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Spotting Information for
Eagle - Gull

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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

 

Bald Eagle
Spring: uncommon | Summer: occasional | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Cattle Egret
Spring: uncommon | Summer: uncommon | Fall: common | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Great Egret
Spring: common | Summer: abundant | Fall: common | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Snowy Egret
Spring: common | Summer: abundant | Fall: abundant | Winter: occasional
Nests on or near Refuge? no

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

Peregrine Falcon
Spring: uncommon | Summer: uncommon | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

House Finch
Spring: rare | Summer: none | Fall: rare | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Purple Finch
Spring: rare | Summer: none | Fall: occasional | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? no

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

Acadian Flycatcher
Spring: uncommon | Summer: uncommon | Fall: none | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Great Crested Flycatcher
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

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

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Spring: rare | Summer: none | Fall: none | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? no

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

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Spring: occasional | Summer: none | Fall: none | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? no

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

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

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

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Spring: uncommon | Summer: uncommon | Fall: uncommon | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

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

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

Common Goldeneye
Spring: uncommon | Summer: none | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

American Goldfinch
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Canada Goose
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Greater Snow Goose
Spring: common | Summer: rare | Fall: abundant | Winter: abundant
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Greater White-fronted Goose
Spring: none | Summer: none | Fall: none | Winter: rare
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Boat-tailed Grackle
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Common Grackle
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

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

Horned Grebe
Spring: common | Summer: none | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Pied-billed Grebe
Spring: common | Summer: uncommon | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? no

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

Blue Grosbeak
Spring: uncommon | Summer: occasional | Fall: occasional | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

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

Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Spring: uncommon | Summer: none | Fall: uncommon | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Bonaparte's Gull
Spring: uncommon | Summer: none | Fall: occasional | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Common Black-headed Gull
Spring: rare | Summer: none | Fall: rare | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Greater Black-backed Gull
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Herring Gull
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: abundant | Winter: abundant
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Laughing Gull
Spring: abundant | Summer: abundant | Fall: abundant | Winter: rare
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Spring: none | Summer: none | Fall: occasional | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Ring-billed Gull
Spring: abundant | Summer: common | 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