Bird Checklist at the Mead Wildlife Area
- Bitterns and Herons
- Blackbirds
- Chickadee, Nuthatches, and Creeper
- Finches
- Flycatchers
- Geese, Swans, and Ducks
- Grosbeaks
- Gulls and Terns
- Hawks, Eagles, and Falcons
- Hummingbird
- Jay, Crow, and Raven
- Kingfisher
- Lark and Swallows
- Longspur and Bunting
- Loons, Grebes, and Cormorant
- Mimids
- Nightjars and Swift
- Owls
- Pheasant, Grouse, and Turkey
- Pigeon, Dove, and Cuckoos
- Plovers and Sandpipers
- Rails and Cranes
- Shrike and Vireos
- Starling, Pipit, and Waxwings
- Tanager
- Thrushes
- Towhee and Sparrows
- Vulture
- Weaver Finch
- Wood Warblers
- Woodpeckers
- Wrens, Kinglets, and Gnatcatcher
| Bitterns and Herons | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Bittern (*) | u | u | u | |
| Lease Bittern (*) | u | u | u | |
| Great Blue Heron (*) | c | c | c | r |
| Great Egret (T) | o | o | o | |
| Great Heron (*) | u | u | u | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron (*) | o | o | o |
| Blackbirds | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobolink (*) | u | c | u | |
| Red-winged Blackbird (*) | a | a | a | r |
| Eastern Meadowlark (*) | c | c | u | r |
| Western Meadowlark (*) | r | |||
| Yellow-headed Blackbird (*) | c | c | u | |
| Rusty Blackbird | c | c | ||
| Brewer's Blackbird (*) | u | u | u | |
| Common Grackle (*) | a | a | a | r |
| Brown-headed Cowbird (*) | a | a | c | r |
| Baltimore Oriole (*) | c | c | u |
| Chickadee, Nuthatches, & Creeper | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-capped Chickadee (*) | c | c | c | c |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch (?) | o | o | o | u |
| White-breasted Nuthatch (*) | c | c | c | c |
| Brown Creeper (*) | c | u | c | u |
| Finches | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grosbeak | r | o | ||
| Purple Finch (*) | u | o | u | o |
| House Finch (?) | u | u | u | u |
| Red Crossbill | o | o | ||
| White-winged Crossbill | o | o | o | |
| Common Redpoll | u | u | u | |
| Hoary Redpoll | r | |||
| Pine Siskin | u | u | u | |
| American Goldfinch (*) | a | c | c | c |
| Evening Grosbeak | o | o | o |
| Flycatchers | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | o | r | r | |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee (*) | c | c | c | |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (?) | u | o | o | |
| Acadian Flycatcher (T) | r | r | ||
| Alder Flycatcher (*) | u | u | o | |
| Willow Flycatcher (*) | u | u | o | |
| Least Flycatcher (*) | a | c | c | |
| Eastern Phoebe (*) | c | c | c | |
| Great Crested Flycatcher (*) | c | c | u | |
| Eastern Kingbird (*) | c | c | u |
| Geese, Swans, & Ducks | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater White-fronted Goose | o | r | ||
| Snow Goose | o | o | ||
| Canada Goose (*) | a | c | c | r |
| Cackling Goose | o | o | ||
| Mute Swan | o | r | r | |
| Trumpeter Swan (*) (E) | u | u | o | |
| Tundra Swan | u | o | r | |
| Wood Duck (*) | c | c | c | |
| Gadwall | c | u | ||
| American Wigeon | c | u | ||
| American Black Duck (*) | u | o | u | |
| Mallard (*) | a | c | a | o |
| Blue-winged Teal (*) | c | c | c | |
| Northern Shoveler | c | o | o | |
| Northern Pintail | c | o | u | |
| Green-winged Teal (*) | c | u | u | |
| Canvasback | u | o | ||
| Redhead | u | o | ||
| Ring-necked Duck (*) | a | u | c | |
| Greater Scaup | r | |||
| Lesser Scaup | c | r | u | |
| Bufflehead | c | r | u | |
| Common Goldeneye | c | o | ||
| Hooded Merganser (*) | a | u | u | |
| Common Merganser | c | o | ||
| Red-breasted Merganser | o | |||
| Ruddy Duck | u | r | o |
| Grosbeaks | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Cardinal (*) | u | u | u | u |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak (*) | c | c | c | |
| Indigo Bunting (*) | c | c | c | |
| Dickcissel (*) | o | o |
| Gulls & Terns | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonaparte's Gull | o | o | ||
| Ring-billed Gull | c | o | u | |
| Herring Gull | u | o | ||
| Caspian Tern (E) | r | r | ||
| Forster's Tern (E) | o | r | r | |
| Black Tern (*) | u | c | o |
| Hawks, Eagles, & Falcons | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osprey (*) (T) | u | u | u | |
| Bald Eagle (*) | u | o | u | u |
