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. American Crow

2.      American Goldfinch

3.      American Kestrel

4.      American Redstart

5.      American Robin

6.      Ash-throated Flycatcher

7.      Bald Eagle

8.      Barn Swallow

9.      Barred Owl 

10.   Bay-breasted Warbler*

11.   Belted Kingfisher

12.   Black-and-white Warbler*

13.   Black-crowned Night Heron*

14.   Black Poll Warbler*

15.   Black Vulture

16.   Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher*

17.   Blue Jay

18.   Blue-headed Vireo*

19.   Brown Creeper

20.   Brown Thrasher

21.   Brown-headed Cowbird

22.   Canada Geese

23.   Cape May Warbler*

24.   Carolina Chickadee

25.   Carolina Wren

26.   Cedar Waxwing

27.   Chestnut Sided Warbler

28.   Chimney Swift

29.   Chipping Sparrow

30.   Cliff Swallow

31.   Common Grackle

32.   Common Yellowthroat

33.   Cooper’s Hawk

34.   Dark-eyed Junco

35.   Downy Woodpecker

36.   Eastern Bluebird

37.   Eastern Kingbird

38.   Eastern Phoebe

39.   Eastern Screech-owl

40.   Eastern Wood-Pewee

41.   European Starling

42.   Eastern Towhee

43.   Gray Catbird 

44.   Great Blue Heron

45.   Great Crested Flycatcher

46.   Great Egret

47.   Great Horned Owl

48.   Green Heron

49.   Hairy Woodpecker

50.   House Finch

51.   House Sparrow

52.   House Wren

53.   Indigo Bunting

54.   Killdeer

55.   Louisiana Waterthrush

56.   Magnolia Warbler

57.   Mallard

58.   Mourning Dove

59.   Northern Cardinal

60.   Northern Flicker

61.   Northern Mockingbird

62.   Northern “Baltimore” Oriole

63.   Northern Parula

64.   Northern Waterthrush

65.   Orchard Oriole* 

66.   Osprey

67.   Palm Warbler*

68.   Philadelphia Vireo*   

69.   Pileated Woodpecker

70.   Prairie Warbler*

71.   Purple Martin

72.   Red-bellied Woodpecker

73.   Red-eyed Vireo*

74.   Red-headed Woodpecker

75.   Red-shouldered Hawk

76.   Red-tailed Hawk

77.   Red-winged Blackbird 

78.   Red-winged Hawk

79.   Ring-billed Gull

80.   Rose-breasted Grosbeak

81.   Ruby-throated Hummingbird

82.   Sandhill Crane

83.   Scarlet Tanager

84.   Song Sparrow

85.   Summer Tananger

86.   Tennessee Warbler

87.   Tree Swallow

88.   Tufted Titmouse

89.   Turkey Vulture

90.   Veery

91.   White-breasted Nuthatch

92.   White-crowned Sparrow

93.   White-eyed Vireo*

94.   White-throated Sparrow 

95.   Wild Turkey

96.   Wood Duck

97.   Wood Thrush

98.   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

99.  Yellow-billed Cuckoo

100.  Yellow-breasted Chat*

101.  Yellow-rumped Warbler

102. Yellow-throated Warbler

The young life in a robin's nest.