The Marion County Park and Lake has a wide variety of birds that are native to and migrate through Kansas. The birds that have a pair of binoculars beside them are those that have recently been sighted by local bird watchers. If you click on a name of a bird, pictures of it and more information will be displayed. If you are an area bhirdwatcher, and you have an unusual bird sighting of a bird not usually, or rarely seen in Kansas, you are encouraged to report it to the Kansas Ornithological Society. A checklist of the birds of Kansas, published by the Kansas Ornithological Society is available for anyone wishing to take part in the pleasures of birdwatching in Kansas.The checklist is in Adobe PDF format.

Barn Owls	Chickadees, Titmice
Barn Owl	Black-capped Chickadee
	Tufted Titmouse
Blackbirds, Orioles
Bobolink	Cormorants
Red-winged Blackbird	Double-crested Cormorant
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark	Cranes
Yellow-headed Blackbird	Sandhill Crane
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird	Creepers
Common Grackle	Brown Creeper
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird	Cuckoos
Orchard Oriole	Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Baltimore Oriole	Black-billed Cuckoo
	Greater Roadrunner
Ducks
Wood Duck	Falcons
Gadwall	American Kestrel
Eurasian Wigeon	Merlin
American Wigeon	Peregrine Falcon
Mallard	Prairie Falcon
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler	Flycatchers
Northern Pintail	Olive-sided Flycatcher
Green-winged Teal	Eastern Wood-Pewee
Canvasback	Alder Flycatcher
Redhead	Willow Flycatcher
Ring-necked Duck	Least Flycatcher
Greater Scaup	Eastern Phoebe
Lesser Scaup	Great-crested Flycatcher
Surf Scoter	Western Kingbird
Long-tailed Duck	Eastern Kingbird
Bufflehead	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser	Geese, Swans
Common Merganser	Greater White-fronted Goose
Red-breasted Merganser	Snow Goose
Ruddy Duck	Ross's Goose
	Cackling Goose
Gnatcatchers	Canada Goose
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers	Tundra Swan
Goatsuckers	Grebes
Common Nighthawk	Pied-billed Grebe
Common Poor-will	Horned Grebe
	Red-necked Grebe
Grouse	Eared Grebe
Greater Prairie-Chicken	Western Grebe
Grosbeaks, Buntings	Gulls
Northern Cardinal	Laughing Gull
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Franklin's Gull
Blue Grosbeak	Bonaparte's Gull
Lazuli Bunting	Ring-billed Gull
Indigo Bunting	Herring Gull
Painted Bunting	Thayer's Gull
Dickcissel	Glaucous Gull
	Sabine's Gull
Hawk's, Kites, Eagles
Osprey	Herons
Mississippi Kite	American Bittern
Bald Eagle	Great Blue Heron
Northern Harrier	Great Egret
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Snowy Egret
Cooper's Hawk	Little Blue Heron
Northern Goshawk	Cattle Egret
Red-shouldered Hawk	Green Heron
Broad-winged Hawk	Black-crowned Night-Heron
Swainson's Hawk	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk	Hummingbirds
Rough-legged Hawk	Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Golden Eagle
	Ibises
Jays, Magpies, Crows	White-faced Ibis
Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie	Kingfishers
American Crow	Belted Kingfisher
Chihuahuan Raven
	Kinglets
Larks	Golden-crowned Kinglet
Horned Lark	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Loons	Nuthatches
Red-throated Loon	Red-breasted Nuthatch
Common Loon	White-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Finches	Owls
Purple Finch	Eastern Screech Owl
House Finch	Great Horned Owl
Red Crossbill	Snowy Owl
Pine Siskin	Burrowing Owl
American Goldfinch	Barred Owl
	Long-eared Owl
Old World Sparrows	Short-eared Owl
House Sparrow
	Pheasants
Pelicans	Ring-necked Pheasant
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican	Pipits
	American Pipit
Pigeons, Doves
Rock Pigeon	Plovers
Eurasian Collared-Dove	Black-bellied Plover
White-winged Dove	American Golden-Plover
Mourning Dove	Semipalmated Plover
	Piping Plover
Quail	Killdeer
Northern Bobwhite
	Sandpipers
Rails, Gallinules	Spotted Sandpiper
King Rail	Solitary Sandpiper
Virginia Rail	Greater Yellowlegs
Sora	Willet
American Coot	Lesser Yellowlegs
	Upland Sandpiper
Shrikes	Long-billed Curlew
Loggerhead Shrike	Ruddy Turnstone
Northern Shrike	Sanderling
	Semipalmated Sandpiper
Sparrows	Western Sandpiper
Spotted Towhee	Least Sandpiper
Eastern Towhee	White-rumped Sandpiper
American Tree Sparrow	Baird's Sandpiper
Chipping Sparrow	Pectoral Sandpiper
Field Sparrow	Stilt Sandpiper
Vesper Sparrow	Short-billed Dowitcher
Lark Sparrow	Long-billed Dowitcher
Lark Bunting	Wilson's Snipe
Savannah Sparrow	American Woodcock
Grasshopper Sparrow	Wilson's Phalarope
Baird's Sparrow	Marbled Godwit
Le Conte's Sparrow	Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow	Starlings
Lincoln's Sparrow	European Starling
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow	Stilts, Avocets
Henslow's Sparrow	Black-necked Stilt
Harris's Sparrow	American Avocet
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur	Swallows
	Purple Martin
	Tree Swallow
	Northern Rough-winged Swallow
	Cliff Swallow
	Bank Swallow
Swifts	Barn Swallow
Chimney Swift
	Terns
Tanagers	Least Tern
Summer Tanager	Caspian Tern
	Common Tern
	Black Tern
Thrashers	Forster's Tern
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird	Thrushes
Brown Thrasher	Eastern Bluebird
	Mountain Bluebird
Vireos	Townsend's Solitaire
White-eyed Vireo	Swainson's Thrush
Bell's Vireo	Wood Thrush
Blue-headed Vireo	American Robin
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo	Turkeys
	Wild Turkey
	Vultures
	Turkey Vulture
Warblers
Tennessee Warbler	Waxwings
Orange-crowned Warbler	Bohemian Waxwing
Nashville Warbler	Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler	Woodpeckers
Chestnut-sided Warbler	Red-headed
Magnolia Warbler	Red-bellied
Yellow-rumped Warbler	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Black-throated Green Warbler	Downy
Bay-breasted Warbler	Hairy
Blackpoll Warbler	Northern Flicker
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart	Wrens
Ovenbird	Rock Wren
Northern Waterthrush	Carolina Wren
Louisiana Waterthrush	Bewick's Wren
Mourning Warbler	House Wren
Common Yellowthroat	Winter Wren
Hooded Warbler	Sedge Wren
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat