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Summer Residents Recorded on the Area but Probably Not Nesting
1. Pied-billed Grebe: Pair present 12 April to 18 May.
2. Double-crested Cormorant: Only one, on 18 May.
3. Great Blue Heron: From 12 April to 19 September, as many as seven on feeding territories
but usually less than four.
4. Ring-necked Duck: Eight pairs on 4 May but up to 200 in migration.
5. Northern Harrier: Three sightings in summer.
6. Cooper's Hawk: Seen only on 20 July.
7. Broad-winged Hawk: One on 4 May and in the fall, feathers were found indicating one's
demise.
8. Red-tailed Hawk: Five sightings from spring to fall.
9. American Kestrel: One on 6 June .
10. Peregrine Falcon: Twice one flew over: 18 May and 18 June .
11. Sora: One heard on 2 September.
12. Yellow-billed Cuckoo: One seen on 31 May.
13. Great Horned Owl: Remains found on 12 April showing mammal-like bite marks.
14. Common Nighthawk: Three coursing over the lake on 18 May.
15. Belted Kingfisher: Two present 30 July to 8 September.
16. Red-headed Woodpecker: Only one seen, on 20 June .
17 . Eastern Phoebe: Six sightings 27 April to 8 September.
18. Purple Martin: Five sightings 18 May to 5 August.
19 . Cliff Swallow: Three or four over lake 18 May.
20. Barn Swallow: Two sightings in August.
21. European Starling: Four sightings.
22. Cerulean Warbler: Only one, 31 May.
23. Mourning Warbler: one sang long and loud on 20 June.
24. Savannah Sparrow: Only one, singing on 4 May.
25. Yellow-headed Blackbird: On 31 May a male was pestered by a Red-winged Blackbird
until he stopped singing and flew off.
26. Common Grackle: One or two fed on the shore on five dates .
27. Northern Oriole: A male sang 18 June to 13 July. On 5 July a pair with young passed
through the area.
28. Purple Finch: One or two seen on four days 25 April to 21 August.
Table Thret!
Transients (Migrants not ordinarily nesting in the vicinity)
1. American Black Duck 13 . Gray-cheeked Thrush
2. Gadwall
14. Solitary Vireo
3. Common Goldeneye
15 . Philadelphia Vireo
4. Bufflehead
16. Tennessee Warbler
5. Solitary Sandpiper
17 . Orange-crowned Warbler
6. Ring-billed Gull
18. Northern Parula
7. Olive-sided Flycatcher 19. Magnolia Warbler
8. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 20. Cape May Warbler
9. Brown Creeper
21. Yellow-rumped Warbler
10. Golden-crowned Kinglet 22. Black-throated Green
11. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Warbler
12. Swainson's Thrush
23. Blackburnian Warbler
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24. Palm Warbler
25. Bay-breasted Warbler
26. Wilson's Warbler
27. American Tree Sparrow
28. Fox Sparrow
29. White-throated Sparrow
30. Dark-eyed Junco
31. White-winged Crossbill
32. Common Redpoll
33 . Pine Siskin
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