y bird sighting checklist uphin island...
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LOONS ___ Red-throated Loon ___ Pacifi c Loon___ Common Loon
GREBES
___ Pied-billed Grebe* ___ Horned Grebe ___ Red-necked Grebe ___ Eared Grebe___ Western Grebe
SHEARWATERS, PETRELS
___ Wilson’s Storm-petrel ___ Cory’s Shearwater___ Great Shearwater ___ Sooty Shearwater ___ Audubon’s Shearwater
BOOBIES & GANNETS
___ Masked Booby___ Brown Booby___ Northern Gannet
PELICANS & ALLIES
___ American White Pelican___ Brown Pelican* ___ Double-crested Cormorant ___ Great Cormorant___ Anhinga*___ Magnifi cent Frigatebird
HERONS, EGRETS & ALLIES
___ American Bittern___ Least Bittern* ___ Great Blue Heron*___ Great Egret*___ Snowy Egret*___ Little Blue Heron*___ Tricolored Heron*___ Reddish Egret*___ Cattle Egret*___ Green Heron*___ Black-crowned Night-Heron*___ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron*
IBISES, SPOONBILL, STORK
___ Glossy Ibis*___ White Ibis*
___ White-faced Ibis*___ Roseate Spoonbill ___ Wood Stork
WATERFOWL
___ Black-bellied Whistling Duck___ Fulvous Whistling-Duck___ Tundra Swan___ White-Fronted Goose___ Snow Goose___ Canada Goose___ Wood Duck*___ Green-winged Teal ___ Mottled Duck*___ Mallard* ___ Northern Pintail___ Blue-winged Teal___ Northern Shoveler___ Gadwall ___ American Wigeon___ Canvasback___ Redhead ___ Ring-necked Duck___ Greater Scaup ___ Lesser Scaup ___ Long-tailed Duck ___ Black Scoter___ Surf Scoter ___ White-winged Scoter ___ Common Goldeneye___ Buffl ehead ___ Hooded Merganser___ Common Merganser___ Red-breasted Merganser ___ Ruddy Duck
VULTURES, HAWKS & ALLIES
___ Black Vulture* ___ Turkey Vulture* ___ Osprey*___ Swallo-tailed Kite___ White-tailed Kite*___ Mississippi Kite* ___ Bald Eagle*___ Northern Harrier___ Sharp-shinned Hawk___ Cooper’s Hawk* ___ Red-shouldered Hawk* ___ Broad-winged Hawk* ___ Swainson’s Hawk___ Red-tailed Hawk*
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS
___ Northern Bobwhite*
SHOREBIRDS, SEABIRDS
___ Black-bellied Plover ___ American Golden Plover___ Snowy Plover*___ Wilson’s Plover* ___ Semipalmated Plover ___ Piping Plover ___ Killdeer*___ American Oystercatcher*___ Black-necked Stilt*___ American Avocet___ Greater Yellowlegs___ Lesser Yellowlegs___ Solitary Sandpiper ___ Willet* ___ Spotted Sandpiper___ Upland Sandpiper___ Whimbrel ___ Hudsonian Godwit___ Marbled Godwit___ Ruddy Turnstone___ Red Knot ___ Sanderling___ Semipalmated Sandpiper___ Western 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 ___ Red-necked Phalarope___ Parasitic Jaeger___ Laughing Gull*___ Franklin’s Gull ___ Bonaparte’s Gull___ Ring-billed Gull___ Herring Gull* ___ Iceland Gull ___ Lesser Black-backed Gull___ Glaucous Gull___ Great Black-backed Gull ___ Sabine’s Gull ___ Gull-billed Tern*___ Caspian Tern*___ Royal Tern* ___ Sandwich Tern*___ Common Tern*___ Forster’s Tern*___ Least Tern*___ Bridled Tern ___ Sooty Tern___ Black Tern ___ Black Skimmer*
RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS & CRANES
___ Yellow Rail ___ Black Rail ___ Clapper Rail* ___ Virginia Rail ___ Sora ___ Purple Gallinule*___ Common Gallinule*___ American Coot*___ Sandhill Crane
PIGEONS, DOVES
___ Rock Pigeon ___ White-winged Dove___ Mourning Dove*___ Eurasian Collared-Dove___ Common Ground-Dove*
CUCKOOS
___ Black-billed Cuckoo___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo*___ Groove-billed Ani
OWLS
___ Barn Owl* ___ Great Horned Owl* ___ Burrowing Owl ___ Short-eared Owl
GOATSUCKERS
___ Lesser Nighthawk ___ Common Nighthawk*___ Chuck-will’s-widow*___ Eastern Whip-poor-will
SWIFTS, HUMMINGBIRDS
___ Chimney Swift*___ Ruby-throated Hummingbird*___ Black-chinned Hummingbird___ Rufous Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
___ Belted Kingfi sher*
WOODPECKERS
