Birds of Frenchman's Creek Guidebook and Checklist

The ovenbird is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. This migratory bird breeds in eastern North America and winters in Central America, many Caribbean islands, Florida and northern Venezuela.

The palm warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. the great boreal forest, often called “North America’s bird nursery,” is the summer home to billions of migratory birds and an estimated 98% of all Palm Warblers.

Pied-billed grebes are found in freshwater wetlands with emergent vegetation, such as cattails. They are occasion- ally found in salt water. When breeding they are found in emergent vegetation near open water, and in winter they are primarily found in open water due to the lack of nests to maintain.

The pileated woodpecker is a woodpecker native to North America. This insectivorous bird is a mostly sedentary inhabitant of deciduous forests in eastern North America, the Great Lakes, the boreal forests of Canada, and parts of the Pacific Coast.

Killdeer are North American breeders winter from their resident range south to Central America, the West In- dies, and the northernmost portions of South America. The non-breeding habitat of the killdeer includes coastal wetlands, beach habitats, and coastal fields.