2023 Reported Bird Sightings on Fishers Island

There were a total of 208 different species observed on Fishers Island and on the surrounding waters this calendar year. Aside from January (90), the greatest number of first-time yearly sightings were in April (25) and May (25).

The data are collected by a group of knowledgeable Fishers Islanders. Knowledgeable visitors, eBird reports and Audubon Seasonal Bird Counts also provide additional data.

● indicates a reported sighting

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DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS
⚫Snow Goose
⚫Brant⚫⚫⚫
Barnacle Goose⚫
⚫Canada Goose⚫⚫⚫
⚫Mute Swan⚫⚫⚫
⚫Wood Duck⚫⚫⚫
⚫Blue-winged Teal⚫
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
⚫American Widgeon⚫⚫⚫
⚫Mallard⚫⚫⚫
⚫American Black Duck⚫⚫⚫
⚫Northern Pintail⚫
⚫Green-winged Teal⚫
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck⚫
⚫Greater Scaup⚫
⚫Lesser Scaup⚫
King Eider⚫
⚫Common Eider⚫⚫⚫
Harlequin Duck⚫
⚫Surf Scoter⚫⚫⚫
⚫White-winged Scoter⚫⚫⚫
⚫Black Scoter⚫⚫⚫
⚫Long-tailed Duck⚫⚫
⚫Bufflehead⚫⚫⚫
⚫Common Goldeneye⚫⚫⚫
Barrow's Goldeneye⚫
⚫Hooded Merganser⚫⚫⚫
⚫Common Merganser⚫⚫
⚫Red-breasted Merganser⚫⚫⚫
Ruddy Duck
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS
Northern Bobwhite
⚫Ring-necked Pheasant⚫⚫⚫
GREBES
⚫Red-necked Grebe⚫
Pied-billed Grebe
⚫Horned Grebe⚫⚫
PIGEONS, DOVES
Rock Pigeon⚫⚫
⚫Mourning Dove⚫⚫⚫
CUCKOOS
Black-billed Cuckoo
⚫Yellow-billed Cuckoo⚫
NIGHTJARS
⚫Common Nighthawk⚫⚫
Eastern Whip-poor-will⚫
SWIFTS
⚫Chimney Swift⚫⚫⚫
HUMMINGBIRDS
⚫Ruby-throated Hummingbird⚫⚫⚫
RAILS, GALLINULES, & COOTS
⚫Virginia Rail⚫
American Coot
Black Rail⚫⚫
CRANES
Sandhill Crane⚫⚫
OYSTERCATCHERS
⚫American Oystercatcher⚫⚫⚫
LAPWINGS & PLOVERS
⚫Black-bellied Plover⚫⚫⚫
American Golden Plover⚫
⚫Killdeer⚫⚫⚫
⚫Semi-palmated Plover⚫⚫⚫
⚫Piping Plover⚫⚫⚫
SANDPIPERS
Whimbrel⚫
Marbled Godwit
⚫Ruddy Turnstone⚫⚫⚫
Red Knot⚫
⚫Sanderling⚫⚫⚫
Dunlin⚫⚫
⚫Purple Sandpiper⚫
⚫Least Sandpiper⚫⚫
White-rumped Sandpiper
⚫Semi-palmated Sandpiper⚫⚫⚫
Western Sandpiper
⚫Short-billed Dowitcher⚫⚫
⚫American Woodcock⚫⚫⚫
⚫Wilson's Snipe
⚫Spotted Sandpiper⚫⚫⚫
Solitary Sandpiper⚫
Lesser Yellowlegs⚫⚫⚫
Willet⚫⚫
⚫Greater Yellowlegs⚫⚫⚫
SKUAS, JAEGERS
Long-tailed Jaeger⚫
MURRES, PUFFINS, AND ALLIES
⚫Razorbill⚫
GULLS, TERNS, & SKIMMERS
⚫Black-legged Kittiwake
⚫Bonaparte's Gull⚫
⚫Laughing Gull⚫⚫⚫
⚫Ring-billed Gull⚫⚫⚫
⚫Herring Gull⚫⚫⚫
⚫Iceland Gull
