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Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

Fritch, Texas

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LOONS (FAMILY GAVIIDAE)
 
___ Common Loon (Gavia immer)
GREBES (FAMILY PODICIPEDIDAE)

___ Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
___ Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
___ Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
PELICANS (FAMILY PELECANIDAE)

___ White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
CORMORANTS (FAMILY PHALACROCORACIDAE)

___ Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
HERONS AND BITTERNS (FAMILY ARDEIDAE)

___ Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
___ Common Egret (Casmerodius albus)
___ Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
___ Black-Crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
___ Green Heron (Butorides striatus)
___ Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
___ Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
___ American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS (FAMILY THRESKIORNITHIDAE)

___ White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
WATERFOWL (FAMILY ANATIDAE)

___ Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
___ Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
___ Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
___ Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
___ Gadwall (Anas strepera)
___ American Wigeon (Anas americana)
___ European Wigeon (Anas penelope)
___ Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
___ Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
___ Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)
___ Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
___ Garganey (Anas querquedula)
___ Redhead (Aythya americana)
___ Canvasback (Aythya valisneria)
___ Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
___ Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
___ Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
___ Oldsquaw (Clangula hyemalis)
___ Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
___ Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
___ Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
___ Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
___ Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
VULTURES (FAMILY CATHARTIDAE)

___ Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
HAWKS AND EAGLES (FAMILY ACCIPITRIDAE)

___ Mississippi Kite (Ictinia misisippiensis)
___ Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
___ Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
___ Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
___ Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
___ Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
___ Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
___ Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)
___ Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
___ Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
___ Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
___ Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
FALCONS (FAMILY FALCONIDAE)

___ Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)
___ American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
PHEASANTS, GROUSE AND QUAIL (FAMILY PHASIANIDAE)

___ Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
     This is the less common of our two species.  It nests in our
     area.  Quail feed on seeds, fruit, buds, flowers, greens, and
     a variety of small insects.  The nest is scooped out and lined
     with grass, usually in clumps of bunch grass.  About fifteen
     eggs are usually laid.
___ Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)
___ Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
___ Chukar (Alectoris chukar)
___ Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
CRANES (FAMILY GRUIDAE)

___ Whooping Crane (Grus americana)
___ Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
RAILS (FAMILY RALLIDAE)

___ Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
___ Sora (Porzana carolina)
___ American Coot (Fulica americana)
___ Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
STILTS AND AVOCETS (FAMILY RECURVIROSTRIDAE)

___ American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
___ Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
PLOVERS (FAMILY CHARADRIIDAE)

___ Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
___ Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
___ Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
___ Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
___ Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
SANDPIPERS (FAMILY SCOLOPACIDAE)

___ Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
___ Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
___ Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
___ Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
___ Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
___ Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
___ Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
___ Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
___ Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
___ Sanderling (Calidris alba)
___ Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
___ Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
___ Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
___ Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
___ Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
___ Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
GULLS AND TERNS (FAMILY LARIDAE)

___ Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
___ Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
___ Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan)
___ Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)
___ Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
___ Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
PIGEONS AND DOVES (FAMILY COLUMBIDAE)

___ Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata)
___ Rock Dove (Columba livia)
___ Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
CUCKOOS (FAMILY CUCULIDAE)

___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
___ Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
BARN OWLS (FAMILY TYTONIDAE)

___ Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
TYPICAL OWLS (FAMILY STRIGIDAE)

___ Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
___ Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia)
     Look for this resident owl 
___ Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
___ Western Screech-Owl (Otus kennicottii)
NIGHTJARS (FAMILY CAPRIMULGIDAE)

___ Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
___ Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii)
SWIFTS (FAMILY APODIDAE)

___ Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
HUMMINGBIRDS (FAMILY TROCHILIDAE)

___ Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
KINGFISHERS (FAMILY ALCEDINIDAE)

___ Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
WOODPECKERS (FAMILY PICIDAE)

___ Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
___ Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
___ Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
___ Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)
___ Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
___ Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
___ Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris)
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (FAMILY TRYANNIDAE)

___ Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
___ Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
___ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
___ Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
___ Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
___ Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
___ Western Wood-Peewee (Contopus sordidulus)
___ Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis)
LARKS (FAMILY ALAUDIDAE)

___ Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
SWALLOWS (FAMILY HIRUNDINIDAE)

___ Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stegidopteryx serripennis)
___ Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
___ Cliff Swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota)
JAYS AND CROWS (FAMILY CORVIDAE)

___ Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
___ Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)
___ American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
___ Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
TITMICE (FAMILY PARIDAE)

___ Carolina Chickadee (Parus carolinensis)
BUSHTITS (FAMILY AEGITHALIDAE)

___ Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
NUTHATCHES (FAMILY SITTIDAE)

___ White-breasted Nuthatch (Psitta carolinensis)
___ Red-breasted Nuthatch (Psitta canadensis)
CREEPERS (FAMILY CERTHIIDAE)

___ Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
WRENS (FAMILY TROGLODYTIDAE)

___ House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
___ Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
___ Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
___ Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
___ Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus)
___ Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
MIMIC-THRUSHES (FAMILY MIMIDAE)

___ Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
___ Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
___ Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre)
THRUSHES (FAMILY MUSCICAPIDAE)

___ American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
___ Townsend's Solitare (Myadestes townsendi)
___ Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
___ Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
___ Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
___ Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
___ Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
___ Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
PIPITS (FAMILY MOTACILLIDAE)

___ American Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
WAXWINGS (FAMILY BOMBYCILLIDAE)

___ Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
SHRIKES (FAMILY LANIIDAE)

___ Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
___ Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
STARLINGS (FAMILY STURNIDAE)

___ European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
VIREOS (FAMILY VIREONIDAE)

___ Solitary Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
___ Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
___ Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
WARBLERS, BLACKBIRDS, SPARROWS AND FINCHES (FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE)

___ Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
___ Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
___ Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
___ Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
___ Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi)
___ Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica)
     This eastern species is a rare migrant in our area.
___ Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
___ Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla)
___ Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
___ Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
___ American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
___ House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
___ Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
___ Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
___ Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
___ Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
___ Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
___ Northern Oriole (Icterus galbula)
___ Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
___ Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
___ Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
___ Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
___ Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
___ Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
___ Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
___ Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
___ Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
___ Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
___ Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerula)
___ Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
___ Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
___ Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
___ Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
___ House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
___ Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
___ American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
___ Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
___ Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus)
___ Rufous-sided Towhee (Pipilo erythropthalmus)
___ Brown Towhee (Pipilo fuscus)
___ Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
___ Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
___ Baird's Sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii)
___ Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)
___ Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
___ Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
___ Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps)
___ Cassin's Sparrow (Aimophila cassinii)
___ Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
___ American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
___ Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
___ Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri)
___ Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
___ Harris' Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)
___ White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
___ White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
___ Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
___ Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
___ Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
___ Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
___ Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)

                   Superintendent
                   Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
                   PO Box 1460
                   Fritch, Texas 79036
                   Telephone: 807/857-3151

Phillips, John Wesley.  No Date.  Lake Meredith National Recreation Area Bird 
     Checklist.  Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.  
     http://www.npwrc.usgs.govmeredith.htm 
     (Version 30DEC2002).