___ Red-headed Woodpecker*___ Red-bellied Woodpecker*___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ___ Downy Woodpecker*
___ Northern Flicker*___ Pileated Woodpecker*
FALCONS
___ American Kestrel___ Merlin___ Peregrine Falcon
FLYCATCHERS
___ Olive-sided Flycatcher___ Eastern Wood-Pewee*___ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ___ Acadian Flycatcher*___ Alder Flycatcher ___ Willow Flycatcher ___ Least Flycatcher ___ Eastern Phoebe___ Vermilion Flycatcher___ Ash-throated Flycatcher___ Great Crested Flycatcher*___ Western Kingbird ___ Eastern Kingbird*___ Gray Kingbird*___ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
MARTINS & SWALLOWS
___ Purple Martin*___ Tree Swallow ___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow*___ Bank Swallow ___ Cliff Swallow*___ Cave Swallow___ Barn Swallow*
JAYS & CROWS
___ Blue Jay*___ American Crow___ Fish Crow*
CHICKADEES & TITMICE
___ Carolina Chickadee*___ Tufted Titmouse*
NUTHATCHES
___ Red-breasted Nuthatch___ Brown-headed Nuthatch*
CREEPERS
___ Brown Creeper
WRENS
___ Carolina Wren*___ Bewick’s Wren ___ House Wren___ Winter Wren ___ Sedge Wren___ Marsh Wren*
KINGLETS & GNATCATCHERS
___ Golden-crowned Kinglet___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*
BLUEBIRDS, THRUSHES & ROBINS
___ Northern Wheatear___ Eastern Bluebird*___ Veery___ Gray-cheeked Thrush ___ Swainson’s Thrush ___ Hermit Thrush ___ Wood Thrush* ___ American Robin*
THRASHERS
___ Gray Catbird___ Northern Mockingbird* ___ Sage Thrasher ___ Brown Thrasher*
PIPITS
___ American Pipit
WAXWINGS
___ Cedar Waxwing
STARLINGS
___ European Starling*
SHRIKES
___ Loggerhead Shrike*
VIREOS
___ White-eyed Vireo*___ Bell’s Vireo ___ Solitary Vireo ___ Yellow-throated Vireo* ___ Warbling Vireo ___ Philadelphia Vireo ___ Red-eyed Vireo* ___ Black-whiskered Vireo
WARBLERS ___ Blue-winged Warbler___ Golden-winged Warbler___ Tennessee Warbler___ Orange-crowned Warbler___ Nashville Warbler ___ Northern Parula* ___ Yellow Warbler ___ Chestnut-sided Warbler___ Magnolia Warbler ___ Cape May Warbler ___ Black-throated Blue Warbler ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler ___ Black-throated Gray Warbler ___ Black-throated Green Warbler___ Blackburnian Warbler ___ Yellow-throated Warbler*___ Pine Warbler* ___ Prairie Warbler* ___ Palm Warbler ___ Bay-breasted Warbler ___ Blackpoll Warbler ___ Cerulean Warbler___ Black-and-white Warbler*___ American Redstart* ___ Prothonotary Warbler* ___ Worm-eating Warbler ___ Swainson’s Warbler* ___ Ovenbird ___ Northern Waterthrush ___ Louisiana Waterthrush ___ Kentucky Warbler* ___ Connecticut Warbler ___ Mourning Warbler ___ Common Yellowthroat* ___ Hooded Warbler* ___ Wilson’s Warbler ___ Canada Warbler ___ Painted Redstart___ Yellow-breasted Chat*
TANAGERS
___ Summer Tanager* ___ Scarlet Tanager ___ Western Tanager
NEW WORLD FINCHES
___ Northern Cardinal* ___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak ___ Black-headed Grosbeak ___ Blue Grosbeak ___ Indigo Bunting* ___ Painted Bunting* ___ Dickcissel*
OLD WORLD FINCHES
___ Purple Finch ___ House Finch___ Pine Siskin ___ American Goldfi nch* ___ Evening Grosbeak___ House Sparrow___ Scaly-breasted Munia SPARROWS
___ Eastern Towhee ___ Bachman’s Sparrow* ___ American Tree Sparrow___ Chipping Sparrow ___ Clay-colored Sparrow ___ Field Sparrow*___ Vesper Sparrow ___ Lark Sparrow ___ Lark Bunting ___ Savannah Sparrow ___ Grasshopper Sparrow ___ Henslow’s Sparrow ___ Le Conte’s Sparrow ___ Nelson’s Sparrow ___ Seaside Sparrow* ___ Fox Sparrow ___ Song Sparrow ___ Lincoln’s Sparrow ___ Swamp Sparrow ___ White-throated Sparrow ___ White-crowned Sparrow ___ Dark-eyed Junco ___ Lapland Longspur BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, COWBIRDS & ORIOLES
___ Bobolink ___ Red-winged Blackbird* ___ Eastern Meadowlark* ___ Western Meadowlark ___ Yellow-headed Blackbird ___ Rusty Blackbird ___ Brewer’s Blackbird ___ Boat-tailed Grackle* ___ Common Grackle* ___ Bronzed Cowbird___ Shiny Cowbird ___ Brown-headed Cowbird* ___ Orchard Oriole* ___ Baltimore Oriole
* known or suspected to have nested in sanctuary or on the island
