Birds Watching at Suntan Lake
If you are interested in bird watching or just love nature, you will be happy to hear that there are many species of birds that you can view at Suntan Lake. If you are new to bird watching you might want to check out the following sites to get more information:
- Audubon Society - http://www.audubon.org/
- Birdwatching.com - http://www.birdwatching.com/
- Wildlife Association - http://www.enature.com/
Below is a detailed list of the types of birds that have been seen at Suntan Lake. Because some folks are not novice to bird watching, the list is provided using a two alpha code system. The first letter provides info about how COMMON a sighting is. The second code provides info about WHEN you might see the bird.
| 1st Code for How Common a Sighting Is | 2nd Code for When Sighted |
|---|---|
| A stands for Abundant | Y stands for Year-round |
| C stands for Common | S stands for Summer |
| U stands for Uncommon | W stands for Winter |
| R stands for Rare | M stands for Migrant |
- UY pied-billed grebe
- UY double-crested cormorant
- US anhinga
- CY great blue heron
- CY great egret
- CY little blue heron
- UY cattle egret
- CY green heron
- US wood stork
- RY white ibis
- RS mottled duck
- UY wood duck
- UW lesser scaup
- RW bufflehead
- AY turkey vulture
- US swallow-tailed kite
- RS Mississippi kite
- CY red-shouldered hawk
- RW bald eagle
- RY osprey
- UY bobwhite
- UY turkey
- UW spotted sandpiper
- RW common snipe
- UY mourning dove
- CS yellow-billed cuckoo
- RY screech owl
- CY barred owl
- AS chuck-will's widow
- RW whip-poor-will
- CY belted kingfisher
- UY pileated woodpecker
- UY red-bellied woodpecker
- UY downy woodpecker
- US eastern kingbird
- US great crested flycatcher
- UW eastern phoebe
- RS purple martin
- RS barn swallow
- UY blue jay
- CY common crow
- RY fish crow
- CY Carolina chickadee
- CY tufted titmouse
- AY Carolina wren
- CW gray catbird
- UY brown thrasher
- UY blue-gray gnatcatcher
- RM cedar waxwing
- AS white-eyed vireo
- US yellow-throated vireo
- AW yellow-rumped warbler
- RY pine warbler
- RW ovenbird
- UY common yellowthroat
- CY cardinal
- AY rufus-sided towhee