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Fort Smith National Historic Site
Birds
Eastern Bluebirds have been seen at the park and nest there.
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Eastern Bluebird

Bird Viewing at Fort Smith NHS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birds Seen at Fort Smith NHS

*denotes a bird that does nest or could nest at park

Winter Birds

American Coot
American White Pelican
Bald Eagle
Bonaparte's Gull
Brown Creeper
Cooper's Hawk
Dark-eyed Junco
Double-Crested Cormorant
Fox Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Mallard
Pied-Billed Grebe
Ring-Billed Gull
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Song Sparrow
White-Throated Sparrow
Winter Wren
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-Rumped Warbler


Summer Birds

Barn Swallow *
Black and White Warbler
Blu-Gray Gnatcatcher*
Chimney Swift *
Common Nighthawk *
Common Yellow Throat*
Eastern Kingbird *
Eastern Phoebe *
Eastern Towhee *
Fish Crow *
Gray Catbird *
Great Crested Flycatcher *
Great Egret
Least Tern
Northern Parula
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
Purple Martin *
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird *
Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher *
Tree Swallow *
Yellow Warbler *

Resident Birds (Year Round)

American Crow *
American Kestrel *
American Robin *
Barred Owl
Blue Jay *
Brown-Headed Cowbird *
Brown Thrasher *
Carolina Chickadee *
Carolina Wren *
Common Grackle *
Downey Woodpecker *
Eastern Bluebird *
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Screech-Owl *
Eastern Starling *
Great Blue Huron
Great-Horned Owl
House Finch *
House Sparrow *
Killdeer *
Mourning Dove *
Northern Cardinal *
Northern Flicker *
Northern Mockingbird *
Red-Winged Blackbird
Rock Dove (Pigeon) *
Red-Bellied Woodpecker *
Red-Headed Woodpecker *
Red-Tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture

Possible Migrants

Blue Grosbeak
Broad-Winged Hawk
Caspian Tern
Chipping Sparrow
Fortster's Tern
Franklin's Gull
Gray-Cheeked Thrush
House Wren
Indigo Buntin
Kentucky Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Osprey
Ovenbird
Peregrine Falcon
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Swainson's Thrush
Snow Goose
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager
Tennessee Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Wood Thrush
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

List compiled in 1999 by the Dogwood Trails Audubon Society

map of Indian Removal routes  

Did You Know?
All five of the southeastern tribes forcibly removed on the Trail of Tears had routes that went through Fort Smith, Arkansas. Those that were removed by water went on the Arkansas River and from Fort Smith they crossed the river and entered Indian Territory.

Last Updated: August 24, 2006 at 12:12 EST