Season

Most birds are migratory, therefore, their seasonal

o c c u rrence is coded as follows:

S p s p r i n g March – May

S s u m m e r June – Au g u s t

F f a l l September – November

W w i n t e r December – Fe b ru a ry

•Birds known to nest on or near the refuge.

Relative Abundance

Relative abundance indicates how frequently you might 

a bird in its favored habitat.

a a b u n d a n t a species which is very numerous

c c o m m o n likely to be seen or heard in suitable hab

u u n c o m m o n present, but not certain to be seen

o o c c a s i o n a l seen only a few times during a season

r r a r e may be present but not every year

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encompasses the second largest peat

bog in the state, with forested

wetlands and uplands surrounding

the bog. This diversity of habitats

attracts a myriad of bird species

which use the area for nesting and

migration.

Early summer is the best time to

bird watch on the refuge. The woods

are filled with the songs of

neotropical migrants - songbirds

such as warblers that winter in

Mexico, the Caribbean and Central

and South America and return to

nest at Sunkhaze Meadows. The

stream hosts waterfowl species such

as American black ducks and hooded

mergansers, in addition to

American bitterns and common

snipe. Ospreys soar overhead.

This goose, designed by

J.N. “Ding” Darling, has

become a symbol of the

National Refuge System.

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Loons 

___ Common Loon________________ o o o

Grebes

___ Pied-billed Grebe _____________ o u o

Cormorants

___ Double-crested Cormorant _____ c c c

Bitterns – Herons – Egrets

___•American Bittern _____________ c c c

___•Least Bittern_________________ r r

___ Great Blue Heron_____________ c c c

___•Green Heron ________________ o o o

___ Black-crowned Night Heron____ r r

Ibises

___ Glossy Ibis___________________ r

New World Vultures

___ Turkey Vulture _______________ o o o

Great blue heron
_____________________ 

___ Gadwall _____________________ r r

___ American Wigeon _____________ r r

___•American Black Duck _________ c c c

___•Mallard _____________________ c c c

___•Blue-winged Teal _____________ c c c

___•Green-winged Teal ____________ o u u

___ Northern Shoveler ____________ r r

___ Northern Pintail______________ o r o

___•Ring-necked Duck ____________ c u o

___ Bufflehead ___________________ o r

___ Common Goldeneye ___________ o r

___•Hooded Merganser ___________ c c c

___ Common Merganser __________ o r o

Osprey – Hawks – Eagles

___•Osprey ______________________ c c c

___ Bald Eagle __________________ o o o o

___•Northern Harrier_____________ c c c r

___•Sharp-shinned Hawk __________ u u u u

___ Cooper’s Hawk _______________ u u u o

___•Northern Goshawk____________ u u u u

___•Red-shouldered Hawk _________ u u u

___•Broad-winged Hawk___________ c u c

___ Red-tailed Hawk______________ o o o o

___ Rough-legged Hawk___________ r r r

___ Golden Eagle_________________ r r r r

Falcons

___ American Kestrel _____________ o o o r

___ Merlin_______________________ o u r

___ Peregrine Falcon______________ o o r

Gallinaceous Bird

___•Ruffed Grouse________________ c c c c

___•Spruce Grouse________________ o o o o

___•Wild Turkey__________________ u u u u

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Rails

___ Yellow Rail __________________ r r

___•Virginia Rail _________________ c c c

___•Sora ________________________ o o o

Plovers 

___ Black-bellied Plover___________ r

___•Killdeer _____________________ o o o

Sandpipers

___ Greater Yellowlegs ____________ o u o

___ Lesser Yellowlegs _____________ o o

___ Solitary Sandpiper ____________ c c

___•Spotted Sandpiper ____________ c c c

___ Semipalmated Sandpiper_______ o u u

___ Least Sandpiper ______________ o u u

___•Common Snipe _______________ a a a

___•American Woodcock __________ c c c

Gulls – Terns

___ Ring-billed Gull_______________ o o o

___ Herring Gull _________________ o o o 

___ Great Black-backed Gull _______ o o o 

Doves

___ Rock Dove ___________________ o o o 

___•Mourning Dove ______________ c c c 

Cuckoos

___•Black-billed Cuckoo ___________ u o

Blue winged teal ___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo __________ r r
___ ___________ 

