Appendix B

1996 North American Spring Migration Count

Species Seen in/from Kirby Park Natural Area

May 11, 1996

Common Name

Scientific Name

Number

Common Name

Scientific Name

Number

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

1

Yellow-Throated Vireo

Vireo flavifrons

1

Green Heron

Butorides striatus

2

Warbling Vireo

Vireo gilvus

2

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

11

Red-Eyed Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

14

Wood Duck

Aix sponsa

2

Tennessee Warbler

Vermivora peregrina

4

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

7

Nashville Warbler

Vermivora ruficapilla

3

Common Merganser

Mergus merganser

2

Northern Parula Warbler

Parula americana

5

Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii

1

Yellow Warbler

Dendroica petechia

45

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

2

Chestnut-Sided Warbler

Dendroica pensylvanica

4

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularia

1

Magnolia Warbler

Dendroica magnolia

4

Ring-Billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

1

Black-Throated Blue Warbler

Dendroica caerulescens

6

Rock Dove

Columba livia

14

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Dendroica coronata

18

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

24

Black-Throated Green Warbler

Dendroica dominica

15

Black-Billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus erythropthalmus

1

Blackburnian Warbler

Dendroica fusca

3

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus

1

Bay-Breasted Warbler

Dendroica castanea

2

Chimney Swift

Chaetura pelagica

6

Blackpoll Warbler

Dendroica striata

1

Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

4

Black and White Warbler

Mniotilta varia

17

Hairy Woodpecker

Picoides villosus

2

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

19

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

5

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapillus

9

Eastern Wood Pewee

Contopus virens

2

Northern Waterthrush

Seiurus noveboracensis

1

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax minimus

12

Kentucky Warbler

Oporornis formosus

1

Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis phoebe

8

Common Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas

9

Great-Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus crinitus

5

Wilson's Warbler

Wilsonia pusilla

1

Northern Rough-Winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

15

Scarlet Tanager

Piranga olivacea

18

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

10

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

6

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

10

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Pheucticus ludovicianus

22

Fish Crow

Corvus ossifragus

10

Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

8

Black-Capped Chickadee

Parus atricapillus

14

Eastern Towhee

Pipilo erythrophthalmus

2

Tufted Titmouse

Parus bicolor

8

Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerina

16

White-Breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

3

Field Sparrow

Spizella pusilla

2

House Wren

Troglodytes aedon

13

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

39

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

Polioptila caerulea

6

Red-Winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

18

Veery

Catharus fuscescens

2

Rusty Blackbird

Euphagus carolinus

1

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus ustulatus

1

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

32

Wood Thrush

Hylocichla mustelina

5

Brown-Headed Cowbird

Molothrus ater

17

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

42

Baltimore Oriole

Icterus galbula

5

Gray Catbird

Dumetella carolinensis

39

American Goldfinch

Carduelis tristis

42

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

20

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

2

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