BIRDS OF GRAND ISLE & NEW ORLEANS AREAS

LEGENDS

SPRING
S
 MARCH-MAY
SUMMER
SU
 JUNE-AUGUST
FALL
F
 SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER
WINTER
W
 DECEMBER-FEBRUARY
A abundant: hard to miss, very numerous
C common: should see in suitable habitat
U uncommon: may see, low numbers or very local in extent
R rare: seen only once or twice a season
O occasional: seen only every few years
I irregular: may be absent in many years, appear in great numbers in others
X accidental: only one or two records exist
H hypothetical: usually only a single questionalbe record
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Grand Isle
New Orleans
BIRDS
S
SU
F
W
S
SU
F
W
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
U
U
O
R
U
U
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
U
U
U
U
C
U
C
C
Horned Grebe
O
U
U
Red-necked Grebe
X
Eared Grebe
R
R
Western Grebe
Yellow-nosed Albatross
Greater Shearwater
X
Audubon's Shearwater
R
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
U
U
Leach's Storm-Petrel
R
Masked Booby
U
Brown Booby
X
Red-footed Booby
X
X
Northern Gannet
U
U
American White Pelican
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
Brown Pelican
C
C
C
C
O
O
O
Double-crested Cormorant
C
C
C
C
C
A
Neotropic Cormorant
Anhinga
R
U
U
U
R
Magnificent Frigatebird
R
R
R
American Bittern
O
O
R
R
R
Least Bittern
U
U
U
U
U
U
Great Blue Heron
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Great Egret
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Snowy Egret
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Little Blue Heron
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
C
Tricolored Heron
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
U
Reddish Egret
U
U
U
U
R
Cattle Egret
C
C
C
U
C
C
C
C
Green Heron
C
C
C
O
C
C
C
R
Black-crowned Night-Heron
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
U
O
U
R
C
C
U
O
White Ibis
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Glossy Ibis
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
White-faced Ibis
U
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
Roseate Spoonbill
R
Wood Stork
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
R
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
O
Snow Goose
O
O
U
U
Ross' Goose
Brant
X
X
Canada Goose
O
O
O
Wood Duck
C
C
C
C
Green-winged Teal
C
C
U
C
C
C
American Black Duck
R
Mottled Duck
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Mallard
U
U
U
U
U
U
Northern Pintail
U
U
U
U
U
U
Blue-winged Teal
C
O
C
C
A
A
C
Cinnamon Teal
R
Northern Shoveler
C
O
C
C
C
C
C
Gadwall
C
C
C
C
C
Eurasian Wigeon
X
O
American Wigeon
C
C
C
C
C
Canvasback
C
O
C
C
O
Redhead
U
U
O
O
U
Ring-necked Duck
O
O
O
U
U
C
Greater Scaup
O
O
Lesser Scaup
C
C
C
U
C
King Eider
X
Oldsquaw
O
O
Black Scoter
R
O
Surf Scoter
O
White-winged Scoter
R
R
Common Goldeneye
O
O
O
U
Bufflehead
O
C
O
C
Hooded Merganser
O
U
O
O
O
O
Common Merganser
R
Red-breasted Merganser
C
C
U
U
U
Ruddy Duck
U
U
O
U
Masked Duck
X
X
Black Vulture
O
O
O
U
U
U
U
Turkey Vulture
U
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
Osprey
U
U
R
U
U
U
American Swallow-tailed Kite
U
U
R
White-tailed Kite
O
O
Mississippi Kite
C
C
C
Bald Eagle
O
O
O
Northern Harrier
C
C
C
Sharp-shinned Hawk
U
U
U
U
U
U
Cooper's Hawk
U
U
U
O
R
U
O
Northern Goshawk
X
Red-shouldered Hawk
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
Broad-winged Hawk
U
U
R
U
O
U
R
Swainson's Hawk
O
X
White-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
X
Red-tailed Hawk
