Hamilton College Bird Sighting Checklist

KEY

~	Rarity (1-3 occurrences)
+	Seen only flying overhead
X	Regularly Occurs
*	Confirmed Breeder

	Summer	Winter	Migrant
Horned Grebe ~			X
Great Blue Heron +	X
Green Heron +	X
Turkey Vulture			X
Snow Goose +			X
blue morph +			X
Canada Goose +			X
Wood Duck			X
Am Black Duck			X
Mallard			X
Ring-neck Duck			X
Bufflehead ~			X
Hooded Merganser			X
Common Merganser + ~			X
Northern Harrier +			X
Sharp-shinned Hawk *	X	X	X
Cooper’s Hawk		X	X
Northern Goshawk ~			X
Red-shoulder Hawk + ~			X
Broad-winged Hawk +			X
Red Tailed Hawk	X	X
Rough-legged Hawk +		X
American Kestrel +			X
Ruffed Grouse	X
Wild Turkey	X	X
Killdeer +			X
Lesser Yellowlegs + ~			X
Ring-billed Gull +			X
Herring Gull +			X
Gtr black-backed Gull+~			X
Rock Dove +	X	X
	Summer	Winter	Migrant
Mourning Dove	X	X
Black-billed Cuckoo	X		X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	X		X
Eastern Screech-Owl *	X
Great Horned Owl *	X	X
Barred Owl *	X
Long-eared Owl ~		X
Chimney Swift	X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	X		X
Belted Kingfisher +	X		X
Red-bellied Woodpecker *	X	X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker *	X		X
Downy Woodpecker *	X	X
Hairy Woodpecker	X	X
Northern Flicker	X	X	X
Pileated Woodpecker	X	X
Olive-sided Flycatcher ~			X
Eastern Wood-Pewee *	X
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher			X
Willow Flycatcher ~			X
Least Flycatcher	X		X
Eastern Phoebe *	X		X
Great Crested Flycatcher *	X		X
Eastern Kingbird			X
Northern Shrike		X
Blue-headed Vireo *	X		X
Yellow Throated Vireo	X		X
	Summer	Winter	Migrant
Warbling Vireo			X
Philadelphia Vireo			X
Red-eyed Vireo *	X		X
Blue Jay	X	X	X
American Crow	X	X
Black-capped Chickadee*	X	X
Tufted Titmouse *	X	X
Red-breasted Nuthatch	X	X
White-breasted Nuthatch	X	X
Brown Creeper	X	X
House Wren	X		X
Winter Wren *	X	X	X
Golden-crowned Kinglet	X	X	X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet			X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher			X
Eastern Bluebird	X	X
Veery *	X		X
Swainson’s Thrush			X
Hermit Thrush	X		X
Wood Thrush *	X		X
American Robin *	X	X	X
Gray Catbird *	X	X	X
Brown Thrasher			X
European Starling	X	X
Bohemian Waxwing		X
Cedar Waxwing *	X	X
Blue-winged Warbler	X		X
Golden-winged Warbler			X
Brewster’s Warbler			X
Tennessee Warbler			X
	Summer	Winter	Migrant
Orange-crowned Warbler ~			X
Nashville Warbler			X
Northern Parula			X
Yellow Warbler	X		X
Chestnut-sided Warbler	X		X
Magnolia Warbler	X		X
Cape May Warbler			X
Black-thr Blue Warbler*	X		X
Yellow-Rumped Warbler *	X		X
Black-thr Green Warbler	X		X
Blackburnian Warbler	X		X
Pine Warbler ~			X
Praire Warbler ~			X
Palm Warbler			X
Bay-breasted Warbler			X
Blackpoll Warbler			X
Cerulean Warbler	X		X
Black & White Warbler			X
American Redstart *	X		X
Worm-eating Warbler ~			X
Ovenbird *	X		X
Louisiana Waterthrush *	X		X
Connecticut Warbler ~			X
Mourning Warbler *	X
Common Yellowthroat *	X		X
Hooded Warbler *	X
Wilson’s Warbler			X
Canada Warbler			X
Scarlet Tanager *	X		X
	Summer	Winter	Migrant
American Tree Sparrow		X
Chipping Sparrow	X		X
Fox Sparrow			X
Song Sparrow	X		X
Lincoln’s Sparrow ~			X
White-throated Sparrow		X	X
White-crowned Sparrow			X
Dark-eyed Junco *	X	X	X
Snow Bunting +		X
Northern Cardinal *	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak *	X		X
Indigo Bunting *	X		X
Bobolink			X
Red-winged Blackbird	X		X
Rusty Blackbird			X
Common Grackle	X		X
Brown-headed Cowbird *	X		X
Orchard Oriole ~			X
Baltimore Oriole *	X		X
Pine Grosebeak		X
Purple Finch	X	X	X
House Finch	X	X
Red Crossbill		X
White-winged Crossbill~		X
Common Redpoll		X
Pine Siskin		X
American Goldfinch	X	X
Evening Grosbeak		X
House Sparrow	X

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