Yellowstone Bird Reports

The Yellowstone National Park bird program compiles an annual report summarizing the monitoring program's analysis of a small portion of raptors, wetland birds, and passerines found in Yellowstone. This helps inform park staff of potential shifts in ecosystem function (e.g., climate change effects) to Yellowstone's bird community and may guide future conservation of the parks birds and habitats. If you are interested in birds and want to learn more about the status of birds and the bird management program in Yellowstone, the annual bird reports below are the place to go for more information.

• 2019 Bird Program Annual Report (1.5 MB pdf)
• 2018 Bird Program Annual Report (1.3 MB pdf)
• 2017 Bird Program Annual Report (2.2 MB pdf)
• 2016 Yellowstone National Park Bird Program Annual Report (3.7 MB pdf)
• 2015 Yellowstone National Park Bird Program Annual Report (1.7 MB pdf)
• 2014 Yellowstone National Park Bird Program Annual Report (3 MB pdf)
• 2013 Bird Monitoring Report (7.2 MB PDF)
• 2012 Yellowstone Bird Program Annual Report (1.5 MB PDF)
• 2011 Yellowstone Bird Program Annual Report (3.34 MB PDF)
• 2010 Bird Report (2.5 MB PDF)
• 2009 Bird Report - (1.4 MB PDF)
• 2008 Bird Report (2 MB PDF)
• 2007 Bird Report - not available
• 2006 Bird Report (613 KB PDF)
• 2005 Bird Report (678 KB PDF)
• 2004 Bird Report (572 KB PDF)
• 2003 Bird Report (250 KB PDF)
• 2002 Bird Report (1.2 MB PDF)
• 2001 Bird Report (551 KB PDF)
• 2000 Bird Report (366 KB PDF)
• 1999 Bird Report (1.4 MB PDF)

 

More Information

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  Birds

  About 150 species build their nests and fledge their young in Yellowstone.

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  Colonial Nesting Birds

  Colonial nesting birds—pelicans, gulls, and cormorants—primarily nest on the Molly Islands.

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  Songbirds and Woodpeckers

  Passerine and near passerine species comprise the majority of bird species in Yellowstone.