U
U
U
C
O
U
C
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
O
O
Golden Eagle
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
C
X
C
C
C
O
C
C
Merlin
U
U
U
O
U
O
Peregrine Falcon
U
U
U
O
U
O
Greater Prairie Chicken
Wild Turkey
U
U
U
U
Northern Bobwhite
U
U
U
U
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
H
Clapper Rail
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
U
King Rail
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
U
Virginia Rail
U
U
U
O
U
O
Sora
U
U
U
U
C
C
Purple Gallinule
U
U
O
X
Common Moorhen
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
American Coot
C
O
C
C
C
O
C
A
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Black-bellied Plover
C
C
C
U
U
U
American Golden Plover
Mongolian Plover
X
Snowy Plover
Wilson's Plover
C
C
C
O
Semipalmated Plover
C
C
U
U
U
O
Piping Plover
U
U
U
Killdeer
C
U
C
C
C
C
C
C
American Oystercatcher
R
Black-necked Stilt
U
O
U
U
C
C
C
O
American Avocet
U
O
U
U
O
Greater Yellowlegs
C
U
C
C
U
U
U
Lesser Yellowlegs
C
U
C
C
U
U
U
U
Solitary Sandpiper
C
U
X
Willet
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
Spotted Sandpiper
U
O
U
U
C
C
U
Upland Sandpiper
O
X
O
U
U
Eskimo Curlew
Whimbrel
U
O
O
Long-billed Curlew
R
R
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
C
C
O
Ruddy Turnstone
C
U
C
C
U
U
Red Knot
U
R
U
U
Sanderling
C
U
C
O
O
Semipalmated Sandpiper
C
X
C
X
U
U
Western Sandpiper
C
U
C
C
U
U
U
Least Sandpiper
C
U
C
C
C
U
C
U
White-rumped Sandpiper
C
R
R
Baird's Sandpiper
O
O
Pectoral Sandpiper
C
C
C
C
X
Purple Sandpiper
O
O
Dunlin
C
C
C
U
U
U
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
C
X
C
C
C
R
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
O
O
U
U
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
C
O
C
U
U
U
O
Long-billed Dowitcher
C
O
C
C
U
U
U
Common Snipe
U
U
C
U
U
C
American Woodcock
U
Wilson's Phalarope
O
O
O
O
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
X
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
X
Laughing Gull
A
A
A
A
A
C
A
C
Franklin's Gull
O
O
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
U
U
U
U
O
U
Ring-billed Gull
A
U
A
A
U
U
A
California Gull
X
Herring Gull
C
U
C
C
U
U
C
Thayer's Gull
R
O
Lesser Black-backed Gull
O
O
O
Glaucous Gull
R
R
R
R
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
X
X
Gull-billed Tern
U
R
U
U
O
U
O
O
Caspian Tern
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
U
Royal Tern
A
C
A
A
C
U
C
C
Sandwich Tern
C
C
U
O
Common Tern
C
C
U
U
R
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Least Tern
C
C
U
C
C
Bridled Tern
U
X
Sooty Tern
U
X
X
Black Tern
C
C
U
U
U
Brown Noddy
Black Skimmer
C
C
C
C
U
U
O
O
Ancient Murrelet
X
Rock Dove
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Band-tailed Pigeon
X
Eurasian Collared-Dove
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
White-winged Dove
O
O
O
Mourning Dove
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Passenger Pigeon
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
O
O
O
O
O
O
Carolina Parakeet
Black-billed Cuckoo
R
R
U
U
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
C
C
C
C
C
C
Greater Roadrunner
Groove-billed Anni
R
R
O
O
O
Barn Owl
O
O
O
O
U
U
U
U
Flammulated Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
R
R
R
R
C
C
C
C
Great Horned Owl
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Snowy Owl
X
Burrowing Owl
R
O
O
Barred Owl
R
R
R
R
C
C
C
C
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Lesser Nighthawk
R
R
Common Nighthawk
C
C
C
