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RMG Bird List

The Rosetta McClain Gardens Bird List

This is a complete and up-to-date list of all bird species that we've seen and positively identified at Rosetta McClain Gardens since BIGFRANK started visiting the park back in 2002.

Total bird species observed to date: 237 (+2 spuhs)
('spuhs' are birds not identified to species)


Latest additions...
237 - Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Jun 21, 2022) 
236 - Purple Sandpiper (old record added)
235 - Eastern Whip-poor-will (May 2, 2022)
234 - Ring-necked Duck (Mar 21, 2022)
233 - Golden-crowned Sparrow (Nov 19, 2021)
232 - Black-bellied Plover (May 26, 2021)
231 - Canvasback (May 24, 2021)
230 - Least Sandpiper (May 23, 2021)
229 - Alder Flycatcher (May 16, 2021)
228 - Virginia Rail (May 15, 2021)
227 - Cerulean Warbler (May 7, 2021)
226 - Blue-winged Teal (Apr 28, 2021)
225 - Green-winged Teal (Mar 25, 2021)
224 - Hoary Redpoll (Mar 21, 2021)
223 - Summer Tanager (Nov 9, 2020)
222 - Red Crossbill (Nov 3, 2020)
221 - Nelson's Sparrow (Oct 24, 2020)
220 - Northern Shoveler (Oct 17, 2019)
219 - Barred Owl (Nov 23, 2018)
218 - Lesser Black-backed Gull (May 20, 2018)
217 - Yellow-throated Vireo (May 16, 2018)
216 - Sora (May 7, 2018)
215 - Fish Crow (Apr 22, 2018)
214 - Wild Turkey (Apr 12, 2018)
002 - Ross's or Ross's hybrid Goose (Nov 3, 2017)
213 - Northern Waterthrush (Sep 9, 2017)
212 - Hooded Warbler (May 16, 2017)
211 - Greater White-fronted Goose (Oct 13, 2016)
210 - Bobolink (May 20, 2016)
209 - Varied Thrush (old record added)
208 - Tufted Titmouse (Nov 20, 2015)
207 - Northern Pintail (Oct 8, 2015)
206 - Marsh Wren (May 17, 2015)
205 - American Golden-Plover (Sep 24, 2014)
204 - Brant (Nov 1, 2014)
203 - Black Vulture (Oct 23, 2014)
001 - Long-tailed, Parasitic or Pomarine Jaeger (Oct 8, 2014)
202 - Pectoral Sandpiper (Sep 7, 2014)
201 - Olive-sided Flycatcher (May 16, 2014)


Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
Snow Goose
Ross's or Ross's hybrid Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck

New World Quail

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
Wild Turkey

Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe

Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove

Cuckoos 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will

Swifts
Chimney Swift

Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot

Cranes
Sandhill Crane

Stilts and Avocets

Oystercatchers

Plovers and Lapwings
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer

Sandpipers and Allies
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Purple Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs

Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed, Parasitic or Pomarine Jaeger

Auks, Murres, and Puffins

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern

Loons
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon

Albatrosses

Shearwaters and Petrels

Storm-Petrels

Storks

Frigatebirds

Boobies and Gannets
Northern Gannet

Cormorants and Shags
Double-crested Cormorant

Anhingas

Pelicans
American White Pelican

Herons, Egret and Bitterns
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron

Ibises and Spoonbills

New World Vultures
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture

Osprey
Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk

Barn-Owls

Owls
Eastern Screech-owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl

Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon

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

Shrikes
Northern Shrike

Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo

Crows, Jays, and Magpies
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven

Larks
Horned Lark

Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse

Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch

Treecreepers
Brown Creeper

Wrens
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren

Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Old World Flycatchers

Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush

Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird

Starlings
European Starling

Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing

Silky-Flycatchers

Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch

Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Snow Bunting

New World Buntings and Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee

Yellow-breasted Chat

Troupials and Allies
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle

New World Warblers
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler

Cardinals and Allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting

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