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ISLE ROYALE National Park |
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Appendix (continued)
Birds
The following information, with a few additions and changes, is from Birds of Isle Royale in Lake Superior, by L. Krefting, F. B. Lee, P. C. Shelton, and K. T. Gilbert, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Special Scientific Report—Wildlife No. 94, 1966.
Key to habitat types: 1/ Sugar maple-yellow birch climax forest: 2/ Spruce-fir-birch climax forest; 3/ Aspen-birch-conifer forest; 4/ Aspen-birch (1936 burn); 5/ Swamp forest; 6/ Open areas; 7/ Riparian brush; 8/ Beaver ponds and streams; 9/ Inland lakes, ponds, and sheltered harbors; 10/ Lake Superior; 11/ Lakeshore, beaches, small islands, and rocky reefs.
| Species | Habitat type | Rare | Permanent resident |
Summer resident |
Winter resident |
Migrant |
| Common loon | 9/10/11 | common | common | |||
| Red-throated loon | 10 | • | ||||
| Red-necked grebe | 9/10 | uncommon | ||||
| Horned grebe | 9/10 | common | ||||
| Pied-billed grebe | 9/10 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| White pelican | 9 | rare | ||||
| Double-crested cormorant | 9/10/11 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| Great blue heron | 8/9/11 | uncommon | common | |||
| Green heron | • | |||||
| American bittern | 8/9 | uncommon | ||||
| Mute swan | • | |||||
| Whistling swan | 9 | rare | ||||
| Canada goose | 9 | common | ||||
| Snow goose | uncommon | |||||
| Blue goose | 9 | rare | ||||
| Mallard | 8/9/1l | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| Black duck | 8/9/11 | common | ||||
| Gadwall | • | |||||
| Pin tail | 9 | rare | ||||
| Green-winged teal | 8/9 | uncommon | ||||
| Blue-winged teal | 8/9 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| American widgeon | 8 | • | ||||
| Shoveller | • | |||||
| Wood duck | 8 | uncommon | ||||
| Redhead | • | |||||
| Ring-necked duck | 8/9 | uncommon | ||||
| Greater scaup | 9 | common | ||||
| Lesser scaup | 9 | common | ||||
| Common goldeneye | 9/10/11 | common | common | |||
| Bufflehead | 9/10 | common | ||||
| Oldsquaw | 10 | common | ||||
| White-winged scoter | 10 | common | ||||
| Surf scoter | • | |||||
| Common scoter | 10 | rare | ||||
| Ruddy duck | • | |||||
| Hooded merganser | 8/9/11 | uncommon | common | |||
| Common merganser | 9/10/11 | common | common | |||
| Red-breasted merganser | 9/10/11 | common | ||||
| Goshawk | 2/3/4/5 | rare | uncommon | |||
| Sharp-shinned hawk | 2/3/4/6 | uncommon | common | |||
| Cooper's hawk | 3/4/6/11 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| Red-tailed hawk | 1/3/4/6 | uncommon | ||||
| Red-shouldered hawk | 1/4/6 | rare | ||||
| Broad-winged hawk | 1/2/3 | common | common | |||
| Rough-legged hawk | uncommon | |||||
| Golden eagle | • | |||||
| Bald eagle | 1/2/3/4/9/10 | rare | ||||
| Marsh hawk | 4/6 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| Osprey | 2/5/9/11 | uncommon | ||||
| Gyrfalcon | rare | |||||
| Peregrine falcon | 11 | rare | ||||
| Pigeon hawk | 2/6/9/11 | uncommon | rare | |||
| Sparrow hawk | 4/6 | common | common | |||
| Sharp-tailed grouse | 3/4/6 | uncommon | ||||
| Virginia rail | • | |||||
| Sora | 8 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| American coot | 9/10 | rare | ||||
| Semipalmated plover | 11 | • | ||||
