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Our efforts to create micro-habitats on site have helped attract birds. Examples of observations: A white-throated sparrow finds seeds and insects on our rooftop on its trip south in the fall, a cardinal finds seeds in the peace garden all winter, a peregrine falcon hunts for pigeons to feed its young, a thrush finds shelter in a hedge during a storm and a mallard duck nests 5 times on the College gym roof.

Another thank you must go the over 1500 volunteers over 8 years and the Facilities team that have helped create a landscape that is defining our values at Dawson. It is most significant when an educational institution is successful in having wildlife return to its urban setting. It is an evaluation of sorts as we define one of our core institutional values:

Well-Being for All, Sustainably

Bird species seen on Dawson College grounds or from Dawson grounds

Species Total: 51

Seen on College grounds:

1. Mallard Duck
2. Peregrine Falcon
3. Sharp-Shinned Hawk
4. Cooper’s Hawk
5. Merlin
6. American Kestrel
7. Common Grackle
8. European Starling
9. House Sparrow
10. Cowbird
11. Red-inged Blackbird
12. Chipping Sparrow
13. Dark-Eyed Junco
14. White-Throated Sparrow
15. Pine Siskin
16. Purple Finch
17. Mourning Dove
18. American Goldfinch
19. Northern Oriole
20. American Robin
21. American Redstart
22. Northern Cardinal
23. Black-Capped Chickadee
24. White-Breasted Nuthatch
25. American Crow
26. Ring-Billed Gull
27. Hairy Woopecker
28. Downy woodpecker
29. Pileated Woodpecker
30. Yellow-Shafted Flicker
31. Yellow Warbler
32. Veery
33. Swainsons Thrush
34. Tree Sparrow
35. Rock Dove (pigeon)
36. Blackburnian Warbler
37. Blue Jay
38. Tree Swallow
39. Red-Eyed Vireo
40. Cedar Waxwing
41. Yellow-Rumped Warbler
42. Brown Creeper
43. Warbling Vireo
44. Chimney Swift
45. Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
46. Black-Throated Blue Warbler

Seen from College grounds:

47. Snow goose
48. Turkey Vulture
49. Broad-Winged Hawk
50. Canada Goose
51. Great Blue Heron