BIRDS OF ELIZA HOWELL PARK
Detroit, Michigan
Based on observations made 2005 – 2017
Leonard Weber
STATUS
AllSeason – can be found in any month of the year
Migrant – only likely to be seen for a brief period of time in Spring and/or Fall
Summer – present during the breeding season (Spring through early Fall)
Winter – normally present only during the winter months (December to March)
RELATIVE ABUNDANCE (in indicated season)
Common – usually present and frequently seen
Uncommon – present every year but not in large numbers or frequently seen
Occasional – not seen every year
Fly Over – only seen flying over the park occasionally
___Double-crested Cormorant Summer/Fly Over
___Great-blue Heron Summer/Uncommon
___Great Egret Summer/Fly Over
___Green Heron Migrant/Occasional
___Black-crowned Night Heron Summer/Fly Over
___Sandhill Crane Migrant/Fly Over
___Mute Swan AllSeason/Fly Over
___Tundra Swan Migrant/Fly Over
___Canada Goose AllSeason/Common
___Wood Duck Summer/Uncommon
___Mallard AllSeason/Common
___Blue-winged Teal Migrant/Occasional
___Hooded Merganser Migrant/Occasional
___Common Merganser Migrant/Occasional
___Turkey Vulture Summer/Common
___Northern Harrier Migrant/Fly Over
___Sharp-shinned Hawk AllSeason/Occasional
___Cooper’s Hawk AllSeason/Occasional
___Broad-winged Hawk Migrant/Fly Over
___Red-tailed Hawk AllSeason/Common
___Red-shouldered Hawk AllSeason/Occasional
___American Kestrel Migrant/Occasional
___Merlin Winter/Occasional
___Ring-necked Pheasant AllSeason/Occasional
___Wild Turkey AllSeason/Occasional
___Killdeer Summer/Common
___Spotted Sandpiper Summer/Uncommon
___Solitary Sandpiper Migrant/Occasional
___American Woodcock Summer/Occasional
___Ring-billed Gull AllSeason/Uncommon
___Rock Pigeon AllSeason/Uncommon
___Mourning Dove AllSeason/Common
___Black-billed Cuckoo Summer/Occasional
___Yellow-billed Cuckoo Summer/Occasional
___Great Horned Owl AllSeason/Occasional
___Common Nighthawk Migrant/Uncommon
___Chimney Swift Summer/Common
___Ruby-throated Hummingbird Summer/Common
___Belted Kingfisher Summer/Uncommon
___Red-bellied Woodpecker AllSeason/Common
___Red-headed Woodpecker Summer/Occasional
___Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Migrant/Uncommon
___Downy Woodpecker AllSeason/Common
___Hairy Woodpecker AllSeason/Uncommon
___Northern Flicker Summer/Common
___Eastern Wood-Pewee Summer/Common
___Yellow-bellied flycatcher Migrant/Occasional
___Willow Flycatcher Migrant/Uncommon
___Least Flycatcher Summer/Uncommon
___Eastern Phoebe Summer/Uncommon
___Great Crested Flycatcher Summer/Uncommon
___Olive-sided Flycatcher Migrant/Occasional
___Eastern Kingbird Summer/Common
___Purple Martin Summer/Occasional
___Tree Swallow Summer/Uncommon
___N. Rough-winged Swallow Summer/Common
___Cliff Swallow Summer/Uncommon
___Barn Swallow Summer/Common
___Blue Jay AllSeason/Common
___American Crow AllSeason/Common
___Black-capped Chickadee AllSeason/Common
___Tufted Titmouse AllSeason/Uncommon
___Red-breasted Nuthatch Winter/Occasional
___White-breasted Nuthatch AllSeason/Common
___Brown Creeper Winter/Uncommon
___Carolina Wren AllSeason/Uncommon
___House Wren Summer/Common
___Winter Wren Migrant/Occasional
___Golden-crowned Kinglet Migrant/Common
___Ruby-crowned Kinglet Migrant/Common
___Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Summer/Common
___Eastern Bluebird Summer/Uncommon
___Veery Migrant/Uncommon
___Gray-cheeked Thrush Migrant/Uncommon
___Swainson’s Thrush Migrant/Uncommon
___Hermit Thrush Migrant/Common
___Wood Thrush Summer/Occasional
___American Robin AllSeason/Common
___Gray Catbird Summer/Common
___Brown Thrasher Summer/Occasional
___Cedar Waxwing AllSeason/Uncommon
___Northern Shrike Winter/Occasional
___European Starling AllSeason/Common
___Blue-headed Vireo Migrant/Uncommon
___Yellow-throated Vireo Migrant/Occasional
___Warbling Vireo Summer/Common
___Philadelphia Vireo Migrant/Uncommon
___Red-eyed Vireo Summer/Uncommon
___Golden-winged Warbler Migrant/Occasional
___Blue-winged Warbler Migrant/Occasional
___Tennessee Warbler Migrant/Occasional
___Orange-crowned Warbler Migrant/Uncommon
___Nashville Warbler Migrant/Common
___Northern Parula Migrant/Occasional
___Yellow Warbler Summer/Common
___Chestnut-sided Warbler Migrant/Uncommon
___Magnolia Warbler Migrant/Uncommon
___Cape May Warbler Migrant/Occasional
___Black-throated Blue Warbler Migrant/Occasional
___Yellow-rumped Warbler Migrant/Common
___Black-throated Green Warbler Migrant/Uncommon
___Blackburnian Warbler Migrant/Uncommon
___Pine Warbler Migrant/Occasional
___Palm Warbler Migrant/Common
___Bay-breasted Warbler Migrant/Occasional
___Blackpoll Warbler Migrant/Uncommon
___Black-and-white Warbler Migrant/Uncommon
___American Redstart Migrant/Common
___Ovenbird Migrant/Occasional
___Northern Waterthrush Migrant/Occasional
___Mourning Warbler Migrant/Occasional
___Common Yellowthroat Migrant/Common
___Wilson’s Warbler Migrant/Uncommon
___Canada Warbler Migrant/Occasional
___Yellow-breasted Chat Migrant/Occasional
___Summer Tanager Migrant/Occasional
___Scarlet Tanager Migrant/Occasional
___Northern Cardinal AllSeason/Common
___Rose-breasted Grosbeak Summer/Common
___Indigo Bunting Summer/Uncommon
___Eastern Towhee Migrant/Occasional
___American Tree Sparrow Winter/Uncommon
___Chipping Sparrow Summer/Common
___Field Sparrow Migrant/Occasional
___Savannah Sparrow Summer/Occasional
___Fox Sparrow Migrant/Uncommon
___Song Sparrow Summer/Common
___Lincoln Sparrow Migrant/Occasional
___Swamp Sparrow Migrant/Uncommon
___White-throated Sparrow Migrant/Common
___White-crowned Sparrow Migrant/Common
___Vesper Sparrow Migrant/Occasional
___Dark-eyed Junco Winter/Common
___Red-winged Blackbird Summer/Common
___Eastern Meadowlark Migrant/Occasional
___Rusty Blackbird Migrant/Occasional
___Common Grackle Summer/Common
___Brown-headed Cowbird Summer/Common
___Orchard Oriole Summer/Uncommon
___Baltimore Oriole Summer/Common
___Purple Finch Migrant/Uncommon
___House Finch AllSeason/Uncommon
___American Goldfinch AllSeason/Common
___House Sparrow AllSeason/Uncommon