Photos exist here for 71 of the species below; click bolded listings to view.
Beech Hill Wild Bird Checklist (152 spp.)
C = common U = uncommon O = occasional R = rare
Name
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
1
Snow Goose*
R
2
Canada Goose
U
O
3
Mallard
4
American Black Duck
5
Ruffed Grouse
6
Wild Turkey
C
7
Mourning Dove
8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
9
Black-billed Cuckoo
10
Common Nighthawk
11
Chimney Swift
12
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
13
Killdeer
14
Upland Sandpiper
15
Whimbrel*
16
American Woodcock
17
Greater Yellowlegs
18
Laughing Gull
19
Herring Gull
20
Great Black-backed Gull
21
Common Loon
22
Double-crested Cormorant
23
Great Blue Heron
24
Glossy Ibis
25
Black Vulture
26
Turkey Vulture
27
Osprey
28
Northern Harrier
29
Sharp-shinned Hawk
30
Cooper's Hawk
31
Northern Goshawk*
32
Bald Eagle
33
Red-shouldered Hawk
34
Broad-winged Hawk
35
Red-tailed Hawk
36
Rough-legged Hawk*
37
Great Horned Owl
38
Snowy Owl
39
Barred Owl
40
Short-eared Owl*
41
Belted Kingfisher
42
Red-bellied Woodpecker
43
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
44
Downy Woodpecker
45
Hairy Woodpecker
46
Northern Flicker
47
Pileated Woodpecker
48
American Kestrel
49
Merlin
50
Peregrine Falcon
51
Olive-sided Flycatcher
52
Eastern Wood-Pewee
53
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
54
Alder Flycatcher
55
Least Flycatcher
56
Eastern Phoebe
57
Great Crested Fycatcher
58
Eastern Kingbird
59
Northern Shrike
60
Yellow-throated Vireo
61
Blue-headed Vireo
62
Philadelphia Vireo
63
Red-eyed Vireo
64
Blue Jay
65
American Crow
66
Common Raven
67
Horned Lark
68
Tree Swallow
69
Northern Rough-winged Swallow*
70
Cliff Swallow
71
Barn Swallow
72
Black-capped Chickadee
73
Tufted Titmouse
74
Red-breasted Nuthatch
75
White-breasted Nuthatch
76
Brown Creeper
77
House Wren
78
Winter Wren
79
Carolina Wren
80
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*
81
Golden-crowned Kinglet
82
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
83
Eastern Bluebird
84
Veery
85
Swainson's Thrush
86
Hermit Thrush
87
Wood Thrush
88
American Robin
89
Gray Catbird
90
Brown Thrasher
91
European Starling
92
Bohemian Waxwing
93
Cedar Waxwing
94
Evening Grosbeak
95
Pine Grosbeak
96
House Finch
97
Purple Finch
98
Common Redpoll
99
Pine Siskin
100
American Goldfinch
101
Lapland Longspur*
102
Snow Bunting
103
Eastern Towhee
104
American Tree Sparrow
105
Chipping Sparrow
106
Field Sparrow
107
Vesper Sparrow
108
Savannah Sparrow
109
Song Sparrow
110
Lincoln's Sparrow
111
Swamp Sparrow
112
White-throated Sparrow
113
White-crowned Sparrow
114
Dark-eyed Junco
115
Yellow-breasted Chat
116
Bobolink
117
Eastern Meadowlark*
118
Baltimore Oriole
119
Red-winged Blackbird
120
Brown-headed Cowbird
121
Rusty Blackbird
122
Common Grackle
123
Ovenbird
124
Northern Waterthrush*
125
Blue-winged Warbler*
126
Black-and-white Warbler
127
Tennessee Warbler
128
Nashville Warbler
129
Common Yellowthroat
130
American Redstart
131
Cape May Warbler
132
Northern Parula
133
Magnolia Warbler
134
Bay-breasted Warbler
135
Blackburnian Warbler
136
Yellow Warbler
137
Chestnut-sided Warbler
138
Blackpoll Warbler
139
Black-throated Blue Warbler
140
Palm Warbler
141
Pine Warbler
142
Yellow-rumped Warbler
143
Prairie Warbler
144
Black-throated Green Warbler
145
Canada Warbler
146
Wilson's Warbler
147
Summer Tanager
148
Scarlet Tanager
149
Northern Cardinal
150
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
151
Indigo Bunting
152
American Pipit
*I personally have not yet encountered these species at Beech Hill Preserve.
All Photos Copyright ©20112024 Brian Willson/Three Islands Press