⚫Lesser Black-backed Gull⚫⚫
⚫Great Black-backed Gull⚫⚫⚫
⚫Least Tern⚫⚫⚫
⚫Caspian Tern
Black Tern⚫
⚫Roseate Tern⚫
⚫Common Tern⚫⚫⚫
⚫Forster's Tern⚫
Royal Tern⚫
Black Skimmer⚫
LOONS
⚫Red-throated Loon⚫⚫⚫
⚫Common Loon⚫⚫⚫
SOUTHERN STORM-PETRALS
⚫Wilson's Storm Petral⚫
FULMARS, SHEARWATERS
⚫Cory's Shearwater⚫
Sooty Shearwater⚫
⚫Great Shearwater⚫
Manx's Shearwater⚫
Audubon's Shearwater⚫
BOOBIES AND GANNETS
⚫Northern Gannet⚫⚫⚫
CORMORANTS
⚫Great Cormorant⚫⚫⚫
⚫Double-crested Cormorant⚫⚫⚫
BITTERNS, HERONS, & ALLIES
American Bittern
⚫Least Bittern
⚫Great Blue Heron⚫⚫⚫
⚫Great Egret⚫⚫⚫
⚫Snowy Egret⚫⚫⚫
⚫Little Blue Heron⚫⚫
⚫Green Heron⚫⚫⚫
⚫Black-crowned Night Heron⚫⚫⚫
⚫Yellow-crowned Night-Heron⚫⚫⚫
IBISES, SPOONBILLS
⚫Glossy Ibis⚫⚫⚫
VULTURES
⚫Black Vulture
⚫Turkey Vulture⚫⚫⚫
OSPREY
⚫Osprey⚫⚫⚫
HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES
⚫Golden Eagle⚫⚫
⚫Northern Harrier⚫⚫⚫
⚫Sharp-shinned Hawk⚫⚫⚫
⚫Cooper's Hawk⚫⚫⚫
⚫Northern Goshawk⚫⚫⚫
⚫Bald Eagle⚫⚫⚫
⚫Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad -winged Hawk
⚫Red-tailed Hawk⚫⚫⚫
Rough-legged Hawk
OWLS
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
⚫Great Horned Owl⚫
⚫Snowy Owl⚫
⚫Barred Owl⚫⚫⚫
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
KINGFISHERS
⚫Belted Kingfisher⚫⚫⚫
WOODPECKERS
⚫Red-headed Woodpecker
⚫Red-bellied Woodpecker⚫⚫⚫
⚫Yellow-bellied Sapsucker⚫⚫⚫
⚫Downy Woodpeker⚫⚫⚫
⚫Hairy Woodpecker⚫⚫⚫
⚫Northern Flicker⚫⚫⚫
FALCONS
⚫American Kestrel⚫⚫⚫
⚫Merlin⚫⚫⚫
⚫Peregrine Falcon⚫⚫⚫
FLYCATCHERS
⚫Great Crested Flycatcher⚫⚫⚫
⚫Eastern Kingbird⚫⚫⚫
Gray Kingbird
Olive-sided Flycatcher⚫
⚫Eastern Wood-Pewee⚫⚫
⚫Alder Flycatcher⚫⚫
⚫Willow Flycatcher⚫⚫
⚫Least Flycatcher⚫⚫
⚫Eastern Phoebe⚫⚫⚫
VIREOS
⚫White-eyed Vireo⚫⚫⚫
Yellow-throated Vireo⚫
⚫Blue-headed Vireo⚫⚫⚫
⚫Warbling Vireo⚫
⚫Red-eyed Vireo⚫⚫⚫
JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS
⚫Blue Jay⚫⚫⚫
⚫American Crow⚫⚫⚫
⚫Fish Crow⚫⚫⚫
⚫Common Raven⚫⚫⚫
CHICKADEES & TITMICE
⚫Black-capped Chickadee⚫⚫⚫
⚫Tufted Titmouse⚫⚫⚫
LARKS
⚫Horned Lark⚫⚫
MARTINS, SWALLOWS
⚫Bank Swallow⚫⚫⚫
⚫Tree Swallow⚫⚫⚫
⚫Northern Rough-winged Swallow⚫⚫
⚫Purple Martin⚫⚫⚫
⚫Barn Swallow⚫⚫⚫
⚫Clifff Swallow
KINGLETS
⚫Ruby-crowned Kinglet⚫⚫⚫
⚫Golden-crowned Kinglet⚫⚫⚫
WAXWINGS
⚫Cedar Waxwing⚫⚫⚫
NUTHATCHES
⚫Red-breasted Nuthatch⚫⚫⚫
⚫White-breasted Nuthatch⚫⚫⚫
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper⚫⚫
GNATCATCHERS
⚫Blue-gray Gnatcatcher⚫
WRENS
⚫House Wren⚫⚫⚫
