Birds that Nest and Breed in Sligo

WADING BIRDS

Green heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron

SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard

DIURNAL RAPTORS

Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk

SHOREBIRDS

Killdeer

DOVES & PIGEONS

Mourning Dove

OWLS

Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl

SWIFTS & GOATSUCKERS

Chimney Swift

HUMMINGBIRDS

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

KINGFISHERS

Belted KingfisherBelted Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS

Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Wood-pewee

SHRIKES & VIREOS

White-eyed Vireo
Red-Eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo

JAYS, CROWS & ALLIES

Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow

SWALLOWS

Barn Swallow

CHICKADEES & ALLIES

Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse

NUTHATCHES & CREEPERS

White-breasted Nuthatch

WRENS

Carolina Wren
House Wren

OLD WORLD WARBLERS, THRUSHES & ALLIES

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin

MIMIDS

Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher

STARLINGS & MYNAS

European Starling

WAXWINGS

Cedar Waxwing

WOOD WARBLERS

Northern Parula
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Ovenbird
Kentucky Warbler

TANAGERS, CARDINALS & ALLIES

Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting

EMBERIZINE SPARROWS & ALLIES

Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow

ICTERIDS

Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird

FINCHES & OLD WORLD SPARROWS

House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Based on a talk given by Gail Mackiernan to the Friends of Sligo Creek., and her chapter, “Sligo Creek Park, Silver Spring,” pp. 136-139 in A Birder’s Guide to Montgomery County Maryland (Mont. Co. Chapter, Md. Ornithological Society, 2001). Group categories taken from D. A. Sibley, The Sibley Guide to Birds (Knopf/National Audubon Society, 2000).