| Northern Harrier (*) | u | u | u | o |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk (*) | u | o | u | o |
| Cooper's Hawk (*) | u | u | u | o |
| Northern Groshawk (*) | o | r | o | o |
| Red-shouldered Hawk (?) (T) | o | o | o | |
| Broad-winged Hawk (*) | u | u | u | |
| Red-tailed Hawk (*) | u | u | u | u |
| Rough-legged Hawk | u | u | u | |
| Golden Eagle | r | r | o | |
| American Kestrel (*) | u | u | u | o |
| Merlin | o | o | r | |
| Peregrine Falcon (E) | o | r | o |
| Hummingbird | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird (*) | u | u | u |
| Jay, Crow, & Raven | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Jay (*) | c | u | c | u |
| American Crow (*) | a | a | a | a |
| Common Raven (?) | o | o | o | o |
| Kingfisher | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belted Kingfisher (*) | c | c | c |
| Lark & Swallows | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horned Lark (?) | c | u | o | o |
| Purple Martin | o | o | o | |
| Tree Swallow (*) | a | c | c | |
| N. Rough-winged Swallow (?) | c | u | u | |
| Bank Swallow (?) | u | o | u | |
| Cliff Swallow (*) | c | c | c | |
| Barn Swallow (?) | c | c | c |
| Longspur & Bunting | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lapland Longspur | u | u | r | |
| Snow Bunting | u | u | u |
| Loons, Grebes, & Cormorant | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Loon (*) | o | o | r | |
| Pied-billed Grebe (*) | c | c | u | |
| Horned Grebe | o | o | ||
| Red-necked Grebe (E) | r | |||
| American White Pelican | r | r | r | |
| Double-crested Cormorant (*) | c | c | u |
| Mimids | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Catbird (*) | c | c | c | |
| Northern Mockingbird | r | r | r | |
| Brown Thrasher (*) | u | u | u |
| Nightjars & Swift | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Nighthawk | u | o | u | |
| Whip-poor-will (*) | u | u | o | |
| Chimney Swift (?) | u | o | o |
| Owls | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Screech Owl (*) | u | u | u | u |
| Great Horned Owl (*) | u | u | u | u |
| Snowy Owl | r | r | r | |
| Barred Owl (*) | u | u | u | u |
| Great Gray Owl | r | |||
| Long-eared Owl (?) | o | r | o | o |
| Short-eared Owl | o | o | o | |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl (?) | u | o | o | o |
| Pheasant, Grouse, & Turkey | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ring-necked Pheasant (*) | u | u | u | u |
| Ruffed Grouse (*) | u | o | u | u |
| Greater Prairie Chicken (*) (T) | u | o | o | u |
| Wild Turkey (*) | u | u | u | u |
| Pigeon, Dove, & Cuckoos | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Pigeon | u | u | u | u |
| Mourning Dove (*) | c | c | c | u |
| Black-billed Cuckoo (*) | u | u | o | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*) | o | o | r |
| Plovers & Sandpipers | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-bellied Plover | r | r | ||
| American Golden Plover | r | r | ||
| Semipalmated Plover | o | o | ||
| Killdeer (*) | c | c | c | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | u | u | ||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | u | u | u | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | u | u | o | |
| Willet | r | |||
| Spotted Sandpiper (*) | u | u | u | |
| Upland Sandpiper | o | o | ||
| Hudsonian Godwit | r | |||
| Marbled Godwit | r | |||
| Ruddy Turnstone | r | |||
| Sanderling | r | |||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | o | r | o | |
| Least Sandpiper | u | u | u | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | o | r | ||
| Bairds Sandpiper | r | o | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | u | o | u | |
| Dunlin | u | r | o | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | r | o | ||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | o | r | o | |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | r | r | ||
| Wilson's Snipe (*) | u | u | o | |
| American Woodcock (*) | u | u | u | |
| Wilson's Phalarope (*) | o | o | o | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | r | r | r |
| Rails & Cranes | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Rail (*) | u | u | o | |
| Sora (*) | c | c | u | |
| Common Moorhen (*) | o | o | ||
