Species Lists for Lake Elkhorn
and Forebay Pond

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Bobwhite
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Virginia Rail
Common Gallinule
American Coot
American Avocet
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Bonaparte’s Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster’s Tern
Common Tern
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tri-colored Heron

Snowy Egret
Western Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush

American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Pipit
House Finch
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Snow Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Yellow-breasted Chat
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel

• Ebony Jewelwing
• Great Spreadwing
• Southern Spreadwing
• Blue-fronted Dancer
• Violet (Variable) Dancer
• Azure Bluet
• Familiar Bluet
• Skimming Bluet
• Orange Bluet
• Slender Bluet
• Lilypad Forktail
• Fragile Forktail
• Eastern Forktail
• Shadow Darner

• Common Green Darner
• Comet Darner
• Unicorn Clubtail
• Stream Cruiser
• Prince Baskettail
• Calico Pennant
• Halloween Pennant
• Banded Pennant
• Common Pondhawk
• Bar-winged Skimmer
• Spangled Skimmer
• Slaty Skimmer
• Widow Skimmer

• Twelve-spotted Skimmer
• Great Blue Skimmer
• Hyacinth Glider
• Roseate Skimmer
• Blue Dasher
• Wandering Glider
• Spot-winged Glider
• Eastern Amberwing
• Common Whitetail
• Ruby Meadowhawk
• Autumn Meadowhawk
• Carolina Saddlebags
• Black Saddlebags