This is a list of bird species that can be found along Onondaga Creek in the city sections from Dorwin Ave. bridge north to Spencer St. bridge

Some of these birds nest along the stream; others only pass through during migration or on forays for food and shelter.

• great blue heron
• green heron
• Canada goose
• green-winged teal
• mallard
• common merganser
• hooded merganser
• turkey vulture
• osprey
• Cooper's hawk
• sharp-shinned hawk
• red-tailed hawk
• killdeer
• spotted sandpiper
• ring-billed gull
• herring gull
• rock dove
• mourning dove
• yellow-billed cuckoo
• belted kingfisher
• chimney swift
• downy woodpecker
• northern (yellow-shafted) flicker
• hairy woodpecker
• yellow-bellied sapsucker
• red-bellied woodpecker
• willow flycatcher
• alder flycatcher
• least flycatcher
• eastern phoebe
• eastern wood pewee
• great crested flycatcher
• northern rough-winged swallow
• barn swallow
• tree swallow
• American crow
• blue jay
• black-capped chickadee
• tufted titmouse

• white breasted nuthatch
• house wren
• Carolina wren
• golden-crowned kinglet
• ruby-crowned kinglet
• American robin
• wood thrush
• veery
• gray catbird
• northern mockingbird
• European starling
• cedar waxwing
• red-eyed vireo
• warbling vireo
• yellow-rumped warbler
• yellow warbler
• blackpoll warbler
• chestnut-sided warbler
• black-throated green warbler
• Nashville warbler
• magnolia warbler
• northern parula
• common yellowthroat
• scarlet tanager
• northern cardinal
• house sparrow
• song sparrow
• dark-eyed junco
• white-throated sparrow
• chipping sparrow
• rose-breasted grosbeak
• rufous-sided towhee
• red-winged blackbird
• common grackle
• brown-headed cowbird
• northern oriole
• house finch
• American goldfinch