Birds of Upper Green River

Some birds commonly encountered while floating or hiking along the upper Green River. Most selections are either common resident birds frequently observed spring, summer or fall or transient birds frequently observed migrating during the spring or early summer. Not an exhaustive list this ...more ↓

Northern Cardinal 1
Cardinalis cardinalis
Song Sparrow 2
Melospiza melodia
Field Sparrow 3
Spizella pusilla
Eastern Towhee 4
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Indigo Bunting 5
Passerina cyanea
Blue Jay 6
Cyanocitta cristata
Tufted Titmouse 7
Baeolophus bicolor
Carolina Chickadee 8
Poecile carolinensis
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker 10
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Downy Woodpecker 11
Dryobates pubescens
Pileated Woodpecker 12
Dryocopus pileatus
Great Crested Flycatcher 13
Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Wood-Pewee 13
Contopus virens
Eastern Phoebe 14
Sayornis phoebe
Acadian Flycatcher 3
Empidonax virescens
Barred Owl 15
Strix varia
Eastern Screech-Owl 16
Megascops asio
Wood Duck 17
Aix sponsa
Mallard 15
Anas platyrhynchos
Great Blue Heron 18
Ardea herodias
Green Heron 19
Butorides virescens
Osprey 20
Pandion haliaetus
Prothonotary Warbler 21
Protonotaria citrea
Louisiana Waterthrush 10
Parkesia motacilla
Carolina Wren 22
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Yellow-throated Warbler 23
Setophaga dominica
Red-eyed Vireo 10
Vireo olivaceus
Summer Tanager 24
Piranga rubra
Belted Kingfisher 25
Megaceryle alcyon
Cliff Swallow 26
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Tree Swallow 27
Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Parula 8
Setophaga americana
White-breasted Nuthatch 28
Sitta carolinensis
American Crow 29
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Agelaius phoeniceus
Turkey Vulture 31
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 32
Coragyps atratus
Swamp Sparrow 21
Melospiza georgiana
Field Sparrow 3
Spizella pusilla
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 33
Coccyzus americanus
White-eyed Vireo 34
Vireo griseus
Red-tailed Hawk 35
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-shouldered Hawk 36
Buteo lineatus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 13
Polioptila caerulea
Least Flycatcher 21
Empidonax minimus
Black-and-white Warbler 37
Mniotilta varia
Common Yellowthroat 38
Geothlypis trichas
Kentucky Warbler 39
Geothlypis formosa
Yellow Warbler 3
Setophaga petechia
Yellow-breasted Chat 31
Icteria virens
American Goldfinch 40
Spinus tristis
Hooded Warbler 41
Setophaga citrina
Prairie Warbler 42
Setophaga discolor
Palm Warbler 43
Setophaga palmarum
Great Horned Owl 44
Bubo virginianus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 45
Archilochus colubris
Eastern Towhee 4
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Wild Turkey 46
Meleagris gallopavo

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