Trail of Tears SP

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Checklist of Birds

191 species recorded in this park (Updated: 2/25/2023)

           Snow Goose            Bank Swallow
           Ross's Goose            Tree Swallow
           Greater White-fronted Goose            Northern Rough-winged Swallow
           Cackling Goose            Purple Martin
           Canada Goose            Barn Swallow
           Wood Duck            Cliff Swallow
           Blue-winged Teal            Ruby-crowned Kinglet
           Gadwall            Golden-crowned Kinglet
           Mallard            Cedar Waxwing
           Northern Pintail            Red-breasted Nuthatch
           Green-winged Teal            White-breasted Nuthatch
           Canvasback            Brown Creeper
           Ring-necked Duck            Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
           Lesser Scaup            Carolina Wren
           Bufflehead            House Wren
           Common Goldeneye            Winter Wren
           Hooded Merganser            Gray Catbird
           Common Merganser            Brown Thrasher
           Ruddy Duck            Northern Mockingbird
           Northern Bobwhite            European Starling
           Wild Turkey            Eastern Bluebird
           Pied-billed Grebe            Veery
           Rock Pigeon            Gray-cheeked Thrush
           Eurasian Collared-Dove            Swainson's Thrush
           Mourning Dove            Hermit Thrush
           Yellow-billed Cuckoo            Wood Thrush
           Common Nighthawk            American Robin
           Chuck-will's-widow            House Sparrow
           Eastern Whip-poor-will            House Finch
           Chimney Swift            Purple Finch
           Ruby-throated Hummingbird            Red Crossbill
           American Coot            Pine Siskin
           Killdeer            American Goldfinch
           Least Sandpiper            Lark Sparrow
           American Woodcock            Chipping Sparrow
           Wilson's Snipe            Clay-colored Sparrow
           Spotted Sandpiper            Field Sparrow
           Solitary Sandpiper            Fox Sparrow
           Ring-billed Gull            American Tree Sparrow
           Double-crested Cormorant            Dark-eyed Junco
           American White Pelican            White-crowned Sparrow
           Great Blue Heron            White-throated Sparrow
           Great Egret            Savannah Sparrow
           Snowy Egret            Song Sparrow
           Little Blue Heron            Lincoln's Sparrow
           Cattle Egret            Swamp Sparrow
           Green Heron            Eastern Towhee
           Black-crowned Night-Heron            Yellow-breasted Chat
           Black Vulture            Bobolink
           Turkey Vulture            Eastern Meadowlark
           Osprey            Orchard Oriole
           Swallow-tailed Kite            Baltimore Oriole
           Northern Harrier            Red-winged Blackbird
           Sharp-shinned Hawk            Brown-headed Cowbird
           Cooper's Hawk            Rusty Blackbird
           Bald Eagle            Common Grackle
           Mississippi Kite            Ovenbird
           Red-shouldered Hawk            Worm-eating Warbler
           Broad-winged Hawk            Louisiana Waterthrush
           Red-tailed Hawk            Northern Waterthrush
           Eastern Screech-Owl            Golden-winged Warbler
           Great Horned Owl            Blue-winged Warbler
           Barred Owl            Black-and-white Warbler
           Belted Kingfisher            Prothonotary Warbler
           Red-headed Woodpecker            Tennessee Warbler
           Red-bellied Woodpecker            Orange-crowned Warbler
           Yellow-bellied Sapsucker            Nashville Warbler
           Downy Woodpecker            Mourning Warbler
           Hairy Woodpecker            Kentucky Warbler
           Northern Flicker            Common Yellowthroat
           Pileated Woodpecker            Hooded Warbler
           American Kestrel            American Redstart
           Merlin            Cape May Warbler
           Peregrine Falcon            Northern Parula
           Great Crested Flycatcher            Magnolia Warbler
           Eastern Kingbird            Bay-breasted Warbler
           Olive-sided Flycatcher            Blackburnian Warbler
           Eastern Wood-Pewee            Yellow Warbler
           Yellow-bellied Flycatcher            Chestnut-sided Warbler
           Acadian Flycatcher            Blackpoll Warbler
           Alder Flycatcher            Palm Warbler
           Willow Flycatcher            Pine Warbler
           Least Flycatcher            Yellow-rumped Warbler
           Eastern Phoebe            Yellow-throated Warbler
           White-eyed Vireo            Prairie Warbler
           Yellow-throated Vireo            Black-throated Green Warbler
           Blue-headed Vireo            Canada Warbler
           Philadelphia Vireo            Wilson's Warbler
           Warbling Vireo            Summer Tanager
           Red-eyed Vireo            Scarlet Tanager
           Loggerhead Shrike            Northern Cardinal
           Blue Jay            Rose-breasted Grosbeak
           American Crow            Blue Grosbeak
           Fish Crow            Indigo Bunting
           Carolina Chickadee            Dickcissel
           Tufted Titmouse

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