Bird List

The Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary, jointly operated by The St. Lawrence Parks Commission and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, covers 9,000 hectares of managed wooded uplands, goose pasture, crop land, waterways and marshland. With more than 8 km of self-guided nature trails winding through these habitats, the seasoned birder and amateur naturalist alike have excellent opportunities to view close to 200 waterfowl, raptor, passerine and other bird species.

Species Index

LOONS Common Loon GREBES Pied-billed Grebe CORMORANTS Double-crested Cormorant HERONS & BITTERNS Great Blue Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Green Heron merican Bittern Least Bittern GEESE & DUCKS Canada Goose Brant Snow Goose Ross' Goose Mallard American Black Duck Gadwall Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Blue-winged Teal American Wigeon Northern Shoveler Wood Duck Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Oldsquaw White-winged Scoter Ruddy Duck Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser VULTURES, HAWKS & FALCONS Turkey Vulture Northern Goshawk Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Osprey American Kestrel TURKEYS, GROUSE & PATRIDGE Wild Turkey Ruffed Grouse Ring-necked Pheasant Gray Partridge COOTS & RAILS Virginia Rail Sora Rail Yellow Rail Common Moorhen American Coot PLOVERS & SANDPIPERS Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Lesser Golden Plover Black-bellied Plover Upland Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Willet Spotted Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone American Woodcock Common Snipe Short-billed Dowitcher Sanderling Least Sandpiper Dunlin GULLS & TERNS Great Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Ring-billed Gull Bonaparte's Gull Common Tern DOVES Rock Dove Mourning Dove CUCKOOS Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo OWLS Eastern Screetch Owl Great-horned Owl Snowy Owl Barred Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl GOATSUCKERS Whip-poor-will Common Nighthawk HUMMINGBIRDS Ruby-throated Hummingbird KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Hairy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker LARKS Horned Lark

FLYCATCHERS Eastern Kingbird Great-crested Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Willow Flycatcher Olive-sided Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Wood Peewee WAXWINGS Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing SWIFTS & SWALLOWS Chimney Swift Tree Swallow Bank Swallow North Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow JAYS & CROWS Blue Jay American Crow TITMICE Black-capped Chickadee NUTHATCHES & CREEPERS White-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper WRENS House Wren Winter Wren Marsh Wren Sedge Wren MIMICS & THRUSHES Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher American Robin Wood Thrush Hermit Thrush Swainson's Thrush Veery Eastern Bluebird KINGLETS Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet SHRIKES Northern Shrike Loggerhead Shrike VIREOS Yellow-throated Vireo Solitary Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Warbling Vireo WOOD WARBLERS Black & White Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Cerulean Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Palm Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Canada Warbler American Redstart WEAVER FINCHES House Sparrow BLACKBIRDS & STARLINGS Bobolink Eastern Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird Northern Oriole Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird European Starling TANAGERS Scarlet Tanager FINCHES & SPARROWS Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting Rose-breasted Grosbeak Evening Grosbeak Pine Grosbeak Purple Finch House Finch Common Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Rufous-sided Towhee Savannah Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Song Sparrow Snow Bunting

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