Ponca State Park bird list

PONCA STATE PARK BIRD LIST

SPECIES	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER	HABITAT
Common Loon	U		R		1
Pied-billed Grebe*	C	U	C	O	1,2
Horned Grebe	C		R	R	1
Red-necked Grebe	X		X		1
Eared Grebe	C				1
Western Grebe	R	R-M			1
American White Pelican	C	R-M	U		1,2,7
Brown Pelican	X		X		1
Double-crested Cormorant	C	R	U	R	1,2,7
American Bittern	O	R	R		2
Least Bittern	O	O	R		2
Great Blue Heron*	A	C	U	O	1,2
Great Egret	C	U	O		1,2
Snowy Egret	R	X	X		1,2
Little Blue Heron	X	X	X		1,2
Cattle Egret	U	X	X		2,3
Green Heron*	C	U	U		2
Black-crowned Night-Heron	U	R	U		1,2
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	R				1,2
White-faced Ibis	R		R		1,2
Tundra Swan	R		R	X	1
Trumpeter Swan	R		R	R	1
Greater White-fronted Goose	C	R-M	U	O	1,2,3,7
Snow Goose	A	X-M	C	U	1,3,7
Ross's Goose	U		U		1,3,7
Canada Goose*	A	C	A	U	1,2,3,7
Wood Duck*	C	C	U	U	1,2,5
Green-winged Teal	C	R-M	U	R	1,2
American Black Duck	R			R	1,2
Mallard*	A	C	A	C	1,2,3,7
Northern Pintail	C		U	R	1,2,3
Blue-winged Teal*	A	C	C	R	1,2
Cinnamon Teal	R	X-M		X	1,2
Northern Shoveler*	C	R	U	O	1,2,3
Garganey	X		X		1,2
Gadwall	C	R-M	C	U	1,2
American Wigeon	C	R-M	U	O	1,2
Canvasback	C		U	O	1
Redhead	C	R-M	U	O	1
Ring-necked Duck	A	R-M	U	O	1,2
Greater Scaup	R		R	R	1
Lesser Scaup	A	X-M	U	U	1
White-winged Scoter	X		X		1
Common Goldeneye	C		O	C	1
Barrow's Goldeneye	X			X	1
Bufflehead	C		U	O	1,2
Hooded Merganser	C	X-M	O	R	1
Common Merganser	C		O	C	1
Red-breasted Merganser	U		R	R	1
Ruddy Duck	C	U-M	U	O	1
Turkey Vulture*	C	C	C		7
Osprey	U		U		1,7
Mississippi Kite	X	X-M	X		4,7
Bald Eagle*	C	U	U	C	1,3,4,7
Northern Harrier	C	X	U	U	2,3
Sharp-shinned Hawk	U	R	U	U	4,5,6
Cooper's Hawk	U	R	U	U	4,5,6
Northern Goshawk				O	4,5
Red-shouldered Hawk				R	3,4,7
Broad-winged Hawk	U	X-M	O		5,7
Swainson's Hawk	U		R		3,4,7
Red-tailed Hawk*	A	C	C	A	3,4,7
Rough-legged Hawk	U		U	U	3,4,7
Golden Eagle	R		R	O	3,4,7
American Kestrel*	C	U	U	C	3,4
Merlin	O			O	1,2,3,4,6
Peregrine Falcon	R	R	R	R	1,2,3,4,6
Prairie Falcon	R			O	1,3,4
Gray Partridge	R	R	R	R	3,4
Ring-necked Pheasant*	C	C	C	C	2,3,4
Greater Prairie-Chicken*	R	R	R	R	3
Wild Turkey*	U	U	U	U	4,5
Northern Bobwhite*	U	U	U	U	3,4
King Rail	X	X			2
Virginia Rail*	U	O	R		2
Sora*	C	O	R		2
Common Moorhen*	X	X	X		1,2
American Coot*	A	U	U	U	1,2
Sandhill Crane	U		U		1,2,3,7
Black-bellied Plover	R		R		1
Lesser Golden-Plover	O		R		1
Semipalmated Plover	U	O-M	U		1
Piping Plover*	U	U	U		1
Killdeer*	A	A	C	U	1,2,3
Black-necked Stilt	X				1,2
American Avocet	O	X-M			1
Greater Yellowlegs	C	U-M	R		1,2
Lesser Yellowlegs	C	U-M	R	X	1,2
Solitary Sandpiper	U	O-M	O		1,2
Willet	U				1,2
Spotted Sandpiper*	C	U	U		1,2
Upland Sandpiper*	U	O	U		3
Whimbrel	X		X		1,2
Hudsonian Godwit	U				1,2
Marbled Godwit	O				1,2
Ruddy Turnstone	X		X		1
Sanderling	O	R	R		1
Semipalmated Sandpiper	C	U-M	U		1,2
Western Sandpiper	U	X-M			1,2
Least Sandpiper	C	U-M	U		1,2
White-rumped Sandpiper	C	R-M	R		1,2
Baird's Sandpiper	C	O-M	O	X	1,2,3
Pectoral Sandpiper	C	U-M	U		1,2
Dunlin	O				1
Stilt Sandpiper	U	O-M	U		1,2
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	X		X		2,3
Short-billed Dowitcher	U		O		1,2
Long-billed Dowitcher	U		O		1,2
Common Snipe	C	O	O	X	1,2
American Woodcock*	U	U		R	4
Wilson's Phalarope	U			R	1,2
Red-necked Phalarope	X				1,2
Franklin's Gull	C	R	U	X	1,2,3,7
