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TOP 10 BIRDS SIGHTED

  1. Barn Swallow/Hirundo rustica-78

  2. Song Sparrow/Melospiza melodia-64

  3. Red-winged Blackbird (Male / Female)/Agelaius phoeniceus-64

  4. American Robin/Turdis migratorius-42

  5. Indigo Bunting (Male / Female)/Passerina cyanea-37

  6. American Crow/Corvus brachyrhynchos-32

  7. American Goldfinch/Carduelis tristis-30

  8. American Cardinal/Cardinalis cardinalis-26

  9. European Starling/Sturnus vulgaris-26

  10. Gray Catbird/Dumetella carolinensis-24

SSC-State Special Concern

  1. Sharp-shined Hawk/Accipiter striatus-1

  2. Great Blue Heron/Ardea herodias-3

SE-State Endangered

  1. Northern Harrier (Male / Female)/Circus cyaneus-1

  2. Marsh Wren/Cistothorus palustris-5

POSSIBLE ADITIONAL CONSERVATION SPECIES

SSC-State Special Concern

  1. Broad-winged Hawk/Buteo platypterus

  2. Black and White Warbler/Mniotilta varia

  3. Canada Warbler/Wilsonia canadensis

  4. Hooded Warbler/Wilsonia citrina

SE-State Endangered

  1. Golden-winged Warbler/Vermivora chrysoptera

WL-Watch list

  1. American Black Duck/Anas rubripes

  2. Black-throated Blue Wabler/Dendroica caerulescens

  3. Bobolink/Dolichonyx oryzivorus

  4. Wood Thrush/Hylocichla mustelina

  5. Prothonotary Warbler/Protonotaria citrea

 

 

 

Coffee Creek Corridor Bird Survey History
  = New Species to Survey                  
                     
Conservation Status
  Scientific Name Common Name 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 Total   Indiana Watchlist
1 Accipiter striatus Sharp-shined Hawk 1 1 SSC
2 Agelaius phoeniceus Red-winged Blackbird 25 45 4 25 26 6 131
3 Aix sponsa Wood Duck 3 3
4 Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow 3 2 5
5 Anas platyr Mallard 4 2 6
6 Archilochus colubris Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 1 2
7 Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron 1 3 2 1 7
8 Bombycilla cedrorum Cedar Waxwing 2 2 3 1 3 11
9 Branta canadensis Canada Goose 36 4 40
10 Buteo jamaicensis Red-Tailed Hawk 21 1 2 24
11 Butorides virescens Green Heron 4 4
12 Cardinalis cardinalis Northern Cardinal 12 3 8 3 6 9 41
13 Carduelis tristis American Goldfinch 46 26 15 11 4 102
14 Carpodacus mexicanus House Finch 2 1 3
15 Ceryle alcyon Belted Kingfisher 6 3 1 10
16 Chaetura pelagica Chimney Swift 3 2 5
17 Charadrius vociferus Killdeer 7 5 4 3 19
18 Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier 2 1 3 SE
19 Cistothorus palustris Marsh Wren 3 2 5 SE
20 Colaptes auratus Northern Flicker 2 5 1 1 5 1 15
21 Colinus virginianus Northern Bobwhite 3 2 1 6
22 Columba livia Rock Dove 5 15 1 21
23 Contopus virens Eastern Wood-Pewee 4 6 2 4 1 17
24 Corvus brachyrhynchos American Crow 11 15 9 5 14 4 58
25 Cyanocitta cristata Blue Jay 10 12 1 4 9 3 39
26 Dendroica petechia Yellow Warbler 3 1 2 2 8
27 Dumetella carolinensis Gray Catbird 5 10 3 11 9 1 39
28 Empidonax traillii Willow Flycatcher 1 1 3 5 Yellow
29 Geothlypis trichas Common Yellow-throat 18 8 2 3 4 6 41
30 Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow 3 2 12 41 14 11 83
31 Icterus galbula Baltimore Oriole 8 9 2 19
32 Larus argentatus Herring Gull 10 10
33 Larus delawarensis Ring-billed Gull 3 80 83
34 Melanerpes carolinus Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 5 1 3 3 13
35 Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-headed Woodpecker 6 3 3 12 Yellow
36 Melospiza melodia Song Sparrow 22 27 16 21 13 14 113
37 Molothrus ater Brown-headed Cowbird 10 3 2 15 4 34
38 Myiarchus crinitus Great Crested Flycatcher 1 1 2 4
39 Parus atricapillus Black-capped Chickadee 2 2 2 1 7
40 Parus bicolor Tufted Titmouse 1 9 1 1 12
41 Passerculus domesticus House Sparrow 1 1
42 Passerculus sandwichensis Savannah Sparrow 1 1
43 Passerina cyanea Indigo Bunting 9 6 10 13 12 2 52
44 Pheucticus ludovicianus Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 1 3 4 2 12
45 Picoides pubescens Downy Woodpecker 3 1 1 6 3 1 15
46 Picoides villosus Hairy Woodpecker 1 1 2
47 Pipilo erythrophthalmus Eastern Towhee 2 1 1 4
48 Pirana olivacea Scarlet Tanager 1 1
49 Progne subis Purple Martin 3 3
50 Quiscalus quiscala Common Grackle 18 11 2 3 3 1 38
51 Sayornis phoebe Eastern Phoebe 1 1
52 Sialia sialis Eastern Bluebird 5 6 11
53 Sitta carolinensis White-breasted Nuthatch 2 6 5 1 14
54 Spiza americana Dickcissel 7 7 Yellow
55 Spizella pusilla Field Sparrow 7 4 5 5 6 27
56 Stelgidopteryx serripennis N. Rough-winged Swallow 4 4
57 Sturnella magna Eastern Meadowlark 2 2
58 Sturnus vulgaris European Starling 50 20 5 1 76
59 Tachycineta bicolor Tree Swallow 4 35 3 42
60 Thryothorus ludovicianus Carolina Wren 1 1
61 Toxostoma rufum Brown Thrasher 1 1
62 Troglodytes aedon House Wren 3 1 6 6 3 19
63 Turdis migratorius American Robin 12 17 4 19 15 4 71
64 Tyrannus tyrannus Eastern Kingbird 3 5 5 13
65 Vireo gilvus Warbling Vireo 1 2 3
66 Vireo olivaceus Red-eyed Vireo 3 1 4
67 Zenaida macroura Mourning Dove 6 4 5 2 17
Total Individuals 311 474 165 265 190 98 1503 3 3
Total Species 43 40 38 39 34 29 67
Conservation Listed
Total Indiana Species 3
Total Watchlist Species 3
% Conservation Listed 8.96%
 
% State Endangered 2.99%