White Rock Conservancy

Master Bird List

beginning summer 2004

observers so far:

(first to report a species gets it initialed)

TR = Tom Rosburg

MJ = Maridel Jackson

KJ = Karl Jungbluth

KN = Kay Neumann

JS = Jack Schmeiser

JJB = Jon and Joyce Bahrenfus

JJG = Jim and Jan Gardener

JM = Joe Monahan

PRA= Pam and Reid Allen

JJD = James J Dinsmore

WS = William Scheible

CHECKLIST

Iowa Checklist - 409 species

LOONS

_____ Red-throated Loon

_____ Pacific Loon

_____ Common Loon

_____ Yellow-billed Loon

GREBES

__KJ___ Pied-billed Grebe

_____ Red-necked Grebe

_____ Horned Grebe

_____ Eared Grebe

_____ Western Grebe

_____ Clark’s Grebe

PELICANS

_____ American White Pelican

_____ Brown Pelican

CORMORANTS

__JJB___ Double-crested Cormorant

_____ Neotropic Cormorant

ANHINGAS

_____ Anhinga

FRIGATEBIRDS

_____ Magnificent Frigatebird

HERONS, EGRETS AND

BITTERNS

__rookery___ Great Blue Heron

_____ Great Egret

_____ Reddish Egret

_____ Tricolored Heron

_____ Little Blue Heron

_____ Snowy Egret

_____ Cattle Egret

___JJB__ Green Heron

_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron

_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

_____ Least Bittern

_____ American Bittern

STORKS

_____ Wood Stork

IBIS AND

SPOONBILLS

_____ White Ibis

_____ Glossy Ibis

_____ White-faced Ibis

_____ Roseate Spoonbill

DUCKS, GEESE AND

SWANS

_____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

_____ Mute Swan

__KN___ Trumpeter Swan

_____ Tundra Swan

_____ Bean Goose

_____ Greater White-fronted Goose

_____ Snow Goose

_____ Ross’s Goose

_____ Cackling Goose

__KJ___ Canada Goose

_____ Brant

__TR___ Wood Duck

_____ Eurasian Wigeon

_____ American Wigeon

_____ Gadwall

_____ Green-winged Teal

__KJ___ Mallard

_____ American Black Duck

_____ Northern Pintail

_____ Garganey

__KJ___ Blue-winged Teal

_____ Cinnamon Teal

__KJ___ Northern Shoveler

_____ Canvasback

_____ Redhead

__JJB___ Ring-necked Duck

_____ Greater Scaup

_____ Lesser Scaup

_____ Common Eider

_____ King Eider

_____ Harlequin Duck

_____ Long-tailed Duck

_____ Black Scoter

_____ Surf Scoter

_____ White-winged Scoter

_____ Common Goldeneye

_____ Barrow’s Goldeneye

_____ Bufflehead

__JJB___ Hooded Merganser

_____ Red-breasted Merganser

_____ Common Merganser

_____ Ruddy Duck

NEW WORLD VULTURES

_____ Black Vulture

__TR___ Turkey Vulture

OSPREY

_____ Osprey

HAWKS, EAGLES AND

KITES

_____ Swallow-tailed Kite

_____ Mississippi Kite

_____ Bald Eagle

_____ Northern Harrier

__KJ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk

__JJB___ Cooper’s Hawk

_____ Northern Goshawk

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk

__JJB___ Broad-winged Hawk

_____ Swainson’s Hawk

__nesting___ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ Ferruginous Hawk

_____ Rough-legged Hawk

_____ Golden Eagle

FALCONS AND

CARACARAS

_____ Crested Caracara

__MJ___ American Kestrel

_____ Merlin

_____ Gyrfalcon

_____ Prairie Falcon

_____ Peregrine Falcon

TURKEYS

__KJ___ Wild Turkey

GROUSE, PTARMIGAN,

PRAIRIE-CHICKENS

_____ Ruffed Grouse

_____ Sharp-tailed Grouse

_____ Greater Prairie-Chicken

NEW WORLD QUAIL

_____ Northern Bobwhite

PHEASANTS AND

PARTRIDGES

_____ Gray Partridge

__MJ___ Ring-necked Pheasant

CRANES

_____ Sandhill Crane

_____ Whooping Crane

RAILS, GALLINULES AND

COOTS

_____ Yellow Rail

_____ Black Rail

_____ King Rail

_____ Virginia Rail

_____ Sora

_____ Purple Gallinule

_____ Common Moorhen

__KJ___ American Coot

AVOCETS AND STILTS

_____ Black-necked Stilt

__JJB___ American Avocet

PLOVERS AND

LAPWINGS

_____ American Golden-Plover

_____ Black-bellied Plover

_____ Semipalmated Plover

_TR____ Killdeer

_____ Piping Plover

_____ Snowy Plover

SANDPIPERS

_____ American Woodcock

_____ Wilson’s Snipe

_____ Short-billed Dowitcher

_____ Long-billed Dowitcher

_____ Hudsonian Godwit

_____ Marbled Godwit

_____ Eskimo Curlew

_____ Whimbrel

_____ Long-billed Curlew

_____ Upland Sandpiper

___JJB__ Greater Yellowlegs

__JJB___ Lesser Yellowlegs

_____ Solitary Sandpiper

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CHECKLIST

Iowa Checklist - 409 species

