Birds of Hammonasset State Park

Madison, Connecticut

This list was prepared by Menunkatuck Audubon Society and includes data from the Birders' Log at the Nature Center at Hammonasset State Park.

For more information about Hammonasset State Park contact the Friends of Hammonasset.

 

    S s F W
           

Loons
  Red-throated Loon U U C  
           
  Common Loon U R U C
         

Grebes
  Pied-billed Grebe O O O  
           
  Horned Grebe C C C  
           
  Red-necked Grebe R R R  
           
  Eared Grebe Ac Ac Ac  
           

Storm Petrel
  Wilson's Storm-Petrel R      
           

Gannet, Pelican,Cormorants
  Northern Gannet R R R  
           
  American White Pelican R R R R
  Brown Pelican Ac      
           
  Great Cormorant U U C  
           
  Double-crested Cormorant A A A U
           

Herons, Ibis, Egrets
  American Bittern O U U O
           
  Least Bittern Ac Ac Ac  
           
  Great Blue Heron C U C U
           
  Great Egret C U C  
           
  Snowy Egret C C C  
           
  Little Blue Heron U U U  
           
  Tricolored Heron R R R  
           
  Cattle Egret R R    
           
  Green-backed Heron C C C  
           
  Black-crowned Night Heron U U U O
           
  Yellow-crowned Night Heron R R R  
           
  Glossy Ibis U C U  
           
  White Faced Ibis Ac      
           

Swan, Geese, Ducks
  Tundra Swan Ac Ac    
           
  Mute Swan* C C C A
           
  Greater Whitefronted Goose Ac      
           
  Snow Goose O O    
           
  Brant U U O  
           
  Canada Goose U U C U
           
  Wood Duck R R    
           
  Green-winged Teal U O U O
           
  American Black Duck* A A A A
           
  Mallard* A A A A
           
  Northern Pintail R R R  
         
  Blue-winged Teal O O O
         
  Northern Shoveler R R  
         
  Gadwall O O O
         
  American Wigeon O O O
         
  Canvasback O O O
         
  Redhead R    
         
  Ring-necked Duck R R  
         
  Greater Scaup C C C
         
  Lesser Scaup O O O
         
  Common Eider R    
         
  King Eider Ac    
         
  Harlequin Duck Ac    
         
  Oldsquaw O U U
         
  Black Scoter R R R
         
  Surf Scoter C C C
         
  White-winged Scoter C C C
           
  Common Goldeneye C U C  
           
  Bufflehead C C C  
           
  Hooded Merganser O O O  
           
  Common Merganser O O O  
           
  Red-breasted Merganser C R U C
           
  Ruddy Duck R R R  
           

Vulture, Osprey, Hawks, Falcons
  Black Vulture Ac Ac    
           
  Turkey Vulture U U U O
           
  Osprey* C C C  
           
  Bald Eagle O O O  
           
  Northern Harrier C U C O
           
  Sharp-shinned Hawk U O C O
           
  Cooper's Hawk U U    
           
  Northern Goshawk R R R  
           
  Red-shouldered Hawk O O    
           
  Swainson's Hawk Ac      
           
  Broad-winged Hawk U O U  
           
  Red-tailed Hawk U O U O
           
  Rough-legged Hawk O O    
           
  Golden Eagle R      
           
  American Kestrel* C U C R
           
  Merlin O U R  
           
  Peregrine Falcon O U    
           
  Gyrfalcon Ac      
           

Pheasant, Bobwhite
  Ring-necked Pheasant O O O O
           
  Ruffed Grouse R R R  
           
  Northern Bobwhite R R    
           

Rails, Coot
  Yellow Rail Ac      
           
  Black Rail Ac      
           
  Clapper Rail* C C C O
           
  King Rail Ac      
           
  Virginia Rail O R O R
           
  Sora R R R  
           
  Common Moorhen R      
           
  American Coot O O    
           

Cranes
  Sandhill Crane Ac      
           

Plovers, Sandpipers, Gulls, Terns, Razorbill
  Black-bellied Plover C U C U
           
  Lesser Golden Plover O U    
           
  Semipalmated Plover U U U  
           
  Piping Plover* U U    
           
  Killdeer* A A A R
           
  American Oystercatcher* U U U R
           
  Greater Yellowlegs C C C  
           
  Lesser Yellowlegs U C C
         
  Solitary Sandpiper O O O
         
  Willet* C C C
         
  Spotted Sandpiper U U U
         
  Upland Sandpiper O O O
         
  Whimbrel O O O
         
  Hudsonian Godwit Ac R R
         
  Marbled Godwit Ac R R
         
  Ruddy Turnstone U U U O
           
  Red Knot O O O  
           
  Sanderling U U U C
           
  Semipalmated Sandpiper C C C  
           
  Western Sandpiper O O    
           
  Least Sandpiper C C C  
           
  White-rumped Sandpiper O O    
           
  Baird's Sandpiper R R    
           
  Pectoral Sandpiper O U U  
         
  Purple Sandpiper U U U
         
  Dunlin U U U
         
  Curlew Sandpiper Ac    
         
  Stilt Sandpiper O O  
         
  Buff-breasted Sandpiper R    
         
  Short-billed Dowitcher O U U
         
  Long-billed Dowitcher O O  
         
  Common Snipe O O O O
           
  American Woodcock R R    
           
  Wilson's Phalarope R R R  
           
  Red-necked Phalarope Ac      
           
  Parasitic Jaeger Ac      
           
  Laughing Gull O C C  
           
  Little Gull R R    
           
  Common Black-headed Gull R R R  
           
  Bonaparte's Gull C O U C
           
  Ring-billed Gull A A A A
           
  Herring Gull A A A A
           
  Iceland Gull R R R  
           
  Lesser Black Backed Gull R R R  
           
  Great Black-backed Gull C C C C
           
  Black-legged Kittiwake Ac      
           
  Gull-billed Tern Ac      
           
  Caspian Tern R R R
         
  Royal Tern R R  
         
  Roseate Tern O O O
         
  Common Tern C C C
         
  Arctic Tern R R  
         
  Forster's Tern O O  
         
  Least Tern* C C O
         
  Black Tern R    
         
  Black Skimmer R      
           
  Dovekie Ac      
           
  Thick-Billed Murre Ac Ac    
           
  Razorbill Ac Ac    
           

Doves
  Rock Dove* A A A A
           
  Mourning Dove* A A A A
           

Cuckoo
  Black-billed Cuckoo R R    
           
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo R R    
           

Owls
  Barn Owl R R R  
           
  Great Horned Owl* U U U U
           
  Snowy Owl R R    
           
  Barred Owl R R    
           
  Great Grey Owl Ac      
           
  Long-eared Owl O O    
         
  Short-eared Owl O O O
         
  Boreal Owl Ac    
         
  Northern Saw-whet Owl O O  
         

Goatsuckers
  Common Nighthawk R O U
         
  Whip-Poor-Will Ac Ac Ac
         

Swift, Hummingbird
  Chimney Swift O O O
           
  Ruby-throated Hummingbird O O O  
           

Kingfisher
  Belted Kingfisher U U U O
           

Woodpeckers
  Red-headed Woodpecker R R    
           
  Red-bellied Woodpecker O O O O
           
  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker O O O  
           
  Downy Woodpecker* U U U U
           
  Hairy Woodpecker* U U U U
           
  Northern Flicker* C C C C
           

Flycatchers
  Eastern Wood Pewee U O C  
           
  Yellow Bellied Flycatcher R R    
           
  Acadian Flycatcher R      
           
  Willow Flycatcher* C U U  
           
  Least Flycatcher R      
           
  Eastern Phoebe C U U  
           
  Great Crested Flycatcher U U    
           
  Western Kingbird Ac      
           
  Eastern Kingbird* C C U  
           
  Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Ac      
           

Lark
  Horned Lark* O R O U
           

Swallows
  Purple Martin* C C    
           
  Tree Swallow* A A A  
           
  N. Rough-winged Swallow O O O  
           
  Bank Swallow O U O  
           
  Cliff Swallow R      
           
  Barn Swallow* C C C R
           

Jay, Crows
  Blue Jay* C C C C
           
  American Crow* C C C C
           
  Fish Crow O O O O
           

Titmice, Nuthatches, Creeper
  Black-capped Chickadee* C C C C
           
  Boreal Chickadee Ac Ac    
           
  Tufted Titmouse* U U U U
           
  Red-breasted Nuthatch O O O  
           
  White-breasted Nuthatch U U U U
           
  Brown Creeper O O O
         

Wrens
  Carolina Wren* C C C
         
  House Wren* U U U
         
  Winter Wren O O  
         
  Marsh Wren* C C U
         

Kinglets, Gnatcatcher
  Golden-crowned Kinglet C C U
         
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet C C O
         
  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher U O U
         

Thrushes
  Northern Wheatear Ac    
         
  Eastern Bluebird O O  
         
  Veery O O  
         
  Gray-cheeked Thrush R    
         
  Swainson's Thrush O O  
         
  Hermit Thrush U U O  
           
  Wood Thrush O O    
           
  American Robin* A A A U
           

Mockingbirds, Thrasher, Waxwing, Starling, Shrike
  Gray Catbird* C C C U
           
  Northern Mockingbird* A A A A
           
  Brown Thrasher* C C U  
           
  American Pipit O O R  
           
  Bohemian Waxwing Ac Ac    
           
  Cedar Waxwing* U C U  
           
  European Starling* A A A A
           
  Northern Shrike R      
           
  Loggerhead Shrike R      
           

Vireos
  White-eyed Vireo O O    
           
  Solitary Vireo O O    
           
  Yellow-throated Vireo R R  
         
  Warbling Vireo R    
         
  Philadelphia Vireo R    
         
  Red-eyed Vireo* U U U
         

Warblers
  Blue-winged Warbler* U O U
         
  Golden-winged Warbler R R  
         
  Tennessee Warbler U U  
         
  Nashville Warbler O O  
         
  Orange-crowned Warbler R    
         
  Northern Parula C O  
         
  Yellow Warbler* A C C
         
  Chestnut-sided Warbler U O  
         
  Magnolia Warbler U O  
         
  Cape May Warbler R    
         
  Black-throated Blue Warbler U U  
         
  Yellow-rumped Warbler A A U
         
  Black-throated Green Warbler U O  
         
  Blackburnian Warbler O O  
         
  Pine Warbler O O  
         
  Prairie Warbler O R O
         
  Palm Warbler U U  
         
  Bay-breasted Warbler O O  
         
  Blackpoll Warbler U U  
         
  Cerulean Warbler U U
       
  Black-and-white Warbler C U
       
  American Redstart C C
       
  Worm-eating Warbler R R
       
  Ovenbird U U
       
  Northern Waterthrush O O
       
  Louisiana Waterthrush O O
       
  Kentucky Warbler R R
       
  Connecticut Warbler R      
           
  Mourning Warbler R R    
           
  Common Yellowthroat* C C C O
           
  Hooded Warbler R R    
           
  Wilson's Warbler O O    
           
  Canada Warbler U O    
           
  Yellow-breasted Chat R R R  
           

Tanager
  Summer Tanager Ac      
           
  Scarlet Tanager U O    
           
  Western Tanager Ac      
           

Grosbeaks, Buntings, Finches, Sparrows
  Northern Cardinal* C C C C
           
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak U O    
           
  Blue Grosbeak Ac      
           
  Indigo Bunting R      
           
  Dickcissel R R