Crosswinds Marsh bird species checklist Wayne County Michigan

Bird Species list as of August 16, 2008

Snow Goose Greater White-fronted Goose Canada Goose Cackling Goose Mute Swan Tundra Swan Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Ring-necked Pheasant Ruffed Grouse Wild Turkey Northern Bobwhite Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant American Bittern Least Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Golden Eagle Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Northern Goshawk Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon King Rail Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen American Coot Sandhill Crane American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Willet Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Whimbrel Red Knot Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Dunlin Black-bellied Plover

Sanderling Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Forster's Tern Black Tern Rock Dove Mourning Dove Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Screech Owl Long-eared Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Common Nighthawk Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker (Y.S) Eastern Wood Pewee Olive-sided Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Northern Shrike White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Horned Lark Purple Martin Tree Swallow N. Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren House Wren Winter Wren Marsh Wren Sedge Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue Gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling American Pipit Cedar Waxwing Blue-winged Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Cerulean Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Ovenbird Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Connecticut Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Hooded Warbler Canada Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow Song Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Dickcissel Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole House Finch Purple Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow

Total bird species to date 241 e-mail bird sightings to Daryl Aspery at Daspery1{AT}wowway.com
Bird List Contributors Daryl Aspery, Darrin Bauer, Karl Overman, Allen Chartier, Jim Fowler, Gerry Sniderman, Bruce Bowman, Mike Mencotti, Walt Palowski, Cathy Carroll, Steve Henshaw, Tex Wells, Roger Kuhlman, Jeff Fisher.
The contributors to this list are various respected and reliable members of the birding community and the park naturalist. This checklist should not be considered an official checklist, but a reliable guide to the birds within the park.
Crosswinds Links Crosswinds Marsh phase 2 Crosswinds Marsh birding records Crosswinds Marsh Breeding Birds Crosswinds Marsh Butterfly Sightings Crosswinds Marsh Trail Map Crosswinds Marsh Photo Gallery Wetland Mitigation construction & monitoring Crosswinds Marsh Photos Other links Michigan Listers Michigan Birding sites	What's new at the park? Aug 17, 2008 Four Least Bitterns including juveniles were located in the SW corner. June 15, 2008 A family of Hooded Mergansers were located in the SW corner of the park. May 15, 2008 Sandhill Cranes successfully nested and fledged two young in the SW corner of Phase I.
FALL BIRD HIKE Saturday, September 20, 2008 8:00 - 10:00 am Ages 6-adult Join a naturalist for some early morning birding and learn why Crosswinds Marsh is one of the most popular birding destinations in Wayne County. The naturalist will lead you down the scenic trails through meadows, forests and marsh wetlands. Come and observe some of the 200+ species of birds known to frequent the marsh. Please bring binoculars, bird book, and comfortable shoes; a limited number of binoculars are available to borrow.
Directions to Crosswind Marsh: Take Interstate 275 South to Will-Carleton Road (Exit #8). Take Will-Carleton Road West 3.5 miles to Haggerty Road. Take Haggerty Road 1/2 mile North to park entrance on the West side of the road. Park hours: Open from dawn until dusk. Park Description: Crosswinds Marsh is a 1,000 acre wetland/wildlife preserve which offers a variety of outdoor activities. Crosswinds offers seven miles of hiking trails, canoe rentals, fishing, picnic areas, 4.5 miles of horseback riding trails, and 4.5 miles of cross-country ski trails. Trail maps are available at the parking lot. It was created in 1993 by flooding a farmland that was originally a marsh. It is one of the largest man-made wetlands in the country. It was made to replace wetlands used to expand the Detroit Metro Airport. It has a normal surface area of 467 acres and attracts a large variety of waterfowl during migration. The park has one of the most easily viewed and photographed Bald Eagles nest in SE Michigan. The nest is visible from either Haggerty road or the parking lot.