Bird Watching
Treat yourself to the variety and abundance of feathered activity here. Learn about the birds that live and breed in the thousands of acres around Lunksoos Camps.
Birds in the Area
(click on the common name for more information)
Common Name
(organized by family)
Season(s) in the Area
Blackbirds
Bobolink summer (breeding)
Common Grackle summer (breeding)
Eastern Meadowlark summer (breeding)
Red-winged Blackbird summer (breeding)
Rusty Blackbird summer (breeding)
Chickadees & Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee all year
Boreal Chickadee all year
Finches
American Goldfinch summer (breeding)
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
White-winged Crossbill
Flycatchers
Eastern Phoebe summer (breeding)
Olive-sided Flycatcher summer (breeding)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher summer (breeding)
Hawks
Bald Eagle spring, summer and fall
Northern Goshawk all year
Northern Harrier summer (breeding)
Red-shouldered Hawk summer (breeding)
Rough-legged Hawk winter
Sharp-shinned Hawk summer (breeding)
Herons & Bitterns
American Bittern summer (breeding)
Great Blue Heron spring, summer and fall
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird spring, summer and fall
Jays & Crows
American Crow all year
Blue Jay all year
Common Raven all year
Gray Jay all year
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Loons
Common Loon spring, summer and fall
New World Warblers
American Redstart summer (breeding)
Bay-breasted Warbler summer (breeding)
Black-and-white Warbler summer (breeding)
Black-throated Blue Warbler summer (breeding)
Black-throated Green Warbler summer (breeding)
Blackburnian Warbler summer (breeding)
Canada Warbler summer (breeding)
Cape May Warbler summer (breeding)
Chesnut-sided Warbler summer (breeding)
Common Yellowthroat summer (breeding)
Magnolila Warbler summer (breeding)
Mourning Warbler summer (breeding)
Nashville Warbler summer (breeding)
Northern Parula summer (breeding)
Northern Waterthrush summer (breeding)
Ovenbird summer (breeding)
Palm Warbler summer (breeding)
Tennessee Warbler summer (breeding)
Yellow Warbler summer (breeding)
Yellow-rumped Warbler summer (breeding)
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ospreys
Osprey summer (breeding)
Pheasants
Ruffed Grouse all year
Spruce Grouse all year
Pigeons & Doves
Mourning Dove spring, summer and fall
Swallows
Barn Swallow summer (breeding)
Tree Swallow summer (breeding)
Thrushes
American Robin summer (breeding)
Hermit Thrush summer (breeding)
Swainson's Thrush summer (breeding)
Veery summer (breeding)
Wood Thrush summer (breeding)
Typical Owls
Barred Owl all year
Great-horned Owl all year
Long-eared Owl all year
Northern Saw-whet all year
Short-Eared Owl summer (breeding)
Snowy Owl winter
Warblers & Sparrows
Lincoln's Sparrow summer (breeding)
White-throated Sparrow summer (breeding)
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing summer (breeding)
Woodpeckers
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker summer (breeding)
Wrens
House Wren summer (breeding)
Winter Wren summer (breeding)