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Butterflies aren’t the only visitors to the SBG.  The garden’s native perennials, trees, shrubs, hedgerows, and adjacent open fields attract many bird species as well.   SBG volunteers have begun monitoring to find out which bird species visit the garden.  This guide describes each species seen so far and explains a bit about it.  

The identification descriptions are intentionally non-technical; if you’d like more in-depth ID help, we recommend any of the excellent identification guides available in print (David Allen Sibley and Richard Crossley have published recent guides), online (the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology is an excellent starting place), and in apps such as iBird Explorer.  You can hear bird sounds on many apps and through the Cornell Lab site.  Here we focus on the birds’ relationship to the SBG habitat.  Our information generally comes from the guides mentioned above, and also the Birds of North America online database. 

As of May 2019, this page will no longer be updated as new species are observed at SBG.  All recent and any future new sightings will be recorded at the Ebird "hotspot" list  at http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L2251280.  Ebird is a publicly accessible site maintained by the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology.  Every entry is linked to Cornell's excellent informational resources for the species.

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American redstart

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American Goldfinch

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american robin

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American Tree Sparrow

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Baltimore Oriole

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Barn Swallow

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Black-capped chickadee

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Eastern Bluebird

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Eastern blue jay

brown thrasher

brown CREEPER 

  

brown -headed cowbird

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black and white warbler

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Black Vulture

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blue-gray gnatcatcher

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broad-winged hawk

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blackpoll warbler

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Bald Eagle

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black-throated green warbler

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blue-headed vireo

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carolina wren

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cedar waxwing

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chimney swift

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chipping sparrow

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American Crow

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Cooper's Hawk

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Chestnut Sided Warbler

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dark-eyed junco

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Downy Woodpecker

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eastern towhee

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eastern kingbird

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eastern screech-owl

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fish crow

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field sparrow

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Fox Sparrow

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common grackle

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golden-crowned kinglet

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gray catbird

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great crested flycatcher

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golden-winged
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house finch

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house sparrow

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house wren

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hermit thrush

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hairy woodpecker

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indigo bunting

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killdeer

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lincoln's sparrow

least flycatcher

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mourning dove

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Mallard

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magnolia warbler

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merlin

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northern cardinal

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northern rough-winged swallow

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northern flicker

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northern harrier

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northern mockingbird

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nashville warbler

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common nighthawk

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orchard oriole

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eastern phoebe

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pileated woodpecker

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palm warbler

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red-eyed vireo

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common raven

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rose-breasted
grosbeak

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red-tailed hawk

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ruby-crowned
kinglet

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red-winged blackbird

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red-bellied woodpecker

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Ruffed Grouse

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ruby throated hummingbird

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rock pigeon

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song sparrow

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european starling

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SCARLET TANAGER

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savannah sparrow

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sharp-shinned hawk

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swainson's thrush

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tree swallow

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tufted titmouse

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turkey vulture

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tennessee warbler

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white breasted nuthatch

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white-throated sparrow

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white-crowned sparrow

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common yellow-throat

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yellow-bellied sapsucker

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yellow warbler

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yellow-rumped warbler

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yellow-billed cuckoo

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