NOTE: The sighting frequency definitions best relate to the entire "Spring" period which is commonly defined as March through May. The birds listed are far more than might be observed during FeatherFest because some birds prefer habitats that might not be visited, but more importantly because FFhas, since its inception, been held early in the Spring, ie the first weekend that includes an April day. Therefore FF visitors will be too early to see those Neotropical birds that migrate north through the area later, and will be too late to see those Neartic birds that have wintered on the Gulf Coast but have already moved northwards. However an accumulation of birds seen in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 will give a good indication of what you could see in future years at the same seasonal time.

		2004	2005	2006	2007
Pacific Loon	R	–	–	–	–
Common Loon	C
Pied-billed Grebe	C
Horned Grebe	R	–	–		–
Eared Grebe	F
Masked Booby	O	–	–	–	–
Northern Gannet	U		–	–
American White Pelican	C
Brown Pelican	C
Double-crested Cormorant	C
Neotropic Cormorant	C
Anhinga	C
Magnificent Frigatebird	R		–		–
American Bittern	U
Least Bittern	C		–
Great Blue Heron	C
Great Egret	C
Snowy Egret	C
Little Blue Heron	C
Tricolored Heron	C
Reddish Egret	C
Cattle Egret	C
Green Heron	C
Black-crowned Night-Heron	C
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	F
White Ibis	C
Glossy Ibis	R		–	–	–
White-faced Ibis	F
Roseate Spoonbill	C
Black Vulture	C
Turkey Vulture	C
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	F			–
Fulvous Whistling-Duck	C			–
Greater White-fronted Goose	U	–	–	–	–
Snow Goose	U	–	–	–	–
Canada Goose	U	–	–	–
Wood Duck	F	–	–	–	–
Gadwall	C
American Wigeon	C
Mallard	U	–
Mottled Duck	C
Blue-winged Teal	C
Cinnamon Teal	R	–	–	–	–
Northern Shoveler	C
Northern Pintail	U	–	–		–
Green-winged Teal	F
Canvasback	R	–	–	–	–
Redhead	U		–		–
Ring-necked Duck	F	–	–	–	–
Greater Scaup	R	–	–	–
Lesser Scaup	C
Surf Scoter	R	–	–		–
White-winged Scoter	R	–	–	–	–
Black Scoter	R	–	–	–	–
Long-tailed Duck	O	–	–	–	–
Bufflehead	U	–	–		–
Common Goldeneye	R	–	–	–	–
Hooded Merganser	R	–	–	–
Red-breasted Merganser	C
Ruddy Duck	U		–
Osprey	U
Swallow-tailed Kite	R	–	–	–	–
White-tailed Kite	C
Mississippi Kite	R	–	–	–
Bald Eagle	R	–		–	–
Northern Harrier	C
Sharp-shinned Hawk	U			–
Cooper's Hawk	U	–
Red-shouldered Hawk	C				–
Broad-winged Hawk	U	–			–
Swainson's Hawk	U			–	–
White-tailed Hawk	R				–
Red-tailed Hawk	U
Crested Caracara	U
American Kestrel	C
Merlin	U	–			–
Peregrine Falcon	U
Greater Prairie-Chicken	R
Northern Bobwhite	U	–	–	–	–
Yellow Rail	R	–			–
Black Rail	R	–		–	–
Clapper Rail	C
King Rail	F		–	–	–
Virginia Rail	C		–	–	–
Sora	C
Purple Gallinule	C				–
Common Moorhen	C
American Coot	C
Sandhill Crane	U	–		–	–
Black-bellied Plover	C
American Golden-Plover	C			–
Snowy Plover	C
Wilson's Plover	C
Plover Semipalmated	C
Piping Plover	C
Killdeer	C
American Oystercatcher	U
Black-necked Stilt	C
American Avocet	C
Greater Yellowlegs	C
Lesser Yellowlegs	C
Solitary Sandpiper	U
Willet	C
Spotted Sandpiper	U
Upland Sandpiper	U	–		–
Whimbrel	C
Long-billed Curlew	C
Hudsonian Godwit	U	–	–	–	–
Marbled Godwit	C
Ruddy Turnstone	C
Red Knot	F
Sanderling	C
Semipalmated Sandpiper	C
Western Sandpiper	C
Least Sandpiper	C
White-rumped Sandpiper	C		–
Baird's Sandpiper	U
