School Name:
Street Address:
City:
Zip:
Phone #
Teacher's
Name:
Primary area
of instruction:
E-mail:
How many
students
participated?
How many
outings this
month?
Grade:
Parent Chaperone Name:
Month of Sightings:
Parent E-mail:
# of species observed:
Checklist for the Birds of Eastern North America
(must be completed for prize consideration)
Loons
Red-throated Loon

Common Loon

Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Pelicans - Gannets
Brown Pelican

Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant

Anhinga

Geese and Swans
Snow Goose

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Tundra Swan

Ducks
Wood Duck

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

Blue-winged Teal

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Lesser Scaup

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Game Birds
Ring-necked Pheasant

Wild Turkey

Northern Bobwhite

Herons - Storks
American Bittern

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Cattle Egret

Green Heron

Glossy Ibis

White Ibis

New World Vultures
Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Diurnal Raptors
Osprey

Mississippi Kite

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

Merlin

Peregrine Falcon
 Rails - Cranes
Virginia Rail

Sora

Common Moorhen

American Coot

Shorebirds
Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Killdeer

American Oystercatcher

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Spotted Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Dunlin

Short-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe

American Woodcock

Gulls, Terns, etc.
Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Caspian Tern

Forster's Tern

Black Skimmer

Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Cuckoos
Black-billed Cuckoo

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Owls
Barn Owl

Eastern Screech-Owl

Great Horned Owl

Barred Owl

Goatsuckers- Swifts
Common Nighthawk

Chuck-will's-widow

Whip-poor-will

Chimney Swift

Hummingbird &
Kingfisher
Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker
 Tyrant Flycatchers
Eastern Wood-Pewee

Willow Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Loggerhead Shrike

Vireos
White-eyed Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Corvids - Wrens
Blue Jay

American Crow

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Bank Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Barn Swallow

Carolina Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Winter Wren

Marsh Wren

Kinglets - Waxwings
Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Eastern Bluebird

Veery

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Wood Thrush

American Robin  

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

Brown Thrasher

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Warblers
Blue-winged Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler
 Warblers (cont.)
Pine Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Palm Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Prothonotary Warbler

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Warbler

Canada Warbler

Tanagers
Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

Sparrows and Allies
Eastern Towhee

American Tree Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Grosbeaks and allies
Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Blackbirds and allies
Bobolink

Red-winged Blackbird

Eastern Meadowlark

Rusty Blackbird

Common Grackle

Boat-tailed Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Orchard Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Finches
House Finch

American Goldfinch

Old World Weavers
House Sparrow
What was the primary
field guide used by
your team to help
identify the birds?
Write in species:
What equipment was used?
no optics used
 all-purpose binoculars
 birding binoculars
 spotting scope
If you enjoy watching birds, doesn't it make sense to help protect
them too?!
What did members of your group do to HELP birds during this month?  (check all that apply)
maintained a clean bird bath
 made windows "bird friendly"
maintained healthy bird feeders
taught others about birds
kept cats indoors
put up nest boxes
planted native species at school or home
bought "bird-friendly" coffee or chocolate
volunteered with local bird conservation project
Other:
Fledging Birders looks forward to hearing about your students' birding experiences this month.
Any memorable moments? Did they get anything out of the birding activity?  If so, what?!
Please also include details for any unusual birds.
I have read and agree to the terms and conditions below.
REQUIRED for prize consideration
Date of submission:
Schoolyard Birding Challenge
Monthly Submission Form - EASTERN REGION*
* - If this shortened list is missing many of the birds you identified this month,
please check out the all-inclusive Eastern Checklist Submission Form
Schoolyard Birding Challenge Terms and Conditions

1) Submission form must include complete checklist of all species observed. If a team fails to submit their checklist by the deadline, they may not be eligible to win or receive a
prize for that month.

2) All species checklists will be reviewed Fledging Birders Institute staff naturalists and/or regional birding experts. FBI reserves the right to archive all checklists and
accompanying comments for scientific review, educational use, and future publication.  

3) In the event of unusual sightings*, the cooperating teacher(s) may be contacted by FBI staff for more details regarding those species. Documentation and peer review of
exceptional sightings is important to the study of bird distribution as identification of similar species can be difficult. If upon further review the observers can not justify the
sightings of an unusual species, FBI staff may not count the bird(s) in question. All decisions by FBI are final.

* Unusual sightings include bird species that are out of their expected geographic range, habitat, and season.

4) FBI is not responsible for safety or conduct of Schoolyard Birding Challenge participants. All supervision of student participants is the responsibility of the cooperating
teacher or school faculty member.

5) Fledging Birders Institute staff may enter teams in the challenge BUT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RECEIVING PRIZES. In the event that an FBI sponsored team receives the
highest total, the unaffiliated school group with the next highest species total will be deemed the winner for that month.
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