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Three Common Mergansers swimming in front of the cottage
Adult and baby Loon	A timid Sparrow
A male Hairy Woodpecker is going to move in on the chickadee for his breakfast. On occasion we will see pileated and blackbacked three-toed woodpeckers.	A female Evening Grosbeak all puffed up to stay warm while she watches for danger.
The ravenous Evening Grosbeaks come in flocks to enjoy Welcome Lodge's hospitality!	These male and female Purple Finches are regular guests
A patient Goldfinch waiting on top of the feeder for its seeds.  the goldfinch turns a green/grey in wintertime.	Pine Grosbeak in his Frosty Castle
The majestic Osprey watching over it's nest	My favorite picture, the Great Blue Heron in the golden grasses at the waters edge
Our sweet guests, the Ruby-Throated Humming birds are always busy at the Lodge	Everyone's favorite "THE LOON"
Young Prince Pine Grosbeak.	Our Very Own Gray Jay

We have also seen pine grosbeaks, kingfishers, sandhill cranes, white and red breasted nuthatches, warblers, mourning doves, canada or gray jays, flickers, purple martins, tree sparrows, redpolls, cedar and bohemian waxwings, pine siskins, woodcocks, osprey snow buntings.  Occasionally we will see great grey owls, barred owls, snowy owls indigo buntings, crimson breated grosbeaks, cardinals and baltimore orioles.  We also see large flocks of ducks in the fall.   There are other kinds of birds and the crow/raven varieties we have not listed but are still out there to discover!

BIRD SPECIES

Historic List of Birds Seen or Recorded within 20 Miles
Resident, Breeding and Migrant

Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Turkey Vulture

Ross's Goose
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback Duck
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck

Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shined Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon

Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Red-necked Phalarope

Franklins Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Great-horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Long-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Common Nighthawk
Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher

Red-headed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Northern Shrike
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Gray Jay
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned lark

Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
American Pipit
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing

Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black and White Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler

Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song 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

Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow

The above is a list of recent sightings within 3 miles of Welcome Lodge. The list of species sighted within our region is twice as large, so we have more work to do to expand our sightings.

November 17^th, 1999 was a special day. In the past we have sighted an adult eagle but on this day we saw two adult eagles and a juvenile eagle.

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