People aren’t the only ones that like to visit Rock City – up in the trees and around Lover’s Leap you’ll spot a variety of bird species.
One of our favorites is the peregrine falcon. Did you know that Rock City has been the release sight for numerous falcons? In partnership with Wings to Soar, a non-profit environmental organization that rehabilitates and cares for injured and non-releasable birds of prey, Rock City has released 18 peregrine falcons since 2006.
Bring your binoculars to catch a glimpse of some of these high-flying friends! How many do you think you’ll spot?
Songbirds
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Tufted Titmouse
- Carolina Wren
- Chipping Sparrow
- Brown Thrasher
- White-throated Sparrow
- Northern Cardinal
- Carolina Chickadee
- American Crow
- Downy Woodpecker
- House Finch
- Brown-headed Nuthatch
- Northern Mockingbird
- American Goldfish
- Pine Warbler
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-winged Blackbird
- American Robin
- Mourning Dove
- Blue Jay
- Eastern Towhee
- Pine Siskin
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Eastern Bluebird
Raptors
- Short-eared Owl
- Barred Owl
- Whiskered Screech Owl
- Eastern Screech Owl
- Northern Saw-whet Owl
- Northern Pygmy Owl
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- Elf Owl
- Long-eared Owl
- Peregrine Falcon
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- American Kestrel
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Northern Harrier
- Osprey
- Bald Eagle
- Golden Eagle
- Harris’s Hawk
- Black Vulture