DAUPHIN ISLAND AUDUBON BIRD SANCTUARY BIRD SIGHTING CHECKLIST DAUPHIN ISLANDAUDUBON
BIRDSANCTUARY
TRAIL GUIDE& CHECKLIST
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DAUPHINISLAND
CAMPGROUND
UPPERWOODLAND
TRAIL
GAILLARDLAKE
LAKE LOOPTRAIL
GULF of MEXICO
TO FORT GAINES
BANDINGAREA
SWAMP
DUNE EDGE TRAIL
250�” 500�” 1000�”
PARKING
BIENVILLE BLVD.
D A U P H I N I S L A N D A U D U B O N B I R D S A N C T U A RY T R A I L S Y S T E M
Lake Loop Trail 0.6 MilesCampground Trail 0.4 MilesDune Edge Trail 0.3 MilesSwamp Overlook Trail 0.8 MilesUpper Woodlands Trail 1.7 MilesTo Fort Gaines 0.5 Miles
Entire trail system is approximately 4.3
miles including walk to Fort Gaines.
Lake Loop Trail (Handicapped Access)The Trail takes the visitor through the maritime forest, where the dominant plants are Loblolly and Slash Pines, Live Oak, Southern Magnolia and Tupelo Gum. It leads by slightly elevated boardwalk from the parking lot to Gaillard Lake, where turtles, an occasional alligator and wading birds can be seen. Those wanting to go further can cross the Dune Edge Trail at the southern western corner of the lake and cross a boardwalk to the beach.
Campground Trails
These trails start at the campground and visitors can enter the Sanctuary through a pedestrian only entrance. One trail joins at the Lake Loop Trail. While the other ends at a pavilion on the beach. Once visitorsmake their way to the beach they can then walk along the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico to visit historic Fort Gaines.
Dune Edge Trail
This trail follows the beach meadow which is behind the primary dune and is made up of a variety of fl ow-ering weeds, grasses and woody plants. This trail runs from the Swamp Overlook along the primary dune and passes by the southern end of Gaillard Lake.
Swamp 0verlookTrail
This is a short trail leading from the Banding Area to an overlook at the Swamp. Sometimes the Swamp may be dry due to the climate. This is a great spot for viewing wintering woodland species.
Upper Woodland Trail
The Upper Woodland Trail starts at the north-west corner of the Lake Loop Trail and follows the firebreak along a wide path. It then bears left (South) from the firebreak and meanders through a pine forest, interspersed with Magnolia, Wax Myrtle and Yaupon. It rejoins the southern most firebreak and returns to the Lake Loop Trail at the southern end of Gaillard Lake.
Painted Redstart. Photo by T. Hartley
Birding on the Island
Dauphin Island has been named one of the four top locations in North America for bird viewing.The Bird Sanctuary has been recognized by the National Audubon Society as being “Globally lmportant” for bird migrations. Birding on the Island is best during the migrations. The Spring migration is from the middle of March through the first part of May. The Fall migration typicallyruns from mid-September through October. Dur-ing the Winter months visitors will be able to see some interesting waterfowl, wading birds and wintering woodland species.
For more information please visit us atone of the following locations:
www.dauphinisland.orgwww.facebook.com/[email protected]
251-861-3607
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