BIODIVERSITY
BIRDS
As many as 112 birds have been documented on Westmont's campus. Undoubtedly there are more about. Many are resident. Some migrate through. Many are seen frequently, and others infrequently. This guide is designed to increase your chances of seeing and hearing birds of all kinds at all different times of day and year.
For information about Breeding Birds of Westmont, please see here.
You can access a compilation of all birdsong recordings here.
HAWKS, FALCONS, & VULTURES
Sharp-shinned hawk
Osprey (flyover)
White-tailed kite (flyover)
Peregrine falcon (flyover)
HERONS & DUCKS
Snowy egret
Great egret
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock dove
Eurasian collared dove
PARROTS
Lilac-crowned Amazon parrot
Yellow-headed Amazon parrot
OWLS
HUMMINGBIRDS
Black-chinned hummingbird
Costa’s hummingbird
WOODPECKERS
Downy woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker
Red-breasted sapsucker
WRENS
SPARROWS
Rufous-crowned sparrow
Chipping sparrow
Savannah sparrow
Vesper sparrow
House sparrow
Lark sparrow
MIMIDS
TANAGERS & ALLIES
Western tanager
Lazuli bunting
ICTERIDS
Brewer's blackbird
Great-tailed grackle
OTHERS
Cedar waxwing
Nutmeg manikin
European starling
American Pipit
Yellow-breasted chat
Vaux's swift
FLYCATCHERS
Hammond’s flycatcher
Olive-sided flycatcher
Western wood-pewee
WARBLERS & VIREOS
Cassin’s vireo
Warbling vireo
Orange-crowned warbler
Yellow warbler
Townsend’s warbler
Hermit warbler
Black-throated grey warbler
Prairie warbler
CORVIDS
Common raven
SWALLOWS
Tree swallow
Northern rough-winged swallow
THRUSHES
Swainson's thrush
CHICKADEES, NUTHATCHES & ALLIES
Chestnut-backed chickadee
Red-breasted nuthatch
Brown creeper
FINCHES
American goldfinch
Purple finch
Pine siskin