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Yearly Calhoun County Birds
Loons (Gaviidae)
>
Common Loon
Grebes (Podicipedidae)
>
Pied-billed Grebe
Pelicans (Pelecanidae)
Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
New World Vultures (Cathartidae)
Bitterns, Herons, and Allies (Ardeidae)
Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Anatidae)
>
Long-tailed Duck
Ospreys (Pandionidae)
Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies (Accipitridae)
>
Northern Goshawk
Grouse, Pheasants, Quail, and Turkeys
>
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Flamingos
Cranes, Rails, Gallinules and Coots
>
Yellow Rail
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Shorebirds, Gulls and Relatives
>
Black-necked Stilt
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Dovekie
Pigeons and Doves
>
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos, Roadrunners and Anis
>
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Owls
>
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Goatsuckers, Nighthawks and Allies
>
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Swifts and Hummingbirds
>
Chimney Swift - Swifts (Apodidae)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers and Allies
>
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Perching Birds
>
Tyrant Flycatchers
>
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Shrikes
>
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Vireos
>
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows and Ravens
>
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Larks
Swallows
>
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Titmice and Chickadees
>
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Nuthatches
>
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Creepers
Wrens
>
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Gnatcatchers and Gnatwrens
Kinglets
>
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
>
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
>
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Starlings
Wagtails and Pipits
Waxwings
>
Cedar Waxwing
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
>
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Wood-Warblers
>
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Kirtland's Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean 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
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Tanagers
>
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Emberizids
>
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Cardinals, Piranga Tanagers and Allies
>
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Blackbirds
>
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Fringilline and Cardueline Finches
>
House Finch
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Old World Sparrows
Hotspots
>
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Code 1 Birds - listed in order of rarity
Code 2 Birds - listed in order of rarity
1
Blue Jay
2
Northern Cardinal
3
Black-capped Chickadee
4
American Crow
5
American Goldfinch
6
White-breasted Nuthatch
7
Mourning Dove
8
Canada Goose
9
American Robin
10
Downy Woodpecker
11
Mallard
12
Tufted Titmouse
13
Red-bellied Woodpecker
14
Red-winged Blackbird
15
Song Sparrow
16
European Starling
17
House Sparrow
18
Northern Flicker
19
Sandhill Crane
20
House Finch
21
Dark-eyed Junco
22
Cedar Waxwing
23
Common Grackle
24
Gray Catbird
25
Eastern Bluebird
26
Turkey Vulture
27
Wood Duck
28
Red-tailed Hawk
29
Hairy Woodpecker
30
Great Blue Heron
31
Mute Swan
32
Brown-headed Cowbird
33
Chipping Sparrow
34
Common Yellowthroat
35
Eastern Wood-Pewee
36
American Tree Sparrow
37
Eastern Phoebe
38
Ring-billed Gull
39
Barn Swallow
40
Killdeer
41
Tree Swallow
42
Eastern Towhee
43
House Wren
44
Yellow Warbler
45
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
46
Red-eyed Vireo
47
Indigo Bunting
48
Belted Kingfisher
49
Field Sparrow
50
Baltimore Oriole
51
White-throated Sparrow
52
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
53
Great Crested Flycatcher
54
