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Spotting Information for
Avocet - Dunlin

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Photos are included for birds common or abundant all year (others are being added).

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

Listing Order
Birds are listed alphabetically by the base word of the common name (such as Sandpiper) and then by the full common name (such as Baird's Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, etc.).

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Database Courtesy: Assateague.com

 

American Avocet
Spring: occasional | Summer: occasional | Fall: uncommon | Winter: rare
Nests on or near Refuge? no

American Bittern
Spring: occasional | Summer: occasional | Fall: occasional | Winter: occasional
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Least Bittern
Spring: uncommon | Summer: common | Fall: uncommon | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Red-winged Blackbird
Spring: abundant | Summer: abundant | Fall: abundant | Winter: abundant
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Rusty Blackbird
Spring: none | Summer: none | Fall: occasional | Winter: occasional
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Yellow-headed Blackbird
Spring: rare | Summer: none | Fall: rare | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Eastern Bluebird
Spring: rare | Summer: rare | Fall: rare | Winter: rare
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Bobolink
Spring: occasional | Summer: none | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Northern Bobwhite
Spring: abundant | Summer: abundant | Fall: abundant | Winter: abundant
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Brant
Spring: common | Summer: rare | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Bufflehead
Spring: common | Summer: rare | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Indigo Bunting
Spring: uncommon | Summer: uncommon | Fall: uncommon | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Snow Bunting
Spring: occasional | Summer: none | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Canvasback
Spring: rare | Summer: none | Fall: rare | Winter: rare
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Northern Cardinal
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Gray Catbird
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Yellow-breasted Chat
Spring: uncommon | Summer: uncommon | Fall: occasional | Winter: rare
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Carolina Chickadee
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Chuck-will's-widow
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: none | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

American Coot
Spring: uncommon | Summer: rare | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Double-crested Cormorant
Spring: abundant | Summer: common | Fall: abundant | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Great Cormorant
Spring: rare | Summer: none | Fall: rare | Winter: rare
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Brown-headed Cowbird
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Brown Creeper
Spring: none | Summer: rare | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Red Crossbill
Spring: rare | Summer: none | Fall: none | Winter: rare
Nests on or near Refuge? no

American Crow
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Fish Crow
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Black-billed Cuckoo
Spring: occasional | Summer: rare | Fall: occasional | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: rare
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Dickcissel
Spring: none | Summer: rare | Fall: rare | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Mourning Dove
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Rock Dove
Spring: uncommon | Summer: uncommon | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Long-billed Dowitcher
Spring: uncommon | Summer: rare | Fall: uncommon | Winter: occasional
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Short-billed Dowitcher
Spring: abundant | Summer: abundant | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? no

American Black Duck
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Ring-necked Duck
Spring: rare | Summer: none | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Ruddy Duck
Spring: uncommon | Summer: occasional | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Wood Duck
Spring: uncommon | Summer: uncommon | Fall: uncommon | Winter: rare
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Dunlin
Spring: abundant | Summer: occasional | Fall: abundant | Winter: abundant
Nests on or near Refuge? no

 

Table data from:
Birds - Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
(Brochure, December 1997, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Photos in this section are from the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, G. Gough, I. Thomas, and B. G. Peterjohn. 1997. The North American Breeding Bird Survey Results and Analysis. Version 96.4. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD