Great Backyard Bird Count

February Checklist for Fort Pulaski National Monument, GA
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Rare or unlikely species are shown in italics. Show this checklist without rare species included.

Waterfowl
______ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ______ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (fulgens) ______ Greater White-fronted Goose ______ Greater White-fronted Goose (Western) ______ Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) ______ Snow Goose ______ Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid) ______ Snow/Ross's Goose ______ Canada Goose ______ goose sp. ______ Mute Swan ______ Tundra Swan ______ Tundra Swan (Whistling) ______ Muscovy Duck (Domestic type) ______ Wood Duck ______ Gadwall ______ American Wigeon ______ American Black Duck ______ Mallard ______ Mallard (Northern) ______ Mallard (Domestic type) ______ Mottled Duck ______ American Black/Mottled Duck ______ Mallard/Mottled Duck ______ Blue-winged Teal ______ Northern Shoveler ______ Northern Pintail ______ Green-winged Teal	______ Green-winged Teal (American) ______ teal sp. ______ dabbling duck sp. ______ Canvasback ______ Redhead ______ Ring-necked Duck ______ Greater Scaup ______ Lesser Scaup ______ Greater/Lesser Scaup ______ Aythya sp. ______ Common Eider ______ Common Eider (Dresser's) ______ Surf Scoter ______ White-winged Scoter ______ White-winged Scoter (North American) ______ Black Scoter ______ Surf/Black Scoter ______ scoter sp. ______ Bufflehead ______ Common Goldeneye ______ Hooded Merganser ______ Common Merganser ______ Common Merganser (North American) ______ Red-breasted Merganser ______ Common/Red-breasted Merganser ______ Ruddy Duck ______ Ruddy Duck (Ruddy) ______ duck sp.
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
______ Plain Chachalaca
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
______ Northern Bobwhite	______ Wild Turkey
Loons and Grebes
______ Red-throated Loon ______ Common Loon ______ loon sp.	______ Pied-billed Grebe ______ Horned Grebe ______ Western Grebe
Albatrosses, Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels
______ Black-capped Petrel ______ Black-capped Petrel (White-faced) ______ Black-capped Petrel (Dark-faced) ______ Cory's Shearwater ______ Cory's Shearwater (Scopoli's) ______ Cory's Shearwater (borealis)	______ Great Shearwater ______ Sooty Shearwater ______ Manx Shearwater ______ Audubon's Shearwater ______ black-and-white shearwater sp. ______ shearwater sp.
Storm-Petrels
______ Wilson's Storm-Petrel ______ Leach's Storm-Petrel	______ Leach's Storm-Petrel (Leach's) ______ Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Storks
______ Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
______ Northern Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
______ Double-crested Cormorant	______ Anhinga
Pelicans
______ American White Pelican	______ Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
______ American Bittern ______ Least Bittern ______ Great Blue Heron ______ Great Blue Heron (Blue form) ______ Great Egret ______ Snowy Egret ______ Little Blue Heron ______ Tricolored Heron ______ Reddish Egret	______ Cattle Egret ______ Cattle Egret (Western) ______ Green Heron ______ Black-crowned Night-Heron ______ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ______ White Ibis ______ Glossy Ibis ______ Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
______ Black Vulture ______ Turkey Vulture ______ Osprey ______ Osprey (carolinensis) ______ Swallow-tailed Kite ______ Mississippi Kite ______ Northern Harrier ______ Northern Harrier (American) ______ Sharp-shinned Hawk ______ Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern) ______ Cooper's Hawk ______ Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk	______ Bald Eagle ______ Red-shouldered Hawk ______ Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group) ______ Broad-winged Hawk ______ Red-tailed Hawk ______ Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) ______ Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) ______ Red-tailed Hawk (abieticola) ______ Red-tailed Hawk (Krider's) ______ Buteo sp. ______ hawk sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
______ Black Rail ______ King Rail ______ Clapper Rail ______ Clapper Rail (Atlantic Coast) ______ King/Clapper Rail ______ Virginia Rail	______ Virginia Rail (Virginia) ______ Sora ______ Purple Gallinule ______ Common Gallinule ______ American Coot ______ American Coot (Red-shielded)
Cranes
______ Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
______ Black-necked Stilt ______ Black-necked Stilt (Black-necked) ______ American Avocet ______ American Oystercatcher ______ Black-bellied Plover ______ American Golden-Plover ______ Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp. ______ Wilson's Plover ______ Semipalmated Plover ______ Piping Plover ______ Killdeer ______ Upland Sandpiper ______ Whimbrel ______ Whimbrel (Hudsonian) ______ Long-billed Curlew ______ Marbled Godwit ______ Ruddy Turnstone ______ Red Knot ______ Stilt Sandpiper ______ Sanderling ______ Dunlin ______ Purple Sandpiper ______ Least Sandpiper ______ White-rumped Sandpiper ______ Buff-breasted Sandpiper ______ Pectoral Sandpiper	______ Semipalmated Sandpiper ______ Western Sandpiper ______ Semipalmated/Western Sandpiper ______ peep sp. ______ Short-billed Dowitcher ______ Short-billed Dowitcher (griseus) ______ Short-billed Dowitcher (hendersoni) ______ Long-billed Dowitcher ______ Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher ______ Wilson's Snipe ______ American Woodcock ______ Wilson's Phalarope ______ Red-necked Phalarope ______ Red Phalarope ______ Red-necked/Red Phalarope ______ Spotted Sandpiper ______ Solitary Sandpiper ______ Solitary Sandpiper (solitaria) ______ Greater Yellowlegs ______ Willet ______ Willet (Eastern) ______ Willet (Western) ______ Lesser Yellowlegs ______ Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs ______ shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
______ Pomarine Jaeger ______ Parasitic Jaeger	______ Pomarine/Parasitic Jaeger ______ jaeger sp.
Alcids
______ Razorbill
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
______ Bonaparte's Gull ______ Laughing Gull ______ Ring-billed Gull ______ Herring Gull ______ Herring Gull (American) ______ Lesser Black-backed Gull ______ Glaucous Gull ______ Great Black-backed Gull ______ gull sp. ______ Sooty Tern ______ Bridled Tern	______ Least Tern ______ Gull-billed Tern ______ Caspian Tern ______ Black Tern ______ Common Tern ______ Forster's Tern ______ Common/Forster's Tern ______ Royal Tern ______ Sandwich Tern ______ Black Skimmer
Pigeons and Doves
______ Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) ______ Eurasian Collared-Dove ______ Common Ground-Dove	______ White-winged Dove ______ Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
______ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Owls
______ Barn Owl ______ Barn Owl (American) ______ Eastern Screech-Owl ______ Eastern Screech-Owl (Northern)	______ Great Horned Owl ______ Barred Owl ______ Barred Owl (Northern)
Nightjars
______ Common Nighthawk ______ Chuck-will's-widow	______ Eastern Whip-poor-will
Swifts
______ Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
______ Ruby-throated Hummingbird ______ Black-chinned Hummingbird ______ Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird	______ Rufous Hummingbird ______ Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird ______ hummingbird sp.
Kingfishers
______ Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
______ Red-headed Woodpecker ______ Red-bellied Woodpecker ______ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ______ Downy Woodpecker ______ Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) ______ Hairy Woodpecker	______ Downy/Hairy Woodpecker ______ Red-cockaded Woodpecker ______ Northern Flicker ______ Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) ______ Pileated Woodpecker ______ woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
______ American Kestrel ______ Merlin	______ Peregrine Falcon
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
______ Eastern Wood-Pewee ______ Acadian Flycatcher ______ Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) ______ Empidonax sp. ______ Eastern Phoebe ______ Great Crested Flycatcher	______ Western Kingbird ______ Eastern Kingbird ______ Gray Kingbird ______ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ______ flycatcher sp. (Tyrannidae sp.)
Shrikes
______ Loggerhead Shrike
Vireos
______ White-eyed Vireo ______ Yellow-throated Vireo ______ Blue-headed Vireo	______ Philadelphia Vireo ______ Red-eyed Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
