Permission to use photos courtesy of Jeffrey Pippen
www.duke.edu/~jspippen/nature.htm.
Wildlife

Birds
Read an excellent summary of the birdlife found in Little Bennett Park.
For more information about a bird, click on the blue text. Please note that you will be sent to another website where information about that bird is maintained. By so doing, in other words, you will be temporarily leaving the Friends of Little Bennett website.
* indicates breeding bird.
Common Name Scientific Name
Acadian flycatcher* Empidonax virescens
American crow* Corvus brachyrhynchos
American goldfinch* Carduelis tristis
American kestrel* Falco sparverius
American redstart* Setophaga ruticilla
American robin* Turdus migratorius
American tree sparrow Spizella arborea
American woodcock Scolopax minor
Baltimore oriole* Icterus galbula
Barn swallow* Hirundo rustica
Barred owl* Strix varia
Bay-breasted warbler Dendroica castanea
Belted kingfisher* Ceryle alcyon
Black-and-white warbler* Mniotilta varia
Black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Blackpoll warbler Dendroica striata
Black-throated blue warbler Dendroica caerulescens
Black-throated green warbler Dendroica virens
Black vulture* Coragyps atratus
Blackburnian warbler Dendroica fusca
Blue-gray gnatcatcher* Polioptila caerulea
Blue-headed vireo Vireo solitarius
Blue jay* Cyanocitta cristata
Blue-winged warbler* Vermivora pinus
Broad-winged hawk Buteo platypterus
Brown creeper Certhia americana
Brown-headed cowbird* Molothrus ater
Brown thrasher* Toxostoma rufum
Canada goose* Branta canadensis
Canada warbler Wilsonia canadensis
Cape May warbler Dendroica tigrina
Carolina chickadee* Poecile carolinensis
Carolina wren* Thryothorus ludovicianus
Cedar waxwing* Bombycilla cedrorum
Cerulean warbler Dendroica cerulea
Chestnut-sided warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
Chimney swift* Chaetura pelagica
Chipping sparrow* Spizella passerina
Common grackle* Quiscalus quiscula
Common raven Corvus corax
Common nighthawk Chordeiles minor
Common snipe Gallinago gallinago
Common yellowthroat* Geothlypis trichas
Cooper's hawk* Accipiter cooperii
Dark-eyed junco Junco hyemalis
Downy woodpecker* Picoides pubescens
Eastern bluebird* Sialia sialis
Eastern kingbird* Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern meadowlark* Sturnella magna
Eastern phoebe* Sayornis phoebe
Eastern screech-owl* Otus asio
Eastern towhee* Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern wood-pewee* Contopus virens
European starling* Sturnus vulgaris
Evening grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
Field sparrow* Spizella pusilla
Fish crow* Corvus ossifragus
Fox sparrow Passerella iliaca
Golden-crowned kinglet Regulus satrapa
Golden-winged warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
Grasshopper sparrow* Ammodramus savannarum
Gray catbird* Dumetella carolinensis
Great blue heron Ardea herodias
Great crested flycatcher* Myiarchus crinitus
Great horned owl* Bubo virginianus
Green heron Butorides virescens
Hairy woodpecker* Picoides villosus
Hermit thrush Catharus guttatus
Hooded warbler Wilsonia citrina
Horned lark Eremophila alpestris
House finch* Carpodacus mexicanus
House sparrow* Passer domesticus
House wren* Troglodytes aedon
Indigo bunting* Passerina cyanea
Kentucky warbler* Oporornis formosus
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Louisiana waterthrush* Seiurus motacilla
Magnolia warbler Dendroica magnolia
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Mourning dove* Zenaida macroura
Northern cardinal* Cardinalis cardinalis
Northern flicker* Colaptes auratus
Northern harrier Circus cyaneus
Northern mockingbird* Mimus polyglottos
Northern parula* Parula americana
Orchard oriole* Icterus spurius
Ovenbird* Seiurus aurocapillus
Palm warbler Dendroica palmarum
Pileated woodpecker* Dryocopus pileatus
Pine siskin Carduelis pinus
Pine warbler* Dendroica pinus
Prairie warbler* Dendroica discolor
Purple finch Carpodacus purpureus
Purple martin* Progne subis
Red-bellied woodpecker* Melanerpes carolinus
Red-breasted nuthatch Sitta canadensis
Red-eyed vireo* Vireo olivaceus
Red-shouldered hawk* Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed hawk* Buteo jamaicensis
Red-winged blackbird* Agelaius phoeniceus
Rock dove* Columba livia
Rose-breasted grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
Ruby-crowned kinglet Regulus calendula
Ruby-th. hummingbird* Archilochus colubris
Savannah sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Scarlet tanager* Piranga olivacea
Sharp-shinned hawk Accipiter striatus
Song sparrow* Melospiza melodia
Solitary sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularia
Swainson's thrush Catharus ustulatus
Swamp sparrow Melospiza georgiana
Tennessee warbler Vermivora peregrina
Tree swallow* Tachycineta bicolor
Tufted titmouse* Baeolophus bicolor
Turkey vulture* Cathartes aura
Veery* Catharus fuscescens
Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus
White-breasted nuthatch* Sitta carolinensis
White-crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-eyed vireo* Vireo griseus
White-throated sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
Wild turkey* Meleagris gallopavo
Willow flycatcher* Empidonax traillii
Wilson's warbler Wilsonia pusilla
Winter wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Wood duck* Aix sponsa
Wood thrush* Catharus mustelinus
Worm-eating warbler* Helmitheros vermivorus
Yellow-billed cuckoo* Coccyzus americanus
Yellow-breasted chat* Icteria virens
Yellow-rumped warbler Dendroica coronata
Yellow-throated vireo* Vireo flavifrons
Yellow warbler* Dendroica petechia