Birds of Skiff Mountain South Preserve & Skiff Mountain

This is a field guide to all of the birds observed and/or banded by Marvelwood School students and faculty since 2001 to present, on Kent Land Trust's (KLT) Skiff Mountain South Preserve (SMSP) and Sharon Land Trust's (SLT) Skiff Mountain North Preserve (SMNP). Observations also encompass a ...more ↓

Alder Flycatcher 1
Empidonax alnorum
American Bittern 2
Botaurus lentiginosus
American Black Duck 3
Anas rubripes
American Crow 4
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Goldfinch 5
Spinus tristis
American Kestrel 4
Falco sparverius
American Redstart 4
Setophaga ruticilla
American Robin 4
Turdus migratorius
American Tree Sparrow 4
Spizelloides arborea
American Wigeon 4
Mareca americana
American Woodcock 4
Scolopax minor
Bald Eagle 4
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Baltimore Oriole 4
Icterus galbula
Barn Swallow 6
Hirundo rustica
Barred Owl 7
Strix varia
Belted Kingfisher 8
Megaceryle alcyon
Black Vulture 9
Coragyps atratus
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Mniotilta varia
Black-billed Cuckoo 4
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Poecile atricapillus
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
Setophaga caerulescens
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Setophaga striata
Blue Jay 4
Cyanocitta cristata
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Polioptila caerulea
Blue-headed Vireo 4
Vireo solitarius
Blue-winged Warbler 4
Vermivora cyanoptera
Bobolink 4
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Broad-winged Hawk 4
Buteo platypterus
Brown Creeper 4
Certhia americana
Brown Thrasher 4
Toxostoma rufum
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Molothrus ater
Canada Goose 4
Branta canadensis
Canada Warbler 4
Cardellina canadensis
Cape May Warbler 10
Setophaga tigrina
Cape May Warbler 4
Setophaga tigrina
Carolina Wren 4
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Cedar Waxwing 4
Bombycilla cedrorum
Cerulean Warbler 4
Setophaga cerulea
Chestnut-sided Warbler 4
Setophaga pensylvanica
Chimney Swift 4
Chaetura pelagica
Chipping Sparrow 4
Spizella passerina
Common Grackle 4
Quiscalus quiscula
Common Merganser 4
Mergus merganser
Common Raven 11
Corvus corax
Common Redpoll 4
Acanthis flammea
Common Yellowthroat 4
Geothlypis trichas
Connecticut Warbler 4
Oporornis agilis
Cooper's Hawk 4
Accipiter cooperii
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Junco hyemalis
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Phalacrocorax auritus
Downy Woodpecker 4
Picoides pubescens
Eastern Bluebird 4
Sialia sialis
Eastern Kingbird 13
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Phoebe 4
Sayornis phoebe
Eastern Screech-Owl 14
Megascops asio
Eastern Towhee 4
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Contopus virens
European Starling 15
Sturnus vulgaris
Evening Grosbeak 4
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Field Sparrow 4
Spizella pusilla
Fish Crow 16
Corvus ossifragus
Fox Sparrow 4
Passerella iliaca
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Regulus satrapa
Golden-winged Warbler 4
Vermivora chrysoptera
Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler 4
Vermivora cyanoptera x chrysoptera
Gray Catbird 4
Dumetella carolinensis
Great Blue Heron 17
Ardea herodias
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Myiarchus crinitus
Great Egret 4
Ardea alba
Great Horned Owl 18
Bubo virginianus
Green Heron 3
Butorides virescens
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Picoides villosus
Hermit Thrush 4
Catharus guttatus
Hooded Merganser 3
Lophodytes cucullatus
Hooded Warbler 4
Setophaga citrina
House Finch 4
Haemorhous mexicanus
House Sparrow 19
Passer domesticus
House Wren 4
Troglodytes aedon
Indigo Bunting 4
Passerina cyanea
Killdeer 20
Charadrius vociferus
Least Flycatcher 4
Empidonax minimus
Lincoln's Sparrow 4
Melospiza lincolnii
Louisiana Waterthrush 4
Parkesia motacilla
Magnolia Warbler 4
Setophaga magnolia
Mallard 4
Anas platyrhynchos
Mourning Dove 4
Zenaida macroura
Mourning Warbler 4
Geothlypis philadelphia
Mute Swan 4
Cygnus olor
Nashville Warbler 4
Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Northern Cardinal 4
Cardinalis cardinalis
Northern Flicker 4
Colaptes auratus
Northern Goshawk 21
Accipiter gentilis
Northern Harrier 22
Circus cyaneus
Northern Mockingbird 22
Mimus polyglottos
Northern Parula 23
Setophaga americana
Northern Saw-whet Owl 24
Aegolius acadicus
Northern Waterthrush 4
Parkesia noveboracensis
Osprey 4
Pandion haliaetus
Ovenbird 4
Seiurus aurocapilla

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