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Below is a list of bird species that a person has the best chance of seeing while visiting Rowe Sanctuary and southcentral Nebraska.  The "Key" indicates when species appear in the area, with occurrence and abundance variable.

Key:  w - winter, sp - spring, su - summer, f - fall          * - Species that have been seen at Rowe Sanctuary

LOONS & GREBES
Common Loon - sp, f
* Pied-billed Grebe - sp, su, f
Horned Grebe - sp, f
Eared Grebe - sp, f
Western Grebe - sp, f

PELICANS & CORMORANTS
* American White Pelican - sp, f
* Double-crested Cormorant - sp, f

WADING BIRDS
American Bittern - sp, su, f
* Great Blue Heron - sp, su, f
* Great Egret - sp, su, f
* Snowy Egret - sp, su, f
* Little Blue Heron - sp, f
* Cattle Egret - sp, f
* Green Heron - sp, su, f
* Black-crowned Night-Heron - sp, su, f
 * White-faced Ibis - sp, f

WATERFOWL
* Tundra Swan - sp, f
* Greater White-fronted Goose - sp, f
* Snow Goose - sp, f
Ross' Goose - sp, f
* Canada Goose - w, sp, su, f
* Wood Duck - sp, su, f
* Mallard - w, sp, su, f
* Gadwall - sp, su, f
* Northern Pintail - sp, su, f
* American Wigeon - sp, f
* Northern Shoveler - sp, su, f
* Green-winged Teal - sp, f
* Blue-winged Teal - sp, su, f
Cinnamon Teal - sp, f
* Canvasback - sp, f
* Redhead - sp, f
Ring-necked Duck - sp, f
* Lesser Scaup - sp, f
* Common Goldeneye - sp, f
* Bufflehead - sp, f
* Common Merganser - sp, f
Ruddy Duck - sp, su, f

RAPTORS
* Turkey Vulture - sp, su, f
* Osprey - sp, f
* Bald Eagle - w, sp, su, f
* Northern Harrier - w, sp, su, f
* Sharp-shinned Hawk - w, sp, f
* Cooper's Hawk - w, sp, su, f
* Northern Goshawk - w
* Swainson's Hawk - sp, su, f
* Red-tailed Hawk - w, sp, su, f
Ferruginous Hawk - w
* Rough-legged Hawk - w
* Golden Eagle - sp, f
* American Kestrel - w, sp, su, f
* Merlin - w, sp, f
* Peregrine Falcon - sp, f
* Prairie Falcon - w, sp, f

UPLAND GAME BIRDS
* Ring-necked Pheasant - w, sp, su, f
* Greater Prairie-Chicken - w, sp, su, f
Sharp-tailed Grouse - w, sp, su, f
* Wild Turkey - w, sp, su, f
* Northern Bobwhite - w, sp, su, f

RAILS & CRANES
 * Virginia Rail - sp, su, f
* Sora - sp, su, f
* American Coot - sp, su, f
* Sandhill Crane - sp, f
* Whooping Crane - sp, f

SHOREBIRDS
* Black-bellied Plover - sp, f
* American Golden Plover - sp, f
* Snowy Plover - sp, f
* Semipalmated Plover - sp, f
* Piping Plover - sp, su, f
* Killdeer - sp, su, f
* American Avocet - sp, f
* Greater Yellowlegs - sp, f
* Lesser Yellowlegs - sp, f
* Solitary Sandpiper - sp, f
* Willet - sp, f
* Spotted Sandpiper - sp, su, f
* Upland Sandpiper - sp, su, f
Whimbrel - sp, f
Hudsonian Godwit - sp, f
Marbled Godwit - sp, f
Ruddy Turnstone - sp, f
* Semipalmated Sandpiper - sp, f
* Least Sandpiper - sp, f
* White-rumped Sandpiper - sp, f
* Baird's Sandpiper - sp, f
* Pectoral Sandpiper - sp, f
Dunlin - sp, f
* Stilt Sandpiper - sp, f
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - sp, f
* Short-billed Dowitcher - sp, f
* Long-billed Dowitcher - sp, f
* Common Snipe sp, f
American Woodcock - sp, f
* Wilson's Phalarope - sp, f

GULLS & TERNS
* Franklin's Gull - sp, f
* Bonaparte's Gull - sp, f
* Ring-billed Gull - sp, f
* Herring Gull - sp, f
* Common Tern - sp, f
* Forster's Tern - sp, f
* Least Tern sp, su, f
* Black Tern - sp, f

DOVES, CUCKOOS & OWLS
* Rock Dove - w, sp, su, f
* Mourning Dove - sp, su, f
* Black-billed Cuckoo - su
* Yellow-billed Cuckoo - su
* Barn Owl - w, sp, su, f
* Eastern Screech-Owl - w, sp, su, f
* Great Horned Owl - w, sp, su, f
Burrowing Owl - sp, su, f
* Long-eared Owl - w, sp, su, f
* Short-eared Owl - w, sp, su, f

GOATSUCKERS & SWIFTS
* Common Nighthawk - sp, su, f
Common Poorwill - su
* Chimney Swift - sp, su, f

HUMMINGBIRDS & KINGFISHERS
* Ruby-throated Hummingbird - sp, su, f
* Belted Kingfisher - w, sp, su, f

