Nature Done Wright

If you've been to Stateline Lookout this fall to watch migrating raptors, you know how great a spot it is to see other birds as well — from local Peregrines to migrating Brant.

Charley West was kind enough to put together a composite list of all the birds reported at the Alpine hawk watch along the Hudson River this fall, with the help of John Bird and Brian Kenney.  (Thanks, Charley, John and Brian!)

The full list of 110 — count 'em, 110 species — follows.  (No one heard a Fish Crow?)

STATELINE LOOKOUT, Alpine, N.J.
Sept. 7  to Nov. 8, 2015

Species seen – 110
Families w/seen species – 36

LOONS
Common Loon

CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant

HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret

DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS
Mute Swan
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Brant
Mallard
Bufflehead

NEW WORLD VULTURES
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture

OSPREY
Osprey

HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle

FALCONS AND CARACARAS
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon

GULLS
Ring-billed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
American Herring Gull

PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove

SWIFTS
Chimney Swift

HUMMINGBIRDS
Ruby-throated Hummingbird

KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe

LARKS
Horned Lark

SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow

KINGLETS
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

WAXWINGS
Cedar Waxwing

WRENS
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
House Wren

MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher

THRUSHES
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin

GNATCATCHERS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

CHICKADEES AND TITS
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse

NUTHATCHES
White-breasted Nuthatch

CREEPERS
Brown Creeper

CROWS AND JAYS
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven

STARLINGS
European Starling

VIREOS AND ALLIES
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo

WOOD WARBLERS
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat

TANAGERS AND ALLIES
Scarlet Tanager

SPARROWS, TOWHEES, JUNCOS
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco

SALTATORS, CARDINALS AND ALLIES
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting

BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC.
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird

FINCHES, SISKINS, CROSSBILLS
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch

OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow