| Connecticut DEP's Wildlife Division
publishes a list of Endangered
and Threatened Species, which includes mammals,
birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and
invertebrates. Their bird list is presented below in the format of the
Sherwood Island checklist,
which includes most of the Endangered and Threatened Species. For each of the listed birds, DEP
provides fact sheets. In the table below, "Status" refers to Endangered (E), Threatened (T), or Special Concern (SC). For species sighted in the park during the 2002-2003 Fall-Winter season, links are provided to the sightings reports and/or photographs. |
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| Family | Species | Status | SISP | Sightings, 2002-2003 |
| Kites, Eagles, Hawks | Bald Eagle | E |  |
report |
| Northern Harrier | E | |
photo | |
| Cooper's Hawk | T | |
photo | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | E | |
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| Falcons | Peregrine Falcon | E | |
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| Grebes | Pied-billed Grebe | E | |
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| Bitterns and Herons | American Bittern | E | |
report photo |
| Least Bittern | T | |
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| Great Egret | T | |
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| Snowy Egret | T | |
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| Rails, Gallinules, Coots | Black Rail | E | -- | report |
| King Rail | E | |
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| Common Moorhen | E | |
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| Plovers | Piping Plover | T | |
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| Sandpipers & Phalaropes | Upland Sandpiper | E | |
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| Willet | SC | |
see below | |
| Skuas,Gulls,Terns,Skimmers | Least Tern | T | |
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| Roseate Tern | E | -- | ||
| Barn Owl | Barn Owl | E | |
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| Typical Owls | Long-eared Owl | E | |
photo |
| Short-eared Owl | T | |
photo | |
| Woodpeckers | Red-headed Woodpecker | E | |
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| Larks | Horned Lark | T | |
photo |
| Wrens | Sedge Wren | E | -- | |
| Wood-warblers | Yellow-breasted Chat | E | |
report photo |
| Towhees,Sparrows,Longspurs | Vesper Sparrow | E | |
photo |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | E | -- | ||
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Willet. The Willet, listed as a Species of Special Concern, was an occasional visitor to the park until 1997. Since then one to three pairs have nested each year. The birds arrive in late April or early May and leave in August. |
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