| Killdeer | 6/11 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| Black-bellied plover | 11 | uncommon | ||||
| American woodcock | 3/4/6/7 | uncommon | ||||
| Common snipe | 7/11 | rare | uncommon | |||
| Whimbrel | rare | |||||
| Spotted sandpiper | 9/11 | common | ||||
| Solitary sandpiper | 8/9/11 | rare | uncommon | |||
| Greater yellowlegs | 11 | • | ||||
| Lesser yellowlegs | 11 | • | ||||
| Least sandpiper | 9/11 | • | ||||
| Semipalmated sandpiper | • | |||||
| Sanderling | 11 | • | ||||
| Herring gull | 9/10/11 | common | ||||
| Ring-billed gull | 9 | uncommon | ||||
| Bonaparte's gull | 9/10 | uncommon | ||||
| Common tern | 10 | • | ||||
| Caspian tern | 10 | rare | ||||
| Mourning dove | rare | |||||
| Yellow-billed cuckoo | 4/6/11 | rare | rare | |||
| Black-billed cuckoo | 4/6/11 | rare | ||||
| Great horned owl | 1/2/3/5 | uncommon | ||||
| Snowy owl | 4/11 | uncommon | ||||
| Hawk owl | 2 | rare | ||||
| Long-eared owl | • | |||||
| Short-eared owl | 6 | • | ||||
| Saw-whet owl | • | |||||
| Whippoorwill | 6 | rare | ||||
| Common nighthawk | 4/6/8 | common | ||||
| Chimney swift | 1/2/4/11 | uncommon | ||||
| Ruby-throated hummingbird | 6/7/8 | uncommon | ||||
| Belted kingfisher | 8/9/11 | common | ||||
| Yellow-shafted flicker | 3/4/6/8 | common | common | |||
| Pileated woodpecker | 1/2/3 | uncommon | ||||
| Red-headed woodpecker | • | |||||
| Yellow-bellied sapsucker | 2/3/5 | uncommon | ||||
| Hairy woodpecker | 1/2/3/5 | common | ||||
| Downy woodpecker | 1/2/3/4 | common | ||||
| Black-backed three-toed woodpecker | 2/3 | common | rare | |||
| Northern three-toed woodpecker | 2/3 | rare | rare | |||
| Eastern kingbird | 4/8 | common | ||||
| Eastern phoebe | 6/8/11 | uncommon | common | |||
| Yellow-bellied flycatcher | 3/5/7 | uncommon | ||||
| Traill's flycatcher | 3/6/7 | uncommon | ||||
| Least flycatcher | 2/3/6/7 | uncommon | common | |||
| Eastern wood pewee | 1/3 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| Olive-sided flycatcher | 4/5 | uncommon | ||||
| Horned lark | 6/11 | common | ||||
| Tree swallow | 8/9/11 | common | ||||
| Bank swallow | 11 | • | ||||
| Barn swallow | 6/11 | uncommon | ||||
| Cliff swallow | 11 | rare | ||||
| Purple martin | • | |||||
| Gray jay | 2/3/4/5/6 | common | ||||
| Blue jay | 1/2/3/4/5/6 | common | ||||
| Common raven | 2/3/4/5/6 | uncommon | ||||
| Common crow | 2/3/4/5/6 | common | ||||
| Black-capped chickadee | 1/2/3/4/5/6 | common | ||||
| Boreal chickadee | rare | |||||
| White-breasted nuthatch | 1/2 | rare | ||||
| Red-breasted nuthatch | 2/3/5 | common | ||||
| Brown creeper | 2/3/5 | uncommon | ||||
| House wren | rare | |||||
| Winter wren | 1/2/3/5/11 | common | ||||
| Short-billed marsh wren | 7/8 | uncommon | ||||
| Mockingbird | • | |||||
| Catbird | 7 | rare | ||||
| Brown thrasher | 3/4 | rare | ||||
| Robin | 3/4/6 | uncommon | common | |||
| Wood thrush | rare | |||||
| Hermit thrush | 2/3 | uncommon | ||||
| Swainson's thrush | 2/3 | common | ||||
| Gray-cheeked thrush | uncommon | |||||
| Veery | 2/3/5 | uncommon | ||||
| Eastern bluebird | 3/6 | uncommon | ||||
| Golden-crowned kinglet | 2/3/5 | uncommon | common | |||
| Ruby-crowned kinglet | 2/3/5 | uncommon | common | |||
| Water pipit | 6/11 | uncommon | ||||
| Cedar waxwing | 3/4/6/11 | common | ||||
| Northern shrike | 3/6 | rare | uncommon | |||
