Spring Birding in Pere Marquette State Park

Bare Grounds
Killdeer	Common	Lakes and ponds
Horned Lark	Common	Cropfields

Bottomland hardwood forests
Northern Oriole	Abundant	Edges of forests
Barred Owl	Common	Upland hardwood forests
Pileated Woodpecker	Common	Upland hardwood forests
Acadian Flycatcher	Common
Brown Creeper	Common	Upland hardwood forests
Carolina Wren	Common	Upland hardwood forests
Warbling Vireo	Common	Edges of forests
Northern Parula	Common	Streams and rivers
Magnolia Warbler	Common	Upland hardwood forests
American Redstart	Common
Kentucky Warbler	Common	Upland hardwood forests

Bluffs and roadcuts
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Common	Streams and rivers

Coniferus forests
Red-breasted Nuthatch	Common	Upland hardwood forests
Golden-crowned Kinglet	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests

Edges between forests and open habitat
Mourning Dove	Abundant	Tree/Shrub old field type
Northern Flicker	Abundant	Upland hardwood forests
Northern Cardinal	Abundant	Urban area/man made structures
Indigo Bunting	Abundant	Tree/Shrub old field type
Chipping Sparrow	Abundant	Urban area/man made structures
Dark-eyed Junco	Abundant	Urban area/man made structures
Common Grackle	Abundant	Tree/Shrub old field type
Brown-headed Cowbird	Abundant	Upland hardwood forests
American Kestrel	Common
Northern Bobwhite	Common	Cropfields
American Woodcock	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Common	Upland hardwood forests
Red-headed Woodpecker	Common	Upland hardwood forests
Least Flycatcher	Common	Tree/Shrub old field type
Eastern Kingbird	Common	Tree/Shrub old field type
Chestnut-sided Warbler	Common	Tree/Shrub old field type
Dickcissel	Common	Native grasses and prairies
Fox Sparrow	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Song Sparrow	Common	Tree/Shrub old field type
White-throated Sparrow	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests

Lakes and ponds
Snow Goose	Abundant	Marshes
Ring-billed Gull	Abundant	Streams and rivers
Double-crested Cormorant	Common	Marshes
Great Egret	Common	Marshes
Canada Goose	Common	Marshes
Green-winged Teal	Common	Marshes
Northern Pintail	Common	Marshes
Northern Shoveler	Common	Marshes
Gadwall	Common	Marshes
Canvasvack	Common	Streams and rivers
Redhead	Common	Streams and rivers
Ring-necked duck	Common	Streams and rivers
Lesser Scaup	Common	Streams and rivers
Common Goldeneye	Common	Streams and rivers
Bufflehead	Common	Streams and rivers
Common Merganser	Common	Streams and rivers
Ruddy Duck	Common
Osprey	Common	Streams and rivers
Bald Eagle	Common	Streams and rivers
Semipalmated Plover	Common	Marshes
Herring Gull	Common	Streams and rivers
Caspian Tern	Common	Streams and rivers
Black Tern	Common	Marshes
Tree Swallow	Common	Marshes
Little Blue Heron	Common	Marshes

Marshes
Mallard	Abundant	Lakes and ponds
American Coot	Abundant	Lakes and ponds
Red-winged Blackbird	Abundant	Cropfields
Pied-Billed Grebe	Common	Lakes and ponds
Least Bittern	Common	Swamps
Great Blue Heron	Common	Lakes and ponds
Green-backed Heron	Common	Lakes and ponds
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	Common	Swamps
American Widgeon	Common	Lakes and ponds
Sora	Common	Lakes and ponds
Greater Yellowlegs	Common	Lakes and ponds
Lesser Yellowlegs	Common	Lakes and ponds
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Common	Lakes and ponds
Least Sandpiper	Common	Lakes and ponds
Pectoral Sandpiper	Common	Lakes and ponds
Common Snipe	Common
Swamp Sparrow	Common	Swamps

Native grasses and prairies
Eastern Meadowlark	Common	Cropfields

Shrub/grass old type field
Field Sparrow	Abundant	Edges of forests

Streams and rivers
Wood Duck	Abundant	Swamps
Belted Kingfisher	Common	Lakes and ponds
Eastern Phoebe	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Prothonotary Warbler	Common	Swamps
Northern Waterthrush	Common	Swamps
Louisiana Waterthrush	Common	Swamps

Tree/Shrub old field type
American Goldfinch	Abundant	Urban area/man made structures
Eastern Bluebird	Common	Edges of forests
Gray Catbird	Common	Edges of forests
Northern Mockingbird	Common	Edges of forests
Brown Thrasher	Common	Edges of forests
Cedar Waxwing	Common	Edges of forests
White-eyed Vireo	Common	Edges of forests
Solitary Vireo	Common	Edges of forests
Blue-winged Warbler	Common	Edges of forests
Yellow Warbler	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Prairie Warbler	Common
Palm Warbler	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Common Yellowthroat	Common	Edges of forests
Yellow-breasted Chat	Common	Edges of forests
Rufous-sided Towhee	Common	Edges of forests
American Tree Sparrow	Common	Edges of forests
White-crowned Sparrow	Common	Edges of forests
Orchard Oriole	Common	Edges of forests

Upland hardwood forests
Downy Woodpecker	Abundant	Bottomland hardwood forests
Blue Jay	Abundant	Bottomland hardwood forests
Black-capped Chickadee	Abundant	Bottomland hardwood forests
Tufted Titmouse	Abundant	Bottomland hardwood forests
White-breasted Nuthatch	Abundant	Bottomland hardwood forests
Turkey Vulture	Common	Bluffs and roadcuts
Broad-winged Hawk	Common
Red-tailed Hawk	Common	Edges of forests
Wild Turkey	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Common	Edges of forests
Eastern Screech Owl	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Great Horned Owls	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Whip-poor-will	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Red-bellied Woodpecker	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Hairy Woodpecker	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Eastern Wood-Peewee	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Great Crested Flycatcher	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
American Crow	Common	Cropfields
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Veery	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Gray-cheeked Thrush	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Swainson's Thrush	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Wood Thrush	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Yellow-throated Vireo	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Red-eyed Vireo	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Tennessee Warbler	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Nashville Warbler	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Yellow-rumped Warbler	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Black-throated Green Warbler	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Blackburnian Warbler	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Black-and-white Warbler	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Worm-eating Warbler	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Ovenbird	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Summer Tanager	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Scarlet Tanager	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Common	Bottomland hardwood forests
Purple Finch	Common	Edges of forests

Urban area/man made structures
American Robin	Abundant	Edges of forests
European Starling	Abundant
House Sparrow	Abundant
Rock Dove	Common	Cropfields
Chimney Swift	Common
Barn Swallow	Common	Marshes