Birds using Eastern Hemlock
(Tsuga canadensis)
for Protective Cover
and/or Nesting Sites



Bird Species
(Scientific & Common Names)

Buteo lineatus **
(Red-shouldered Hawk)

Zenaida macroura * **
(Mourning Dove)

Cyanocitta cristata * **
(Blue Jay)

Junco hyemalis *
(Dark-eyed Junco)

Melospiza melodia *
(Song Sparrow)

Passerella iliaca *
(Fox Sparrow)

Zonotrichia albicollis *
(White-throated Sparrow)

Loxia curvirostra * **
(Red Crossbill)

Loxia leucoptera * **
(White-winged Crossbill)

Spinus pinus * **
(Pine Siskin)

Quiscalus quiscula * **
(Common Grackle)

Dumetella carolinensis *
(Gray Catbird)

Toxostoma rufum *
(Brown Thrasher)

Setophaga caerulescens * **
(Black-throated Blue Warbler)

Setophaga castanea * **
(Bay-breasted Warbler)

Setophaga fusca * **
(Blackburnian Warbler)

Setophaga magnolia * **
(Magnolia Warbler)

Setophaga virens * **
(Black-throated Green Warbler)

Bonasa umbellus *
(Ruffed Grouse)

Catharus guttatus *
(Hermit Thrush)

Hylocichla mustelina * **
(Wood Thrush)

Turdus migratorius * **
(American Robin)



* uses this tree for protective cover
** uses this tree for nest sites

Sources: Martin et al. (1951/1961),
DeGraaf (2002)

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