Pectoral Sandpiper	C
Dunlin	C
Stilt Sandpiper	F
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	U		–	–	–
Short-billed Dowitcher	C
Long-billed Dowitcher	C
Wilson's Snipe	C
Wilson's Phalarope	U		–		–
Pomarine Jaeger	U		–	–	–
Parasitic Jaeger	R	–	–	–	–
Laughing Gull	C
Franklin's Gull	R	–
Bonaparte's Gull	C			–
Ring-billed Gull	C
Herring Gull	C
Lesser Black-backed Gull	R	–	–	–	–
Glaucous Gull	R	–
Gull-billed Tern	U	–
Caspian Tern	C
Royal Tern	C
Sandwich Tern	C
Common Tern	C
Forster's Tern	C
Least Tern	C
Black Tern	C		–	–
Black Skimmer	C
Rock Dove/Pidgeon	C
Eurasian Collared-Dove	C
White-winged Dove	C
Mourning Dove	C
Inca Dove	C
Common Ground-Dove	R	–		–	–
Monk Parakeet	F
Black-billed Cuckoo	U	–	–	–	–
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	C	–			–
Groove-billed Ani	R	–	–	–	–
Barn Owl	C		–		–
Eastern Screech-Owl	C	–	–	–	–
Great Horned Owl	F				–
Barred Owl	F		–	–	–
Short-eared Owl	R	–	–	–	–
Lesser Nighthawk	R	–	–	–	–
Common Nighthawk	C	–		–	–
Chuck-will's-widow	F	–	–	–	–
Whip-poor-will	U	–	–	–	–
Chimney Swift	C
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	C
Black-chinned Hummingbird	R	–	–	–	–
Rufous Hummingbird	R
Belted Kingfisher	C
Red-headed Woodpecker	R	–	–	–
Red-bellied Woodpecker	C
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	F
Downy Woodpecker	C
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	R		–	–	–
Northern Flicker	O				–
Pileated Woodpecker	F			–	–
Olive-sided Flycatcher	R	–	–	–	–
Eastern Wood-Pewee	C	–	–	–	–
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	O	–	–	–	–
Acadian Flycatcher	C	–	–	–	–
Alder Flycatcher	R	–	–	–	–
Willow Flycatcher	R	–	–	–	–
Least Flycatcher	U	–		–	–
Eastern Phoebe	C	–	–	–
Vermilion Flycatcher	R	–	–	–	–
Ash-throated Flycatcher	R		–	–	–
Great Crested Flycatcher	C			–	–
Western Kingbird	U	–	–	–	–
Eastern Kingbird	C
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	C
Loggerhead Shrike	C
White-eyed Vireo	C
Bell's Vireo	O	–	–	–	–
Blue-headed Vireo	C
Yellow-throated Vireo	C				–
Warbling Vireo	U	–	–	–	–
Philadelphia Vireo	F	–	–	–	–
Red-eyed Vireo	C		–	–
Blue Jay	C
American Crow	C				–
Horned Lark	U
Purple Martin	C
Tree Swallow	C
N. Rough-winged Swallow	C
Bank Swallow	C		–
Barn Swallow	C
Cliff Swallow	C
Cave Swallow	U
Carolina Chickadee	C				–
Tufted Titmouse	C			–	–
Red-breasted Nuthatch	R	–	–	–	–
Brown-headed Nuthatch	C	–	–	–	–
Brown Creeper	R	–	–	–	–
Carolina Wren	C
Bewick's Wren	R	–	–	–	–
House Wren	C
Sedge Wren	C
Marsh Wren	C
Golden-crowned Kinglet	R	–	–	–	–
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	C
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	C
Eastern Bluebird	F			–	–
Veery	U	–	–	–	–
Gray-cheeked Thrush	U	–		–	–
Swainson's Thrush	C	–	–	–	–
Hermit Thrush	U	–
Wood Thrush	C	–	–	–
American Robin	C	–		–	–
Gray Catbird	C
Northern Mockingbird	C
Brown Thrasher	F
European Starling	C
American Pipit	C	–	–	–	–
Sprague's Pipit	R	–	–	–	–
Cedar Waxwing	C	–		–
Blue-winged Warbler	C			–	–
Golden-winged Warbler	U	–	–	–	–
Tennessee Warbler	C
Orange-crowned Warbler	C
Nashville Warbler	C	–	–	–	–
Northern Parula	C
Yellow Warbler	C	–		–
Chestnut-sided Warbler	C	–	–	–	–
Magnolia Warbler	C			–	–
Cape May Warbler	R	–	–	–	–
Black-throated Blue Warbler	R	–	–	–	–
Yellow-rumped Warbler	C
Blk-throated Green Warbler	C			–	–
Blackburnian Warbler	U	–