_TR____ Spotted Sandpiper

_____ Willet

_____ Ruddy Turnstone

_____ Red Knot

_____ Sanderling

_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper

_____ Western Sandpiper

_____ Least Sandpiper

_____ White-rumped Sandpiper

_____ Baird’s Sandpiper

__JJG___ Pectoral Sandpiper

_____ Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

_____ Curlew Sandpiper

_____ Dunlin

_____ Stilt Sandpiper

_____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper

_____ Ruff

_____ Wilson’s Phalarope

_____ Red-necked Phalarope

_____ Red Phalarope

JAEGERS AND SKUAS

_____ Pomarine Jaeger

_____ Parasitic Jaeger

_____ Long-tailed Jaeger

GULLS

_____ Mew Gull

_____ Ring-billed Gull

_____ California Gull

_____ Great Black-backed Gull

_____ Glaucous Gull

_____ Iceland Gull

_____ Thayer’s Gull

_____ Lesser Black-backed Gull

_____ American Herring Gull

_____ Slaty-backed Gull

_____ Black-headed Gull

_____ Bonaparte’s Gull

_____ Laughing Gull

_____ Franklin’s Gull

_____ Little Gull

_____ Ivory Gull

_____ Ross’s Gull

_____ Sabine’s Gull

_____ Black-legged Kittiwake

TERNS

_____ Caspian Tern

_____ Common Tern

_____ Arctic Tern

_____ Forster’s Tern

_____ Least Tern

_____ Black Tern

AUKS, MURRES AND

PUFFINS

_____ Thick-billed Murre

_____ Long-billed Murrelet

_____ Ancient Murrelet

PIGEONS AND DOVES

__KJ___ Rock Dove

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove

__TR___ Mourning Dove

_____ White-winged Dove

_____ Passenger Pigeon

_____ Common Ground-Dove

PARROTS

_____ Carolina Parakeet

CUCKOOS

_____ Black-billed Cuckoo

__TR___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Groove-billed Ani

BARN-OWLS

_____ Barn Owl

OWLS

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl

_____ Great Horned Owl

_____ Snowy Owl

__TR___ Barred Owl

_____ Great Gray Owl

_____ Northern Hawk Owl

_____ Burrowing Owl

_____ Northern Saw-whet Owl

__KN___ Long-eared Owl

_____ Short-eared Owl

NIGHTJARS

__WS___ Common Nighthawk

_____ Chuck-will’s-widow

__TR___ Whip-poor-will

SWIFTS

__WS___ Chimney Swift

HUMMINGBIRDS

__JJG___ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Rufous Hummingbird

KINGFISHERS

__TR___ Belted Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS

_____ Lewis’s Woodpecker

__JJG___ Red-headed Woodpecker

__TR___ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

___TR__ Downy Woodpecker

__MJ___ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Black-backed Woodpecker

___MJ__ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher

_____ Western Wood-Pewee

__TR___ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Alder Flycatcher

_____ Willow Flycatcher

__PRA___ Least Flycatcher

_____ Western Flycatcher

__TR___ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Say’s Phoebe

_____ Vermilion Flycatcher

___TR__ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Western Kingbird

__TR___ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

LARKS

_____ Horned Lark

SWALLOWS

_____ Purple Martin

__KJ___ Tree Swallow

__TR___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

___JJB__ Bank Swallow

_____ Cliff Swallow

__TR___ Barn Swallow

WAGTAILS AND

PIPITS

_____ American Pipit

_____ Sprague’s Pipit

KINGLETS

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

__KJ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

WAXWINGS

_____ Bohemian Waxwing

__KJ___ Cedar Waxwing

WRENS

_____ Rock Wren

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick’s Wren

__KJ___ Winter Wren

__TR___ House Wren

_TR____ Sedge Wren

_____ Marsh Wren

MOCKINGBIRDS AND

THRASHERS

__TR___ Gray Catbird

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ Sage Thrasher

___TR__ Brown Thrasher

_____ Curve-billed Thrasher

THRUSHES

__TR___ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Mountain Bluebird

_____ Townsend’s Solitaire

_____ Veery

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush

__JJB___ Swainson’s Thrush

_____ Hermit Thrush

___TR__ Wood Thrush

___TR__ American Robin

_____ Varied Thrush

GNATCATCHERS

__TR___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

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CHECKLIST

