Birds – Giving Pond Recreation Area Species List

Birds of the Giving Pond Recreation Area

Common Name, Status
American Goldfinch, Abundant Resident
Canada Goose, Abundant Resident
Song Sparrow, Abundant Resident
Catbird, Abundant Resident
American Crow, Common Resident
Belted Kingfisher, Common Resident
Blue Jay, Common Resident
Downy Woodpecker, Common Resident
Eastern Bluebird, Common Resident
Eastern Starling, Common Resident
Fish Crow, Common Resident
House Finch, Common Resident
Mallard, Common Resident
Mourning Dove, Common Resident
Northern Flicker, Common Resident
Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Common Resident
Carolina Chickadee, Common Resident
Carolina Wren, Common Resident
Northern Cardinal, Common Resident
Tufted Titmouse, Common Resident
White-Breasted Nuthatch, Common Resident
Baltimore Oriole,, Common Summer Resident
Brown-Headed Cowbird, Common Summer Resident
Common Yellowthroat, Common Summer Resident
Cedar Waxwing, Common Summer Resident
Eastern Kingbird, Common Summer Resident
Eastern Wood-Peewee, Common Summer Resident
Indigo Bunting, Common Summer Resident
Orchard Oriole, Common Summer Resident
Red-Eyed Vireo, Common Summer Resident
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Common Summer Resident
Tree Swallow, Common Summer Resident
Warbling Vireo, Common Summer Resident
Willow Flycather, Common Summer Resident
Yellow Warbler, Common Summer Resident
House Wren, Common Summer Resident
Common Grackle, Common Summer Resident & Occasional Winter Visitor
Field Sparrow, Common Summer Resident & Occasional Winter Visitor
Red-Winged Blackbird, Common Summer Resident & Occasional Winter Visitor
Black Vulture, Common Year-round
Great Blue Heron, Common Year-round
Red-Tailed Hawk, Common Year-round
Turkey Vulture, Common Year-round
Bank Swallow, Common Summer Visitor
Barn Swallow, Common Summer Visitor
Cliff Swallow, Common Summer Visitor
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow, Common Summer Visitor
Killdeer, Common Visitor
American Black Duck, Common Transient
Broad-Winged Hawk, Common Transient
Palm Warbler, Common Transient
Swamp Sparrow, Common Transient
Sharp-Shinned Hawk, Common Transient & Visitor
Ruby-Crested Kinglet, Common Transient & Occasional Winter Visitor
Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Common Transient & Occasional Winter Visitor
Chimney Swift, Common Transient & Summer Visitor
Double-Crested Cormorant, Common Transient & Summer Visitor
Osprey, Common Transient & Summer Visitor
Dark-Eyed Junco, Common Transient & Winter Visitor
Hooded Merganser, Common Transient & Winter Visitor
Ring-Billed Gull, Common Transient & Winter Visitor
White-Throated Sparrow, Common Transient & Winter Visitor
Great Horned Owl, Resident
Wood Duck, Resident
Eastern Screech-Owl, Resident
Chipping Sparrow, Occasional Summer Resident
Northern Parula Warbler, Occasional Summer Resident
Ovenbird, Occasional Summer Resident
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Occasional Summer Resident
Scarlet Tanager, Occasional Summer Resident
Virginia Rail, Occasional Summer Resident
Wood Thrush, Occasional Summer Resident
Yellow Throated Vireo, Occasional Summer Resident
American Coot,, Occasional Transient
American Kestrel, Occasional Transient
Blue-Headed Vireo, Occasional Transient
Brown Thrasher, Occasional Transient
Common Loon, Occasional Transient
Great Black-Backed Gull, Occasional Transient
Green-Winged Teal, Occasional Transient
Horned Grebe, Occasional Transient
Least Sandpiper, Occasional Transient
Northern Pintail, Occasional Transient
Purple Martin, Occasional Transient
Red-Shouldered Hawk, Occasional Transient
Ring-Necked Duck, Occasional Transient
Ruddy Duck, Occasional Transient
Savannah Sparrow, Occasional Transient
Snow Goose, Occasional Transient
Spotted Sandpiper, Occasional Transient
Northern Waterthrush, Occasional Transient
White-Crowned Sparrow, Occasional Transient
Great Egret, Occasional Transient & Summer Visitor
Brown Creeper, Occasional Transient & Winter Visitor
Hermit Thrush, Occasional Transient & Winter Visitor
Herring Gull, Occasional Transient & Winter Visitor
Purple Finch, Occasional Transient & Winter Visitor
Winter Wren, Occasional Transient & Winter Visitor
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker, Occasional Transient & Winter Visitor
Northern Harrier, Occasional Transien & Winter Visitor
Black-Billed Cuckoo, Occasional Visitor
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo, Occasional Visitor
Bald Eagle, Occasional Year-round
Hairy Woodpecker, Uncommon Resident
Northern Mockingbird, Uncommon Resident
American Redstart, Uncommon Summer Resident
Black & White Warbler, Uncommon Summer Resident
Eastern Phoebe, Uncommon Summer Resident
Eastern Towhee, Uncommon Summer Resident
Great Crested Flycather, Uncommon Summer Resident
Green Heron, Uncommon Summer Resident
White-Eyed Vireo, Uncommon Summer Resident
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Uncommon Summer Resident
Blackpoll, Uncommon Transient
Black-Throated Green Warbler, Uncommon Transient
Bobolink, Uncommon Transient
Common Nighthawk, Uncommon Transient
Magnolia Warbler, Uncommon Transient
Pied-Billed Grebe, Uncommon Transient
Fox Sparrow, Uncommon Transient
Cooper’s Hawk, Uncommon Transient & Visitor
Bufflehead, Uncommon Transient & Winter Visitor
Common Goldeneye, Uncommon Transient & Winter Visitor
Golden-Crowned Kinglet, Uncommon Transient & Winter Visitor
Rock Pigeon, Uncommon Visitor
American Tree Sparrow, Uncommon Winter Visitor
Common Merganser, Uncommon Year-round
Black-Capped Chickadee, Rare Resident
Little Blue Heron, Rare Summer Visitor
American Bittern, Rare Transient
Cape May Warbler, Rare Transient
Great Cormorant, Rare Transient
Greater Yellowlegs, Rare Transient
Least Flycather, Rare Transient
Lesser Scaup, Rare Transient
Lesser Yellowlegs, Rare Transient
Pectoral Sandpiper, Rare Transient
Peregrine Falcon, Rare Transient
Semipalmated Sandpiper, Rare Transient
Semipalmated Plover, Rare Transient
Solitary Sandpiper, Rare Transient
Wilson’s Snipe, Rare Transient
Black-Crowned Night-Heron, Rare Transient & Summer Visitor
American Woodcock, Rare Visitor
Mute Swan, Rare Visitor
Ring-Necked Pheasant, Rare Visitor
Common Redpoll, Irregular Winter Visitor
Total Species: 147

Status Definitions

FREQUENCY:
An indication of the relative abundance of a species expressed in terms of the likelihood of seeing it in the proper habitat.

• Abundant: Should see in higher numbers
• Common: Probably will see
• Uncommon: Might see
• Occasional: Lucky to see
• Rare: Very lucky to see
• Irregular: Intermittent intrusions usually based on winter food supply
  (usually referred to as irruptive species)

RESIDENCY:
A general indication of the time a species spends here during the year and whether or not it breeds.

• Resident: Usually here all year and it breeds here.
• Summer Resident: Breeds here but not here all year. Infers it also is a transient.
• Year-round: Usually here all year but not breeding here.
• Visitor: Usually here for a period of time.
• Transient: Usually passing through in migration.