___•Barred Owl __________________ c c c o

___ Long-eared Owl ______________ r

___ Short-eared Owl ______________ r

___ Boreal Owl___________________ r r r

___•Northern Saw-whet Owl _______ u u u u

Nightjars 

___•Common Nighthawk __________ o o o

___ Whip-poor-will _______________ r r

Swifts

___ Chimney Swift _______________ c c c

Hummingbirds

___•Ruby-throated Hummingbird __ u u u

Kingfishers

___ •Belted Kingfisher ____________ c c c

Woodpeckers 

___•Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ______ a a c

___•Downy Woodpecker ___________ c c c c

___•Hairy Woodpecker ____________ c c c c

___•Black-backed Woodpecker _____ u u u u

___•Northern Flicker _____________ c c a

___•Pileated Woodpecker __________ o o o o

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Tyrant Flycatchers

___•Olive-sided Flycatcher ________ o o r

___•Eastern Wood-Pewee _________ o o o

___•Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ______ u c o

___•Alder Flycatcher _____________ u c o

___•Willow Flycatcher ____________ o

___•Least Flycatcher _____________ c c u

___•Eastern Phoebe ______________ c c c

___•Great Crested Flycatcher ______ c c u

___•Eastern Kingbird ____________ c c u

Shrikes

___ Northern Shrike______________ r 

Vireos

___•Blue-headed Vireo ____________ c c o

___•Warbling Vireo _______________ c c u

___ Philadelphia Vireo ____________ o o

___•Red-eyed Vireo ______________ c c c

Jays – Crows

___•Gray Jay ____________________ u u u 

___•Blue Jay ____________________ a a a 

___•American Crow ______________ a a a 

___•Common Raven ______________ c c c 

Swallows

___ Purple Martin ________________ o

___•Tree Swallow_________________ a a a

___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow u u

___ Bank Swallow ________________ o o o

___ Cliff Swallow ________________ c c

___ Barn Swallow ________________ c c o

Chickadees – Titmice 

___•Black-capped Chickadee _______ a a a 

___•Boreal Chickadee _____________ u u u 

___•Tufted Titmouse ______________ u u u

Nuthatchers

___•Red-breasted Nuthatch________ a a a 

___•White-breasted Nuthatch ______ u u u 

Flicker

Chickadee
Wrens

___•House Wren__________________ o o o

___•Winter Wren _________________ c c c

___ Sedge Wren _________________ r

___•Marsh Wren__________________ c

Kinglets 

___•Golden-crowned Kinglet _______ c c c c

___•Ruby-crowned Kinglet_________ c u c

Old World Warblers

___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher_________ r r

Thrushes 

___•Eastern Bluebird _____________ o o o

___•Veery _______________________ c c u

___ Gray-cheeked Thrush _________ o o

___•Swainson’s Thrush ____________ u u

___•Hermit Thrush _______________ c c u

___•Wood Thrush_________________ u u

___•American Robin ______________ c c c u

Mimic Thrushes

___•Gray Catbird ________________ c c c

___•Northern Mockingbird ________ u

___•Brown Thrasher ______________ u u u

Starlings 

___•European Starling ____________ c c c c

Pipits

___ American Pipit _______________ r r

Waxwings

___ Bohemian Waxwing ___________ r r

___•Cedar Waxwing_______________ c c c r

Wood Warblers

___ Blue-winged Warbler __________ r

___•Tennessee Warbler ___________ u u u

___•Nashville Warbler ____________ c c u

___•Northern Parula _____________ c c u

___•Yellow Warbler _______________ c c u

___•Chestnut-sided Warbler _______ c c u

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___•Magnolia Warbler ____________ c c u

___•Cape May Warbler ___________ u u u

___•Black-throated Blue Warbler ___ o o u

___•Yellow-rumped Warbler _______ c c c

___•Black-throated Green Warbler _ c c u

___•Blackburnian Warbler _________ c c u

___•Pine Warbler ________________ o o u

___•Palm Warbler ________________ o a c

___•Bay-breasted Warbler _________ u u u

___•Blackpoll Warbler ____________ u u u

___•Black-and-white Warbler ______ c c u

___•American Redstart ___________ c c u

___•Ovenbird ____________________ c c u

___•Northern Waterthrush ________ c c u

___•Mourning Warbler ____________ u u u

___•Common Yellowthroat _________ a a c

___•Wilson’s Warbler _____________ u c u

___•Canada Warbler ______________ o o u

Tanagers 

___•Scarlet Tanager ______________ u u u

___ Eastern Towhee ______________ r r

Sparrows – Towhees

___ American Tree Sparrow________ c o 

___ Chipping Sparrow_____________ c c u

___•Field Sparrow ________________ o o

___ Savannah Sparrow ___________ u u o

___•Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow _ u

___ Fox Sparrow _________________ u u

___•Song Sparrow ________________ c a c 

___•Lincoln’s Sparrow ____________ o c o

___•Swamp Sparrow ______________ a a a

Northern parula

Pine warbler
Notes

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a network of lands and waters

managed specifically for the

protection of wildlife and wildlif

habitat and represents the most

comprehensive wildlife managem

program in the world. Units of the

system stretch across the United

States from northern Alaska to th

Florida Keys and include small

islands in the Caribbean and Sou

Pacific. The character of the refug

is as diverse as the nation itself.

The Service also manages Nationa

Fish Hatcheries and provides Fe d e 

leadership in habitat protection, fi

and wildlife research, technical

assistance and the conservation an

protection of migratory birds, certa

marine mammals and threatened

and endangered species.

___ Snow Bunting ________________ o

Cardinals – Grosbeaks – Allies

___•Northern Cardinal ____________ o o o

___•Rose-breasted Grosbeak _______ c c u

___•Indigo Bunting _______________ u u u

Blackbirds – Orioles 

___•Bobolink ____________________ c c u

___•Red-winged Blackbird ________ a a c

___ Eastern Meadowlark __________ r r r

___ Rusty Blackbird ______________ u u

___•Common Grackle _____________ c c c

___•Brown-headed Cowbird _______ c c o

___ Orchard Oriole _______________ r r r

___•Baltimore Oriole _____________ u u u

Finches

___ Pine Grosbeak _______________ u u

___ •Purple Finch ________________ c c c c

___ •House Finch _________________ u u

___ Red Crossbill ________________ u u u u

___ White-winged Crossbill ________ u u u u

___ Common Redpoll _____________ o o

___ Hoary Redpoll________________ u

___ •Pine Siskin __________________ c u c c

___ •American Goldfinch __________ c c c c

___ Evening Grosbeak ____________ o o o

Old World Sparrows

___ •House Sparrow ______________ o o o o

Goldfinch

Wood duck