2023 Celery Farm Bird Checklist
This list of 222 birds is based on eBird data of reported species at the Celery Farm in the previous 10 years as of May, 2023, minus three exotics and various hybrids. If you see a bird not on the list, please report it to eBird and it will be added here.
To record your sightings open the Celery Farm Bird List here.
| Occurrence Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| A | Abundant | Species which is very numerous |
| C | Common | Should be seen or heard in suitable habitat |
| U | Uncommon | Likely to be present, but not likely to be seen or heard |
| O | Occasional | Seen only a few times each season |
| R | Rare | Possible to be present, but not seen every year |
| X | Very Rare | Seen only once or twice |
| *Known to have nested | ||
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| Seasons | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winter | Wi | December-February |
| Spring | Sp | March-May |
| Summer | Su | June-August |
| Fall | Fa | September-November |
| Species | Wi | Sp | Su | Fa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterfowl | ||||
| Snow Goose | R | R | ||
| Brant | R | R | ||
| Cackling Goose | X | |||
| Canada Goose* | C | A | A | A |
| Mute Swan* | U | U | U | |
| Tundra Swan | X | |||
| Wood Duck* | R | C | C | C |
| Blue-winged Teal | U | R | R | |
| Northern Shoveler | U | U | ||
| Gadwall | U | U | ||
| American Wigeon | O | U | ||
| Mallard* | C | A | A | A |
| American Black Duck | R | C | X | C |
| Northern Pintail | R | R | ||
| Green-winged Teal | R | U | R | C |
| Canvasback | X | X | X | |
| Redhead | X | |||
| Ring-necked Duck | U | U | ||
| Lesser Scaup | X | X | ||
| Bufflehead | X | R | ||
| Common Goldeneye | X | |||
| Hooded Merganser | R | C | X | C |
| Common Merganser | R | U | R | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | X | |||
| Ruddy Duck | R | U | U | |
| Grouse, Quail, and Allies | ||||
| Wild Turkey | U | U | U | U |
| Ring-necked Pheasant* | X | X | X | X |
| Grebes | ||||
| Pied-billed Grebe | O | R | U | |
| Pigeons and Doves | ||||
| Rock Pigeon | U | U | U | U |
| Mourning Dove* | C | C | A | A |
| Cuckoos | ||||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo* | O | O | R | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | O | O | R | |
| Nightjars | ||||
| Common Nighthawk | U | U | U | |
| Swifts | ||||
| Chimney Swift | U | U | U | |
| Hummingbirds | ||||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird* | U | U | U | |
| Rufous Hummingbird | X | X | X | |
| Rails, Gallinules, and Allies | ||||
| Virginia Rail* | U | U | U | O |
| Sora | R | O | O | O |
| Common Moorhen* | R | R | R | |
| American Coot | R | R | O | |
| Shorebirds | ||||
| Semi-palmated Plover | R | R | R | |
| Killdeer | X | C | C | C |
| Stilt Sandpiper | X | |||
| Least Sandpiper | C | C | C | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | X | X | X | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | U | U | U | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | O | O | O | |
| Western Sandpiper | X | X | ||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | R | R | R | |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | X | R | R | |
| American Woodcock* | U | X | R | |
| Wilson's Snipe | X | U | U | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | X | X | X | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | X | |||
| Spotted Sandpiper | U | U | U | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | U | U | U | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | U | U | U | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | O | O | O | |
| Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers | ||||
| Bonaparte's Gull | X | |||
| Ring-billed Gull | C | C | U | C |
| Herring Gull | R | U | U | U |
| Glaucous Gull | X | |||
| Great Black-backed Gull | O | R | O | |
| Caspian Tern | X | X | ||
| Black Tern | X | X | ||
| Loons | ||||
| Common Loon | X | O | R | |
| Cormorants and Anhingas | ||||
| Great Cormorant | X | |||
| Double-crested Cormorant | C | C | U | |
| Herons, Ibis, and Allies | ||||
| American Bittern | O | R | O | |
| Least Bittern* | R | R | ||
| Great Blue Heron | O | C | C | C |
| Great Egret | C | C | U | |
| Snowy Egret | R | R | R | |
| Little Blue Heron | R | R | R | |
| Green Heron* | C | C | U | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | U | U | U | |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | R | R | ||
| Glossy Ibis | R | R | ||
| Vultures, Hawks, and Allies | ||||
| Black Vulture | U | U | U | U |
| Turkey Vulture | C | C | C | C |
| Osprey | C | O | U | |
| Northern Harrier | R | O | R | U |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | R | U | U | |
| Northern Goshawk | X | X | X | |
| Cooper's Hawk | U | U | U | U |
| Bald Eagle | U | U | U | U |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | U | C | C | U |
| Broad-winged Hawk | U | R | U | |
| Red-tailed Hawk* | C | C | U | C |
| Owls | ||||
| Eastern Screech Owl* | U | U | U | U |
| Great Horned Owl | U | U | O | U |
| Barred Owl | U | U | U | U |
| Short-eared Owl | X | |||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | X | X | ||
| Kingfishers | ||||
| Belted Kingfisher | O | C | C | C |
| Woodpeckers | ||||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | U | U | U | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker* | C | C | C | C |
| Downy Woodpecker* | C | C | C | C |
| Hairy Woodpecker* | C | C | U | U |
| Pileated Woodpecker | U | U | U | U |
| Northern Flicker* | R | C | C | C |
| Falcons and Caracaras | ||||
| American Kestrel | R | R | R | O |
| Merlin | X | R | X | O |
| Peregrine Falcon | X | R | X | R |
| Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies | ||||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | R | R | R | |
| Eastern Wood Peewee | U | U | O | |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | R | R | R | |
| Alder Flycatcher | O | R | ||
| Willow Flycatcher* | C | C | O | |
| Least Flycatcher | O | O | O | |
| Eastern Phoebe* | R | C | U | C |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | U | U | U | |
| Eastern Kingbird* | C | C | O | |
| Species | Wi | Sp | Su | Fa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vireos | ||||
| White-eyed Vireo | R | R | O | |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | U | U | ||
| Blue-headed Vireo | O | O | O | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | R | R | R | |
| Warbling Vireo* | C | C | U | |
| Red-eyed Vireo* | U | U | U | |
| Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens | ||||
| Blue Jay* | C | C | C | C |
| American Crow* | C | C | C | C |
| Fish Crow | U | U | U | |
| Common Raven | U | U | U | U |
| Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice | ||||
| Black-capped Chickadee* | C | C | C | C |
| Tufted Titmouse* | C | C | C | C |
| Larks | ||||
| Horned Lark | X | |||
| Martins and Swallows | ||||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | C | C | R | |
| Purple Martin | R | R | ||
| Tree Swallow* | A | A | U | |
| Bank Swallow | O | O | R | |
| Barn Swallow* | C | C | U | |
| Cliff Swallow | R | R | R | |
| Kinglets | ||||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | U | U | U | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | U | U | U | |
| Nuthatches | ||||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | R | R | R | |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | C | C | C | C |
| Treecreepers | ||||
| Brown Creeper | O | O | O | |
| Gnatcatchers | ||||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | U | O | R | |
| Wrens | ||||
| House Wren* | C | C | U | |
| Winter Wren | R | O | O | |
| Marsh Wren | X | R | R | R |
| Carolina Wren* | U | C | C | C |
| Starlings and Mynas | ||||
| European Starling* | C | C | C | C |
| Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers | ||||
| Gray Catbird* | C | C | C | |
| Brown Thrasher* | U | U | O | |
| Northern Mockingbird* | O | U | U | U |
| Thrushes | ||||
| Eastern Bluebird | U | U | U | |
| Veery* | U | U | U | |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | R | O | O | |
| Swainson's Thrush | U | U | U | |
| Hermit Thrush | O | C | C | U |
| Wood Thrush* | U | U | U | |
| American Robin* | R | C | C | C |
| Waxwings | ||||
| Cedar Waxwing* | R | U | U | U |
| Old World Sparrows | ||||
| House Sparrow | U | U | U | U |
| Wagtails and Pipits | ||||
| American Pipit | X | |||
| Finches, Euphonias, and Allies | ||||
| Evening Grosbeak | X | X | ||
| House Finch | U | U | U | U |
| Purple Finch | R | U | R | U |
| Pine Siskin | R | R | ||
| American Goldfinch | U | C | C | C |
| Longspurs and Snow Buntings | ||||
| Lapland Longspur | X | |||
| New World Sparrows | ||||
| Chipping Sparrow | O | R | O | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | X | |||
| Field Sparrow | R | R | ||
| American Tree Sparrow | O | O | O | |
| Fox Sparrow | R | U | U | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | C | C | C | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | O | R | O | |
| White-throated Sparrow | C | C | X | C |
| Vesper Sparrow | O | O | ||
| Savannah Sparrow | O | R | O | |
| Song Sparrow* | O | C | C | C |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | R | R | ||
| Swamp Sparrow* | U | U | U | |
| Eastern Towhee | U | R | U | |
| Chats | ||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | R | R | R | |
| Blackbirds | ||||
| Bobolink | O | U | U | |
| Eastern Meadowlark | O | O | ||
| Orchard Oriole* | U | U | ||
| Baltimore Oriole* | X | C | C | O |
| Red-winged Blackbird* | R | A | C | U |
| Brown-headed Cowbird* | R | C | C | C |
| Rusty Blackbird | U | U | U | |
| Common Grackle* | O | A | A | A |
| Wood Warblers | ||||
| Ovenbird | U | R | U | |
| Worm-eating Warbler | O | O | O | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | R | R | ||
| Northern Waterthrush | C | U | U | |
| Blue-winged Warbler | O | R | O | |
| Black and White Warbler | U | R | U | |
| Prothonotary Warbler | R | X | ||
| Tennessee Warbler | R | R | R | |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | X | R | ||
| Nashville Warbler | R | R | ||
| Connecticut Warbler | R | |||
| Mourning Warbler | O | R | X | |
| Common Yellowthroat | A | A | C | |
| Hooded Warbler | R | X | ||
| American Redstart | C | U | C | |
| Cape May Warbler | R | X | ||
| Northern Parula | O | U | ||
| Magnolia Warbler | U | R | U | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | O | O | R | |
| Blackburnian Warbler | R | R | R | |
| Yellow Warbler* | A | A | O | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | R | R | O | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | O | O | O | |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | O | R | O | |
| Palm Warbler | C | R | U | |
| Pine Warbler | U | R | R | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | C | X | C | |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | U | |||
| Prairie Warbler | R | R | R | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | O | R | O | |
| Canada Warbler | U | O | R | |
| Wilson's Warbler | U | R | O | |
| Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies | ||||
| Scarlet Tanager | O | R | O | |
| Northern Cardinal* | C | C | C | C |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak* | U | U | ||
| Indigo Bunting* | U | R | ||
| Dickcissel | O | O | O | |