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Species Lists for Lake Kittamaqundi

BIRDS

Seasonal List

Seasons: Sp (Spring): March–May; Su (Summer): June–July; F (Fall): August–November; W (Winter): December–February.

Name Sp Su F W Snow Goose x x x Canada Goose * x x x x Mute Swan x x x x Tundra Swan x x x Wood Duck x x x x Gadwall x x x American Wigeon x x x American Black Duck x x x Mallard * x 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 Canvasback x x x Redhead x Ring-necked Duck x x x Lesser Scaup x x x Long-tailed Duck x x Bufflehead x x x Common Goldeneye x x Hooded Merganser x x x Common Merganser x x x Ruddy Duck x x x Common Loon x x x x Pied-billed Grebe x x x x Red-necked Grebe x Double-crested Cormorant x x x American Bittern x Great Blue Heron * x x x x Great Egret x x x Snowy Egret x x Little Blue Heron x Green Heron x x x Black-crowned Night-Heron x x x Black Vulture x x x x Turkey Vulture x x x x Osprey x x x Bald Eagle x x x x Sharp-shinned Hawk x x x Cooper's Hawk x x x x Red-shouldered Hawk x x x x Broad-winged Hawk x x x Red-tailed Hawk x x x x American Kestrel x x x x Merlin x x x Peregrine Falcon x x American Coot x x x Semipalmated Plover x x Killdeer x x x x Greater Yellowlegs x x Lesser Yellowlegs x x x Solitary Sandpiper x x x Spotted Sandpiper x x x Least Sandpiper x x Red Phalarope x Laughing Gull x Bonaparte's Gull x x Ring-billed Gull x x x x Herring Gull x x x Great Black-backed Gull x x Caspian Tern x x Forster's Tern x Rock Pigeon x x x x Mourning Dove * x x x x Yellow-billed Cuckoo x x x Barred Owl x x x x Common Nighthawk x x Chimney Swift x x x Ruby-throated Hummingbird x x x Belted Kingfisher x x x x Red-headed Woodpecker x Red-bellied Woodpecker x x x x Yellow-bellied Sapsucker x x x Downy Woodpecker * x x x x Hairy Woodpecker * x x x x Northern Flicker * x x x x Pileated Woodpecker x x x x Eastern Wood-Pewee x x x Acadian Flycatcher x x x Eastern Phoebe * x x x x Great Crested Flycatcher x x x Eastern Kingbird * x x x White-eyed Vireo x x x Blue-headed Vireo x x Warbling Vireo x x x Red-eyed Vireo * x x x Blue Jay * x x x x American Crow x x x x Fish Crow x x x x Purple Martin x x x

Name Sp Su F W Tree Swallow x x x Northern Rough-winged Swallow x x x Bank Swallow x x x Barn Swallow * x x x Carolina Chickadee * x x x x Tufted Titmouse * x x x x Red-breasted Nuthatch x White-breasted Nuthatch * x x x x Brown Creeper x x x Carolina Wren * x x x x House Wren * x x x Winter Wren x x Marsh Wren x Golden-crowned Kinglet x x x Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * x x x Eastern Bluebird * x x x x Veery x x Swainson's Thrush x x Hermit Thrush x x Wood Thrush * x x x American Robin * x x x x Gray Catbird * x x x x Northern Mockingbird * x x x x Brown Thrasher * x x x x European Starling * x x x x Cedar Waxwing x x x Blue-winged Warbler x x x Golden-winged Warbler x x Tennessee Warbler x x Orange-crowned Warbler x Nashville Warbler x x Northern Parula x x x Yellow Warbler * x x x Chestnut-sided Warbler x x Magnolia Warbler x x Black-throated Blue Warbler x x Yellow-rumped Warbler x x x Black-throated Green Warbler x x Blackburnian Warbler x x Yellow-throated Warbler x x Pine Warbler x x Palm Warbler x x Bay-breasted Warbler x x Blackpoll Warbler x x Cerulean Warbler x x Black-and-white Warbler x x x American Redstart x x x Prothonotary Warbler x Worm-eating Warbler x x Ovenbird x x x Northern Waterthrush x x Louisiana Waterthrush x x x Kentucky Warbler x x x Mourning Warbler x x Common Yellowthroat * x x x Hooded Warbler x x x Wilson's Warbler x x Canada Warbler x x Scarlet Tanager * x x x Eastern Towhee * x x x x American Tree Sparrow x x x Chipping Sparrow x x x x Field Sparrow x x x x Vesper Sparrow x Savannah Sparrow x x Fox Sparrow x x x Song Sparrow * x x x x Swamp Sparrow x x x White-throated Sparrow x x x White-crowned Sparrow x x x Dark-eyed Junco x x x Northern Cardinal * x x x x Rose-breasted Grosbeak x x Indigo Bunting * x x x Red-winged Blackbird * x x x x Eastern Meadowlark x x x x Yellow-headed Blackbird x Rusty Blackbird x x x Common Grackle * x x x x Brown-headed Cowbird * x x x x Orchard Oriole * x x x Baltimore Oriole * x x x Purple Finch x x x House Finch * x x x x Pine Siskin x x x American Goldfinch * x x x x House Sparrow * x x x x * breeding records for these species

Contributors: Seasonal counts, Parks Checklist Project, Martha Chestem, Jane Coskren, Stephen Eccles, David Holmes, Marcus James, Alice Kretz, Chris Ludwig, Sherry Peruzzi, Suzanne Probst, Bonnie Ott, Steve Simon, Jo Solem, Steve Whitcomb, Helen Zeichner, Jon K. Boone.

BUTTERFLIES

Least Skipper Sachem Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Red-spotted Purple

Contributor: Joanne Solem

DRAGONFLIES

Ebony Jewelwing Southern Spreadwing Slender Spreadwing Blue-fronted Dancer Violet Dancer Blue-tipped Dancer Aurora Damsel Familiar Bluet Stream Bluet Skimming Bluet Orange Bluet Fragile Forktail Eastern Forktail Common Green Darner	Fawn Darner Swamp Darner Unicorn Clubtail Dragonhunter Appalachian Snaketail Common Sanddragon Eastern Least Clubtail Laura's Clubtail Swift River Cruiser Prince Baskettail Slender Baskettail Common Pondhawk Spangled Skimmer	Slaty Skimmer Widow Skimmer Twelve-spotted Skimmer Painted Skimmer Great Blue Skimmer Blue Dasher Wandering Glider Spot-winged Glider Eastern Amberwing Common Whitetail Ruby Meadowhawk Autumn Meadowhawk Black Saddlebags
Contributors: Bob Solem, Jo Solem, Nancy Magnusson

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