Please find attached the Bird List of the Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Morrisburg, Ontario. More information (seasonal abundance, environmental programming, tours and location can be obtained by contacting Steve Anderson at (613) 537-2024 or by e-mail at stevea@glen-net.ca). BIRD CHECKLIST Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary Morrisburg, Ontario The Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary, jointly operated by the St. Lawrence Parks Commission and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, covers 9,000 hectares of managed wooded uplands, goose pasture, crop land, waterways and marshland. With more than 8 km of self-guided nature trails winding through these habitats, the seasoned birder and amateur naturalist alike have excellent opportunities to view close to 200 waterfowl, raptor, passerine, and other bird species. For more information about the site, the Friends of the Sanctuary organization, outdoor learning programs or the annual Waterfowl Day held in October contact the Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary [(613) 537-2024], or The St. Lawrence Parks Commission [(613) 543-3704]. LOONS Common Loon GREBES Pied-billed Grebe CORMORANTS Double-crested Cormorant HERONS & BITTERNS Great Blue Heron Great Egret Cattle Egret Black-crowned Night Heron Green-backed Heron American Bittern Least Bittern GEESE & DUCKS Canada Goose Brant Snow Goose Ross' Goose Mallard American Black Duck Gadwall Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Blue-winged Teal American Wigeon Northern Shoveler Wood Duck Ring-necked Duck Canvasback Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Bufflehead White-winged Scoter Ruddy Duck Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser VULTURES, HAWKS & FALCONS Turkey Vulture Northern Goshawk Cooper's Hawk Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Osprey American Kestrel TURKEYS, GROUSE & PARTRIDGE Wild Turkey Ruffed Grouse Ring-necked Pheasant Gray Partridge COOTS & RAILS Virginia Rail Sora Rail Yellow Rail Common Moorhen American Coot PLOVERS & SANDPIPERS Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Lesser Golden Plover Black-bellied Plover Upland Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Willet Spotted Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone American Woodcock Common Snipe Short-billed Dowitcher Sanderling Least Sandpiper Dunlin GULLS & TERNS Great Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Ring-billed Gull Bonaparte's Gull Common Tern DOVES Rock Dove Mourning Dove CUCKOOS Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo OWLS Eastern Screech Owl Great-horned Owl Snowy Owl Barred Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Boreal Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl GOATSUCKERS Whip-poor-will Common Nighthawk HUMMINGBIRDS Ruby-throated Hummingbird KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Yellow-shafted Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Hairy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker FLYCATCHERS Eastern Kingbird Great-crested Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Willow Flycatcher Olive-sided Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Wood Peewee LARKS Horned Lark SWIFTS & SWALLOWS Chimney Swift Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Purple Martin JAYS & CROWS Blue Jay American Crow TITMICE Black-capped Chickadee NUTHATCHES & CREEPERS White-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper WRENS House Wren Winter Wren Marsh Wren Sedge Wren MIMICS & THRUSHES Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher American Robin Wood Thrush Hermit Thrush Swainson's Thrush Veery Eastern Bluebird KINGLETS Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet WAXWINGS Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing SHRIKES Northern Shrike Loggerhead Shrike VIREOS Yellow-throated Vireo Solitary Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Warbling Vireo WOOD WARBLERS Black & White Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Myrtle Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Cerulean Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut Sided Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Pine Warbler Yellow Palm Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Canada Warbler American Redstart WEAVER FINCHES House Sparrow BLACKBIRDS & STARLINGS Bobolink Eastern Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird Northern Oriole Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird European Starling TANAGERS Scarlet Tanager FINCHES & SPARROWS Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting Rose-breasted Grosbeak Evening Grosbeak Pine Grosbeak Purple Finch House Finch Common Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Rufous-sided Towhee Savannah Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Song Sparrow Snow Bunting