Candler Park is not just for people. It’s rich in animal life too. Beavers, muskrats, and turtles live there. And birds. Here is a list of 80 birds spotted in and near the Candler Park wetland area compiled by Paidea students who are members of the group “For the Birds” led by teacher Tom Painting.
- Canada Goose
- Wood Duck
- Mallard
- Great Blue Heron
- Turkey Vulture
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Virginia Rail
- Killdeer
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Mourning Dove
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Chimney Swift
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Belted Kingfisher
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eastern Kingbird
- White-eyed Vireo
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Blue Jay
- American Crow
- Fish Crow
- Northern Rough-winged
Swallow - Carolina Chickadee
- Tufted Titmouse
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Brown-headed Nuthatch
- House Wren
- Carolina Wren
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Eastern Bluebird
- Hermit Thrush
- Wood Thrush
- American Robin
- Gray Catbird
- Brown Thrasher
- Northern Mockingbird
- Barred Owl
- European Starling
- Cedar Waxwing
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Hooded Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Palm Warbler
- Nashville Warbler
- Pine Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Yellow-throated Warbler
- Canada Warbler
- Chipping Sparrow
- Field Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow
- Clay-colored Sparrow
- Eastern Towhee
- Northern Cardinal
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Common Grackle
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- House Finch
- American Goldfinch
- House Sparrow
- Rock Pigeon
- Worm-eating warbler