There are many types of birds inhabiting the waters, shorelands and woods of Torsey Pond. Most are seanonal in their stay, but a few are year-round residents; all of them however, add to the natural experience of Torsey Pond with their different colorations, their varying calls and their individual patterns and behavior. torsey Pond provides many opportunities for the wild bird watcher.
The birds of Torsey Pond are:
Common Loon
Mourning Dove
Ammerican Bittern
Great Horned Owl
Great Blue Herron
Barred Owl
Mallard Duck
Saw-whet Owl
Black Duck
Bank Swallow
Wood Duck
Rough-winged Swallow
Common Merganser
Tree Swallow
Bluewinged Teal
Chimney Swift
Pied-billed Grebe
Purple Martin
Canada Goose
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Sandpiper
Common Flicker
herring Gull
Pileated Woodpecker
Osprey
Hairy Woodpecker
Sparrow Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Belted Kingfisher
Yellowbellied Sapsucker
Ruffed Grouse
Blue jay
Ring-necked Pheasant
Eastern Kingbird
Killdeer
Eastern Phoebe
Song Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
White-throated Sparrow
Wood Thrush
House Sparrow
Veery
Solitary Vireo
Ruby-breasted Grosbeak
Rufous-sided Towhee
Evening Grosbeak
House Wren
Robin
american Redstat
Black-capped Chickadee
Eastern Meadowlark
Hermit Thrush
Northern (Baltimore) Oriole
Purple Finch
Eastern Crow
Gold Finch
Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Purple Grackle
Cardinal
White-brested Nuthatch
Slatecolored Junco
Mockingbird
Tufted Titmouse
Catbird
Bobolink
Herring Gull
Red-winged Blackbird
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
American Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Wild Turkey
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