| Loggerhead shrike | • | |||||
| Starling | 4/6/8 | uncommon | ||||
| Yellow-throated vireo | • | |||||
| Solitary vireo | 2/3/4 | uncommon | ||||
| Red-eyed vireo | 2/3 | common | ||||
| Philadelphia vireo | • | |||||
| Warbling vireo | • | |||||
| Black and white warbler | 2/3 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| Tennessee warbler | 2/3 | rare | common | |||
| Orange-crowned warbler | 3/4/6 | uncommon | ||||
| Nashville warbler | 3/4/6 | common | common | |||
| Parula warbler | 2/7 | uncommon | ||||
| Yellow warbler | 7 | rare | rare | |||
| Magnolia warbler | 2/3 | common | ||||
| Cape May warbler | 2/3/5/6 | rare | common | |||
| Black-throated blue warbler | 1/3/5 | common | ||||
| Myrtle warbler | 2/3/11 | common | common | |||
| Black-throated green warbler | 1/2/3 | common | ||||
| Blackburnian warbler | 1/2/3 | common | ||||
| Chestnut-sided warbler | 3/4/6 | common | ||||
| Bay-breasted warbler | 2/3 | rare | uncommon | |||
| Blackpoll warbler | 2/3 | rare | uncommon | |||
| Pine warbler | ||||||
| Palm warbler | 2/3/4/6/8/11 | common | ||||
| Ovenbird | 1/2/3/4 | common | ||||
| Northern waterthrush | 8/11 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| Connecticut warbler | 3/6 | rare | uncommon | |||
| Mourning warbler | 3/4/6 | common | ||||
| Yellowthroat | 7/8 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| Wilson's warbler | 2/6/7 | common | ||||
| Canada warbler | 3/7 | uncommon | ||||
| American redstart | 3/7 | uncommon | ||||
| House sparrow | 6 | • | ||||
| Bobolink | 6 | rare | rare | |||
| Eastern meadowlark | 6 | rare | ||||
| Redwinged blackbird | 6/7/8/9/11 | common | ||||
| Baltimore oriole | rare | |||||
| Rusty blackbird | 6/11 | common | ||||
| Brewer's blackbird | 11 | rare | ||||
| Common grackle | 6/8 | common | ||||
| Brown-headed cowbird | 6/8/11 | uncommon | common | |||
| Scarlet tanager | 2/3/5/6 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| Rose-breasted grosbeak | 3 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| Indigo bunting | 6 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| Evening grosbeak | 6 | uncommon | uncommon | uncommon | ||
| Purple finch | 2/3/5 | uncommon | uncommon | |||
| Pine grosbeak | 2/3/6 | rare | uncommon | |||
| Common redpoll | 2/3 | common | ||||
| Pine siskin | 2/3/5/6 | uncommon | common | common | ||
| American goldfinch | 6 | uncommon | uncommon | uncommon | ||
| Red crossbill | 2/3/5 | uncommon | uncommon | uncommon | ||
| White-winged crossbill | 2/3/5 | uncommon | uncommon | uncommon | ||
| Rufous-sided towhee | • | |||||
| Savannah sparrow | 6 | uncommon | common | |||
| Vesper sparrow | 6 | uncommon | common | |||
| Lark sparrow | • | |||||
| Slate-colored junco | 2/3/4/6 | uncommon | common | |||
| Tree sparrow | 6 | uncommon | ||||
| Chipping sparrow | 2/3/6 | uncommon | common | |||
| Clay-colored sparrow | 6 | uncommon | ||||
| Field sparrow | • | |||||
| Harris' sparrow | 4/6 | rare | ||||
| White-crowned sparrow | 4/6 | uncommon | ||||
| White-throated sparrow | 4/5/6/7/11 | common | ||||
| Fox sparrow | 6 | uncommon | ||||
| Lincoln's sparrow | 6/7 | uncommon | common | |||
| Swamp sparrow | 6/7/11 | common | ||||
| Song sparrow | 6/7/11 | common | ||||
| Lapland longspur | 6/11 | uncommon | ||||
| Snow bunting | 6/11 | rare | common |
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