Following is a list of birds as observed in the 

 park by the writer: 



Permanent Residents: 

 Ruffed Grouse 

 Sharp-shinned Hawk 

 Screech Owl 

 Hairy Woodpecker 

 Downy Woodpecker 

 Blue jay 

 Crow 



Purple Finch* 

 Goldfinch* 

 Cedar Waxwing* 

 Brown Creeper* 

 White-breasted Nuthatch 

 Red-breasted Nuthatch 

 Chickadee 



English Pheasant*** 

 English Sparrow *** 



Summer Residents (given in about the order of 

 their first appearance in spring) : 

 Sparrow Hawk 

 Red-shouldered Hawk 

 Red-tailed Hawk 

 Marsh Hawk 

 Slate-colored Junco 

 Robin 



Song Sparrow 

 Bluebird . 



Red-winged Blackbird 

 Bronzed Grackle 

 Belted Kingfisher 

 Cowbird 

 Phoebe 

 Meadowlark 

 Mourning Dove 



*Found in reduced numbers, or of irregular oc- 

 curence, in winter. 

 ♦♦♦Introduced species. 



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