Birds that Nest and Breed in Sligo
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
- WADING BIRDS
- Green heron
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS
- Canada Goose
- Wood Duck
- Mallard
- Wood Duck
- DIURNAL RAPTORS
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- SHOREBIRDS
- Killdeer
- DOVES & PIGEONS
- Mourning Dove
- OWLS
- Eastern Screech-Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- Barred Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- SWIFTS & GOATSUCKERS
- Chimney Swift
- HUMMINGBIRDS
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- KINGFISHERS
- Belted Kingfisher
- WOODPECKERS
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
- Acadian Flycatcher
- Eastern Phoebe
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- Eastern Phoebe
- SHRIKES & VIREOS
- White-eyed Vireo
- Red-Eyed Vireo
- Warbling Vireo
- Red-Eyed Vireo
- JAYS, CROWS & ALLIES
- Blue Jay
- American Crow
- Fish Crow
- American Crow
- SWALLOWS
- Barn Swallow
- CHICKADEES & ALLIES
- Carolina Chickadee
- Tufted Titmouse
- NUTHATCHES & CREEPERS
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- WRENS
- Carolina Wren
- House Wren
- OLD WORLD WARBLERS, THRUSHES & ALLIES
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Eastern Bluebird
- Veery
- Wood Thrush
- American Robin
- Eastern Bluebird
- MIMIDS
- Gray Catbird
- Northern Mockingbird
- Brown Thrasher
- Northern Mockingbird
- STARLINGS & MYNAS
- European Starling
- WAXWINGS
- Cedar Waxwing
- WOOD WARBLERS
- Northern Parula
- American Redstart
- Common Yellowthroat
- Ovenbird
- Kentucky Warbler
- American Redstart
- TANAGERS, CARDINALS & ALLIES
- Scarlet Tanager
- Northern Cardinal
- Indigo Bunting
- Northern Cardinal
- EMBERIZINE SPARROWS & ALLIES
- Eastern Towhee
- Field Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Chipping Sparrow
- Field Sparrow
- ICTERIDS
- Common Grackle
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Baltimore Oriole
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- FINCHES & OLD WORLD SPARROWS
- House Finch
- American Goldfinch
- House Sparrow
- American Goldfinch
Based on a talk given by Gail Mackiernan to the Friends of Sligo Creek., and her chapter, "Sligo Creek Park, Silver Spring," pp. 136-139 in A Birder's Guide to Montgomery County Maryland (Mont. Co. Chapter, Md. Ornithological Society, 2001). Group categories taken from D. A. Sibley, The Sibley Guide to Birds (Knopf/National Audubon Society, 2000).