Birds of field and forest abound throughout the year at the Trailside Nature Museum at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation. The brochure, Birds of Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, contains a checklist of the 184 species recorded in the park to date.
Endangered Birds
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
Loggerhead Shrike |
Lanius ludovicianus |
Least Bittern |
Ixobrychus exilis |
Bald Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
King Rail |
Rallus elegans |
Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
Henslow’s Sparrow |
Ammodramus henslowii |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
Cooper’s Hawk |
Accipiter cooperii |
Northern Goshawk |
Accipiter gentilis |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Buteo lineatus |
Golden-winged Warbler |
Vermivora chrysoptera |
Cerulean Warbler |
Dendroica cerulea |
Vesper Sparrow |
Pooecetes gramineus |
Grasshopper Sparrow |
Ammodramus savannarum |
Seaside Sparrow |
Ammodramus maritimus |
Savannah Sparrow |
Passerculus sandwichensis |
Kentucky Warbler |
Oporornis formosus |
Threatened Birds
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
Icteria virens |
Common Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
Common Raven |
Corvus corax |
American Woodcock |
Scolopax minor |
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow |
Ammodramus caudacutus |
Eastern Meadowlark |
Sturnella magna |
Bobolink |
Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
Special Concern Birds
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Common Nighthawk |
Chordeiles minor |
Whip-poor-will |
Caprimulgus vociferous |
American Black Duck |
Anas rubripes |
Wood Thrush |
Hylocichla mustelina |
Prairie Warbler |
Dendroica discolor |
Worm-eating Warbler |
Helmitheros vermivorus |
Canada Warbler |
Wilsonia canadensis |