Assateague Birds


	Photos of Some of the Birds Spotted on Assateague Island Also Spotting Lists & More Photos

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Photos of Some of the Birds Spotted on Assateague Island Photos Copyright ©2005 The Assateague Naturalist The Wildlife Loop around Snow Goose Pool (map) is a very good trail for spotting a variety of birds, and many of the photos in this section were taken along that trail. Return to top of page
	Red-winged Blackbird		Northern Bobwhite
	Brown-headed Cowbird		Cattle Egret
	Great Egret		Snowy Egret
	Canada Goose		Laughing Gull
	Ring-billed Gull		Black-crowned Night Heron
	Great Blue Heron		Green Heron
	Tricolored Heron		Glossy Ibis
	Eastern Kingbird		Sanderling
	Tree Swallow		Mute Swan
	Common Tern		Turkey Vulture

Listing and Photos of Birds Spotted on Assateague Island (Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge)

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Sighting Information: Abundant - a species which is very numerous Common - certain to be seen or heard in suitable habitat Uncommon - present, but not certain to be seen Occasional - seen only a few times during a season Rare - seen at intervals of two to five years
Printable List - Sighting information in table format for printing.
From the Birding Database
Search	Search for spotting information for a particular bird sighted on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. Photos of birds common or abundant all year are included (others are being added).
List All	Obtain a listing of spotting information for all birds sighted on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. Photos of birds common or abundant all year are included (others are being added).
Spring Summer Fall Winter	Obtain a listing of birds sighted on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge during a particular season. The listing will include birds that are abundant, common, occasional, and rare during the selected season.
About 300 species of birds have been identified on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. The Eastern Shore and the islands of Chincoteague and Assateague are located along the Atlantic flyway for shorebirds, waterfowl, and others that nest in the north and migrate south for the winter. The salt marshes, the pine woods, and the specially-developed, freshwater impoundments on the refuge are also nesting places for a variety of birds including species of plovers, gulls, terns, geese, herons, and ducks. You'll see many birds in the marshes on either side of the causeway (Route 175) that leads to the islands; and even as you drive across Chincoteague, you're likely to spot egrets and mallards near the water and occasionally in yards. But some of the best bird spotting, of course, will be on the refuge, either in the marshes along the main road or in the freshwater impoundments accessible on the three-mile Wildlife Loop (open to vehicles after 3 p.m).
Accidental Species These additional 30 species have been seen only once or twice on the refuge: White-faced Ibis Ross' Goose Fulvous Whistling Duck Broad-winged Hawk Swainson's Hawk Golden Eagle Mountain Plover Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Purple Sandpiper Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Little Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Elegant Tern Dovekie Atlantic Puffin Common Ground Dove Ash-throated Flycatcher Gray Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Northern Rough-winged Swallow Cliff Swallow Northern Wheatear Northern Shrike Black-headed Grosbeak Le Conte's Sparrow Chestnut-collared Longspur House Sparrow

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