The everpresent loon
 
 

 

Torsey Flora and Fauna - Birds

 

the Birds of Torsey Pond

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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