Eyes of Paint Branch

Conservation, Education, and Action for the Paint Branch and Its Watershed

Paint Branch Nature Gallery

Wildlife Gallery

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Amphibians & Reptiles | Birds | Fishes | Insects | Mammals

 

Amphibians & Reptiles

 

Birds

The following is a list of bird species seen in the Upper Paint Branch watershed between June 1987 and May 1998 by Norm and Fran Saunders. The Eyes of Paint Branch greatfully acknowledges the Saunders' for permission to publish this list.

BITTERNS, HERONS and IBIS

  • Great Blue Heron
  • Little Blue Heron
  • Green Heron

SWANS, GEESE and DUCKS

  • Canada Goose
  • Wood Duck
  • American Black Duck
  • Mallard
  • Ring-necked Duck

VULTURES, HAWKS and FALCONS

  • Black Vulture
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Osprey
  • Northern Harrier
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk
  • Cooper's Hawk
  • Northern Goshawk
  • Red-shouldered Hawk
  • Broad-winged Hawk
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Rough-legged Hawk
  • American Kestrel
  • Peregrine Falcon

PHEASANT, QUAIL and RAILS

  • Ringed-necked Pheasant
  • Northern Bobwhite

PLOVERS and SANDPIPERS

  • Killdeer
  • Spotted Sandpiper
  • American Woodcock

GULLS and TERNS

  • Red-billed Gull
  • Herring Gull

DOVES and CUCKOOS

  • Rock Dove
  • Mourning Dove
  • Black-billed Cuckoo
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo

OWLS and NIGHT JARS

  • Eastern Screech-Owl
  • Great Horned Owl
  • Barred Owl
  • Northern Saw-whet Owl
  • Common Nighthawk

SWIFT, HUMMINGBIRD and KINGFISHER

  • Chimney Swift
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • Belted Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS

  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Downy Woodpecker
  • Hairy Woodpecker
  • Northern Flicker
  • Pileated Woodpecker

FLYCATCHERS

  • Olive-sided Flycatcher
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
  • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
  • Acadian Flycatcher
  • Alder Flycatcher
  • Willow Flycatcher
  • Least Flycatcher
  • Eastern Phoebe
  • Great Crested Flycatcher
  • Eastern Kingbird

LARK, MARTIN and SWALLOWS

  • Purple Martin
  • Tree Swallow
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  • Barn Swallow

JAY, CROWS and RAVENS

  • Blue Jay
  • American Crow
  • Fish Crow

CHICKADEE, TITMOSE, NUTHATCHES and CREEPER

  • Carolina Chickadee
  • Tufted Titmouse
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • White-breasted Nuthatch
  • Brown Creeper

WRENS

  • Carolina Wren
  • House Wren
  • Winter Wren

KINGLETS, GNATCATCHER and THRUSHES

  • Golden-crowned Kinglet
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  • Eastern Bluebird
  • Veery
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush
  • Swainson's Thrush
  • Hermit Thrush
  • Wood Thrush
  • American Robin

MIMICS, PIPIT, WAXWING and STARLING

  • Gray Catbird
  • Northern Mockingbird
  • Brown Thrasher
  • Cedar Waxwing
  • European Starling

VIREOS and WOOD WARBLERS

  • White-eyed Vireo
  • Solitary Vireo
  • Yellow-throated Vireo
  • Warbling Vireo
  • Philadephia Vireo
  • Red-eyed Vireo
  • Blue-winged Warbler
  • Golden-winged Warbler
  • Tennessee Warbler
  • Nashville Warbler
  • Northern Parula
  • Yellow Warbler
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler
  • Magnolia Warbler
  • Cape May Warbler
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Black-throated Green Warbler
  • Blackburnian Warbler
  • Yellow-throated Warbler
  • Pine Warbler
  • Prairie Warbler
  • Palm Warbler
  • Bay-breasted Warbler
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • Black-and-white Warbler
  • American Redstart
  • Prothonotary Warbler
  • Worm-eating Warbler
  • Ovenbird
  • Louisiana Waterthrush
  • Kentucky Warbler
  • Mourning Warbler
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Hooded Warbler
  • Wilson's Warbler
  • Canada Warbler
  • Yellow-breasted Chat

TANAGERS, SPARROWS and FINCHES

  • Summer Tanager
  • Scarlet Tanager
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Blue Grosbeak
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Rufous-sided Towhee
  • American Tree Sparrow
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Field Sparrow
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Fox Sparrow
  • Song Sparrow
  • Lincoln's Sparrow
  • Swamp Sparrow
  • White-throated Sparrow
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Rusty Blackbird
  • Common Grackle
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Orchard Oriole
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Purple Finch
  • House Finch
  • Common Redpoll
  • Pine Siskin
  • American Goldfinch
  • Evening Grosbeak
  • House Sparrow

ACCIDENTAL SPECIES

  • Black-capped Chickadee
  • Loggerhead Shrike

 

Fishes