2019 Bird List for Fishers Island
140 species documented
| SIGHTED | BIRDS |
|---|---|
| BITTERNS, HERONS & ALLIES | |
| - American Bittern | |
| ✔ | - Great Egret |
| ✔ | - Snowy Egret |
| ✔ | - Black-crowned Night-Heron |
| ✔ | - Great Blue Heron |
| ✔ | - Green Heron |
| ✔ | - Little Blue Heron |
| ✔ | - Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
| BLACKBIRDS | |
| ✔ | - Red-winged Blackbird |
| - Bobolink | |
| ✔ | - Brown-headed Cowbird |
| ✔ | - Common Grackle |
| AUD | - Eastern Meadowlark |
| ✔ | - Baltimore Oriole |
| ✔ | - Orchard Oriole |
| BOOBIES AND GANNETS | |
| ✔ | - Northern Gannet |
| CHICKADEES & TITMICE | |
| ✔ | - Black-capped Chickadee |
| ✔ | - Tufted Titmouse |
| CORMORANTS | |
| ✔ | - Double-crested Cormorant |
| ✔ | - Great Cormorant |
| CREEPERS | |
| - Brown Creeper | |
| CUCKOOS | |
| - Black-billed Cuckoo | |
| ✔ | - Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
| DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS | |
| ✔ | - Bufflehead |
| - Canvasback | |
| ✔ | - Redhead |
| ✔ | - American Black Duck |
| ✔ | - Long-tailed Duck |
| - Ring-necked Duck | |
| ✔ | - Ruddy Duck |
| ✔ | - Wood Duck |
| ✔ | - Common Eider |
| - King Eider | |
| - Gadwall | |
| ✔ | - Common Goldeneye |
| ✔ | - Canada Goose |
| ✔ | - Snow Goose |
| ✔ | - Mallard |
| ✔ | - Common Merganser |
| ✔ | - Hooded Merganser |
| ✔ | - Red-breasted Merganser |
| - Northern Pintail | |
| ✔ | - Greater Scaup |
| ✔ | - Surf Scoter |
| ✔ | - White-winged Scoter |
| - Northern Shoveler | |
| ✔ | - Mute Swan |
| - Blue-winged Teal | |
| - Green-winged Teal | |
| ✔ | - American Widgeon |
| ✔ | - Brant |
| FALCONS | |
| ✔ | - Peregrine Falcon |
| ✔ | - American Kestrel |
| ✔ | - Merlin |
| FINCHES & CROSSBILLS | |
| - Red Crossbill | |
| ✔ | - House Finch |
| ✔ | - Purple Finch |
| ✔ | - American Goldfinch |
| - Evening Grosbeak | |
| ✔ | - Common Redpoll |
| ✔ | - Pine Siskin |
| FLYCATHERS | |
| ✔ | - Great Crested Flycatcher |
| - Least Flycatcher | |
| ✔ | - Eastern Kingbird |
| - Gray Kingbird | |
| ✔ | - Eastern Phoebe |
| GALLINACEOUS BIRDS | |
| - Northern Bobwhite | |
| ✔ | - Ring-necked Pheasant |
| GNATCATCHERS | |
| - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | |
| GREBES | |
| - Pied-billed Grebe | |
| ✔ | - Horned Grebe |
| GULLS, TERNS & SKIMMERS | |
| ✔ | - Great Black-backed Gull |
| ✔ | - Herring Gull |
| ✔ | - Laughing Gull |
| AUD | - Ring-billed Gull |
| ✔ | - Common Tern |
| ✔ | - Least Tern |
| - Roseate Tern | |
| - Black Skimmer | |
| HUMMINGBIRDS | |
| ✔ | - Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| IBISES, SPOONBILLS | |
| - Glossy Ibis | |
| JAYS, MAGPIES & CROWS | |
| ✔ | - American Crow |
| ✔ | - Fish Crow |
| ✔ | - Blue Jay |
| ✔ | - Common Raven |
| KINGFISHERS | |
| ✔ | - Belted Kingfisher |
| KINGLETS | |
| - Golden-crowned Kinglet | |
| - Ruby-crowned Kinglet | |
| KITES, HAWKS & EAGLES | |
| ✔ | - Bald Eagle |
| ✔ | - Golden Eagle |
| ✔ | - Northern Goshawk |
| ✔ | - Northern Harrier |
| - Red-shouldered Hawk | |
| - Broad-winged Hawk | |
| ✔ | - Cooper's Hawk |
| ✔ | - Red-tailed Hawk |
| - Rough-legged Hawk | |
| ✔ | - Sharp-shinned Hawk |
| LAPWINGS & PLOVERS | |
| ✔ | - Kildeer |
| - American Golden-Plover | |
| ✔ | - Black-bellied Plover |
| ✔ | - Piping Plover |
| ✔ | - Semipalmated Plover |
| LARKS | |
| - Horned Lark | |
| LONGSPURS & SNOW BUNTINGS | |
| - Snow Bunting | |
| LOONS | |
| ✔ | - Common Loon |
| ✔ | - Red-throated Loon |
| MARTINS, SWALLOWS | |
| ✔ | - Purple Martin |
| - Bank Swallow | |
| ✔ | - Barn Swallow |
| ✔ | - Tree Swallow |
| MIMICS | |
