Birding at the Falls

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.

                                                                     W       s        S        F

WOOD WARBLERS

____     Blue‑winged Warbler                    ‑         u        o        u

____     Golden‑winged Warbler               ‑         r         ‑         u

____     Tennessee Warbler                       ‑         c        ‑         c

____     Orange‑crowned Warbler            ‑         r         ‑         u

____     Nashville Warbler                          ‑         f         ‑         f

____     Northern Parula                             ‑         r         o        u

____     Yellow Warbler*                            ‑          f         f         u

____     Chestnut‑sided Warbler              ‑          f         ‑         f

____     Magnolia Warbler                        ‑          f         ‑         c

____     Cape May Warbler                      ‑          u        ‑         r

____     Black‑throated Blue Warbler      ‑          o        ‑         o

____     Yellow‑rumped Warbler               u         c        ‑         c

____     Black‑throated Green Warbler    ‑         f         ‑         f

____     Blackburnian Warbler                  ‑         u        ‑         u

____     Yellow‑throated Warbler              ‑         o        o        r

____     Prairie Warbler                             ‑         o        o        r

____     Palm Warbler                                ‑         f         ‑         f

____     Bay‑breasted Warbler                  ‑        f         ‑         c

____     Blackpoll Warbler                         ‑         f         ‑         o

____     Cerulean Warbler                         ‑         r         -         o

____     Black‑and‑white Warbler             ‑         f         o        f

____     American Redstart                       ‑         f         -         c

____     Prothonotary Warbler                   ‑         o        -         -

____     Worm‑eating Warbler                  ‑         r         r         r

____     Ovenbird                                        ‑         f         -         f

____     Northern Waterthrush                   ‑         u        -         u

____     Louisiana Waterthrush                 ‑         -         -         o

____     Kentucky Warbler                         ‑         u        -         r

____     Connecticut Warbler                    ‑         o        ‑         o

____     Mourning Warbler                         ‑         r         ‑         r

____     Common Yellowthroat*                ‑         f         u        f

____     Hooded Warbler                          ‑         r         -         -

____     Wilson's Warbler                          ‑         u        ‑         u

____     Canada Warbler                           ‑         u        ‑         u

____     Yellow‑breasted Chat                  ‑         u        r         r

TANAGERS

____     Summer Tanager                         ‑         u        -         u

____     Scarlet Tanager                            ‑         f         -         u

SPARROWS & ALLIES

____     Eastern Towhee*                         u        f         u        f

____     American Tree Sparrow              r         r         -         r

____     Chipping Sparrow                        ‑         u        -         u

____     Field Sparrow                              u        u        r         u

____     Vesper Sparrow                          -         o        -         o

____     Savannah Sparrow                      -         o        -         r

____     Fox Sparrow                                r         u        ‑         u

____     Song Sparrow*                            c        c        c        c

____     Lincoln's Sparrow                        ‑         u        ‑         u

____     Swamp Sparrow                          u        u        ‑         u

____     White‑throated Sparrow              f         c        ‑         c

____     White‑crowned Sparrow             o        r         ‑         r

____     Dark‑eyed Junco                          f         f         ‑         f

____     Lapland Longspur                        r         -         -         r

____     Snow Bunting                               o        -         -         o

CARDINALS & GROSBEAKS

____     Northern Cardinal*                       c        c        c        c

____     Rose‑breasted Grosbeak           ‑         f         ‑         f

____     Blue Grosbeak                             -         o        -         -

____     Indigo Bunting*                             ‑         c        f         u

____     Dickcissel                                     -         o        -         o

BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES

____     Bobolink                                         -         -         -         o

____     Red‑winged Blackbird*                 r         u        u        u

____     Eastern Meadowlark*                    r         r         r         r

____     Rusty Blackbird                              -         r         ‑         r

____     Common Grackle*                         r         c        f         c

____     Brown‑headed Cowbird*              r         f         f         u

____     Orchard Oriole                               ‑         u        r         ‑

____     Northern (Baltimore) Oriole*         ‑         f         u        u

FINCHES

____     Purple Finch                                  r         r         ‑         r

____     House Finch*                                 c        c        c        c

____     Pine Siskin                                    -         -         ‑         r

____     American Goldfinch*                     f         c        c        c

____     House Sparrow                             c        c        c        c

EXTREMELY RARE AND ACCIDENTAL SPECIES

Brant                                                        Common Moorhen

Mute Swan                                              Hudsonian Godwit

Tundra Swan                                          Curlew Sandpiper

Red-throated Loon                                 Red Phalarope

Red-necked Grebe                                Black-headed Gull

Eared Grebe                                          California Gull

Western Grebe                                      Thayer’s Gull

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel                   Iceland Gull

American White Pelican                       Great Black-backed Gull

Brown Pelican                                        Sabine’s Gull

American Bittern                                    Black-legged Kittiwake

Least Bittern                                           Gull-billed Tern

Tricolored Heron                                    Long-billed Murrelet

Reddish Egret                                        Barn Owl

White-faced/Glossy Ibis sp.                  Snowy Owl

White Ibis                                                Short-eared Owl

Wood Stork                                            Bewick’s Wren

King Rail                                                 Ross' Goose

EXTINCT AND EXTIRPATED SPECIES

Swallow-tailed Kite*                               Passenger Pigeon

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Created February 2, 2010, Updated February 7, 2011