Hay Creek - French Creek Forest Block
The IBA includes portions of what is known as the Hopewell Big Woods, an area that encompasses 73,000 acres. The Hopewell Big Woods Partnership was formed to ensure the protection of the economic, ecological, recreational, cultural and historic values of the region, and remains active in pursuing this mission.
This site ranked in the top 10% for forest blocks in BCR 29 (Piedmont).
Birds in This Area
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Blue-winged Warbler
Vermivora cyanoptera
- Common Grackle
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Mallard
- American Robin
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Common Loon
- Great Blue Heron
- Mourning Dove
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Tundra Swan
- American Tree Sparrow
- Brown Creeper
- Common Merganser
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Mute Swan
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Turkey Vulture
- American Woodcock
- Brown Thrasher
- Common Yellowthroat
- Great Horned Owl
- Northern Cardinal
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Veery
- Bald Eagle
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Cooper's Hawk
- Green Heron
- Northern Flicker
- Ring-billed Gull
- Warbling Vireo
- Baltimore Oriole
- Bufflehead
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Ring-necked Duck
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Barn Swallow
- Canada Goose
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hermit Thrush
- Northern Waterthrush
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- White-eyed Vireo
- Belted Kingfisher
- Canada Warbler
- Eastern Bluebird
- Hooded Merganser
- Orchard Oriole
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- White-throated Sparrow
- Black Vulture
- Carolina Chickadee
- Eastern Kingbird
- Hooded Warbler
- Osprey
- Ruddy Duck
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Tufted Titmouse
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Wild Turkey
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Carolina Wren
- Eastern Phoebe
- Horned Grebe
- Ovenbird
- Scarlet Tanager
- Willow Flycatcher
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Cedar Waxwing
- Eastern Towhee
- House Finch
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Wood Duck
- Acadian Flycatcher
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Cerulean Warbler
- Eastern Wood-Pewee
- House Wren
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Song Sparrow
- Wood Thrush
- American Black Duck
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- European Starling
- Indigo Bunting
- Pine Siskin
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Worm-eating Warbler
- American Coot
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Chimney Swift
- Field Sparrow
- Killdeer
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Swainson's Thrush
- Yellow Warbler
- American Crow
- Blue Jay
- Chipping Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Least Flycatcher
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Swamp Sparrow
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- American Goldfinch
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Common Goldeneye
- Gray Catbird
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Tree Swallow
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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