You can get a copy of our new brochure dedicated to bird watchers. The “Lake Erie Island Bird Checklist” (high quality pdf) will be available at our display during upcoming events and at the Lake Erie Islands Nature & Wildlife Center during the season. A nominal fee will benefit LEINWC.
Kelleys Island Audubon will also be selling the check list to benefit their organization. Thanks to Tom Bartlett (compilation), Meghan Whitmer (design), Susan Byrnes (printing), the Lake Erie Islands Historical Society, Kelleys Island Audubon and Pelee Island Bird Observatory for partnering with us to produce this new item.
Following is our check list for birds native to South Bass Island.
BIRD CHECKLIST FOR SOUTH BASS ISLAND
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Green Heron (Butorides striatus)Great Egret
(Casmerodius albus)Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Tundra Swan (Olor columbianus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
Brant (Branta bernicla)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas crecca)
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Blue-Winged Teal (Anas discors)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Redhead (Aythya americana)
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
Long-tailed Duck (Clagula hyemalis)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser )
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)
Broad-Winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
Sora (Porzana Carolina)
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
Ring-Necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
American Coot (Fulica americana)
Back-Bellied Pover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Red Knot (Calidris alba)
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Sanderling (lidris alba)
Least Sandpiper (lidris minutilla)
Pectoral Sandpiper (lidris melanotos)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Short-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
Little Gull (Larus minutus)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Bonaparte’s Gull (Larus philadelphia)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Greater Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Ross’ Gull (Rhodostethia rosea)
Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Rock Dove (Columba livia)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
Black-Billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
Eastern Screech Owl (Otus asio)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
Red-Headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erthrocephalus)
Red-Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Olive-Sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis)
Eastern Wood Pewee (Contopus virens)
Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Cliff Swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota)
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
Purple Martin (Progne subis)
Rough-Winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrynchos)
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
White Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinesis)
Red-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor )
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
Carolina Wren (Thyrothorus ludovicianus)
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Golden-Crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
Gray-Cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
American Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
White-Eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
Blue-Headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
Yellow-Throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
Red-Eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
Blue-Winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus)
Golden-Winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina)
Orange-Crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
Northern Parula (Parula americana)
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
Common Yellowthroat (Geoghlypis trichas)
Chestnut-Sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica)
Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia)
Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina)
Black-Throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens)
Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)
Black-Throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor )
Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum)
Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus)
Kirtland’s Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii)
Bay-Breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea)
Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
Black and White Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
Worm-Eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus)
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus)
Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla)
Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus)
Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis)
Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia)
Wilson’s Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)
Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina)
Yellow-Breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
Nelson’s Sharptail Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus)
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
Henslow’s Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii)
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
Common Grackle (Quisculus quiscula)
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephlus)
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
White-Winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thank you to Stan Wulkowicz,former island resident, for compiling the list, and to John Condit, with The Ohio State University, Museum of Biological Diversity, for reviewing the list