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BIRDING IN INGHAM COUNTY
Partially complete as of 16 MAR 04
Comments or corrections to Doug McWhirter at:
Dmcwhir513(at)aol.com substitute @ for (at)
INGHAM COUNTY COMPILED LIST
This list should be current through 2003. It is based, in part, on
"Birds of the Capital Count Area of Michigan With Seasonal and
Historical Analyses" by Douglas W. McWhirter and Donald L. Beaver,
published in 1977 as Vol. 5, No. 5 of the Biological Series of the
Publications of the Museum, Michigan State University. This was
updated by McWhirter in 1997 as "Birds of the Lansing Area, an
Annotated Checklist"; printed by the author, distributed locally.
Several species have been added to the Ingham County list since 1997,
and this version includes information from all of the observers who
have turned in Ingham lists to the Michigan Bird List Compilations.
The status information is basically taken from the annotated checklist
mentioned above. The breeding status is mostly from "The Atlas of
Breeding Birds of Michigan" by Brewer, McPeek, and Adams (1991), but
includes personal observations by McWhirter
The symbols after some of the species English common names are "A" and
"C" and correspond to the Michigan Bird Record Committee definitions of
"Accidental" and "Casual"
The symbols "X" and "O" indicated "accepted records" and "no records"
for Ingham County.
The symbols to indicate breeding status are "C" for confirmed, "L"
for likely, and "P" for possible. These correspond to the "C", "P",
and "p" used in the Breeding Bird Atlas.
SPECIES RECORDS/BREEDING/STATUS
RED-THROATED LOON X
COMMON LOON X
PIED-BILLED GREBE X C
HORNED GREBE X
RED-NECKED GREBE X
EARED GREBE X
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN X
DOUBLE-CREST CORMORANT X
AMERICAN BITTERN X
LEAST BITTERN X
GREAT BLUE HERON X C
GREAT EGRET X
SNOWY EGRET X
LITTLE BLUE HERON X
CATTLE EGRET X P
GREEN HERON X C
BLACK-CROWNED N-HERON X
YEL-CROWN N-HERON (C) X
WOOD STORK (A) X
G WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE X
SNOW GOOSE X
ROSS'S GOOSE (C) X
CANADA GOOSE X C
MUTE SWAN X L
TRUMPETER SWAN X
TUNDRA SWAN X
WOOD DUCK X C
GADWALL X
AMERICAN WIGEON X
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK X L
MALLARD X C
BLUE-WINGED TEAL X C
NORTHERN SHOVELOR X
NORTHERN PINTAIL X
GREEN-WINGED TEAL X
CANVASBACK X
REDHEAD X
RING-NECKED DUCK X
GREATER SCAUP X
LESSER SCAUP X
HARLEQUIN DUCK 0
SURF SCOTER X
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER X
BLACK SCOTER X
LONG-TAILED DUCK X
BUFFLEHEAD X
COMMON GOLDENEYE X
HOODED MERGANSER X
COMMON MERGANSER X
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER X
RUDDY DUCK X
TURKEY VULTURE X C
OSPREY X
BALD EAGLE X
NORTHERN HARRIER X P
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK X
COOPER'S HAWK X C
NORTHERN GOSHAWK X
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK X
BROAD-WINGED HAWK X P
SWAINSON'S HAWK 0
RED-TAILED HAWK X C
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK X
GOLDEN EAGLE X
AMERICAN KESTREL X C
MERLIN X
PEREGRINE FALCON X
GYRFALCON 0
RING-NECKED PHEASANT X C
RUFFED GROUSE X C
SPRUCE GROUSE 0
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE 0 Extirpated from county; bred in past
GREAT PRAIRIE CHICKEN X Extirpated from state; bred in past
WILD TURKEY X
NORTHERN BOBWHITE X C
YELLOW RAIL X
KING RAIL (C) X C
VIRGINIA RAIL X L
SORA X C
COMMON MOORHEN X C
AMERICAN COOT X p
SANDHILL CRANE X C
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER X
AM GOLDEN-PLOVER X
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER X
PIPING PLOVER 0
KILLDEER X C
AMERICAN AVOCET X
GREATER YELLOWLEGS X
LESSER YELLOWLEGS X
SOLITARY SANDPIPER X
WILLET X
SPOTTED SANDPIPER X C
UPLAND SANDPIPER X p
WHIMBREL X
HUDSONIAN GODWIT 0
MARBLED GODWIT X
RUDDY TURNSTONE X
RED KNOT X
SANDERLING X
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER X
WESTERN SANDPIPER 0
LEAST SANDPIPER X
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER X
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER X
PECTORAL SANDPIPER X
PURPLE SANDPIPER 0
DUNLIN X
STILT SANDPIPER X
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER X
RUFF (c) X
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER X
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER X
WILSON'S SNIPE X L
AMERICAN WOODCOCK X C
WILSON'S PHALAROPE X
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE X
POMARINE JAEGER 0
PARASITIC JAEGER 0
LAUGHING GULL 0
FRANKLIN'S GULL X
LITTLE GULL 0
BONAPARTE'S GULL X
RING-BILLED GULL X
HERRING GULL X
THAYER'S GULL X
ICELAND GULL X
LESSER BLACK-BACK GULL X
GLAUCOUS GULL X
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL X
CASPIAN TERN X
COMMON TERN X
FORSTER'S TERN X
BLACK TERN X
ROCK PIGEON X c
MOURNING DOVE X c
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO X L
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO X L
BARN OWL X Rare, if not extirpated; bred in past.
