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Overton Park Old Forest
126 acres of old-growth upland hardwood forest — the most accessible true old-growth in the mid-South. Loud with birdsong spring through fall; famous for warbler migration in late April and May.
Species here
51
Best months
5
Apr · May · Jun · Sep · Oct
Access
Free
Habitat
2
woodland · woodland edge
Signature birds
Also seen here
YR
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
“Wild Canary”
M
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
“Candelita (Spanish — "little candle")”
M
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
“Zebra Warbler”
M
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescens
“BTBW (birder abbreviation)”
M
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virens
“BTNW (birder abbreviation)”
YR
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
“Jaybird”
M
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
“Broadwing”
YR
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
“Thrasher”
M
Canada Warbler
Cardellina canadensis
“CAWA (birder abbreviation)”
YR
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis
“Dee-dee bird”
YR
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
“Great Carolina Wren”
WV
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
“Waxwing”
M
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica
“Pleased-to-meetcha”
SB
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
“Flying Cigar”
SB
Chuck-will's-widow
Antrostomus carolinensis
“Chuck”
YR
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
“Chicken Hawk”
WV
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
“Snowbird”
YR
Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
“Little Woodpecker”
YR
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
“Towhee”
SB
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
“Catbird”
SB
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
“GCF”
YR
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
“Hoot Owl”
WV
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
“Swamp Angel”
M
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnolia
“Maggie”
SB
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
“Grasshopper Hawk”
YR
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
“Yellowhammer”
SB
Northern Parula
Setophaga americana
“Parula”
M
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
“Teacher Bird”
YR
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
“Zebra Woodpecker”
SB
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
“Preacher Bird”
YR
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
“Bottomland Hawk”
WV
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Corthylio calendula
“Kinglet”
SB
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
“Hummer”
M
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
“Firebird (folk)”
M
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
“Tennessee”
YR
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
“Peter-bird”
SB
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
“WAVI (birder abbreviation)”
YR
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
“Upside-down Bird”
SB
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
“Whip-John-with-it”
WV
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
“Old Sam Peabody”
M
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
“Forest Flute”
M
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
“Summer Yellowbird”
SB
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
“Rain Crow”
SB
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
“Chat”
WV
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
“Butter-butt”
SB
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
“YTVI (birder abbreviation)”
SB
Yellow-throated Warbler
Setophaga dominica
“YTW”