2014 – Our First ‘Big Year’

Count:  256

Anhinga, Bitterns, Herons and Egrets (11):  American Bittern, Anhinga, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cattle Egret, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Green Heron, Least Bittern, Little Blue Heron, Reddish Egret, Snowy Egret, Tri-colored Heron, Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Avocets and Stilts (2):  American Avocet, Black-necked Stilt

Blackbirds and Orioles (11):  Baltimore Oriole, Boat-tailed Grackle, Bobolink, Brewer’s Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Common Grackle, Eastern Meadowlark, Great-tailed Grackle, Orchard Oriole, Red-wingled Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird

Booby and Gannets (0):  Masked Booby, Northern Gannet

Cardinals and Grosbeaks (7):  Blue Grosbeak, Dickcissel, Indigo Bunting, Lazuli Bunting, Northern Cardinal, Painted Bunting, Pyrrhuloxia, Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Cormorants (2):  Double-breasted Cormorant, Neotropic Cormorant

Cranes (1):  Sandhill Crane, Whooping Crane

Creeper (0):  Brown Creeper

Crows and Jays (7):   American Crow, Black-billed Magpie, Blue Jay, Clark’s Nutcracker, Common Raven, Gray Jay, Stellar’s Jay

Cuckoos and Roadrunners (1):  Black-billed Cuckoo, Greater Roadrunner, Groove-billed Ani, Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Dipper (1):  American Dipper

Ducks, Geese, and Swans (29):  American Wigeon, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Bufflehead, Cackling Goose Canada Goose, Cinnamon Teal, Canvasback, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Gadwall, Greater Scaup Greater White-fronted Goose, Green-winged Teal, Harlequin Duck, Hooded Merganser, Lesser Scaup, Mallard, Mottled Duck, Muscovy Duck, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Red-breasted Merganser, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Ross’s Goose, Ruddy Duck, Snow Goose, Trumpeter Swan, Wood Duck

Falcons (2):  American Kestrel, Crested Caracara (Mexican Eagle)

Finches (6):  American Goldfinch, Cassin’s Finch, House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch, Pine Siskin, Purple Finch

Flycatchers (13):  Acadian Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Couch’s Kingbird, Dusky Couch’s Kingbird, Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Great-crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Least Flycatcher, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Vermillion Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Frigatebirds (0):  Magnificent Frigatebird

Grebes (4): Clark’s Grebe, Eared Grebe, Horned Grebe, Least Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Western Grebe

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (13):  Black Skimmer, Black Tern, Bonaparte’s Gull, Caspian Tern, Common Tern, Forster’s Tern, Franklin’s Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Herring Gull, Laughing Gull, Common Tern, Least Tern, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Sooty Tern, Thayer’s Gull

Hummingbirds (4):  Black-chinned Hummingbird, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Calliope Hummingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird

Ibises (4):  Glossy Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, White Ibis, White-faced Ibis

Kingfishers (1):  Belted Kingfisher

Kinglets (2):  Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Kites, Eagles, and Hawks (11):  Bald Eagle, Broad-winged Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk, Harris’s Hawk, Mississippi Kite, Northern Harrier, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Swainson’s Hawk, Swallow-tailed Kite, White-tailed Hawk, White-tailed Kite

Lark (0):  Horned Lark

Loons (1):  Common Loon, Red-throated Loon

Mockingbirds and Thrashers (4):  Brown Thrasher, Curve-billed Thrasher, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Sage Thrasher

Nighthawks and Nightjars (1):  Chuck-will’s-widow, Common Nighthawk, Eastern Whip-poor-will

Nuthatches (0):  Red-breasted Nuthatch

Old World Sparrows, Warblers, and Gnatcatchers (2):  House Sparrow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Osprey (1):  Osprey

Parakeets (0):  Monk Parakeet

Pelicans (2):  American White Pelican, Brown Pelican

Pigeons and Doves (5):  Common Ground-Dove, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Inca Dove, Mourning Dove, Rock Pigeon, White-winged Dove

Plovers (5):  American Golden-plover, Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer, Piping Plover, Semi-palmated Plover, Snowy Plover, Wilson’s Plover

Quails (1):  Northern Bobwhite

Rails and Coots (4):  American Coot, Black Rail, Clapper Rail, Common Gallinule (Moorhen), King Rail, Purple Gallinule, Sora, Virginia Rail, Yellow Rail

Sandpipers (14):  American Woodcock, Baird’s Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Dunlin, Greater Yellowlegs, Hudsonian Godwit, Least Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-billed Curlew, Long-billed Dowitcher, Marbled Godwit, Pectoral Sandpiper, Purple Sandpiper, Red Knot, Red-necked Phalarope, Ruddy Turnstone, Ruff, Sanderling, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Whimbrel, White-rumped Sandpiper, Willet, Wilson’s Pharalope, Wilson’s Snipe

Shrikes (1):  Loggerhead Shrike

Sparrows (8):  Chipping Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco (gray), Eastern Towhee, Field Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, Green-tailed Towhee, Harris’s Sparrow, Henslow’s Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Le Conte’s Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Nelson’s Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Seaside Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Spotted Towhee, Swamp Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow

Starlings (1):  European Starling

Storks (1):  Wood Stork

Storm-petrels (0):  Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

Swallows (7):  Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow, Cave Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Purple Martin, Tree Swallow, Violet-green Swallow

Swifts (0):  Chimney Swift

Tanagers (3):  Scarlet Tanager, Summer Tanager, Western Tanager

Thrushes (8):  American Robin, Eastern Bluebird, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Mountain Bluebird, Swainson’s Thrush, Varied Thrush, Veery, Western Bluebird, Wood Thrush

Titmice and Chicakdees (4):  Black-capped Chickadee, Black-crested Titmouse, Carolina Chickadee, Mountain Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse

Turkeys and Grouse (2):  Greater Prairie-Chicken, Greater Sage-Grouse, Spruce Grouse, Wild Turkey

True Owls (2):  Barn Owl, Barred Owl, Eastern Screech-Owl, Great-horned Owl, Short-eared Owl

Verdins (0):  Verdin

Vireos (6):  Bell’s Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Cassin’s Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, Yellow-green Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo

Vultures (2):  Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture

Wagtails and Pipits (1):  American Pipit, Sprague’s Pipit

Waxwings (1):  Cedar Waxwing

Wood-warblers (24):  American Redstart, Bay-breasted Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Canada Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Golden-winged Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Kentucky Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, MacGillvray’s Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Northern Waterthrush, Orange-crowned Warbler, Ovenbird, Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Swainson’s Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Townsend’s Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler

Woodpeckers (9):  American Three-toed Woodpecker, Black-backed Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-naped Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Wrens (4):  Bewick’s Wren, Canyon Wren, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Marsh Wren, Rock Wren, Sedge Wren, Winter Wren