Birds of Caddo Lake
Field Checklist with Photo Gallery

Species

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Status

Photo

Tricolored Heron

Cas

Cas

R

M

Little Blue Heron

U

C

U

.

M

Snowy Egret

U

U

U

.

M

Great Blue Heron

C

C

C

C

P/M

Great Egret

C

C

C

U

P/M

Cattle Egret

C

A

C

I

M

Green Heron

U

C

U

.

M

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

U

C

U

Cas

M

Black-crowned Night-Heron

U

U

Cas

Cas

M

White Ibis

.

U

U

Cas

M

Wood Stork

Cas

U

U

M

Black Vulture

C

C

C

C

P

Turkey Vulture

C

C

C

C

P

Osprey

O

U

O

M

Mississippi Kite

U

U

O

M

Bald Eagle

R

R

U

M

Northern Harrier

R

.

U

U

M

Sharp-shinned Hawk

O

.

U

U

M

Cooper's Hawk

O

O

U

U

P/M

Red-shouldered Hawk

C

C

C

C

P

Broad-winged Hawk

C/T

I

C/T

M

Red-tailed Hawk

C

U

C

C

P

Ferruginous Hawk

.

Acc/T

M

M

American Kestrel

O

U

C

M

Merlin

.

R/I/T

M

Wild Turkey

O

O

P

Northern Bobwhite

U

O

O

O

P

Birds of Caddo Lake Field Checklist with Photo Gallery compiled by Dorothy Metzler [E-mail: caddobirds(at)hotmail.com].  Copyright © 1999-2004.  All rights reserved.  All material on this Web site is intended only for the personal information, education, and enjoyment of visitors to this Web site and may not be reproduced or published elsewhere without permission of the respective author or photographer. (Photographer credits in rollover text of thumbnail pictures.  E-mail links below.)  I'm grateful to the following individuals and organizations for allowing me to use their photos on this website:  Harlen Aschen, Don Auderer, Brad Bergstrom, Carole Berry, Carol Ann Boyd, Patricia Cancellare, Barbara Cavin, Stephen J. Dinsmore, Fred Fallon, Bert Frenz, Vera Garlough, Arthur Grosset, Peggy Harding, Berlin Heck, Dart Humeston, Jim Ingold, Eric Isley, George Jameson, Jack Jenkins, Diane Jones, Nick Kontonicolas, Vincent P. Lucas, True Mann, Marcus Martin, Bob Metzler, Ron Munden, Eddie Ray, Chandler S. Robbins, Bill Schmoker, Jeff Trahan, Tom Walker, Peter S. Weber, BioDiversity Institute (BDI) Internet Field Guide to Birds, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and Gough, G.A., Sauer, J.R., Iliff, M. Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter. 1998. Version 97.1. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.