To-date 130 species of birds have been sighted at the Sanctuary! You can download the latest Bird List as a PDF file here.
Bird species seen so far include:
Geese, Swans and Ducks:
- Canada Goose
- Wood Duck
- Gadwall
- Eurasian Wigeon
- American Wigeon
- Mallard
- Blue-winged Teal
- Cinnamon Teal
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Ring-necked Duck
- Lesser Scaup
- Bufflehead
- Common Goldeneye
- Hooded Merganser
- Common Merganser
Grebes:
- Pied-billed Grebe
Cormorants:
- Double-crested Cormorant
Bitterns and Herons:
- Great Blue Heron
- Green Heron
American Vultures:
- Turkey Vulture
Ospreys, Eagles and Hawks:
- Osprey
- Bald Eagle
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Merlin
- Peregrine Falcon
Rails and Coots:
- Virginia Rail
- Sora
- American Coot
Plovers:
- Killdeer
Sandpipers:
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Least Sandpiper
- Wilson’s Snipe
Gulls and Terns:
- Mew Gull
- California Gull
- Thayer’s Gull
- Glaucous-winged Gull
Pigeons and Doves:
- Rock Pigeon
- Band-tailed Pigeon
Owls:
- Northern Saw-whet Owl
Swifts:
- Black Swift
Hummingbirds:
- Rufous Hummingbird
Kingfishers:
- Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers:
- Downy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
Flycatchers:
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Western Wood-Pewee
- Willow Flycatcher
- Hammond’s Flycatcher
Vireos:
- Warbling Vireo
Jays and Crows:
- Steller’s Jay
- Northwestern Crow
- Common Raven
Swallows:
- Tree Swallow
- Violet-green Swallow
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Barn Swallow
Chickadees:
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtits:
- Bushtit
Creepers:
- Brown Creeper
Wrens:
- Winter Wren
Dippers:
- American Dipper
Kinglets:
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bluebirds and Thrushes:
- Mountain Bluebird
- Swainson’s Thrush
- Hermit Thrush
- American Robin
- Varied Thrush
Starlings:
- European Starling
Waxwings:
- Cedar Waxwing
Wood Warblers:
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Yellow Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Wilson’s Warbler
Tanagers:
- Western Tanager
Sparrows:
- Spotted Towhee
- Savannah Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
Blackbirds and Orioles:
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Brewer’s Blackbird
- Brown-headed Cowbird
Finches and Allies:
- Purple Finch
- House Finch
- Common Redpoll
- Pine Siskin
- American Goldfinch
Old World Sparrows:
- House Sparrow
Hypothetical:
- Ruddy Duck
- Northern Goshawk
- Eastern Kingbird