Kinglet PWRC
  98. Ruby-crowned Kinglet UMBC
  99. Cedar Waxwing UMBC
  100. European Starling UMBC
  101. White-eyed Vireo UMBC
  102. Red-eyed Vireo UMBC
  103. Black-and-white Warbler PWRC
  104. Prothonotary Warbler PWRC
  105. Palm Warbler UMBC
  106. Yellow Warbler UMBC
  107. Yellow-rumped Warbler UMBC
  108. Prairie Warbler UMBC
  109. Common Yellowthroat UMBC
  110. Yellow-breasted Chat UMBC
  111. American Redstart UMBC
  112. House Sparrow UMBC
  113. Bobolink PWRC
  114. Red-winged Blackbird UMBC
  115. Orchard Oriole UMBC
  116. Baltimore Oriole UMBC
  117. Rusty Blackbird UMBC
  118. Boat-tailed Grackle LTCR
  119. Common Grackle UMBC
  120. Brown-headed Cowbird UMBC
  121. Scarlet Tanager PWRC
  122. Summer Tanager PWRC
  123. Northern Cardinal UMBC
  124. Blue Grosbeak PWRC
  125. Indigo Bunting PWRC
  126. House Finch UMBC
  127. American Goldfinch UMBC
  128. Rufous-sided Towhee UMBC
  129. Savannah Sparrow HOOK
  130. Grasshopper Sparrow PWRC
  131. Northern Junco UMBC
  132. Field Sparrow PWRC
  133. White-throated Sparrow PWRC
  134. Swamp Sparrow PWRC
  135. Song Sparrow PWRC

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Last updated: April 09, 2000
Comments, suggestions, additions: Sanjay Joshi