X
C
C
C
Antillean Nighthawk
X
Chucks-will's-widow
O
O
O
U
U
U
O
Whip-poor-will
R
R
R
U
U
R
Chimney Swift
C
C
C
C
C
C
Vaux's Swift
X
X
Broad-billed Hummingbird
X
X
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
O
O
O
Blue-throated Hummingbird
X
X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
C
C
C
R
C
C
C
R
Black-chinned Hummingbird
U
U
U
Anna's Hummingbird
O
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
R
R
R
Rufous Hummingbird
U
U
U
Allen's Hummingbird
X
X
Belted Kingfisher
C
U
C
C
C
U
C
C
Red-headed Woodpecker
U
U
U
U
Red-bellied Woodpecker
R
R
R
R
C
C
C
C
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
U
U
U
U
U
U
Red-naped Sapsucker
X
X
Williamson's Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
U
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
Hairy Woodpecker
R
R
R
R
U
U
U
U
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
O
O
O
O
Northern Flicker
C
C
C
C
U
C
C
Pileated Woodpecker
R
R
R
R
U
U
U
U
Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
R
U
O
U
Western Wood-Pewee
X
Eastern Wood-Pewee
C
C
C
U
C
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
O
O
O
O
Acadian Flycatcher
U
U
C
C
C
Alder Flycatcher
R
R
O
O
Willow Flycatcher
R
R
U
U
Least Flycatcher
U
U
U
U
Hammond's Flycatcher
Pacific Slope
Cordilleran
X
Eastern Phoebe
C
C
U
C
C
Say's Phoebe
Vermillion Flycatcher
O
O
Ash-throated Flycatcher
R
O
O
Great-crested Flycatcher
C
C
C
C
C
U
Brown-crested Flycatcher
O
O
Great Kiskadee
X
X
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
X
Couch's Kingbird
X
X
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
O
O
O
U
O
Eastern Kingbird
C
C
C
C
C
C
Gray Kingbird
O
O
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
O
O
U
O
U
O
Horned Lark
R
Purple Martin
C
C
C
X
C
C
U
Tree Swallow
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
N. Rough-winged Swallow
C
X
C
U
U
U
O
Bank Swallow
C
C
U
U
Cliff Swallow
O
O
O
U
O
Cave Swallow
X
Barn Swallow
C
C
C
C
C
C
R
Blue Jay
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
American Crow
U
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
Fish Crow
C
U
C
C
C
C
C
U
Carolina Chickadee
R
R
R
R
C
C
C
C
Tufted Titmouse
C
C
C
C
Red-breasted Nuthatch
I
I
I
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
C
C
C
C
Brown Creeper
U
U
U
Rock Wren
X
Carolina Wren
U
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
Bewick's Wren
R
R
House Wren
C
C
C
C
C
C
Winter Wren
U
U
U
U
Sedge Wren
C
C
C
C
C
C
Marsh Wren
C
C
C
C
C
U
C
C
Golden-crowned Kinglet
U
U
U
U
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
C
C
C
C
C
C
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
C
X
X
U
C
U
C
C
Northern Wheatear
X
Eastern Bluebird
C
C
C
C
Mountain Bluebird
Veery
C
C
C
C
Gray-cheeked Thrush
C
C
C
C
Swainson's Thrush
C
C
C
C
Hermit Thrush
U
U
U
Wood Thrush
C
X
C
C
C
C
X
American Robin
C
C
C
C
U
C
C
Varied Thrush
X
X
Gray Catbird
C
U
C
U
C
C
U
Northern Mockingbird
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Sage Thrasher
R
Brown Thrasher
U
U
U
U
C
U
C
C
Curve-billed Thrasher
American Pipit
U
U
U
Sprague's Pipit
O
Cedar Waxwing
C
C
C
U
Loggerhead Shrike
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
European Starling
C
C
C
C
A
A
A
A
White-eyed Vireo
C
C
C
R
C
C
C
U
Bell's Vireo
R
R
Blue-headed Vireo
U
U
U
U
U
U
Cassin's Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
C
C
C
C
C
Warbling Vireo
R
O
U
Philadelphia Vireo
U
U
U
U
Red-eyed Vireo
C
R
C
C
C
C
Yellow-green Vireo
Black-whiskered Vireo
R
R
R
O
Bachman's Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
C
C
U
U
Golden-winged Warbler
U
U
U
U
Tennessee Warbler
C
C
C
C
Orange-crowned Warbler
C
C
C
C
C
C
Nashville Warbler
R
O
O
Virginia's Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
X
Northern Parula
C
C
R
C
C
C
R
Tropical Parula
Yellow Warbler
C
C
C
O
C
C
R
Chestnut-sided Warbler
C
U
U
U
Magnolia Warbler
C
C
C
C
R
Cape May Warbler
U
U
O
R
Black-throated Blue Warbler
R
U
O
O
Yellow-rumped Warbler
C
C
C
C
C
A
Black-throated Gray Warbler
R
O
O
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
X
Black-throated Green Warbler
C
O
O
C
C
R
Blackburnian Warbler
U
U
U
U
Yellow-throated Warbler
U
U
O
C
C
C
Pine Warbler
U
U
U
U
C
C
C
Prairie Warbler
O
U
U
U
C
R
Palm Warbler
U
U
U
U
U
U
Bay-breasted Warbler
C
U
C
C
Blackpoll Warbler
U
C
O
Cerulean Warbler
U
U
U
U
Black-and-white Warbler
C
C
O
C
C
O
American Redstart
C
C
C
U
C
O
Prothonotary Warbler
C
C
C
C
C
Worm-eating Warbler
U
U
U
U
R
Swainson's Warbler
R
R
O
U
O
Ovenbird
U
U
C
C
O
Northern Waterthrush
C
C
O
C
C
O
Louisiana Waterthrush
U
U
U
O
U
R
Kentucky Warbler
U
U
C
C
C
Mourning Warbler
R
O
O
MacGillivray's Warbler
X
X
Common Yellowthroat
C
U
C
C
C
C
C
C
Hooded Warbler
C
C
C
C
C
Wilson's Warbler
U
U
U
U
U
U
Canada Warbler
R
U
O
U
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
X
X
X
Yellow-breasted Chat
U
U
U
C
U
R
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
C
C
C
C
C
O
Scarlet Tanager
C
C
C
C
Western Tanager
R
R
Northern Cardinal
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
C
C
C
C
Black-headed Grosbeak
O
O
O
O
Blue Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
C
C
C
C
C
O
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
C
C
A
O
A
O
Painted Bunting
U
U
U
C
U
O
Dickcissel
R
O
O
R
Green-tailed Towhee
Eastern Towhee
C
C
C
C
Spotted Towhee
Bachman's Sparrow
U
U
U
U
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
U
O
C
C
Clay-colored Sparrow
R
O
X
Brewer's Sparrow
Field Sparrow
U
U
U
Vesper Sparrow
U
U
U
Lark Sparrow
O
O
R
U
O
Lark Bunting
X
X
Savannah Sparrow
C
C
C
C
C
C
Grasshopper Sparrow
U
U
U
Henslow's Sparrow
O
U
U
LeConte's Sparrow
U
U
U
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
U
U
U
U
U
U
Seaside Sparrow
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Fox Sparrow
O
O
O
Song Sparrow
R
C
C
C
Lincoln's Sparrow
O
U
O
O
Swamp Sparrow
C
C
C
C
C
A
White-throated Sparrow
C
C
C
C
C
C
Golden-crowned Sparrow
X
White-crowned Sparrow
U
U
U
Harris' Sparrow
R
R
Dark-eyed Junco
O
U
U
U
McCown's Longspur
X
Lapland Longspur
I
Smith's Longspur
X
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Bobolink
U
O
U
O
Red-winged Blackbird
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
Eastern Meadowlark
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Western Meadowlark
R
Yellow-headed Blackbird
O
O
O
O
Rusty Blackbird
U
U
U
Brewer's Blackbird
U
U
U
Great-tailed Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
A
A
A
A
C
C
C
C
Common Grackle
U
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
Shiny Cowbird
R
R
R
R
Bronzed Cowbird
U
U
U
O
Brown-headed Cowbird
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Orchard Oriole
C
U
C
C
C
C
X
Hooded Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
U
U
O
U
U
O
Bullock's Oriole
R
O
O
Scott's Oriole
X
X
Purple Finch
R
O
House Finch
O
O
O
O
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
O
Lesser Goldfinch
X
American Goldfinch
U
C
U
C
Evening Grosbeak
I
House Sparrow
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A