Birds Sighted in Boyce-Mayview Park
Latest Additions: May 14, 2005
Bill and Vicky Judd's “wetland
list” provided the basis for this compilation of birds that
have been sighted in Boyce-Mayview Park. To date, there are 167 birds
officially identified. This bird list is just one example of the
diversity of wildlife to be found in Boyce-Mayview Park and it
demonstrates the park's great importance as a natural area.
In general, birds are listed down each column by
order, family, subfamily and then species. (This will be changed soon
to correspond to a current taxonomic listing.)
For those unfamiliar with Boyce-Mayview Park in
Upper St. Clair, see these local
directions and maps to help you get there.
Recent additions to this list are shown in red.
Species |
Common Loon |
Pied-billed Grebe |
Great Blue Heron |
Green Heron |
Black-crowned Night Heron |
Great Egret |
Turkey Vulture |
Canada Goose |
Wood Duck |
Mallard |
American Black Duck |
Gadwall |
Eurasian Wigeon |
American Wigeon |
Blue-winged Teal |
Green-winged Teal |
Redhead |
Canvasback |
Northern Pintail |
Hooded Merganser |
Common Merganser |
Ruddy Duck |
Northern Harrier |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Cooper's Hawk |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Broad-winged Hawk |
Red-tailed Hawk |
Bald Eagle |
Osprey |
American Kestrel |
Wild Turkey |
Ring-necked Pheasant |
Ruffed Grouse |
Virginia Rail |
Sora |
American Coot |
Killdeer |
Greater Yellowlegs |
Lesser Yellowlegs |
Solitary Sandpiper |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Semipalmated Sandpiper |
White-rumped Sandpiper |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
Least Sandpiper |
American
Woodcock
ADDED - 6/23/2004 |
Common Snipe |
Rock Dove |
Mourning Dove |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Black-billed Cuckoo |
Great Horned Owl |
Eastern Screech Owl |
Barred
Owl
ADDED - 12/19/2004 |
Common Nighthawk |
Chimney Swift |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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Species |
Belted Kingfisher |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Downy Woodpecker |
Hairy Woodpecker |
Northern Flicker |
Pileated Woodpecker |
Olive-sided
Flycatcher
ADDED - 5/14/2005 |
Eastern Wood Pewee |
Acadian Flycatcher |
Willow Flycatcher |
Least Flycatcher |
Eastern Phoebe |
Great Crested Flycatcher |
Eastern Kingbird |
Red-eyed Vireo |
Warbling Vireo |
White-eyed Vireo |
Yellow-throated Vireo |
Blue-headed Vireo |
Blue Jay |
American Crow |
Common Raven |
Purple Martin |
Tree Swallow |
Barn Swallow |
Cliff Swallow |
Bank Swallow |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
Carolina Chickadee |
Black-capped Chickadee |
Tufted Titmouse |
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
Brown Creeper |
Carolina Wren |
House Wren |
Winter Wren |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Eastern Bluebird |
Veery |
Gray-cheeked Thrush |
Swainson's Thrush |
Wood Thrush |
Hermit Thrush |
American Robin |
Gray Catbird |
Northern Mockingbird |
Brown Thrasher |
European Starling |
Cedar Waxwing |
Blue-winged Warbler |
Tennessee Warbler |
Golden-winged Warbler |
Nashville Warbler |
Northern Parula |
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|
Species |
Yellow Warbler |
Canada Warbler |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Magnolia Warbler |
Cape May Warbler |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Black-throated Green Warbler |
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Pine Warbler |
Yellow-throated Warbler |
Blackburnian Warbler |
Palm Warbler |
Bay-breasted Warbler |
Black-and-white Warbler |
American Redstart |
Worm-eating
Warbler
ADDED - 6/23/2004 |
Cerulean Warbler |
Louisiana
Waterthrush
ADDED - 12/19/2004 |
Ovenbird |
Common Yellowthroat |
Wilson's Warbler |
Hooded Warbler |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
Scarlet Tanager |
Northern Cardinal |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Indigo Bunting |
Eastern Towhee |
American Tree Sparrow |
Field Sparrow |
Chipping Sparrow |
Vesper Sparrow |
White-throated Sparrow |
White-crowned Sparrow |
Fox Sparrow |
Song Sparrow |
Lincoln's Sparrow |
Swamp Sparrow |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Eastern Meadowlark |
Red-winged Blackbird |
Rusty Blackbird |
Brewer's Blackbird |
Common Grackle |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
Baltimore Oriole |
Orchard Oriole |
Purple Finch |
House Finch |
Common Redpoll |
House Sparrow |
American Goldfinch |
Peregrine Falcon |
Muscovy Duck |
Bobolink
ADDED - 6/23/2004 |
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171
birds identified as of May 14, 2005.
More will be added as they are identified.
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