The Sax Zim Bog
Bird Checklist

The four columns below represent in order:
  Spring (April - May)
  Summer (June - July)
  Fall (August - November)
  Winter (December - March)

C = Common
U=Uncommon
R=Rare but probably annual in occurrence
=Not seen in this season every year

Spr Sum Fall Win
R - U - Snow Goose
- - R - Cackling Goose
C U C - Canada Goose
R - R - Trumpeter Swan
R - U - Tundra Swan
U U U - Wood Duck
R - U - Gadwall
U - U - American Wigeon
U R R - American Black Duck
C U C - Mallard
U R U - Blue-winged Teal
U - U - Northern Shoveler
U - U - Northern Pintail
U R U - Green-winged Teal
R - R - Canvasback
R - U - Redhead
U U U - Ring-necked Duck
R - R - Greater Scaup
U - U - Lesser Scaup
U - U - Bufflehead
U R U - Common Goldeneye
U U U - Hooded Merganser
U R U - Common Merganser
R - R - Red-breasted Merganser
C U U C Ruffed Grouse
U U R U Sharp-tailed Grouse
U U U - Common Loon
R - R - Pied-billed Grebe
- - R - Horned Grebe
R - - - Red-necked Grebe
U R U - Double-crested Cormorant
U U U - American Bittern
U U U - Great Blue Heron
R R R - Green Heron
U U U - Turkey Vulture
U U U - Osprey
C U C U Bald Eagle
C U C - Northern Harrier
C U C - Sharp-shinned Hawk
R R R - Cooper's Hawk
R R U U Northern Goshawk
C U C - Broad-winged Hawk
C U C R Red-tailed Hawk
U - C U Rough-legged Hawk
R - R R Golden Eagle
C U C - American Kestrel
U U U - Merlin
R - R - Peregrine Falcon
R - - - Yellow Rail
R R - - Virginia Rail
U U U - Sora
R - R - American Coot
R R U - Sandhill Crane
R - U - Black-bellied Plover
R - U - American Golden-Plover
R - R - Semipalmated Plover
C U U - Killdeer
U - U - Greater Yellowlegs
U - U - Lesser Yellowlegs
U - U - Solitary Sandpiper
U U U - Spotted Sandpiper
U U - - Upland Sandpiper
U - U - Semipalmated Sandpiper
U - U - Least Sandpiper
R - - - White-rumped Sandpiper
U - U - Baird's Sandpiper
U - U - Pectoral Sandpiper
R - U - Stilt Sandpiper
- - R - Buff-breasted Sandpiper
R - R - Short-billed Dowitcher
- - R - Long-billed Dowitcher
C C U - Wilson's Snipe
C U R - American Woodcock
R - R - Bonaparte's Gull
C U C - Ring-billed Gull
U R U - Herring Gull
R - R - Caspian Tern
R - R - Common Tern
R - R - Forster's Tern
R - R - Black Tern
U U U U Rock Pigeon
C C C - Mourning Dove
U U R - Black-billed Cuckoo
U U U U Great Horned Owl
- - - R Snowy Owl
- - - R Northern Hawk Owl
U U U U Barred Owl
U U U U Great Gray Owl
U R R - Long-eared Owl
R - R - Short-eared Owl
U U R - Northern Saw-whet Owl
U R U - Common Nighthawk
U U U - Chimney Swift
U U U - Ruby-throated Hummingbird
U U U - Belted Kingfisher
C C U - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
C C C C Downy Woodpecker
C C C C Hairy Woodpecker
U U U U Black-backed Woodpecker
C C C - Northern Flicker
U U U U Pileated Woodpecker
R R U - Olive-sided Flycatcher
U U U - Eastern Wood-Pewee
C C U - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
C C C - Alder Flycatcher
C C C - Least Flycatcher
U U U - Eastern Phoebe
U U U - Great Crested Flycatcher
C C C - Eastern Kingbird
R - U U Northern Shrike
U U U - Blue-headed Vireo
R R R - Warbling Vireo
U - U - Philadelphia Vireo
C C C - Red-eyed Vireo
U U U U Gray Jay
C C C U Blue Jay
U U U U Black-billed Magpie
C C C U American Crow
C C C C Common Raven
R - U - Horned Lark
R R R - Purple Martin
C C C - Tree Swallow
U U U - Northern Rough-winged Swallow
U U U - Bank Swallow
C C U - Cliff Swallow
C C C - Barn Swallow
C C C C Black-capped Chickadee
U U U U Boreal Chickadee
C C C C Red-breasted Nuthatch
R R U U White-breasted Nuthatch
U U U R Brown Creeper
U U U - House Wren
U U U - Winter Wren
C C C - Sedge Wren
C C C R Golden-crowned Kinglet
C U C - Ruby-crowned Kinglet
U U U - Eastern Bluebird
C C U - Veery
U - U - Gray-cheeked Thrush
C R C - Swainson's Thrush
C C C - Hermit Thrush
R R - - Wood Thrush
C C C R American Robin
C C C - Gray Catbird
U U U - Brown Thrasher
C C C U European Starling
R - U - American Pipit
- - U U Bohemian Waxwing
U C C R Cedar Waxwing
U U U - Golden-winged Warbler
C R C - Tennessee Warbler
U - U - Orange-crowned Warbler
C C C - Nashville Warbler
U U U - Northern Parula
C C U - Yellow Warbler
C C C - Chestnut-sided Warbler
C U C - Magnolia Warbler
U R U - Cape May Warbler
- R - - Black-throated Blue Warbler
C C C - Yellow-rumped Warbler
C C C - Black-throated Green Warbler
C C U - Blackburnian Warbler
- R - - Pine Warbler
C U C - Palm Warbler
U - U - Bay-breasted Warbler
U - U - Blackpoll Warbler
C C C - Black-and-white Warbler
C C C - American Redstart
C C U - Ovenbird
U U U - Northern Waterthrush
U U R - Connecticut Warbler
U C U - Mourning Warbler
C C C - Common Yellowthroat
C - C - Wilson's Warbler
U U U - Canada Warbler
U U R - Scarlet Tanager
C - C - American Tree Sparrow
C C C - Chipping Sparrow
U U U - Clay-colored Sparrow
C C C - Savannah Sparrow
U U R - Le Conte's Sparrow
U - U - Fox Sparrow
C C C - Song Sparrow
C U C - Lincoln's Sparrow
C C C - Swamp Sparrow
C C C - White-throated Sparrow
U - U - Harris's Sparrow
U - C - White-crowned Sparrow
C U C - Dark-eyed Junco
R - U - Lapland Longspur
R - U U Snow Bunting
C U C - Rose-breasted Grosbeak
R R R - Indigo Bunting
C C U - Bobolink
C C C - Red-winged Blackbird
U U U - Eastern Meadowlark
U U U - Western Meadowlark
U - C - Rusty Blackbird
U U U - Brewer's Blackbird
C C C - Common Grackle
C U R - Brown-headed Cowbird
U U U - Baltimore Oriole
R - U U Pine Grosbeak
C U C R Purple Finch
U U U R House Finch
R R U R Red Crossbill
U R U U White-winged Crossbill
U - U U Common Redpoll
- - R R Hoary Redpoll
C U C U Pine Siskin
C C C R American Goldfinch
U U U U Evening Grosbeak
U U U U House Sparrow

Other species recorded but not seen every year:

Ross's Goose
Eared Grebe
American White Pelican
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Willet
Marbled Godwit
Wilson's Phalarope
Boreal Owl
Whip-poor-will
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Western Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Yellow-throated Vireo
Varied Thrush
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
Vesper Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Dickcissel
Yellow-headed Blackbird