Birds Sighted at Freels Bend^a^

Freels Bend is an excellent wildlife site, providing a mosaic of fields,
hedgerows, woodlots, and water, an increasingly rare combination in the
region.

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  Common loon             Eastern wood‑pewee^c^     Black‑throated green
                                                    warbler

  Pied‑billed grebe       Acadian flycatcher^c^     Yellow-throated
                                                    warbler

  Double-crested          Willow flycatcher^c^      Pine warbler
  cormorant                                         

  Great blue heron        Eastern phoebe            Prairie warbler^c^

  Great egret^b^          Great crested flycatcher  Palm warbler

  Green heron             Eastern kingbird          Worm-eating warbler^c^

  Black‑crowned           Purple martin^c^          Ovenbird
  night-heron                                       

  Canada goose            Tree swallow              Kentucky warbler^c^

  Wood duck               Northern rough‑winged     Common yellowthroat
                          swallow                   

  Black vulture           Cliff swallow             Hooded warbler^c^

  Turkey vulture          Barn swallow              Yellow‑breasted
                                                    chat^c^

  Osprey                  Blue jay                  Summer tanager^c^

  Bald eagle^b^           American crow             Scarlet tanager^c^

  Northern harrier^b^     Carolina chickadee^c^     Northern cardinal

  Sharp‑shinned hawk^b^   Tufted titmouse           Rose-breasted grosbeak

  Cooper's hawk           White‑breasted nuthatch   Blue grosbeak

  Red‑shouldered hawk     Carolina wren             Indigo bunting^c^

  Red‑tailed hawk         House wren                Dickcissel

  Broad‑winged hawk^c^    Blue-gray gnatcatcher     Eastern towhee^c^

  American kestrel        Eastern bluebird          Chipping sparrow

  Wild turkey             Wood thrush^c^            Field sparrow^c^

  Northern bobwhite^c^    American robin            Grasshopper sparrow^c^

  Killdeer                Gray catbird              Song sparrow

  Rock pigeon             Northern mockingbird      White-throated sparrow

  Mourning dove           Brown thrasher^c^         White-crowned sparrow

  Yellow‑billed cuckoo    Cedar waxwing             Bobolink

  Chimney swift^c^        Loggerhead shrike^b,c,d^  Red‑winged blackbird

  Ruby‑throated           European starling         Eastern meadowlark^c^
  hummingbird                                       

  Belted kingfisher^c^    White‑eyed vireo          Common grackle

  Red‑bellied woodpecker  Blue-headed vireo         Brown‑headed cowbird

  Yellow‑bellied          Yellow-throated vireo^c^  Orchard oriole
  sapsucker^b,d^                                    

  Downy woodpecker^c^     Red‑eyed vireo            Baltimore oriole

  Hairy woodpecker        Northern parula           House finch

  Northern flicker^c^     Yellow warbler            American goldfinch

  Pileated woodpecker     Yellow‑rumped warbler     House sparrow

  Olive‑sided                                       
  flycatcher^b,c^                                   
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^a^ Updated: 4/2008

^b^ Species listed by the state as in-need-of-management

^c^ Birds designated by Partners in Flight as species of regional
importance

^d^ Species federally listed as of management concern