Bird Watching

Belle Grove Plantation offers excellent bird watching opportunities for local, migrating and rare birds. With our wooded area, river side and fields, serious birdwatchers will delight as they catch a glimpse of our Bald Eagles to our House Finches. March through September brings our resident osprey “James and Dolley” back to Belle Grove to nest and raise their family.

We are just starting to document our bird population so we encourage you to come and help us identify the many species of Belle Grove Plantation. There is no cost to come, sit and watch.

So grab your field specs and come catch a bird’s eye view of what Belle Grove Plantation has to offer.

Below are the species that we have identified so far:

Mallard

Mallard

Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey

double crested cormorant

Double-Crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Black Vulture

Black Vulture

Osprey

Osprey

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Broad winged hawk

Broad-Winged Hawk

Red Tail Hawk

Red-Tailed Hawk (Eastern)

Bonaparte's Gull

Bonaparte’s Gull

Ring Billed Gull

Ring-Billed Gull

Herring Gull Amercian

Herring Gull (American)

Caspian Tern

Caspian Tern

Rock Pigeon Feral Pigeon

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

Red bellied Woodpecker

Red-Bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Phoebe

Great crested flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatchers

White Eyed Vireo

White-Eyed Vireo

American Crow

American Crow

Tree Swallow

Tree Sparrow

Barn Swallow

Barn Sparrow

tufted titmouse

Tufted Titmouse

carolina_wren_2

Carolina Wren

blue grey gnatcatcher

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

Eastern Bluebird

Eastern Bluebird

American Robin

American Robin

Northern Mockingbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

European Starling

Northern Parula

Northern Parula

Chipping Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow Eastern

Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)

White Throated Sparrow

White-Throated Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinal

Red Winged Blackbird

Red-Winged Blackbird

Common Grackle Purple

Common Grackle (Purple)

Brown Headed Cowbird

Brown-Headed Cowbird

House Finch

House Finch

House Sparrow

House Sparrow