Bird Species of Townshend Lake

Ducks, Ducklike, and Miscellaneous Swimming Birds

Loons and Grebes

• grebe, pied-billed
• loon, common

Waterfowl

• bufflehead
• duck, American black
• duck, ring-necked
• duck, ruddy
• duck, wood
• goldeneye, common
• goose, Canada
• goose, snow
• mallard
• merganser, common
• merganser, hooded
• moorhen, common
• pintail, northern
• teal, blue-winged
• teal, green-winged

Long-legged Wading Birds

• bittern, American
• heron, great blue
• heron, green

Smaller Wading Birds

• killdeer
• sandpiper, solitary
• sandpiper, spotted
• snipe, common
• woodcock, American
• yellow-legs, lesser

Fowl-like Birds

• grouse, ruffed
• turkey, wild

Birds of Prey

• eagle, bald
• harrier, Northern
• hawk, broad-winged
• hawk, red-tailed
• kestrel, American
• merlin
• osprey
• owl, barred
• owl, great horned
• vulture, turkey

Nonpasserine Land Birds

• dove, mourning
• dove, rock
• flicker, Northern
• hummingbird, ruby-throated
• kingfisher, belted
• sapsucker, yellow-bellied
• woodpecker, downy
• woodpecker, hairy
• woodpecker, pileated

Passerine (Perching) Land Birds

• blackbird, red-winged
• bluebird, Eastern
• bobolink
• bunting, indigo
• catbird, gray
• chickadee, black-capped
• cowbird, brown-headed
• creeper, brown
• crow, American
• gnatcatcher, blue-gray
• goldfinch, American
• grackle, common
• jay, blue
• junco, dark-eyed
• kingbird, Eastern
• meadowlark, Eastern
• mockingbird, northern
• nuthatch, white-breasted
• oriole, Baltimore
• ovenbird
• phoebe, Eastern
• raven, common
• redstart, American
• robin, American
• sparrow, chipping
• sparrow, house
• sparrow, song
• sparrow, white-throated
• starling, European
• swallow, bank
• swallow, barn
• swallow, tree
• tanager, scarlet
• thrasher, brown
• thrush, wood
• titmouse, tufted
• towhee, Eastern
• veery
• vireo, red-eyed
• warbler, black-and-white
• warbler, blackburnian
• warbler, yellow
• warbler, yellow-rumped
• wren, house
• yellowthroat, common