______ Blue Jay ______ American Crow	______ Fish Crow ______ crow sp.
Martins and Swallows
______ Northern Rough-winged Swallow ______ Purple Martin ______ Tree Swallow ______ Bank Swallow ______ Barn Swallow ______ Barn Swallow (American)	______ Cliff Swallow ______ Cliff Swallow (pyrrhonota Group) ______ Cave Swallow ______ Cave Swallow (Texas) ______ Cliff/Cave Swallow ______ swallow sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
______ Carolina Chickadee	______ Tufted Titmouse
Nuthatches
______ Red-breasted Nuthatch ______ White-breasted Nuthatch	______ White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) ______ Brown-headed Nuthatch
Treecreepers
______ Brown Creeper
Wrens
______ House Wren ______ House Wren (Northern) ______ Winter Wren ______ Sedge Wren	______ Marsh Wren ______ Marsh Wren (palustris Group) ______ Marsh Wren (griseus) ______ Carolina Wren
Gnatcatchers
______ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	______ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (caerulea)
Kinglets
______ Golden-crowned Kinglet	______ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
______ Eastern Bluebird ______ Veery ______ Gray-cheeked Thrush ______ Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush ______ Swainson's Thrush ______ Swainson's Thrush (Olive-backed)	______ Hermit Thrush ______ Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus) ______ Catharus sp. ______ Wood Thrush ______ American Robin
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
______ Gray Catbird ______ Brown Thrasher	______ Northern Mockingbird
Starlings and Mynas
______ European Starling
Wagtails and Pipits
______ American Pipit
Waxwings
______ Cedar Waxwing
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
______ Snow Bunting
Wood-Warblers
______ Ovenbird ______ Worm-eating Warbler ______ Louisiana Waterthrush ______ Northern Waterthrush ______ Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush ______ Golden-winged Warbler ______ Blue-winged Warbler ______ Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid) ______ Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) ______ Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid) ______ Black-and-white Warbler ______ Prothonotary Warbler ______ Swainson's Warbler ______ Tennessee Warbler ______ Orange-crowned Warbler ______ Nashville Warbler ______ Connecticut Warbler ______ Kentucky Warbler ______ Common Yellowthroat ______ Hooded Warbler ______ American Redstart ______ Cape May Warbler ______ Northern Parula ______ Magnolia Warbler	______ Bay-breasted Warbler ______ Blackburnian Warbler ______ Yellow Warbler ______ Yellow Warbler (Northern) ______ Chestnut-sided Warbler ______ Blackpoll Warbler ______ Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler ______ Black-throated Blue Warbler ______ Palm Warbler ______ Palm Warbler (Western) ______ Palm Warbler (Yellow) ______ Pine Warbler ______ Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) ______ Yellow-throated Warbler ______ Yellow-throated Warbler (albilora) ______ Yellow-throated Warbler (dominica/stoddardi) ______ Prairie Warbler ______ Black-throated Green Warbler ______ Canada Warbler ______ Wilson's Warbler ______ Yellow-breasted Chat ______ warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)
Sparrows and other Emberizids
______ Bachman's Sparrow ______ Grasshopper Sparrow ______ Henslow's Sparrow ______ Le Conte's Sparrow ______ Nelson's Sparrow ______ Nelson's Sparrow (Interior) ______ Nelson's Sparrow (Atlantic Coast) ______ Saltmarsh Sparrow ______ Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow) ______ Seaside Sparrow ______ Seaside Sparrow (Atlantic) ______ Chipping Sparrow ______ Clay-colored Sparrow ______ Field Sparrow ______ Lark Sparrow ______ Fox Sparrow ______ Fox Sparrow (Red)	______ Dark-eyed Junco ______ Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) ______ White-crowned Sparrow ______ White-crowned Sparrow (leucophrys) ______ White-throated Sparrow ______ Vesper Sparrow ______ Savannah Sparrow ______ Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) ______ Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich) ______ Song Sparrow ______ Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) ______ Lincoln's Sparrow ______ Swamp Sparrow ______ Eastern Towhee ______ Eastern Towhee (Red-eyed) ______ Eastern Towhee (White-eyed) ______ sparrow sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
______ Summer Tanager ______ Scarlet Tanager ______ tanager sp. (Piranga sp.) ______ Northern Cardinal ______ Rose-breasted Grosbeak	______ Blue Grosbeak ______ Indigo Bunting ______ Painted Bunting ______ Dickcissel
Blackbirds
______ Bobolink ______ Red-winged Blackbird ______ Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) ______ Eastern Meadowlark ______ Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern) ______ Yellow-headed Blackbird ______ Rusty Blackbird	______ Common Grackle ______ Common Grackle (Purple) ______ Boat-tailed Grackle ______ Brown-headed Cowbird ______ Orchard Oriole ______ Baltimore Oriole ______ blackbird sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
______ House Finch ______ Purple Finch ______ Purple Finch (Eastern)	______ House/Purple Finch ______ Pine Siskin ______ American Goldfinch
Old World Sparrows
______ House Sparrow
Others
______ passerine sp.

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February Checklist for Fort Pulaski National Monument, GA