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Former Association Program Director, Bill Anderson, has made the Reserve his birdwatching destination of choice for almost 30 years. Thanks to Bill, you can peruse the abundant variety of winged residents that the Reserve harbors. Come out and discover them for yourself!

For the serious birder, Bill has put together a detailed monthly checklist as well.

Listed by date of first sighting

American Crow 2/5/1979 Mourning Dove 2/6/1979 Common Pheasant 2/14/1979 Red-winged Blackbird 3/1/1979 Northern Harrier 3/5/1979 Killdeer 3/12/1979 Eastern Meadowlark 3/20/1979 Brown-headed Cowbird 3/20/1979 Northern Flicker 4/1/1979 Green-winged Teal 4/6/1979 Great Blue Heron 4/12/1979 Blue-winged Teal 4/12/1979 Tree Swallow 4/12/1979 Swamp Sparrow 4/13/1979 Barn Swallow 4/18/1979 Red-shouldered Hawk 4/19/1979 White-crowned Sparrow 4/19/1979 Field Sparrow 4/20/1979 Eastern Towhee 4/20/1979 Brown Thrasher 4/25/1979 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4/26/1979 Greater Yellowlegs 4/27/1979 House Wren 4/27/1979 Common Yellowthroat 4/27/1979 Turkey Vulture 5/3/1979 Canada Goose 5/3/1979 Mallard 5/3/1979 Red-tailed Hawk 5/3/1979 Rock Dove 5/3/1979 Eastern Kingbird 5/3/1979 Gray Catbird 5/3/1979 Northern Mockingbird 5/3/1979 Eastern Bluebird 5/3/1979 Veery 5/3/1979 Wood Thrush 5/3/1979 American Robin 5/3/1979 Tufted Titmouse 5/3/1979 White-breasted Nuthatch 5/3/1979 Blue Jay 5/3/1979 European Starling 5/3/1979 Song Sparrow 5/3/1979 White-throated Sparrow 5/3/1979 Savannah Sparrow 5/3/1979 Chipping Sparrow 5/3/1979 Northern Cardinal 5/3/1979 Black-and-white Warbler 5/3/1979 American Yellow Warbler 5/3/1979 American Goldfinch 5/3/1979 Baltimore Oriole 5/3/1979 Common Grackle 5/3/1979 Belted Kingfisher 5/9/1979 Eastern Wood-Pewee 5/22/1979 Northern Parula 5/22/1979 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10/10/1979 Eastern Phoebe 10/11/1979 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10/16/1979 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1/2/1980 American Tree Sparrow 2/1/1980 Carolina Wren 3/5/1980 Wilson's Snipe 3/24/1980 Osprey 4/7/1980 Palm Warbler 4/16/1980 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5/1/1980 Wood Duck 5/6/1980 Northern Bobwhite 5/6/1980 Solitary Sandpiper 5/6/1980 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5/6/1980 Blue-winged Warbler 5/6/1980 Red-eyed Vireo 5/6/1980 House Sparrow 5/6/1980 White-eyed Vireo 5/7/1980 Indigo Bunting 5/9/1980 Blackpoll Warbler 5/9/1980 American Woodcock 5/10/1980 Black-billed Cuckoo 5/10/1980 Great Crested Flycatcher 5/10/1980 Swainson's Thrush 5/10/1980 Ovenbird 5/10/1980 Bobolink 5/10/1980 Fish Crow 5/13/1980 Scarlet Tanager 5/13/1980 Black-throated Blue Warbler 5/13/1980 Bay-breasted Warbler 5/13/1980 American Redstart 5/13/1980 Northern Waterthrush 5/13/1980 Orchard Oriole 5/13/1980 Willow Flycatcher 5/24/1980 Cedar Waxwing 6/5/1980 Bank Swallow 8/7/1980 Spotted Sandpiper 4/27/1981 Cliff Swallow 4/27/1981 Carolina Chickadee 4/27/1981 Downy Woodpecker 5/4/1981 House Finch 5/4/1981 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5/8/1982

