The Summer Birds of Swan's Island

The following list indicates the species of birds found on the island during the month of August.  The flats at the Carrying Place is great for shorebirds when the tide is low and the road to Fine Sand Beach from the turn off the main road to the parking lot is great during the warbler migrations. The boreal chickadee also has been found there. If you wish to add species to this list just email the info to kaniau@yahoo.com and I’ll add it to the list!

  • Common Loon

    Double-crested Cormorant

    Great Blue Heron

    Great Egret (2015)

    Mallard

    Black Duck

    Red Breasted Merganser* (2011)

    Common Eider

    Black-bellied Plover

    Semipalmated Plover

    Killdeer

    Least Sandpiper

    Semipalmated Sandpiper

    Sanderling

    Ruddy Turnstone

    Lesser Yellowlegs

    Greater Yellowlegs (2018)

    Short-billed Dowitcher

    Spotted Sandpiper

    Solitary Sandpiper

    Greater Yellowlegs* (2009)

    Black-backed Gull

    Herring Gull

    Ring-billed Gull

    Laughing Gull

    Common/Arctic Tern?

    Black Guillemot

    Black Billed Cuckoo* (2009)

    America Kestrel

    Sharp-shinned Hawk

    Northern Goshawk

    Broad-winged Hawk

    Bald Eagle

    Osprey

    Bobwhite

    Wild Turkey

    Mourning Dove

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird* (2016)

    Belted Kingfisher

    Pileated Woodpecker* (2011)

    Downy Woodpecker

    Hairy Woodpecker

    Yellow-shafted Flicker

    Alder Flycatcher* (2009)

    Great Crested Flycatcher* (2013)

    Eastern Kingbird

    Eastern Wood Pewee

  • Barn Swallow

    Red-breasted Nuthatch

    Brown Creeper* (2016)

    American Robin

    Veery

    Hermit Thrush

    Swainson’s Thrush* (2016)

    Common Crow

    Common Raven

    Blue Jay

    Black-capped Chickadee

    Boreal Chickadee

    Nothern Mockingbird (2013)

    Gray Catbird

    Cedar Waxwing

    European Starling

    Golden Crowned Kinglet

    Red-eyed Vireo* (2010)

    Ovenbird* (2010)

    Blackburnian Warbler

    Wilson’s Warbler

    Magnolia Warbler

    Nashville Warbler

    Northern Parula Warbler

    Yellow Warbler

    Cape May Warbler

    Yellow-rumped Warbler

    Common Yellowthroat

    Black and White Warbler

    Black-throated Green Warbler

    Canada Warbler

    Palm Warbler

    Tennessee Warbler

    Chestnut-sided Warbler

    American Redstart

    Common Grackle

    Purple Finch

    Red Crossbill

    Whitewinged crossbill

    American Goldfinch

    Dark-eyed Junco

    Cardinal

    Song Sparrow

    White-throated Sparrow

    Red-winged Blackbird

    *added by an avid birder