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Spotting Information for
Harrier - Moorhen

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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

 

Northern Harrier
Spring: uncommon | Summer: occasional | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Cooper's Hawk
Spring: uncommon | Summer: none | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Red-shouldered Hawk
Spring: occasional | Summer: none | Fall: occasional | Winter: occasional
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Red-tailed Hawk
Spring: uncommon | Summer: occasional | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Rough-legged Hawk
Spring: none | Summer: none | Fall: none | Winter: rare
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Sharp-shinned Hawk
Spring: uncommon | Summer: none | Fall: common | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Black-crowned Night Heron
Spring: uncommon | Summer: common | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

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

Green Heron
Spring: uncommon | Summer: uncommon | Fall: uncommon | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Little Blue Heron
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: occasional
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Tricolored Heron
Spring: uncommon | Summer: common | Fall: common | Winter: rare
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Spring: occasional | Summer: uncommon | Fall: occasional | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Spring: uncommon | Summer: uncommon | Fall: uncommon | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Glossy Ibis
Spring: common | Summer: abundant | Fall: common | Winter: rare
Nests on or near Refuge? no

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

Blue Jay
Spring: occasional | Summer: occasional | Fall: occasional | Winter: occasional
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Dark-eyed Junco
Spring: uncommon | Summer: none | Fall: common | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

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

Killdeer
Spring: uncommon | Summer: common | Fall: uncommon | Winter: occasional
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Eastern Kingbird
Spring: abundant | Summer: abundant | Fall: common | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

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

Belted Kingfisher
Spring: uncommon | Summer: occasional | Fall: common | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Golden-crowned Kinglet
Spring: common | Summer: rare | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Spring: common | Summer: rare | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Red Knot
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: uncommon | Winter: rare
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Horned Lark
Spring: common | Summer: uncommon | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Lapland Longspur
Spring: none | Summer: none | Fall: none | Winter: occasional
Nests on or near Refuge? no

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

Red-throated Loon
Spring: uncommon | Summer: none | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

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

Pulple Martin
Spring: common | Summer: common | Fall: none | Winter: none
Nests on or near Refuge? no

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

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

Hooded Merganser
Spring: uncommon | Summer: none | Fall: uncommon | Winter: uncommon
Nests on or near Refuge? no

Red-breasted Merganser
Spring: common | Summer: rare | Fall: common | Winter: common
Nests on or near Refuge? no

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

Northern Mockingbird
Spring: uncommon | Summer: uncommon | Fall: uncommon | Winter: occasional
Nests on or near Refuge? yes

Common Moorhen
Spring: rare | Summer: occasional | Fall: occasional | Winter: none
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