Black-throated Green Warbler 5/8/1982 Cape May Warbler 5/8/1982 American Kestrel 5/4/1986 Barn Owl 5/4/1986 Hermit Thrush 5/4/1986 Purple Finch 5/4/1986 Hairy Woodpecker 5/17/1986 Chestnut-sided Warbler 5/17/1986 Magnolia Warbler 5/17/1986 Canada Warbler 5/17/1986 Ring-billed Gull 4/23/1987 Dark-eyed Junco 4/23/1987 Green Heron 5/2/1987 American Coot 5/2/1987 Chimney Swift 5/1/1988 Prairie Warbler 5/8/1988 Northern Wren 4/29/1989 Blackburnian Warbler 5/7/1989 American Bittern 4/28/1990 Nashville Warbler 4/28/1990 Double-crested Cormorant 5/13/1990 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 5/13/1990 Purple Martin 5/13/1990 Yellow-breasted Chat 5/13/1990 Black-capped Chickadee 4/27/1991 Red-breasted Nuthatch 4/27/1991 Cooper's Hawk 5/4/1991 Blue-headed Vireo 5/2/1992 Tennessee Warbler 5/17/1992 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2/21/1993 American Black Duck 3/21/1993 Common Goldeneye 3/21/1993 Fox Sparrow 4/4/1993 Brant 5/9/1993 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5/9/1993 Wild Turkey 7/5/1993 Great Egret 7/17/1993 Great Horned Owl 7/17/1993 Lesser Yellowlegs 8/21/1993 Least Sandpiper 8/29/1993 Pied-billed Grebe 9/12/1993 Broad-winged Hawk 9/12/1993 Brown Creeper 10/10/1993 American Wigeon 10/30/1993 Harris's Sparrow 11/14/1993 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 11/26/1993 Herring Gull 2/6/1994 Black Vulture 2/12/1994 Ring-necked Duck 3/26/1994 Hooded Merganser 4/2/1994 Northern Goshawk 4/30/1994 Louisiana Waterthrush 5/8/1994 Warbling Vireo 8/13/1994 Northern Pintail 10/2/1994 Grasshopper Sparrow 10/9/1994 Ruddy Duck 11/13/1994 Long-eared Owl 11/20/1994 Red-breasted Merganser 3/12/1995 Gray-cheeked Thrush 5/21/1995 Kentucky Warbler 8/19/1995 Worm-eating Warbler 8/27/1995 Philadelphia Vireo 8/27/1995 Common Raven 9/24/1995 Greater White-fronted Goose 11/5/1995 Northern Saw-whet Owl 12/10/1995 Rough-legged Hawk 3/10/1996 Common Merganser 3/16/1996 Great Black-backed Gull 3/16/1996 Black-crowned Night-Heron 4/13/1996 Alder Flycatcher 5/25/1996 Little Blue Heron 6/29/1996 Lincoln's Sparrow 9/29/1996 Bufflehead 11/10/1996 Rusty Blackbird 3/22/1997 Least Flycatcher 5/17/1997 Pileated Woodpecker 9/7/1997 Semipalmated Sandpiper 8/22/1998 Hooded Warbler 9/7/1998 Glossy Ibis 9/12/1998 American Pipit 9/12/1998 Pectoral Sandpiper 11/7/1998 Northern Shrike 12/20/1998 Snow Goose 3/20/1999 Semipalmated Plover 7/24/1999 Lesser Scaup 3/5/2000 Mute Swan 3/19/2000 Pine Warbler 8/25/2001 Bicknell's Thrush 10/13/2001 Red-headed Woodpecker 11/18/2001 Wilson's Warbler 10/20/2002 Olive-sided Flycatcher 9/7/2003 Peregrine Falcon 11/15/2004 Yellow-throated Vireo 5/10/2006 Common Nighthawk 9/5/2006