Birds of Thurston Nature Center

This list of 82 birds of the Thurston Nature Center was compiled by Ms. Diana Dyer and included in the Thurston Nature Center brochure prepared by Mr. Mike Conboy in Spring 1996. The last update of the list was done in Fall 1996. Click on the name of each bird to see more information. Most of the webpage links provided are either to Cornell University's Laboratory of Ornithology or the U. S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Division's Patuxent Wildlfe Research Laboratory.

Year Round Residents

Black-capped Chickadee
Blue Jay
Cardinal
Cedar Waxwing
Common Crow
Downy Woodpecker
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
House Finch
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Starling
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch

Regular Summer Residents (nesting and/or feeding)

 

American Robin
Barn Swallow
Belted Kingfisher
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brown Thrasher
Canada Goose
Catbird
Chimney Swift
Chipping Sparrow
Common Egret
Common Flicker
Common Grackle
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Kingbird
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Herring Gull
House Wren
Killdeer
Mallard Duck
Northern "Baltimore" Oriole
Purple Martin
Redwing Blackbird
Rough-wing Swallow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Tree Swallow
Warbling Vireo
Yellow Throat Warbler
Yellow Warbler

Regular Winter Migrants

Dark-eyed Junco Tree Sparrow

Occasional Visitors/Migrants

 

American Woodcock
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blue-wing Teal
Brown Creeper
Common Redpoll
Double-crested Cormorant
Eastern Wood Peewee
Greater Yellowleg
Hairy Woodpecker
Hooded Merganser
Kestrel ("Sparrow Hawk")
Lesser Yellowlegs
Nashville Warbler
Northern Water Thrush
Osprey
Palm Warbler
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-eyed Vireo
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Rosebreasted Grosbeak
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Swainson's Thrush
Turkey Vulture
Veery
White-throated Sparrow
Wilson's Warbler
Wood Duck
Wood Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler

Please note this list is NOT all-inclusive. Regular visits to the Nature Center and/or unusual conditions often provide the opportunity to see something new!


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WWW Birds of Thurston Nature Center: actual list unchanged, but links provided as of February 15, 2004.