⚫Winter Wren⚫⚫⚫
⚫Marsh Wren⚫
⚫Carolina Wren⚫⚫⚫
MIMICS
⚫Gray Catbird⚫⚫⚫
⚫Brown Thrasher⚫⚫⚫
⚫Northern Mockingbird⚫⚫⚫
STARLINGS
⚫European Starling⚫⚫⚫
THRUSHES
⚫Eastern Bluebird⚫⚫⚫
⚫Veery⚫⚫
⚫Gray-Cheeked Thrush⚫⚫
⚫Swainson's Thrush⚫⚫⚫
⚫Hermit Thrush⚫⚫⚫
⚫Wood Thrush⚫⚫⚫
⚫American Robin⚫⚫⚫
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
⚫House Sparrow⚫⚫⚫
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS
⚫American Pipit⚫⚫⚫
FINCHES & CROSSBILLS
⚫Evening Grosbeak⚫⚫⚫
Pine Grobeak⚫⚫
⚫House Finch⚫⚫⚫
⚫Purple Finch⚫⚫⚫
⚫Common Redpoll⚫⚫
⚫Red Crossbill
⚫Pine Siskin⚫⚫
⚫American Goldfinch⚫⚫⚫
LONGSPURS & SNOW BUNTINGS
⚫Snow Bunting⚫⚫⚫
NEW WORLD SPARROWS & ALLIES
Grasshopper Sparrow
⚫Chipping Sparrow⚫⚫⚫
Clay-colored Sparrow⚫
⚫Field Sparrow⚫
⚫Fox Sparrow⚫⚫⚫
⚫American Tree Sparrow⚫⚫⚫
⚫Dark-eyed Junco⚫⚫⚫
⚫White-crowned Sparrow⚫
⚫White-throated Sparrow⚫⚫⚫
Vesper Sparrow⚫
Henslow's Sparrow
⚫Savannah Sparrow⚫⚫⚫
⚫Song Sparrow⚫⚫⚫
Lincoln's Sparrow⚫⚫
⚫Swamp Sparrow⚫⚫⚫
⚫Eastern Towhee⚫⚫⚫
YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS
⚫Yellow-breasted Chat
BLACKBIRDS
⚫Bobolink⚫⚫
⚫Eastern Meadowlark⚫⚫⚫
⚫Orchard Oriole⚫⚫⚫
⚫Baltimore Oriole⚫⚫⚫
⚫Red-winged Blackbird⚫⚫⚫
⚫Brown-headed Cowbird⚫⚫⚫
Rusty Blackbird⚫
⚫Common Grackle⚫⚫⚫
WOOD-WARBLERS
⚫Ovenbird⚫⚫
⚫Northern Waterthrush⚫⚫⚫
⚫Blue-winged Warbler⚫⚫
⚫Black-and-white Warbler⚫⚫⚫
Prothonotary Warbler⚫
⚫Tennessee Warbler⚫⚫
⚫Orange-crowned Warbler⚫⚫
⚫Nashville Warbler⚫⚫
Connecticut Warbler⚫⚫
⚫Common Yellowthroat⚫⚫⚫
⚫Hooded Warbler⚫
⚫American Redstart⚫⚫⚫
⚫Cape May Warbler⚫
⚫Northern Parula⚫⚫⚫
⚫Magnolia Warbler⚫⚫⚫
⚫Bay-breasted Warbler
⚫Blackburnian Warbler
⚫Yellow Warbler⚫⚫⚫
⚫Chestnut-sided Warbler⚫
⚫Blackpoll Warbler⚫⚫
⚫Black-throated Blue Warbler⚫⚫
⚫Palm Warbler⚫⚫⚫
⚫Pine Warbler⚫⚫⚫
⚫Yellow-rumped Warbler⚫⚫⚫
Yellow-throated Warbler
⚫Prarie Warbler⚫⚫⚫
⚫Black-throated Green Warbler⚫
⚫Canada Warbler
⚫Wilson's Warbler
TANAGERS, CARDINALS, & ALLIES
⚫Summer Tanager⚫
⚫Scarlet Tanager⚫⚫⚫
Western Tanager⚫
⚫Northern Cardinal⚫⚫⚫
⚫Rose-breasted Grosbeak⚫⚫⚫
⚫Blue Grosbeak⚫⚫
⚫Indigo Bunting⚫⚫
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Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Photo by Terry McNamara

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Cooper’s Hawk in tree, the Peninsula, Darby’s Cove.
Photo by Terry McNamara.

2022 Reported Bird sightings on Fishers Island
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