Foreword to the Second Edition
Introduction
Using This Guide
Organization of Species
Species Profiles
Birding Basics
Optics and Field Guides
Birding Techniques
Where to Find Birds
Kansas Geography and Ecosystems
Calendar of Kansas Bird Activity
Species Accounts
Waterfowl
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross’s Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Pintail
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Other Swimming Birds
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
Common Gallinule
American Coot
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Wading Birds
Whooping Crane
Sandhill Crane
Great Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Western Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Least Bittern
American Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
White-faced Ibis
Glossy Ibis
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Black Rai
Shorebirds
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Snowy Plover
Piping Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Gulls & Terns
Franklin’s Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Sabine’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster’s Tern
Common Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Upland Game Birds
Ring-necked Pheasant
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite
Scaled Quail
Diurnal Raptors
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Osprey
Mississippi Kite
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Owls & Nightjars
American Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Snowy Owl
Burrowing Owl
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Chuck-will’s-widow
Whip-poor-will
Doves & Cuckoos
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Woodpeckers & Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Aerialists
Chimney Swift
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Insect Catchers
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Bell’s Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Warblers
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Other Migratory Warblers
Worm-eating Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Canada Warbler
Small Active Songbirds
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Rock Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Northern House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Thrushes & Others
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Swainson’s Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Northern Mockingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-breasted Chat
Ground Dwellers & Sparrows
Horned Lark
American Pipit
Sprague’s Pipit
Lapland Longspur
Smith’s Longspur
Thick-billed Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
Cassin’s Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow
LeConte’s Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Sparrow
Blackbirds, Corvids,& Allies
Blue Jay
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Fish Crow
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
European Starling
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Colorful Songbirds
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Summer Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Lazuli Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Red Crossbill
Kansas Birding Hotspots
Western Region
1. St. Francis Area
2. Rural Cheyenne County
3. Atwood Area
4. Oberlin Area
5. Soldiers Memorial Park
6. Colby Area
7. Sheridan State Fishing Lake
8. Sheridan Wildlife Area
9. Historic Lake Scott State Park
10. Little Jerusalem Badlands StatePark and Smoky Valley Ranch
11. Arkansas River Scenic Drive
12. Hamilton County Wildlife Area
13. Garden City Area
14. Manter Dam Recreation Area
15. Ulysses Area
16. Cimarron National Grassland
17. Hugoton Area
18. Arkalon Park
19. Meade State Park
20. Lakeview Playa
North-Central Region
21. Keith Sebelius Reservoir
22. Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge
23. Lovewell Reservoir
24. Jamestown Wildlife Area
25. Talmo Wildlife Area
26. Antelope Lake
27. Webster Reservoir
28. Rooks State Fishing Lake
29. Waconda/Glen Elder Reservoir
30. Gurley Salt Marsh
31. Ottawa State Fishing Lake
32. Cedar Bluff Reservoir
33. Hays Area
34. Wilson Reservoir
35. Kanopolis Reservoir
36. Salina Area
South-Central Region
37. Cheyenne Bottoms
38. McPherson Valley Wetlands
39. McPherson State Fishing Lake and Maxwell Wildlife Refuge
40. Jetmore Area
41. Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
42. Sandhills State Park and Dillon Nature Center
43. Harvey County West Park
44. Harvey County East Park
45. Ford State Fishing Lake
46. Hain Wildlife Area
47. Herron Playa Wildlife Area
48. Texas Lake Wildlife Area and Pratt Sandhills Wildlife Area
49. Pratt Area
50. Kingman State Fishing Lake and Byron Walker Wildlife Area
51. Cheney Reservoir
52. Lake Afton
53. Wichita Area
54. Clark State Fishing Lake
55. Coldwater Lake
56. Red Hills Scenic Drive
57. Anthony City Lake
58. Wellington Lake
59. Slate Creek Wetlands
East-Central Region
60. Alcove Spring Park
61. Milford Reservoir
62. Konza Prairie
63. Tuttle Creek Reservoir
64. Echo Cliff Park and LakeWabaunsee
65. Herington City Lakes
66. Council Grove Reservoir
67. Marion Reservoir
68. Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
69. Chase State Fishing Lake
70. Lyon State Fishing Lake
71. El Dorado Reservoir
72. Fall River Reservoir
73. Toronto Reservoir
74. Woodson State Fishing Lake
75. Augusta City Lake
76. Chaplin Nature Center
77. Kaw Wildlife Area
78. Winfield City Lake
79. Cross Timbers Scenic Drive
Eastern Region
80. Nemaha Wildlife Area
81. Pony Creek Lake
82. Wathena Area
83. Banner Creek Lake
84. Atchison State Fishing Lake
85. Perry Reservoir
86. Kansas City Area
87. Topeka Area
88. Lawrence Area
89. Flint Hills Trail State Park
90. Hillsdale Reservoir
91. Melvern Reservoir
92. John Redmond Reservoirand Flint Hills NationalWildlife Refuge
93. Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Area and Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge
94. Lehigh Portland State Park
95. Elm Creek Lake
96. Neosho Wildlife Area
97. Bone Creek Lake
98. Crawford State Park
99. Elk City Lake
100. Cherokee County Area
Birding Resources
Seasonal Distribution of Kansas Warblers
Seasonal Distribution of Kansas Sparrows
Complete Species List for Kansas
Acknowledgments
Index to Place Names
Index to Bird Names
Quick Index