Rock Pigeon
55
Swamp Sparrow
56
Yellow-rumped Warbler
57
Chimney Swift
58
Eastern Kingbird
59
Pied-billed Grebe
60
Cooper's Hawk
61
Ovenbird
62
American Redstart
63
Pileated Woodpecker
64
American Coot
65
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
66
Scarlet Tanager
67
Bufflehead
68
Trumpeter Swan
69
Wood Thrush
70
Yellow-throated Vireo
71
Ring-necked Duck
72
Red-breasted Nuthatch
73
Golden-crowned Kinglet
74
Carolina Wren
75
Wild Turkey
76
Common Goldeneye
77
Brown Creeper
78
American Black Duck
79
Green Heron
80
Veery
81
Hooded Merganser
82
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
83
Tennessee Warbler
84
Hermit Thrush
85
Nashville Warbler
86
Gadwall
87
Common Merganser
88
Black-throated Green Warbler
89
Brown Thrasher
91
Warbling Vireo
92
Acadian Flycatcher
93
Chestnut-sided Warbler
94
Bald Eagle
95
Ruddy Duck
96
Ring-necked Pheasant
97
Winter Wren
98
Least Flycatcher
99
Redhead
100
Northern Shoveler
101
American Kestrel
103
Purple Finch
104
Pine Siskin
105
Black-an
d-white Warbler
106
Lesser Scaup
107
Canvasback
108
Horned Lark
109
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
110
Blue-winged Warbler
111
Great Egret
112
Red-headed Woodpecker
113
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
114
Blue-headed Vireo
115
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
116
Fox Sparrow
117
White-crowned Sparrow
118
Blue-winged Teal
120
Great Horned Owl
121
Eastern Screech-Owl
122
American Wigeon
123
Herring Gull
124
Solitary Sandpiper
125
Green-winged Teal
126
Northern Harrier
127
Sharp-shinned Hawk
128
Eastern Meadowlark
131
Lesser Yellowlegs
132
Hooded Warbler
133
Cerulean Warbler
134
Spotted Sandpiper
135
Sora
90
Magnolia Warbler
102
Swainson's Thrush
119
Blackburnian Warbler
129
Palm Warbler
130
Willow Flycatcher
138
Purple Martin
139
Northern Pintail
140
Double-crested Cormorant
142
Bank Swallow
143
Barred Owl
144
Bonaparte's Gull
146
Rough-legged Hawk
147
Osprey
148
Rusty Blackbird
149
Red-breasted Merganser
152
Savannah Sparrow
153
Least Sandpiper
154
Pine Warbler
155
Pectoral Sandpiper
156
Greater Scaup
158
Greater Yellowlegs
159
Snow Bunting
163
Wilson's Snipe
164
Common Redpoll
167
Bobolink
168
Broad-winged Hawk
170
Horned Grebe
171
Common Loon
172
Virginia Rail
173
Black-billed Cuckoo
175
Peregrine Falcon
177
Tundra Swan
178
Snow Goose
179
Red-shouldered Hawk
180
Northern Shrike
181
Common Nighthawk
182
Snowy Owl
184
American Woodcock
185
Cackling Goose
187
Henslow's Sparrow
188
Northern Mockingbird
190
Marsh Wren
191
Cliff Swallow
193
Lapland Longspur
194
American Pipit
195
Greater White-fronted Goose
196
Vesper Sparrow
197
Sedge Wren
200
White-eyed Vireo
202
Merlin
204
Eastern Whip-poor-will
207
Short-eared Owl
208
Golden Eagle
212
Ruffed Grouse
213
Northern Bobwhite
Code 3 Birds - listed in order of rarity
136
Bay-breasted Warbler
137
Wilson's Warbler
141
Blackpoll Warbler
145
Canada Warbler
150
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
151
Mourning Warbler
157
Northern Waterthrush
160
Lincoln's Sparrow
161
Northern Parula
162
Cape May Warble
r
165
Orange-crowned Warbler
166
Black-throated Blue Warbler
169
Gray-cheeked Thrush
174
Philadelphia Vireo
176
Alder Flycatcher
183
Semipalmated Sandpiper
186
Olive-sided Flycatcher
192
Orchard Oriole
198
Grasshopper Sparrow
203
Prothonotary Warbler
206
Semipalmated Plover
209
Red-necked Grebe
214
White-winged Crossbill
217
Clay-colored Sparrow
219
Black-crowned Night-Heron
221
Dunlin
222
Yellow-breasted Chat
224
Common Gallinule
227
Black Tern
229
Forster's Tern
239
Red Crossbill
Code 4 Birds - listed in order of rarity
189
Golden-winged Warbler
199
Dickcissel
201
Connecticut Warbler
205
Long-eared Owl
210
Varied Thrush
211
Blue Grosbeak
(Michigan Review Species)
215
Evening Grosbeak
216
Long-tailed Duck
218
Black-bellied Plover
220
Caspian Tern
223
American Golden-Plover
225
American Bittern
226
Louisiana Waterthrush
228
Wilson's Phalarope
230
Least Bittern
231
Stilt Sandpiper
232
Lesser Black-backed Gull
233
Baird's Sandpiper
234
Short-billed Dowitche
r
235
Surf Scoter
236
Rufous Hummingbird
237
Northern Saw-whet Owl
238
Summer Tanager
240
Ross's Goose
