A list of
species seen at Hornsby Bend this year and when they were first counted:
| Species |
First Seen |
Who |
Comments |
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck |
12-Apr |
HBMS |
|
| Greater White-fronted Goose |
27-Dec |
Eric Isley |
|
| Wood Duck |
20-Jan |
Chris Layden |
|
| Gadwall |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| American Wigeon |
27-Feb |
Laurie Foss |
|
| Mallard |
15-Nov |
Eric Carpenter, Maggie Burnett |
a wild group of four, not the domestic individual |
| Blue-winged Teal |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Cinnamon Teal |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Northern Shoveler |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Northern Pintail |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Green-winged Teal |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Canvasback |
8-Nov |
Jean Martin |
|
| Redhead |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Ring-necked Duck |
8-Feb |
Eric Isley |
|
| Greater Scaup |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Lesser Scaup |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Bufflehead |
22-Jan |
Kenny Anderson |
|
| Common Goldeneye |
24-Nov |
Kenny Anderson |
|
| Hooded Merganser |
10-Nov |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Ruddy Duck |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Wild Turkey |
31-Mar |
Andy Balinsky |
only third HB record in recent years |
| Least Grebe |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Pied-billed Grebe |
9-Feb |
HBMS |
|
| Eared Grebe |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| American White Pelican |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Double-crested Cormorant |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Neotropic Cormorant |
21-Mar |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Anhinga |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| American Bittern |
19-Apr |
Tim Fennell |
|
| Great Blue Heron |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Great Egret |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Snowy Egret |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Little Blue Heron |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Tricolored Heron |
18-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Cattle Egret |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Green Heron |
11-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
12-Jul |
HBMS |
|
| White Ibis |
12-Jul |
HBMS |
|
| White-faced Ibis |
10-Apr |
Barry Lyon |
|
| Roseate Spoonbill |
28-Aug |
Peg Wallace |
|
| Black Vulture |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Turkey Vulture |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Osprey |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Mississippi Kite |
26-Apr |
Eric Carpenter, Kirsti Harms, Julia Heskett |
|
| Bald Eagle |
19-Jan |
Kirsti Harms et al |
Monthly Bird Walk |
| Northern Harrier |
13-Mar |
Kevin Anderson |
|
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Red-shouldered Hawk |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Broad-winged Hawk |
26-Aug |
Peg Wallace |
|
| Swainson's Hawk |
2-Apr |
Peter English, UT biology class |
|
| Cooper's Hawk |
8-Mar |
HBMS |
|
| Red-tailed Hawk |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Ferruginous Hawk |
17-Oct |
Peg Wallace |
|
| Crested Caracara |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| American Kestrel |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Merlin |
19-Jan |
Kirsti Harms et al |
Monthly Bird Walk |
| Peregrine Falcon |
2-Apr |
Peter English, UT biology class |
|
| Virginia Rail |
19-Apr |
Tim Fennell |
|
| Sora |
13-Jan |
Eric Isley |
|
| American Coot |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Sandhill Crane |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Black-bellied Plover |
15-May |
Bret Whitney |
|
| American Golden-Plover |
15-Mar |
Victor Emanuel, Barry Lyon, Eric Carpenter |
|
| Semipalmated Plover |
11-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Killdeer |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Black-necked Stilt |
16-Mar |
Paul Sunby |
|
|
| American Avocet |
4-Apr |
Stan VanSandt |
|
| Spotted Sandpiper |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Solitary Sandpiper |
9-Feb |
HBMS |
|
| Greater Yellowlegs |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Willet |
18-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
8-Mar |
HBMS |
|
| Upland Sandpiper |
15-Mar |
Victor Emanuel, Barry Lyon |
|
| Whimbrel |
26-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
seen later by the Balinskys |
| Long-billed Curlew |
28-Jun |
Julia Heskett |
|
| Hudsonian Godwit |
18-Apr |
D.D. Currie, Dell Little |
|
| Ruddy Turnstone |
13-Sep |
HBMS |
|
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
1-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Western Sandpiper |
8-Mar |
HBMS |
|
| Least Sandpiper |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| White-rumped Sandpiper |
20-Apr |
Eric Stager |
|
| Baird's Sandpiper |
28-Mar |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Pectoral Sandpiper |
15-Mar |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Dunlin |
15-May |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Stilt Sandpiper |
1-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Ruff |
12-Apr |
Michael O'Brien, David Wolf |
|
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
8-Mar |
HBMS |
|
| Wilson's Snipe |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Wilson's Phalarope |
1-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Laughing Gull |
26-Apr |
Eric Carpenter, Robin Doughty |
|
| Franklin's Gull |
9-Feb |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Ring-billed Gull |
9-Feb |
HBMS |
|
| Bonaparte's Gull |
26-Jan |
Mike Rogan |
|
| Black Tern |
11-May |
Jeff McIntyre |
|
| Forster's Tern |
3-May |
Maggie Burnett, Eric Carpenter |
|
| Rock Pigeon |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| White-winged Dove |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Mourning Dove |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Inca Dove |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Common Ground-Dove |
13-Mar |
Chuck Smith |
|
| Monk Parakeet |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
26-Apr |
Eric Carpenter, Kirsti Harms, Julia Heskett |
|
| Greater Roadrunner |
13-Sep |
HBMS |
|
| Eastern Screech-Owl |
5-May |
Chris Layden |
|
| Great Horned Owl |
9-Feb |
HBMS |
|
| Barred Owl |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Common Nighthawk |
2-May |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Chimney Swift |
6-Apr |
Maggie Burnett, Eric Carpenter |
|
| Ruby-throated Humminbird |
