This checklist, produced in 1995, lists wild bird species that have been encountered in the park over the previous twenty years. Please use the occurrence designation to determine the likelihood of seeing a particular species here during your visit.
OCCURRENCE:
Common
Uncommon
Rare
(C)
(U)
(X)
likely to be found daily in appropriate season and habitat.
likely seen monthly in appropriate season and habitat.
not likely to be found annually; though apparently occurs regularly in very small numbers.
STATUS:
Breeder
(B)
(b)
nests, or adults with fledglings have been recorded.
denotes suspected, but not confirmed breeding.
SEASONS:
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
(Sp)
(S)
(F)
(W)
April 1 to May 31
June 1 to September 15
September 16 to November 30
December 1 to March 31
| Common Loon | -bUSpS | Belted Kingfisher | -bUR | Ovenbird | -V |
| American Bittern | -bXSpS | Downy Woodpecker | -BUR | Northern Waterthrush | -BCSpS |
| Canada Goose | -bUSpSF | Hairy Woodpecker | -BUR | Mourning Warbler | -XS |
| Wood Duck | -V | Three-toed Woodpecker | -XR | Common Yellowthroat | -V |
| Green-winged Teal | -BUSPS | Black-backed Woodpecker | -XR | Wilson’s Warbler | XS |
| American Blackduck | -BUR | Northern Flicker | -BCR | Savannah Sparrow | -USpS |
| Ring-necked Duck | -bUSpSF | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | -bUS | Fox Sparrow | BCSpSF |
| Common Elder | -V | Alder Flycatcher | -BXS | Lincoln’s Sparrow | -X |
| Red-breasted Merganser | -XR | Eastern Kingbird | -V | Swamp Sparrow | -bCSpS |
| Osprey | -bXSpS | Tree Swallow | -BCS | White Throat Sparrow | -bUSpSF |
| Bald Eagle | -XSpSF | Gray Jay | -BCR | Dark-eyed Junco | -BCR |
| Northern Harrier | -X | Blue Jay | -bUR | Snow Bunting | -XW |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | -X | American Crow | -bCR | Rusty Blackbird | -BCSpS |
| Northern Goshawk | -XF | Common Raven | -BCR | Pine Grosbeak | -BCR |
| American Kestrel | -bXS | Black-capped Chickadee | -BCR | Purple Finch | -bUR |
| Merlin | -bUSpSF | Boreal Chickadee | -BCR | Red Crossbill | -XR |
| Peregrine Falcon | -V | Red-breasted Nuthatch | -XFW | White-wing Crossbill | -XR |
| Willow Ptarmigan | -bUR | Brown Creeper | -XFW | Common Redpoll | -X |
| Ruffed Grouse | -BUR | Golden-crowned Kinglet | -bCR | Pine Sisken | -UR |
| Greater Yellowlegs | -bUSpS | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | -BCSpS | Evening Grosbeak | -XW |
| Spotted Sandpiper | -BUSpS | Graycheeked Thrush | -bUSpSF | Ringed-billed Gull | -US |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | -XSp | Swainson’s thrush | -bXSpSF | American Robin | -BCSpSF |
| Common Snipe | -BUSpSF | Hermit Thrush | -BCSpSF | Herring Gull | -US |
| Northern Shrike | -XF | Great Black-backed Gull | -US | European Starling | -X |
| Common Tern | -US | Yellow Warbler | -XS | Arctic Tern | -XbS |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | -BCSpSF | Black-throat Green Warbler | -bUS | Rock Dove | -I |
| Mourning Dove | -V | Palm Warbler | -XF | Great Horned Owl | -bUR |
| Blackpoll Warbler | -BCSpS | Black and White Warbler | -bUS | Boreal Owl | -X |