EASTERN SCREECH-OWL X L
GREAT HORNED OWL X C
SNOWY OWL X
NORTHERN HAWK OWL 0
BARRED OWL X L
GREAT GREY OWL X
LONG-EARED OWL X
SHORT-EARED OWL X
BOREAL OWL 0
NORTHERN SAW-WHET X
COMMON NIGHTHAWK X L
WHIP-POOR-WILL X
CHIMNEY SWIFT X L
RUBY-THR HUMMINGBIRD X C
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (C) X
BELTED KINGFISHER X C
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER X C
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER X C
YELLOW-BELLY SAPSUCKER X P
DOWNY WOODPECKER X C
HAIRY WOODPECKER X C
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER 0
NORTHERN FLICKER X C
PILEATED WOODPECKER X
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER X
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE X C
YELLOW-BELLY FLYCATCHER X
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER X L
ALDER FLYCATCHER X
WILLOW FLYCATCHER X L
LEAST FLYCATCHER X P
EASTERN PHOEBE X C
SAY'S PHOEBE
GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCH X C
WESTERN KINGBIRD 0
EASTERN KINGBIRD X C
SCISSOR-TAILED FLY (C) X
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE X C
NORTHERN SHRIKE X
WHITE-EYED VIREO X
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO X C
BLUE-HEADED VIREO X L
WARBLING VIREO X C
PHILADELPHIA VIREO X
RED-EYED VIREO X C
GRAY JAY X
BLUE JAY X C
AMERICAN CROW X C
COMMON RAVEN X
HORNED LARK X C
PURPLE MARTIN X C
TREE SWALLOW X C
N ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW X C
BANK SWALLOW X C
CLIFF SWALLOW X P
BARN SWALLOW X C
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE X C
BOREAL CHICKADEE X
TUFTED TITMOUSE X C
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH X
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATH X C
BROWN CREEPER X C
CAROLINA WREN X
BEWICK'S WREN (A) X
HOUSE WREN X C
WINTER WREN X
SEDGE WREN X L
MARSH WREN X L
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET X
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET X
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER X L
EASTERN BLUEBIRD X C
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE O
VEERY X L
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH X
SWAINSON'S THRUSH X
HERMIT THRUSH X
WOOD THRUSH X C
AMERICAN ROBIN X C
VARIED THRUSH 0
GRAY CATBIRD X C
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD X
BROWN THRASHER X C
EUROPEAN STARLING X C
WATER PIPIT X
BOHEMIAN WAXWING X
CEDAR WAXWING X C
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER X L
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER X
TENNESSE WARBLER X
0RANGE-CROWNED WARBLER X
NASHVILLE WARBLER X
NORTHERN PARULA X
YELLOW WARBLER X C
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER X C
MAGNOLIA WARBLER X
CAPE MAY WARBLER X
BLACK-THR BLUE WARBLER X
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER X
BLACK-THR GREEN WARBLER X
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER X
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER X
PINE WARBLER X
KIRTLAND'S WARBLER O
PRAIRIE WARBLER X
PALM WARBLER X
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER X
BLACKPOLL WARBLER X
CERULEAN WARBLER X L
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER X
AMERICAN REDSTART X C
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER X
WORM-EATING WARBLER X
OVENBIRD X C
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH X
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH X
KENTUCKY WARBLER X
CONNECTICUT WARBLER X
MOURNING WARBLER X L
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT X C
HOODED WARBLER X
WILSON'S WARBLER X
CANADA WARBLER X P
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT X P
SUMMER TANAGER X
SCARLET TANAGER X C
EASTERN TOWHEE X L
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW X
CHIPPING SPARROW X C
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW X
FIELD SPARROW X C
VESPER SPARROW X L
LARK SPARROW (C) X
SAVANNAH SPARROW X C
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW X P
HENSLOW'S SPARROW X L
LE CONTE'S SPARROW 0
FOX SPARROW X
SONG SPARROW X C
LINCOLN'S SPARROW X
SWAMP SPARROW X C
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW X
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW X
HARRIS'S SPARROW X
DARK-EYED JUNCO X
LAPLAND LONGSPUR X
SNOW BUNTING X
NORTHERN CARDINAL X C
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK X C
BLUE GROSBEAK (C) X
INDIGO BUNTING X C
DICKCISSEL X C
BOBOLINK X C
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD X C
EASTERN MEADOWLARK X C
WESTERN MEADOWLARK X P
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD X
RUSTY BLACKBIRD X
BREWER'S BLACKBIRD X
COMMON GRACKLE X C
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD X C
ORCHARD ORIOLE X
BALTIMORE ORIOLE X C
PINE GROSBEAK X
PURPLE FINCH X L
HOUSE FINCH X C
RED CROSSBILL X
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL X
COMMON REDPOLL X
HOARY REDPOLL X
PINE SISKIN X L
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH X C
EVENING GROSBEAK X
HOUSE SPARROW X C