31-May |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Ringed Kingfisher |
9-Feb |
HBMS |
|
| Belted Kingfisher |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Green Kingfisher |
11-Jul |
Kevin Anderson |
|
| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
19-Jan |
Kirsti Harms et al |
Monthly Bird Walk |
| Downy Woodpecker |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Northern Flicker |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
3-May |
Maggie Burnett, Eric Carpenter |
|
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
10-May |
HBMS |
|
| Alder Flycatcher |
10-May |
HBMS |
|
| Willow Flycatcher |
10-May |
HBMS |
|
| Least Flycatcher |
2-May |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Eastern Phoebe |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Ash-throated Flycatcher |
11-May |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Great Crested Flycatcher |
26-Apr |
Eric Carpenter, Kirsti Harms, Julia Heskett |
|
| Western Kingbird |
7-Apr |
Chris Layden |
|
| Eastern Kingbird |
11-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
23-Feb |
Tim Fennell |
|
| Loggerhead Shrike |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| White-eyed Vireo |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Blue-headed Vireo |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Red-eyed Vireo |
7-Apr |
Chris Layden |
|
| Blue Jay |
6-Apr |
Maggie Burnett, Eric Carpenter |
|
| American Crow |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Purple Martin |
13-Feb |
Rob Fergus |
|
| Tree Swallow |
9-Mar |
Barry Lyon |
|
| N. Rough-winged Swallow |
8-Mar |
HBMS |
|
| Bank Swallow |
28-Mar |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Cliff Swallow |
9-Mar |
Barry Lyon |
|
| Cave Swallow |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Barn Swallow |
8-Mar |
HBMS |
|
| Carolina Chickadee |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| HYBRID Titmouse |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Brown Creeper |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Carolina Wren |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Bewick's Wren |
12-Apr |
HBMS |
|
| House Wren |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Winter Wren |
19-Jan |
Kirsti Harms et al |
Monthly Bird Walk |
| Sedge Wren |
11-Oct |
Peg Wallace |
|
| Marsh Wren |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
8-Nov |
HBMS |
|
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Eastern Bluebird |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Swainson's Thrush |
27-Apr |
Maggie Burnett & Eric Carpenter |
|
| Hermit Thrush |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| American Robin |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Gray Catbird |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Northern Mockingbird |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| European Starling |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| American Pipit |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Cedar Waxwing |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Tennessee Warbler |
2-May |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Orange-crowned Warbler |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Nashville Warbler |
23-Mar |
Eric Carpenter & Maggie Burnett |
|
| Northern Parula |
3-May |
Maggie Burnett, Eric Carpenter |
|
| Yellow Warbler |
26-Apr |
Kirsti Harms |
|
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
2-May |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Magnolia Warbler |
3-May |
Maggie Burnett, Eric Carpenter |
|
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
5-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Blackburnian Warbler |
10-May |
HBMS |
|
| Pine Warbler |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Palm Warbler |
13-Dec |
Bob Barth |
|
| Bay-breasted Warbler |
4-May |
Eric Stager, Debbie Blackburn |
|
| Black-and-white Warbler |
23-Mar |
Eric Carpenter & Maggie Burnett |
|
| American Redstart |
3-May |
Maggie Burnett, Eric Carpenter |
|
| Prothonotary Warbler |
5-May |
Chris Layden |
|
| Northern Waterthrush |
25-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Louisiana Waterthrush |
26-Apr |
Kirsti Harms |
|
| Mourning Warbler |
10-May |
HBMS |
|
| Common Yellowthroat |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Wilson's Warbler |
2-May |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Yellow-breasted Chat |
26-Apr |
Eric Carpenter, Kirsti Harms, Julia Heskett |
|
| Summer Tanager |
11-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Scarlet Tanager |
26-Apr |
Andy & Julia Balinsky |
|
| Spotted Towhee |
23-Nov |
Barry Lyon |
|
| Cassin's Sparrow |
2-May |
Greg Lasley |
|
| Chipping Sparrow |
9-Feb |
HBMS |
|
| Clay-colored Sparrow |
19-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Field Sparrow |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Vesper Sparrow |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Lark Sparrow |
10-Apr |
Desha Melton |
|
| Savannah Sparrow |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Grasshopper Sparrow |
8-Mar |
HBMS |
|
| Fox Sparrow |
23-Nov |
Barry Lyon |
|
| Song Sparrow |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Lincoln Sparrow |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Swamp Sparrow |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| White-throated Sparrow |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Harris's Sparrow |
9-Feb |
HBMS |
|
| White-crowned Sparrow |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Dark-eyed Junco |
23-Nov |
Barry Lyon |
|
| Northern Cardinal |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
12-Apr |
HBMS |
|
| Black-headed Grosbeak |
1-Oct |
Dan Calloway, Catfish Kelly |
|
| Blue Grosbeak |
3-Apr |
Kirsti Harms |
|
| Lazuli Bunting |
3-May |
Victor Emanuel, Barry Lyon |
|
| Indigo Bunting |
19-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Painted Bunting |
27-Apr |
Maggie Burnett, Eric Carpenter |
|
| Dickcissel |
18-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Red-winged Blackbird |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Eastern Meadowlark |
8-Mar |
HBMS |
|
| Western Meadowlark |
13-Dec |
HBMS |
|
| Yellow-headed Blackbird |
12-Apr |
HBMS |
|
| Rusty Blackbird |
27-Jan |
Andy & Julia Balinsky |
|
| Common Grackle |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Great-tailed Grackle |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
9-Feb |
HBMS |
|
| Orchard Oriole |
19-Apr |
Eric Carpenter |
|
| Baltimore Oriole |
26-Apr |
Andy & Julia Balinsky |
|
| House Finch |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| American Goldfinch |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|
| House Sparrow |
12-Jan |
HBMS |
|