WOODPECKERS
* Red-headed Woodpecker - sp, su
* Red-bellied Woodpecker - w, sp, su, f
* Downy Woodpecker - w, sp, su, f
* Hairy Woodpecker - w, sp, su, f
* Northern Flicker - w, sp, su, f

FLYCATCHERS
* Olive-sided Flycatcher - sp, su
* Western Wood-Pewee - su
* Eastern Wood-Pewee - sp, su
* Acadian Flycatcher - sp, su
* Willow Flycatcher - sp, su
* Least Flycatcher - sp, su
* Eastern Phoebe - sp, su
Say's Phoebe - sp, su
* Great Crested Flycatcher - sp, su
* Western Kingbird - sp, su
* Eastern Kingbird - sp, su
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - sp, su

LARKS & SWALLOWS
* Horned Lark - w, sp, su, f
Purple Martin - sp, su
* Tree Swallow - sp, su
* Northern Rough-winged Swallow - sp, su
* Bank Swallow - sp, su
* Cliff Swallow - sp, su
* Barn Swallow - sp, su

JAYS, CROWS & MAGPIES
* Blue Jay - w, sp, su, f
* American Crow - w, sp, su, f
* Black-billed Magpie - w, sp, su, f

CHICKADEES, NUTHATCHES
& CREEPERS
* Black-capped Chickadee - w, sp, su, f
* Red-breasted Nuthatch - w
* White-breasted Nuthatch - w, sp, su, f
* Brown Creeper - w

WRENS & KINGLETS
* Rock Wren - sp, su
Carolina Wren - w, sp, su, f
* House Wren - sp, su
Winter Wren - sp, f
* Sedge Wren - sp, su
Marsh Wren - sp, su
* Golden-crowned Kinglet - w
* Ruby-crowned Kinglet - sp, f

THRUSHES
* Eastern Bluebird - w, sp, su, f
Veery - sp, f
* Gray-cheeked Thrush - sp, f
* Swainson's Thrush - sp, f
Hermit Thrush - sp, f
* American Robin - w, sp, su, f

MIMICS
* Gray Catbird - sp, su
* Northern Mockingbird - sp, su, f
* Brown Thrasher - sp, su

PIPITS, WAXWINGS & SHRIKES
* American Pipit - sp, f
Sprague's Pipit - sp, f
* Cedar Waxwing - w, sp, su, f
* Northern Shrike - w
* Loggerhead Shrike - sp, su, f
 

 VIREOS & WARBLERS
* Bell's Vireo - sp, su
* Warbling Vireo - sp, su
* Red-eyed Vireo - sp, su
* Tennessee Warbler - sp, f
* Orange-crowned Warbler -sp, f
* Nashville Warbler - sp, f
* Yellow Warbler - sp, su
* Chestnut-sided Warbler - sp, f
Magnolia Warbler - sp, f
* Yellow-rumped Warbler - sp, f
* Black-throated Green Warbler -sp, f
* Blackburnian Warbler - sp, f
* Prothonotary Warbler - sp, f
* Palm Warbler - sp, f
* Blackpoll Warbler - sp, f
* Black-and-white Warbler - sp, f
* American Redstart - sp, f
* Ovenbird - sp, f
Northern Waterthrush - sp, f
* Mourning Warbler - sp, f
* Common Yellowthroat - sp, su
* Wilson's Warbler - sp, f
* Yellow-breasted Chat - sp, f

CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS
& BUNTINGS
* Northern Cardinal - w, sp, su, f
* Rose-breasted Grosbeak - sp, su
* Black-headed Grosbeak - sp, su
* Blue Grosbeak - sp, su
* Lazuli Bunting - sp, f
* Indigo Bunting - sp, su
* Dickcissel - sp, su

SPARROWS
* Eastern Towhee - sp, su, f
* Spotted Towhee - sp, su, f
* American Tree Sparrow - w
* Chipping Sparrow - sp, su
* Clay-colored Sparrow - sp, f
* Field Sparrow - sp, su, f
* Vesper Sparrow - sp, f
* Lark Sparrow - sp, su
Lark Bunting - sp, su
* Savannah Sparrow - sp, f
* Grasshopper Sparrow - sp, su
LeConte's Sparrow - sp, f
Fox Sparrow - sp, f
* Song Sparrow - w, sp, su, f
* Lincoln's Sparrow - sp, f
Swamp Sparrow - sp, su
* White-throated Sparrow - sp, f
* White-crowned Sparrow - w, sp, f
* Harris' Sparrow - w, sp, f
* Dark-eyed Junco - w

BLACKBIRDS
* Bobolink - sp, su
* Red-winged Blackbird - w, sp, su, f
* Eastern Meadowlark - sp, su
* Western Meadowlark - w, sp, su, f
* Yellow-headed Blackbird - sp, su
* Rusty Blackbird - sp, f
* Brewer's Blackbird - sp, su
* Great-tailed Grackle - sp, su
* Common Grackle - w, sp, su, f
* Brown-headed Cowbird - sp, su
* Orchard Oriole - sp, su
* Baltimore Oriole - sp, su

FINCHES
* House Finch - w, sp, su, f
* Common Redpoll - w
* Pine Siskin - w
* American Goldfinch - w, sp, su, f
Evening Grosbeak - w

INTRODUCED SPECIES
* European Starling - w, sp, su, f
* House Sparrow - w, sp, su, f
* Eurasian Collared-Dove - w, sp, su, f

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