Iowa Checklist - 409 species

CHICKADEES AND

TITS

____TR_ Black-capped Chickadee

_____ Boreal Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

NUTHATCHES

_____ Pygmy Nuthatch

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch

__TR___ White-breasted Nuthatch

CREEPERS

_____ Brown Creeper

SHRIKES

___JJD_ Loggerhead Shrike

_____ Northern Shrike

CROWS AND JAYS

_____ Gray Jay

__TR___ Blue Jay

_____ Pinyon Jay

_____ Black-billed Magpie

_____ Clark’s Nutcracker

__MJ__ American Crow

_____ Fish Crow

_____ Common Raven

STARLINGS

_MJ____ European Starling

VIREOS AND ALLIES

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Bell’s Vireo

____TR_ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo

____TR_ Warbling Vireo

_____ Philadelphia Vireo

___TR__ Red-eyed Vireo

WOOD WARBLERS

_____ Blue-winged Warbler

_____ Golden-winged Warbler

_JS____ Tennessee Warbler

_____ Orange-crowned Warbler

_____ Nashville Warbler

_____ Northern Parula

__TR___ Yellow Warbler

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler

_____ Magnolia Warbler

_____ Cape May Warbler

_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler

__JJB___ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Black-throated Gray Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler

_____ Townsend’s Warbler

_____ Blackburnian Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

__JJG___ Palm Warbler

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler

__JJG___ Blackpoll Warbler

_____ Cerulean Warbler

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

__WS___ American Redstart

___PRA__ Prothonotary Warbler

_____ Worm-eating Warbler

__TR___ Ovenbird

__PRA___ Northern Waterthrush

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Connecticut Warbler

_____ Mourning Warbler

_____ MacGillivray’s Warbler

__TR___ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ Wilson’s Warbler

_____ Canada Warbler

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

TANAGERS AND

ALLIES

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Western Tanager

SPARROWS, TOWHEES,

JUNCOS

_____ Green-tailed Towhee

__TR___ Eastern Towhee

_____ Spotted Towhee

_____ American Tree Sparrow

__TR__ Chipping Sparrow

__WS___ Clay-colored Sparrow

___TR__ Field Sparrow

__KJ___ Vesper Sparrow

__PRA___ Lark Sparrow

_____ Black-throated Sparrow

_____ Lark Bunting

___KJ__ Savannah Sparrow

_____ Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow

_____ Le Conte’s Sparrow

_____ Henslow’s Sparrow

_____ Baird’s Sparrow

__TR___ Grasshopper Sparrow

__MJ__ Fox Sparrow

___TR__ Song Sparrow

__JS___ Lincoln’s Sparrow

__KJ___ Swamp Sparrow

__JS___ White-crowned Sparrow

__JJB___ White-throated Sparrow

_____ Golden-crowned Sparrow

__JS___ Harris’s Sparrow

___MJ__ Dark-eyed Junco

_____ Lapland Longspur

_____ Smith’s Longspur

_____ Chestnut-collared Longspur

_____ Snow Bunting

SALTATORS, CARDINALS

AND ALLIES

___TR__ Northern Cardinal

__TR___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak

_____ Black-headed Grosbeak

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Lazuli Bunting

___TR__ Indigo Bunting

_____ Painted Bunting

___TR__ Dickcissel

BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES,

GRACKLES, ETC.

__TR___ Bobolink

___TR__ Red-winged Blackbird

__KJ___ Eastern Meadowlark

__TR___ Western Meadowlark

_____ Yellow-headed Blackbird

_____ Rusty Blackbird

_____ Brewer’s Blackbird

__KJ___ Common Grackle

_____ Great-tailed Grackle

__TR___ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Hooded Oriole

__TR___ Baltimore Oriole

_____ Bullock’s Oriole

__PRA___ Orchard Oriole

FINCHES, SISKINS,

CROSSBILLS

_____ Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

_____ Pine Grosbeak

_____ Purple Finch

__KJ___ House Finch

_____ Red Crossbill

_____ White-winged Crossbill

_____ Common Redpoll

_____ Hoary Redpoll

_____ Pine Siskin

_____ Lesser Goldfinch

__TR___ American Goldfinch

_____ Evening Grosbeak

OLD WORLD SPARROWS

__KJ___ House Sparrow

_____ Eurasian Tree Sparrow

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ACCIDENTAL SPECIES

JM – May 15, 2005 – Vermilion Flycatcher