Bonaparte's Gull	U				1,2
Ring-billed Gull	C	O	U	O	1,2,3,7
Herring Gull	U	X	O	O	1
Thayer's Gull	X				1
Black-legged Kittiwake			X		1
Caspian Tern	U	O			1,2
Common Tern	O	R			1
Forster's Tern	U	O	X		1,2
Least Tern*	U	U	U		1
Black Tern	C	R-M	O		1,2
Rock Dove*	A	A	A	A	3,6
Eurasian Collared-Dove	U	U	U	U	6
Mourning Dove*	A	A	C	U	3,4,5,6
Black-billed Cuckoo*	U	U	U		4,5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo*	U	U	U		4,5
Eastern Screech-Owl*	U	U	U	U	4,5,6
Great Horned Owl*	C	C	C	C	3,4,5,6
Snowy Owl			X	R	1,3
Burrowing Owl	X	X	X		3
Barred Owl*	U	U	U	U	5
Long-eared Owl*	R			U	3,4,5
Short-eared Owl	R		R	R	2,3
Northern Saw-whet Owl				R	5
Common Nighthawk*	U	A	U		3,6,7
Chuck-will's-widow*	O	O			5
Whip-poor-will*	C	C	U		5
Chimney Swift*	A	A	U		1,6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird*	U	C	U		4,6
Belted Kingfisher*	C	C	C	U	1,2
Lewis's Woodpecker	X		X		4,5
Red-headed Woodpecker*	A	A	U	U	4,5
Red-bellied Woodpecker*	C	C	C	C	4,5,6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker*	U	U	U		4,5,6
Downy Woodpecker*	C	C	C	C	4,5,6
Hairy Woodpecker*	U	U	U	U	4,5,6
Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted)*	A	A	C	C	4,5,6
Northern Flicker (red-shafted)	R		R	R	4,5,6
Olive-sided Flycatcher	O	R	X		4,5
Eastern Wood-Pewee*	C	C	U		4,5
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	R				4,5
Acadian Flycatcher*	O	U			5
Alder Flycatcher	U				4,5
Willow Flycatcher*	U	U			4,5
Least Flycatcher	C	R			4,5
Eastern Phoebe*	C	U	R		4,5,6
Say's Phoebe*		X			3
Great Crested Flycatcher*	C	C	R		4,5
Western Kingbird*	C	U	R		3,4
Eastern Kingbird*	A	A	U		3,4
Horned Lark*	C	U	U	U	3
Purple Martin*	U	U	R		6
Tree Swallow*	C	U	U		1,2,3,4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow*	C	C	U		1,2,3
Bank Swallow*	C	C	U		1,2,3
Cliff Swallow*	C	C	U		1,2,3
Barn Swallow*	A	A	C		1,3,6
Blue Jay*	C	C	C	C	4,5,6
Black-billed Magpie*	U	U	U	U	3,4
American Crow*	A	C	C	A	3,4,5,6,7
Black-capped Chickadee*	A	A	A	A	4,5,6
Tufted Titmouse	X	X	X		4,5
Red-breasted Nuthatch	U		U	U	4,5,6
White-breasted Nuthatch*	C	C	C	C	4,5,6
Brown Creeper	U		U	U	4,5,6
Rock Wren	X	X	X		3,4
Carolina Wren	U	U	U	U	4,5,6
House Wren*	C	A	C		4,5,6
Winter Wren			X	U	4,5,6
Sedge Wren*	U	U	O		2,3
Marsh Wren*	C	U	R		2
Golden-crowned Kinglet	U		R	U	4,5,6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	C		U		4,5,6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	U	U	U		4,5
Eastern Bluebird*	C	C	U	U	3,4
Townsend's Solitaire	X		X	O	4,5
Veery	U				4,5
Gray-checked Thrush	U		O		4,5
Swainson's Thrush	C		O		4,5
Hermit Thrush	U		R		4,5
Wood Thrush*	U	U	U		4,5
American Robin*	A	A	C	U	4,5,6
Gray Cathird*	C	C	U		4,6
Northern Mockingbird	R	R			4
Brown Thrasher*	C	C	U	R	4,6
American Pipit	O		O		1,2,3
Bohemian Waxwing	X		X	X	4,5,6
Cedar Waxwing*	C	U	U	U	4,5,6
Northern Shrike	X			U	3,4
Loggerhead Shrike*	U	U	O		3,4
European Starling*	A	A	A	A	3,6
White-eyed Vireo	X	X	X		4,5
Bell's Vireo*	C	U	U		4
Solitary Vireo	U		U		4,5
Yellow-throated Vireo*	U	U			5
Warbling Vireo*	C	C	U		4,5,6
Philadelphia Vireo	U		R		4,5,6
Red-eyed Vireo*	A	A	U		5
Blue-winged Warbler	O				4,5
Golden-winged Warbler	O				4,5
Tennessee Warbler	C	X	U		4,5,6
Orange-crowned Warbler	C		U		4,5,6
Nashville Warbler	C	X	U		4,5,6
Northern Parula	O	R	X		4,5,6
Yellow Warbler*	A	C	U		4,5
Chestnut-sided Warbler	U				4,5,6
Magnolia Warbler	U				4,5,6