| ✔ | - Gray Catbird |
| ✔ | - Northern Mockingbird |
| ✔ | - Brown Thrasher |
| NEW WORLD SPARROWS & ALLIES | |
| ✔ | - Dark-eyed Junco |
| ✔ | - American Tree Sparrow |
| ✔ | - Chipping Sparrow |
| ✔ | - Field Sparrow |
| ✔ | - Fox Sparrow |
| - Grasshopper Sparrow | |
| ✔ | - Henslow's Sparrow |
| - Savannah Sparrow | |
| ✔ | - Song Sparrow |
| - Swamp Sparrow | |
| ✔ | - White-throated Sparrow |
| ✔ | - Eastern Towhee |
| NIGHTJARS | |
| ✔ | - Common Nighthawk |
| - Eastern Whip-poor-will | |
| NUTHATCHES | |
| ✔ | - Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| ✔ | - White-breasted Nuthatch |
| OLD WORLD SPARROWS | |
| ✔ | - House Sparrow |
| OSPREY | |
| ✔ | - Osprey |
| OWLS | |
| - Barn Owl | |
| ✔ | - Barred Owl |
| - Eastern Screech-Owl | |
| - Great Horned Owl | |
| - Northern Saw-whet Owl | |
| ✔ | - Short-eared Owl |
| ✔ | - Snowy Owl |
| OYSTERCATCHERS | |
| ✔ | - American Oystercatcher |
| PIGEONS, DOVES | |
| ✔ | - Mourning Dove |
| - Rock Dove | |
| RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS | |
| - American Coot | |
| - Virginia Rail | |
| SANDPIPERS | |
| ✔ | - Short-billed Dowitcher |
| ✔ | - Ruddy Turnstone |
| ✔ | - Sanderling |
| - Dunlin | |
| - Least Sandpiper | |
| - Purple Sandpiper | |
| ✔ | - Semipalmated Sandpiper |
| - Solitary Sandpiper | |
| ✔ | - Spotted Sandpiper |
| - White-rumped Sandpiper | |
| - Wilson's Snipe | |
| ✔ | - Willet |
| ✔ | - American Woodcock |
| ✔ | - Greater Yellowlegs |
| ✔ | - Lesser Yellowlegs |
| STARLINGS | |
| ✔ | - European Starling |
| STORM-PETRELS | |
| - Wilson's Storm-Petrel | |
| SWIFTS | |
| ✔ | - Chimney Swift |
| TANAGERS, CARDINALS & ALLIES | |
| ✔ | - Indigo Bunting |
| ✔ | - Northern Cardinal |
| - Rose-breasted Grosbeak | |
| ✔ | - Scarlet Tanager |
| VIREOS | |
| ✔ | - Red-eyed Vireo |
| ✔ | - White-eyed Vireo |
| VULTURE | |
| ✔ | - Turkey Vulture |
| WAXWINGS | |
| ✔ | - Cedar Waxwing |
| WHEATEARS & THRUSHES | |
| - Eastern Bluebird | |
| ✔ | - American Robin |
| - Hermit Thrush | |
| ✔ | - Wood Thrush |
| WOODPECKERS | |
| ✔ | - Northern Flicker |
| - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | |
| ✔ | - Downy Woodpecker |
| ✔ | - Hairy Woodpecker |
| ✔ | - Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| - Red-headed Woodpecker | |
| WOOD-WARBLERS | |
| - Ovenbird | |
| ✔ | - Northern Parula |
| ✔ | - American Redstart |
| ✔ | - Black-and-white Warbler |
| ✔ | - Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| ✔ | - Black-throated Green Warbler |
| - Blackburnian Warbler | |
| - Blackpoll Warbler | |
| ✔ | - Blue-winged Warbler |
| - Canada Warbler | |
| - Cape May Warbler | |
| - Magnolia Warbler | |
| ✔ | - Palm Warbler |
| ✔ | - Yellow Warbler |
| ✔ | - Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| - Yellow-throated Warbler | |
| - Northern Waterthrush | |
| ✔ | - Common Yellowthroat |
| WRENS | |
| ✔ | - Carolina Wren |
| ✔ | - House Wren |
| ✔ | - Marsh Wren |
| ACCIDENTALS | |
| - Glaucous Gull - not verified | |
| - Western Tanager at feeder | |
| - Winter Wren - not verified |
This is a list of all the migratory and year-round bird species that were reported to the H.L.F. Museum in the calendar year 2019. The total count of species was compiled from data provided by our island bird watchers, led by Ken Edwards, and from seasonal bird counts conducted by the Fishers Island Conservancy and the Audubon Society. The sightings are recorded monthly, displayed in chart format at the Museum, and archived at year’s end.
American Oystercatcher, 1 of 140 species documented on Fishers in 2019. Photo by JT Ahrens June 2, 2019
