Migrating
through in Spring and Fall
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Purple Finch
Indigo Bunting
Canada Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-throated Green warbler
-There are many others
Summer
Visitors
Scarlet Tanager
Baltimore Oriole
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Phoebe
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-crested Flycatcher
Black-and-white Warbler
Piping Plover
Least Tern
Osprey
There are many others
Winter Residents (Species that spend the winter but leave in spring)
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Fox Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Common Loon
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Yellow-rumped warbler
There are many others
This is not a comprehensive list of all the birds that can be found
on Shelter Island. Birders are encouraged to email
us with sightings and if possible provide pictures of the birds so that
we may add them to this page.