sd birding festival bird checklist
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Checklist of birds for the South Dakota Birding FestivalTRANSCRIPT
CHECKLIST OF BIRDS SOUTH DAKOTA BIRDING FESTIVAL AT FT RANDALL
SPECIES NAME 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Geese, Swans & Ducks Snow Goose X X Canada Goose X X X Wood Duck X X X Gadwall X X X American Wigeon X X Mallard X X X Blue-‐winged Teal X X X Northern Shoveler X X X Northern Pintail X X X Green-‐winged Teal X X X Redhead X X X Ring-‐necked Duck X X Lesser Scaup X X Bufflehead X Hooded Merganser X X X Red-‐breasted Merganser X X Ruddy Duck X X X Grouse Ring-‐necked Pheasant X X X Sharp-‐tailed Grouse X Wild Turkey X X X Loons Common Loon X X X Grebes Pied-‐billed Grebe X X X Horned Grebe X Eared Grebe X X X Western Grebe X X X Clark’s Grebe X X X Pelicans & Cormorants American White Pelican X X X Double-‐crested Cormorant X X X Bitterns & Herons American Bittern X X Least Bittern X Great Blue Heron X X X Great Egret X X X Snowy Egret X Cattle Egret X X X Green Heron X X Black-‐crowned Night-‐Heron X X Ibises White-‐faced Ibis X X X Vultures Turkey Vulture X X X Hawks, Kites & Eagles Osprey X Bald Eagle X X X Northern Harrier X X X
SPECIES NAME 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Sharp-‐shinned Hawk X Broad-‐winged Hawk X Swainson’s Hawk X X Red-‐tailed Hawk X X X Caracaras & Falcons American Kestrel X X Merlin X Peregrine Falcon X X Rails Virginia Rail X Sora X American Coot X X X Plovers Black-‐bellied Plover X American Golden-‐Plover X Semipalmated Plover X X Killdeer X X X Sandpipers Black-‐necked Stilt X American Avocet X X X Spotted Sandpiper X X X Greater Yellowlegs X X Willet X X Lesser Yellowlegs X X Upland Sandpiper X X X Hudsonian Godwit X Marbled Godwit X X Sanderling X Semipalmated Sandpiper X X X Least Sandpiper X X X White-‐rumped Sandpiper X X X Baird’s Sandpiper X X Pectoral Sandpiper X X Dunlin X X X Stilt Sandpiper X X Short-‐billed Dowitcher X Long-‐billed Dowitcher X X Wilson’s Snipe X X Wilson’s Phalarope X X X Gulls, Terns & Jaegers Bonaparte’s Gull X X Franklin’s Gull X X X Ring-‐billed Gull X X X Least Tern X Black Tern X X Common Tern X X Forester’s Tern X X X Doves Rock Pigeon X X X Eurasian Collared-‐Dove X X X Mourning Dove X X X
SPECIES NAME 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Owls Barn Owl X Eastern Screech-‐Owl X X X Great Horned Owl X X Barred Owl X Goatsuckers Common Nighthawk X Whip-‐poor-‐will X X X Swifts Chimney Swift X X Hummingbirds Ruby-‐throated Hummingbird X X Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher X X X Woodpeckers Red-‐headed Woodpecker X X Red-‐bellied Woodpecker X X X Yellow-‐bellied Sapsucker X Downy Woodpecker X X X Woodpeckers Hairy Woodpecker X X Northern Flicker X X X Flycatchers Eastern Wood-‐Pewee X X Willow Flycatcher X X Least Flycatcher X X Eastern Phoebe X X X Great Crested Flycatcher X X Western Kingbird X X Eastern Kingbird X X Vireos Bell’s Vireo X X Warbling Vireo X X Red-‐eyed Vireo X X Jays Blue Jay X X X Crows American Crow X X X Larks Horned Lark X X X Swallows Purple Martin X X Tree Swallow X X X N.Rough-‐winged Swallow X X X Bank Swallow X X Cliff Swallow X X X Barn Swallow X X X Chickadees Black-‐capped Chickadee X X X Nuthatches White-‐breasted Nuthatch X X X Creepers Brown Creeper X Wrens House Wren X X X Sedge Wren X Marsh Wren X X X Kinglets Ruby-‐crowned Kinglet X X Thrushes Eastern Bluebird X X X Swainson’s Thrush X American Robin X X X Mimids Gray Catbird X X
NAME SPECIES 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Brown Thrasher X X X Starlings European Starling X X X Waxwings Cedar Waxwing X X X Wood Warblers Golden-‐winged Warbler X Tennessee Warbler X X Orange-‐crowned Warbler X X X Yellow Warbler X X X Yellow-‐rumped Warbler X X Palm Warbler X X Bay-‐breasted Warbler X Blackpoll Warbler X X American Redstart X X Ovenbird X X Northern Waterthrush X Wood Warblers Common Yellowthroat X X X Wilson’s Warbler X Canada Warbler X Yellow-‐breasted Chat X X Tanagers Scarlet Tanager X Towhees Spotted Towhee X X X Eastern Towhee X X Sparrows Chipping Sparrow X X X Clay-‐colored Sparrow X X X Field Sparrow X X X Vesper Sparrow X X Lark Sparrow X X X Lark Bunting X Savannah Sparrow X X Le Conte’s Sparrow X Grasshopper Sparrow X X Song Sparrow X X X Lincoln’s Sparrow X White-‐throated Sparrow X White-‐crowned Sparrow X X X Dark-‐eyed Junco X Cardinals Northern Cardinal X X X Grosbeaks Rose-‐breasted Grosbeak X X X Black-‐headed Grosbeak X Blue Grosbeak X Buntings Lazuli Bunting X Indigo Bunting X X X Dickcissel X X Blackbirds Bobolink X X Red-‐winged Blackbird X X X Western Meadowlark X X X
SPECIES NAME 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Yellow-‐headed Blackbird X X X Common Grackle X X X Great-‐tailed Grackle X Brown-‐headed Cowbird X X X Orioles Orchard Oriole X X Baltimore Oriole X X Finches House Finch X X X Common Redpoll X Pine Siskin X American Goldfinch X X X Weavers House Sparrow X X X Total Birds Seen 136 145 139 Date of Festival 5/20-‐22 5/18-‐
20 5/3-‐5