241
Prairie Warbler
242
Brewer's Blackbird
243
Long-billed Dowitcher
244
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
245
Glaucous Gull
246
Worm-eating Warbler
Code 5 Birds - listed in order of rarity
247
Northern Goshawk
248
Common Tern
249
Franklin's Gull
250
Yellow-headed Blackbird
251
Western Meadowlark
252
Little Blue Heron
(Michigan Review Species)
253
Cattle Egret
254
Upland Sandpiper
255
Harris's Sparrow
256
Red-throated Loon
257
Snowy Egret
258
King Rail
(Michigan Review Species)
259
Lark Sparrow
260
Prairie Falcon
(Michigan Review Species)
261
White-rumped Sandpiper
262
Common Raven
263
Black Scoter
Code 6 Birds - listed alphabetically due to no current eBird data to use
263
American Flamingo
264
Dovekie
(Michigan Review Species)
265
Greater Prairie-Chicken
266
Iceland Gull
267
Kirtland's Warbler
268
Lark Bunting
(Michigan Review Species)
269
Laughing Gull
270
Loggerhead Shrike
(Michigan Review Species)
271
Whooping Crane
272
Yellow Rail
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Yearly Calhoun County Birds
Loons (Gaviidae)
>
Common Loon
Grebes (Podicipedidae)
>
Pied-billed Grebe
Pelicans (Pelecanidae)
Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
New World Vultures (Cathartidae)
Bitterns, Herons, and Allies (Ardeidae)
Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Anatidae)
>
Long-tailed Duck
Ospreys (Pandionidae)
Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies (Accipitridae)
>
Northern Goshawk
Grouse, Pheasants, Quail, and Turkeys
>
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Flamingos
Cranes, Rails, Gallinules and Coots
>
Yellow Rail
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Shorebirds, Gulls and Relatives
>
Black-necked Stilt
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Dovekie
Pigeons and Doves
>
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos, Roadrunners and Anis
>
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Owls
>
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Goatsuckers, Nighthawks and Allies
>
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Swifts and Hummingbirds
>
Chimney Swift - Swifts (Apodidae)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Kingfishers
Woodpeckers and Allies
>
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Perching Birds
>
Tyrant Flycatchers
>
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Shrikes
>
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Vireos
>
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows and Ravens
>
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Larks
Swallows
>
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Titmice and Chickadees
>
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Nuthatches
>
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Creepers
Wrens
>
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Gnatcatchers and Gnatwrens
Kinglets
>
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
>
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
>
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Starlings
Wagtails and Pipits
Waxwings
>
Cedar Waxwing
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
>
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Wood-Warblers
>
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Kirtland's Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean 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
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Tanagers
>
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Emberizids
>
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Cardinals, Piranga Tanagers and Allies
>
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Blackbirds
>
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Fringilline and Cardueline Finches
>
House Finch
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Old World Sparrows
Hotspots
>
1/2 Mile and Marl Lake Rd
10 Mile Road near G DR S
23 Mile Road Flooded Field
Waterfowl
Shorebirds
ID
Macro, Bugs and Moths
Moths
>
Michigan Moths Checklist
Bombycoidea
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