Sunningdale
has a wide variety of birds, animals and fish
species that call our property and the Medway Creek
"home" for all or part of the season. Below
are just some of the species we have cataloged over
the past few years.
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| Adult
Red-tailed Hawk (male) |
Adult
Red-tailed Hawk (female) |
Baby
red-tailed Hawks |
Red-tailed Hawk eggs |
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| Baby Blue Jay |
Adult Blue Jay (female) |
Adult Blue Jay (male) |
Baby
Sparrow Hawks |
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| Baby Purple Martins | Adult Purple Martin (female) | Adult Purple Martin (male) |
Adult Sparrow Hawk |
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| Adult Baltimore Oriole |
Oriole Nest |
Adult Canada Goose |
Baby
Canada Goose |
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| Adult Wild Turkey (female) |
Adult Wild Turkey (male) |
Baby Wild Turkey |
Wild Turkey nest of eggs |
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| Adult Osprey | Baby Osprey | Adult Great Blue Heron | Adult Kingfisher |
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| Baby Cardinal | Adult Cardinal (female) |
Adult Cardinal (male) |
Baby
Red-tailed Hawks |
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| Adult Mallard Duck (male) | Adult Mallard Duck (female) |
Mallard Duck eggs |
Baby Mallard Ducklings |
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| Adult Wood Duck (female) | Adult Wood Duck (male) | Baby Wood Ducks | Wood Duck Eggs |
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| Adult Red-bellied Woodpecker | Adult Red-winged Blackbird | Adult Robin | Baby Robin |
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| Baby Common Merganzers |
Adult Common Merganzer (male) |
Adult Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Adult Great Horned Owl |
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| Adult Scaup (male & female) |
Baby Bald Eagles |
Adult Bald Eagle |
Adult Piliated Woodpecker |
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Species |
Rarity |
Where/When to see it |
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Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Declining |
Throughout the course |
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Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Eastern Phoebe |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Great Crested Flycatcher |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Eastern Kingbird |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Horned Lark |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Purple Martin |
Common |
Near far right pond on 4 Robinson |
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Tree Swallow |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Bank Swallow |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Cliff Swallow |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Barn Swallow |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Blue Jay |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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American Crow |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Black-capped Chickadee |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Tufted Titmouse |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Brown Creeper |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Common |
Throughout the course |
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House Wren |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Winter Wren |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Marsh Wren |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Gray Catbird |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Northern Mockingbird |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Brown Thrasher |
Declining |
Throughout the course |
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Eastern Bluebird |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Wood Thrush |
Declining |
Throughout the course |
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American Robin |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Cedar Waxwing |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Warbling Vireo |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Red-eyed Vireo |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Blue-winged Warbler |
Declining |
Wooded areas |
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Common |
Wooded areas |
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Yellow Warbler |
Common |
Wooded areas |
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Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Common |
Wooded areas |
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Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Common |
Wooded areas |
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Black-throated Green Warbler |
Common |
Wooded areas |
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American Redstart |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Ovenbird |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Common |
Throughout the course |
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Common Yellowthroat |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Eastern Meadowlark |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Common Grackle |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Brown-headed Cowbird |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Scarlet Tanager |
Common |
Wooded areas |
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House Sparrow |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Purple Finch |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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House Finch |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Common Redpoll |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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American Goldfinch |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Evening Grosbeak |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Northern Cardinal |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Common |
Notably 3 Thompson bridge |
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Indigo Bunting |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Chipping Sparrow |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Field Sparrow |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Song Sparrow |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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White-throated Sparrow |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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White-crowned Sparrow |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Dark-eyed Junco |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Snow Bunting |
Rare |
Throughout the course |
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Baltimore Oriole |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Species |
Rarity |
Where/When to see it |
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Common Loon |
Common |
12 Robinson pond |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
Common |
Near ponds |
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Tundra Swan |
Common |
12 Robinson pond |
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Trumpeter Swan |
Declining |
12 Robinson pond in the Spring |
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Canada Goose |
Common |
Throughout the course, |
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Wood Duck |
Common |
Ponds |
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Mallard |
Common |
Ponds |
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Lesser Scaup |
Common |
Ponds |
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Common Merganser |
Common |
Ponds |
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Gulls and Terns |
Common |
Parking lots, near dumpsters |
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American Bittern |
Common |
Edge of ponds |
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Great Blue Heron |
Common |
Ponds; notably 12 Thompson pond |
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Little Blue Heron |
Common |
Edge of ponds |
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Green Heron |
Common |
Ponds; notably 13 Robinson pond |
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Killdeer |
Common |
Gravel roadside, parking lots,
pathways |
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American Woodcock |
Declining |
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Wild Turkey |
Common |
All over the course in deep rough
areas |
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Rock Dove (Pigeon) |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Mourning Dove |
Common |
Throughout the course |
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Turkey Vulture |
Common |
Near 12 Thompson ‘grass dump site’ |
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Osprey |
Common |
Near the roadways and fence line |
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Bald Eagle |
Common |
Along the Medway Creek |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Common |
Near the roadways and fence line |
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Cooper’s Hawk |
Common |
Near the roadways and fence line |
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Broad-winged Hawk |
Common |
Near the roadways and fence line |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
Common |
Throughout the course; |
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Rough-legged Hawk |
Common |
Near the roadways and fence line |
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American Kestrel |
Common |
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Barn Owl |
Common |
Nighttime |
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Eastern Screech-Owl |
Common |
Nighttime |
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Great Horned Owl |
Common |
Nighttime |
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Common |
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Common Nighthawk |
Common |
Nighttime |
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Common |
Around flower gardens and feeders |
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Belted Kingfisher |
Common |
Near ponds |
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Red-headed Woodpecker |
Declining |
In dead trees |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Common |
In dead trees |
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Common |
In dead trees |
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Pileated
Woodpecker |
Common |
Notably on the south side of |
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Downy Woodpecker |
Common |
In dead trees |
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Hairy Woodpecker |
Common |
In dead trees |
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Northern Flicker |
Common |
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Sparrow Hawk |
Common |
Near the roadways and fence line |