Cape May Warbler	O				4,5,6
Black-throated Blue Warbler	X				4,5,6
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	A		U	X	4,5
Townsend's Warbler	X				4,5
Black-throated Green Warbler	O		R		4,5
Blackburnian Warbler	O				4,5
Pine Warbler	X		X		4,5
Palm Warbler	U		O		4,5
Bay-breasted Warbler	R		R		4,5
Blackpoll Warbler	C	X	O		4,5,6
Cerulean Warbler*	O	R			5
Black-and-white Warbler	C	R	U		4,5
American Redstart*	C	C	O		5
Prothonotary Warbler	X				4,5
Ovenbird*	C	U	O		5
Northern Waterthrush	C	R	U		1,5
Louisiana Waterthrush*	O	O			1,5
Kentucky Warbler*	O	R			4,5
Connecticut Warbler	R		R		4,5
Mourning Warbler	O	X			4,5
Common Yellowthroat*	A	A	U		2,3,4
Hooded Warbler	X				4,5
Wilson's Warbler	U	X	C		4
Canada Warbler	R		R		4,5
Yellow-breasted Chat*	R	R	R		4
Summer Tanager*	R	R			4,5,6
Scarlet Tanager*	C	U	O		4,5,6
Northern Cardinal*	C	C	C	C	4,5,6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak*	C	C	U		4,5
Black-headed Grosbeak	X		X		4,5
Blue Grosbeak*	U	U			3,4
Indigo Bunting*	C	C	O		3,4
Dickcissel*	C	A	X		3,4
Eastern Towhee*	C	C	U	O	4
Spotted Towhee*	U	U	O	O	4
American Tree Sparrow	C		U	A	3,4,6
Chipping Sparrow*	C	C	U		3,4,6
Clay-colored Sparrow	C				3,4,6
Field Sparrow*	C	U	O		3,4
Vesper Sparrow*	C	C	R		3,4
Lark Sparrow*	C	U	U		3,4
Black-throated Sparrow				X	3,4
Savannah Sparrow	C		R		3
Grasshopper Sparrow*	C	C	U		3
LeConte's Sparrow	O		O		2,3
Fox Sparrow	U		O		4,6
Song Sparrow*	C	C	U	U	2,3,4
Lincoln's Sparrow	C		U	X	3,4
Swamp Sparrow	C		O	O	2
White-throated Sparrow	C		U	R	4,6
Harris's Sparrow	C		U	U	4,6
White-crowned Sparrow	C		U		4,6
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate)	C		C	A	3,4,5,6
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)	U		U	U	3,4,5,6
Lapland Longspur	O		R	U	3
Chestnut-collared Longspur	R		X	X	3
Snow Bunting			X	O	3
Bobolink*	U	U			3
Red-winged Blackbird*	A	A	U	U	2,3,4,6
Eastern Meadowlark*	U	U			2,3
Western Meadowlark*	A	A	U	U	2,3
Yellow-headed Blackbird*	C	C	O	O	2,3
Rusty Blackbird	C		U	U	3,4
Brewer's Blackbird	U			R	3,4
Common Grackle*	A	A	C	U	2,3,4,6
Great-tailed Grackle*	U	U		X	2,3
Brown-headed Cowbird*	C	C	U	R	2,3,4,5,6
Orchard Oriole*	C	C	U		4,5,6
Baltimore Oriole*	C	C	U		4,5,6
Purple Finch	R			U	4,5,6
House Finch*	C	C	C	C	6
Red Crossbill	R			R	4,5,6
White-winged Crossbill	X			R	4,5,6
Common Redpoll	R			O	3,4,5,6
Pine Siskin*	U	R	R	U	4,5,6
American Goldfinch*	A	A	C	C	3,4,5,6
Evening Grosbeak			X	R	4,5,6
House Sparrow*	A	A	A	A	6

* - Known to have nested at Ponca State Park or in surrounding area
A - Abundant (present in large numbers, easy to find)
C - Common (present in fair numbers, easy to find in suitable habitat)
U - Uncommon (present in low numbers, difficult to find)
O - Occasional (seen at intervals of 2 to 5 years)
R - Rare (seen less than every 5 years)
X - Accidental (few records, considered out of range)
M - Late spring or early fall migrant, does not nest in area

1 - Open water, shorelines, sandbars
2 - Wetlands and marshes
3 - Grasslands and croplands
4 - Scattered trees and shrubs
5 - Woodlands
6 - Cities, towns or around buildings
7 - Flying high over head

Information provided by T. J. Walker, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
with assistance from Mark Brogie, Jeff Fields and Bill Huser.

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