Birding

Within Jefferson County, Floyds Fork is arguably the best location for birding. Here is a list of the birds witnessed by my family while visiting Floyds Fork with the highlights being the Bald Eagle, the Osprey, the Sandhill Cranes and Northern Orioles. One time we enjoyed watching two adult Bald Eagles and a juvenile flying overhead for over 10 minutes.  

Our Current Birding List: 102 unique birds

Most recent addition: Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Ring-billed Gull

1. Acadian Flycatcher

2.      American Crow

3.      American Goldfinch

4.      American Kestrel

5.      American Redstart

6.      American Robin

7.      Ash-throated Flycatcher

8.      Bald Eagle

9.      Barn Swallow

10.    Barred Owl 

11.    Bay-breasted Warbler*

12.    Belted Kingfisher

13.    Black-and-white Warbler*

14.    Black-crowned Night Heron*

15.    Black Poll Warbler*

16.    Black Vulture

17.    Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher*

18.    Blue Jay

19.    Blue-headed Vireo*

20.    Brown Creeper

21.    Brown Thrasher

22.    Brown-headed Cowbird

23.    Canada Geese

24.    Cape May Warbler*

25.    Carolina Chickadee

26.    Carolina Wren

27.    Cedar Waxwing

28.    Chestnut Sided Warbler

29.    Chimney Swift

30.    Chipping Sparrow

31.    Cliff Swallow

32.    Common Grackle

33.    Common Yellowthroat

34.    Cooper’s Hawk

35.    Dark-eyed Junco

36.    Downy Woodpecker

37.    Eastern Bluebird

38.    Eastern Kingbird

39.    Eastern Phoebe

40.    Eastern Screech-owl

41.    Eastern Wood-Pewee

42.    European Starling

43.    Eastern Towhee

44.    Gray Catbird 

45.    Great Blue Heron

46.    Great Crested Flycatcher

47.    Great Egret

48.    Great Horned Owl

49.    Green Heron

50.    Hairy Woodpecker

51.    House Finch

52.    House Sparrow

53.    House Wren

54.    Indigo Bunting

55.    Killdeer

56.    Louisiana Waterthrush

57.    Magnolia Warbler

58.    Mallard

59.    Mourning Dove

60.    Northern Cardinal

61.    Northern Flicker

62.    Northern Mockingbird

63.    Northern “Baltimore” Oriole

64.    Northern Parula

65.    Northern Waterthrush

66.    Orchard Oriole* 

67.    Osprey

68.    Palm Warbler*

69.    Philadelphia Vireo*

70.    Pileated Woodpecker

71.    Prairie Warbler*

72.    Purple Martin

73.    Red-bellied Woodpecker

74.    Red-eyed Vireo*

75.    Red-headed Woodpecker

76.    Red-shouldered Hawk

77.    Red-tailed Hawk

78.    Red-winged Blackbird 

79.    Red-winged Hawk

80.    Ring-billed Gull

81.    Rose-breasted Grosbeak

82.    Ruby-throated Hummingbird

83.    Sandhill Crane

84.    Scarlet Tanager

85.    Song Sparrow

86.    Summer Tananger

87.    Tennessee Warbler

88.    Tree Swallow

89.    Tufted Titmouse

90.    Turkey Vulture

91.    Veery (?)

92.    White-breasted Nuthatch

93.    White-crowned Sparrow

94.    White-eyed Vireo*

95.    White-throated Sparrow 

96.    Wild Turkey

97.    Wood Duck

98.    Wood Thrush

99.    Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

100. Yellow-billed Cuckoo

101. Yellow-breasted Chat*

102. Yellow-rumped Warbler

103. Yellow-throated Warbler

The young life in a robin's nest.