| American Coot (*) | c | u | c | |
| Sandhill Crane (*) | c | c | c |
| Shrike Vireos | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Shrike | o | u | u | |
| Yellow-throated Vireo (*) | c | c | u | |
| Blue-headed Vireo | u | u | ||
| Warbling Vireo (*) | c | c | c | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | o | u | ||
| Red-eyed Vireo (*) | c | c | c |
| Starling, Pipit, & Waxwings | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Starling (*) | c | c | c | u |
| American Pipit | o | u | ||
| Bohemian Waxwing | o | o | o | |
| Cedar Waxwing (*) | u | c | c | o |
| Tanager | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Tanager (*) | c | c | u |
| Thrushes | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Bluebird (*) | c | c | c | |
| Veery (*) | c | c | u | |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | u | o | ||
| Swainson's Thrush | c | c | ||
| Hermit Thrush (?) | c | o | c | r |
| Wood Thrush (*) | c | c | u | |
| American Robin (*) | a | a | u | o |
| Towhee & Sparrows | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Towhee (*) | u | u | u | |
| American Tree Sparrow | a | c | c | |
| Chipping Sparrow (*) | c | c | c | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow (*) | u | u | u | |
| Field Sparrow (*) | u | u | u | |
| Vesper Sparrow | o | r | o | |
| Savannah Sparrow (*) | c | c | u | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | o | |||
| Henslow's Sparrow (*) (T) | o | o | r | |
| Le Conte's Sparrow (*) | u | u | o | |
| Fox Sparrow | c | u | ||
| Song Sparrow (*) | a | a | c | r |
| Lincoln's Sparrow (?) | u | o | u | |
| Swamp Sparrow (*) | a | a | c | |
| White-throated Sparrow (?) | c | o | c | r |
| Harris's Sparrow | r | o | ||
| White-crowned Sparrow | u | u | ||
| Dark-eyed Junco | a | a | u |
| Sp | S | F | W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Vulture | u | u | u |
| Weaver Finch | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Sparrow (*) | u | u | u | u |
| Wood Warblers | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue-winged Warbler (*) | u | c | u | |
| Golden-winged Warbler (*) | u | c | u | |
| Tennessee Warbler | c | o | c | |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | u | u | ||
| Nashville Warbler (*) | c | c | c | |
| Northern Parula | u | o | ||
| Yellow Warbler (*) | c | a | o | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler (*) | c | c | c | |
| Magnolia Warbler | c | c | ||
| Cape May Warbler | c | u | ||
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | o | o | ||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (*) | a | o | a | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | c | c | ||
| Blackburnian Warbler | c | u | ||
| Pine Warbler | u | u | ||
| Palm Warbler (*) | a | o | c | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | c | c | ||
| Blackpoll Warbler | c | c | ||
| Cerulean Warbler (?) (T) | o | r | ||
| Black and White Warbler (*) | c | c | c | |
| American Redstart (*) | c | a | c | |
| Prothonotary Warbler | o | r | ||
| Ovenbird (*) | c | c | c | |
| Northern Watherthrush (*) | c | c | c | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | o | o | ||
| Connecticut Warbler | o | o | ||
| Mourning Warbler (*) | c | c | u | |
| Common Yellowthroat (*) | c | a | c | |
| Hooded Warbler (T) | r | r | ||
| Wilson's Warbler | c | u | ||
| Canada Warbler | u | u |
| Woodpeckers | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red-headed Woodpecker (*) | o | o | o | r |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker (*) | u | u | u | u |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*) | c | u | u | r |
| Downy Woodpecker (*) | c | c | c | c |
| Hairy Woodpecker (*) | u | u | u | c |
| Northern Flicker (*) | c | c | u | r |
| Pileated Woodpecker (*) | u | o | u | u |
| Wrens, Kinglets, & Gnatcatcher | Sp | S | F | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House Wren (*) | a | c | c | |
| Winter Wren (*) | u | o | u | r |
| Sedge Wren (*) | c | c | u | |
| Marsh Wren (*) | c | c | u | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet (?) | u | r | u | o |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | u | u | ||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*) | c | c | u |