revised June 1995 
Summer Checklist of Birds for SERC 
Compiled by J.F. Lynch and D. Niven 
These species occur regularly in the Rhode River-West River watershed during the summer 
months (June - August). Species marked with an asterisk (*) are known to have bred in the 
watershed in recent years. 
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 
Great Blue Heron 
Green Heron 
Cattle Egret 
Common Egret 
Snowy Egret 
Mute Swan* 
Canada Goose* 
Mallard* 
Black Duck* 
Wood Duck* 
American Kestrel 
Turkey Vulture* 
Black Vulture* 
Red-tailed Hawk 
Red-shouldered Hawk* 
Bald Eagle* 
Osprey* 
Bobwhite* 
Wild Turkey 
Virginia Rail 
Spotted Sandpiper 
Kildeer 
American Woodcock* 
Herring Gull 
Laughing Gull 
Forster’s Tern 
Mourning Dove* 
Rock Dove 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo* 
Barn Owl 
Screech Owl* 
Great Horned Owl 
Barred Owl* 
Whip-poor Will 
Common Nighthawk 
Chimney Swift 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 
Belted Kingfisher 
Common Flicker* 
Pileated Woodpecker* 
Red-bellied Woodpecker* 
Red-headed Woodpecker 
Hairy Woodpecker* 
Downy Woodpecker* 
Eastern Kingbird 
Great Crested Flycatcher* 
Eastern Phoebe* 
Acadian Flycatcher* 
Eastern Wood Pewee* 
Tree Swallow* 
Barn Swallow* 
Purple Martin* 
Blue Jay* 
Common Crow* 
Fish Crow 
Carolina Chickadee* 
Tufted Titmouse* 
White-breasted Nuthatch* 
House Wren 
Marsh Wren* 
Carolina Wren* 
Northern Mockingbird* 
Brown Thrasher 
Gray Catbird* 
American Robin* 
Eastern Bluebird* 
Wood Thrush* 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 
European Starling* 
White-eyed Vireo* 
Red-eyed Vireo* 
Yellow-throated Vireo* 
Northern Parula 
Pine Warbler 
Prairie Warbler* 
Common Yellowthroat* 
Ovenbird* 
Louisiana Waterthrush* 
Kentucky Warbler* 
Yellow-breasted Chat* 
Hooded Warbler* 
American Redstart 
House Sparrow* 
Eastern Meadowlark 
Red-winged Blackbird* 
Orchard Oriole 
Northern Oriole 
Common Grackle* 
Brown-headed Cowbird 
Scarlet Tanager* 
Summer Tanager* 
Northern Cardinal* 
Blue Grosbeak 
Indigo Bunting* 
House Finch* 
Rufous-sided Towhee* 
American Goldfinch* 
Grasshopper Sparrow 
Field Sparrow* 
Field Sparrow* 
Chipping Sparrow 
Song Sparrow* 
Swamp Sparrow* 
