Birds found in the Lake Norman area

There are many birds found in the Lake Norman area that are not listed here.  We will be adding more as we have time and get good photos.

Note: the list is sorted by the size of the bird, smallest first.

Brown-headed Nuthatch	American Goldfinch	Carolina Chickadee	Indigo Bunting
Tufted Titmouse	Chipping Sparrow	Carolina wren	Pine Warbler
Field Sparrow	House Finch	Dark-eyed Junco	Eastern Bluebird
White-throated Sparrow	Cedar Waxwing	Blue Grosbeak	Yellow-breasted Chat
Brown-headed Cowbird	Eastern Kingbird	Eastern Towhee	Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird	American Robin	Killdeer	Red-bellied Woodpecker
Brown Thrasher	Common Grackle	Mourning Dove	Belted Kingfisher
American Coot	Green Heron	Mallard	Ring-billed Gull
Canada Goose	Cattle Egret	American Crow	Red-tailed Hawk
Common Raven	Osprey	White Ibis	Black Vulture "Buzzard"
Turkey Vulture "Buzzard"	Great Egret	Bald Eagle	Great Blue Heron
Mute Swan	Black Swan

Please check back often as we will be adding more birds.