Birds of Frenchman's Creek Guidebook and Checklist

Belted Kingfishers live near streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, and estuaries. They nest in burrows that they dig into soft earthen banks, usually adjacent to or directly over water, commonly found in the United States and Canada.

The black-and-white warbler is a species of New World warbler, and the only member of its genus, Mniotilta. It breeds in northern and eastern North America and winters in Florida, Central America, and the West Indies down to Peru. This species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.

The black-bellied whistling-duck, formerly called the black-bellied tree duck, is a whistling duck that breeds from the southernmost United States and tropical Central to south-central South America.

Black-crowned night herons nest colonially, and often more than a dozen pairs will nest in one tree.

The common Grackle is a large icterid which is found in large numbers through much of North America.