East: The Path of Air

Some useful birding sites

• iBird app for Android and iPhone
• eBird run by Audubon and Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• The facebook application Birds & Birdwatching
• Sibley Online Guide to Birds hosted at eNature

Blossom's Life List, started September 2007

• Accipitridae - Kites, Hawks, Eagles
  • Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  • Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
  • Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
• Alcedinidae - Kingfishers
  • Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
• Anatidae - Swans, Geese, Ducks
  • Canada Goose Branta canadensis
  • Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
  • Greater Scaup Aythya marila
  • Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • Mute Swan Cygnus olor
  • Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
• Apodidae - Swifts
  • Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
• Ardeidae - Bitterns, Herons
  • Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
• Bombycillidae - Waxwings
  • Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
• Cardinalidae - Saltators, Cardinals, Grosbeaks
  • Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
• Cathartidae - New World Vultures
  • Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
• Charadriidae - Plovers
  • Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
• Columbidae - Pigeons, Doves
  • Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
  • Rock Pigeon Columba livia
• Corvidae - Jays, Crows
  • American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
  • Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
• Emberizidae - Buntings
  • Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
  • Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
  • Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
  • Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
  • White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
• Fringillidae - Finches
  • American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
  • Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
  • Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
• Hirundinidae - Swallows, Martins
  • Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
  • Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
  • Purple Martin Progne subis
  • Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
• Icteridae - New World Blackbirds
  • Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
  • Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
  • Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
  • Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
• Laridae - Gulls
  • Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
  • Herring Gull Larus argentatus
  • Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
• Meleagrididae - Turkeys
  • Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
• Mimidae - Mockingbirds, Thrashers
  • Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
• Paridae - Tits
  • Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
  • Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
• Parulidae - New World Warblers
  • Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
  • Myrtle Warbler Dendroica coronata
    • aka Yellow-Rumped Warbler
• Passeridae - Snowfinches, Sparrows
  • House Sparrow Passer domesticus
• Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants
  • Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
• Phasianidae - Partridges, Pheasants
  • Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    • aka Ring-necked Pheasant
• Picidae - Woodpeckers
  • Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
  • Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
  • Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
  • Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
• Podicipedidae - Grebes
  • Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
• Rallidae - Rails, Waterhens, Coots
  • American Coot Fulica americana
• Scolopacidae - Sandpipers, Snipes
  • Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
• Sittidae - Nuthatches
  • White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
• Strigidae - Owls
  • Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
  • Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
• Sturnidae - Starlings
  • Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
• Sylviidae - Gnatcatchers, Goldcrests, Warblers
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
• Trochilidae - Hummingbirds
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
• Troglodytidae - Wrens
  • Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
• Turdidae - Chats, Thrushes
  • American Robin Turdus migratorius
  • Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
  • Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
• Tyrannidae - Tyrant Flycatchers
  • Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
  • Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
  • Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens