Birding at the FallsBird Checklist for the Falls of the Ohio (PDF) Birds of the Falls of the Ohio Seasons: W = winter (Dec. -Feb.); s = spring (Mar. - May);S = summer (June - July); F = fall (Aug. -Nov.) Abundance: - = not recorded; o = occasional; r = rare, or not to be expected, but sometimes observed; u = uncommon, or often present, but can be hard to find; f = fairly common, or usually present, and observed most of the time; c = common, or usually numerous and should be observed. An asterisk (*) after the species names indicates breeding has been confirmed within the Falls of the Ohio area. The area covered by this checklist includes the Falls of the Ohio, waters and shorelines of the Ohio River above and below McAlpine Dam, as well as islands in the immediate vicinity including Goose, Sand and Shippingport Islands. This follows the arrangement and Nomenclature of the American Ornithologists' Union Checklist, 7th ed. (1998) and subsequent supplements. Thanks are extended to members of the Beckham Bird Club for assisting in compilation. Last updated September 2007 (with the addition of accidental species as recently as July 2010). Should you observe a species not noted on the checklist, please notify the staff at the Falls of the Ohio State Park via e-mail address below or call 812-280-9970. Photos of bird species will be posted as we get them. Look for them in blue. Most (but not all) were taken at the Falls of the Ohio. Any sharp photos of birds on the list that we do not already have are welcome for consideration. Photographs should be from Indiana or Kentucky. Credit will be given, but the copyright for any images must be yours. Contact us at park@fallsoftheohio.org.
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____ Snow Goose r r - r ____ Canada Goose f f f f ____ Wood Duck* - u u u ____ Gadwall u u - f ____ American Wigeon u u - u ____ American Black Duck f f o f ____ Mallard* c c f c ____ Blue-winged Teal* - f o f ____ Northern Shoveler o u - u ____ Northern Pintail o r - r ____ Green-winged Teal r r - u ____ Canvasback f u - u ____ Redhead r u - u ____ Ring-necked Duck f f o f ____ Greater Scaup r r - r ____ Lesser Scaup f f - f ____ Surf Scoter o - - r ____ White-winged Scoter o - - o ____ Black Scoter o - - o ____ Long-tailed Duck o o - o ____ Bufflehead u f - f ____ Common Goldeneye u u - u ____ Hooded Merganser u u - u ____ Common Merganser u r - r ____ Red-breasted Merganser u f o f ____ Ruddy Duck r u - u
____ Northern Bobwhite* r r r r ____ Common Loon r u - f ____ Pied-billed Grebe u f o f ____ Horned Grebe r u - u CORMORANTS ____ Double-crested Cormorant u c r c HERONS & EGRETS ____ Great Blue Heron f c c c ____ Great Egret - u f f ____ Snowy Egret - o r r ____ Little Blue Heron* - r r r ____ Cattle Egret* - r r r ____ Green Heron* ‑ f f f ____ Black‑crowned Night‑Heron* ‑ c c f ____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron* - r r r VULTURES ____ Black Vulture o f c f ____ Turkey Vulture r f c f RAPTORS ____ Osprey - u u f ____ Bald Eagle r - - r ____ Northern Harrier o - - o ____ Sharp‑shinned Hawk u u ‑ u ____ Cooper's Hawk u u r f ____ Red‑shouldered Hawk u u u u ____ Broad‑winged Hawk ‑ r - u ____ Red‑tailed Hawk f f f f ____ Rough-legged Hawk o - - - ____ American Kestrel* f f f f ____ Merlin - - - r ____ Peregrine Falcon* u u u u
____ Sora ‑ - ‑ r ____ American Coot u f o f ____ Sandhill Crane r r - u SHOREBIRDS ____ Black-bellied Plover - r - u ____ American Golden-Plover - - - u ____ Semipalmated Plover - r o u ____ Piping Plover - o - r ____ Killdeer* u f c c ____ American Avocet - o - r ____ Spotted Sandpiper* ‑ u u f ____ Solitary Sandpiper ‑ u r u ____ Greater Yellowlegs - r r u ____ Willet - r o r ____ Lesser Yellowlegs - u r f ____ Upland Sandpiper - - - o ____ Marbled Godwit - o - o ____ Ruddy Turnstone - r o u ____ Red Knot - - - o ____ Sanderling - o o u ____ Semipalmated Sandpiper - u r f ____ Western Sandpiper - - o u ____ Least Sandpiper r u u f ____ White-rumped Sandpiper - r o o ____ Baird's Sandpiper - - - u ____ Pectoral Sandpiper o u u f ____ Dunlin o r - u ____ Stilt Sandpiper - - - u ____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper - - - u ____ Short-billed Dowitcher - r r u ____ Long-billed Dowitcher - - - o ____ Wilson’s Snipe - - - r ____ American Woodcock* ‑ u r - ____ Wilson's Phalarope - - - r ____ Red-necked Phalarope - - - o GULLS & TERNS ____ Laughing Gull - r o o ____ Franklin's Gull o o ‑ r ____ Bonaparte's Gull r f o f ____ Ring-billed Gull c f r f ____ Herring Gull f u o u ____ Glaucous Gull o - - - ____ Least Tern - o o o ____ Caspian Tern - u r f ____ Black Tern - r o u ____ Common Tern - r o r ____ Forster's Tern o u o u
Birding At the Falls Home Page Created February 2, 2010, Updated February 7, 2011
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