The “Birds of Tellico Village” is a series of videos designed to introduce new residents and birders who moved from another part of the country to the birds found in the village. Produced by the Tellico Village Network in cooperation with the birding club, the first of approximately ten episodes has been completed.
Watch Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mckVH7dfLXY
Below is a list of birds commonly found in Tellico Village. For each species there is a link to the related “Cornell Lab – All About Birds” website entry. The list is sorted by size from smallest to largest. Species marked with an asterisks (***) indicate those which are found sporadically on Tellico Lake in winter.
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3.75 inches
- Rufous Hummingbird 3.75 inches
- Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 inches
- Ruby-Crowned Kinglet 4.25 inches
- Brown-headed Nuthatch 4.5 inches
- Red-Breasted Nuthatch 4.5 inches
- Carolina Chickadee 4.75 inches
- American Goldfinch 5 inches
- Chimney Swift 5.25 inches
- Brown Creeper 5.25 inches
- Carolina Wren 5.5 inches
- Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.5 inches
- Chipping Sparrow 5.5 inches
- White-breasted Nuthatch 5.75 inches
- Tree Swallow 5.75 inches
- House Finch 5.75 to 6 inches
- Tufted Titmouse 6.25 inches
- House Sparrow 6.25 inches
- Song Sparrow 5.75 to 6.5 inches
- Dark-eyed Junco 6 to 6.5 inches
- Downy Woodpecker 6.5 to 6.75 inches
- White-throated Sparrow 6.75 inches
- Hermit Thrush 6.75 inches
- Eastern Bluebird 7 inches
- White-crowned Sparrow 7 inches
- Eastern Phoebe 7 inches
- Cedar Waxwing 7.25 inches
- Brown-headed Cowbird 7.5 inches
- Eastern Towhee 8 inches
- Purple Martin 8 inches
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8.5 inches
- European Starling 8.5 inches
- Eastern Screech-Owl 8.5 inches
- Northern Cardinal 8.75 inches
- Red-winged Blackbird 8.5 to 8.75 inches
- Gray Catbird 8.75 inches
- Red-bellied Woodpecker 9.25 inches
- Hairy Woodpecker 9 to 9.25 inches
- American Robin 10 inches
- Northern Mockingbird 10 inches
- Killdeer 10.5 inches
- Blue Jay 11 inches
- Brown Thrasher 11.5 inches
- Mourning Dove 12 inches
- Northern Flicker (Yellow Shafted) 12 to 12.5 inches
- Common Grackle 12.5 inches
- Belted Kingfisher 13 inches
- Pied-billed Grebe 13 to 13.5 inches
- American Crow 17 to 17.5 inches
- Pileated Woodpecker 16.5 to 17 inches
- Ring-billed Gull 17 to 17.5 inches
- Green Heron 17 to 18 inches
- Cooper’s Hawk 14 to 20 inches
- Red-shouldered Hawk 16 to 20 inches
- Barred Owl 20 to 21 inches
- Red-tailed Hawk 19 to 22 inches
- Great Horned Owl 21 to 22 inches
- Osprey 23 to 24.5 inches
- Black Vulture 25 inches
- Turkey Vulture 26 to 27 inches
- Common Loon*** 31 to 32 inches
- Double-crested Cormorant 32 to 33 inches
- Snow Goose*** 25 to 33 inches
- Bald Eagle 31 to 37 inches
- Great Blue Heron 45 to 47 inches
- Wild Turkey 46 to 47 inches
- American White Pelican*** 62 inches