Birding

Birds one might encounter or hear while floating the Willow:

• Red-winged Blackbirds

• Common Yellowthroat

• Marsh Wren

• Sedge Wren

• Green Heron

• Sora

• Great Blue Herons

In the grasslands:

• Eastern Meadowlark

• Western Meadowlark

• Savannah Sparrow

• Field Sparrow

• Horned Lark

• Wild Turkey

During migration one might hear or see in addition to the above species:

• Dark-eyed Junco

• Common Redpoll

• Tree Sparrow

• White-crowned Sparrow

• White-throated Sparrow

• Yellow-rumped Warbler

• Chestnut-sided Warbler

• Blackburnian Warbler

In the trees:

• Wood Duck

• Red-bellied Woodpecker

• Pileated Woodpecker

• Northern Flicker

• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

• Eastern Towhee

• Gray Catbird

• Great Crested Flycatcher

• Yellow Warbler

• Indigo Bunting

• Blue-winged Warbler

• Golden-winged Warbler

• Eastern Bluebird

• White-breasted Nuthatch

• Tufted Titmouse

• House Wren

• American Goldfinch

• Northern Cardinal

• Blue Jay

• Rose-breasted Grosbeak

• Baltimore Oriole

• Purple Finch

• Black-capped Chickadee

• Chipping Sparrow

• Common Grackle

• Brown-headed Cowbird

• Red-tailed Hawk

• Bald Eagle

• American Kestrel

• American Crow