The
Birds of
Winter in Nova Scotia |
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NOVA SCOTIA WINTER BIRD SIGHTINGS TABLE Nova Scotia Christmas Bird Counts |
Other Winter Bird List Pages: Other Provinces, east to west: Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Québec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Other Areas: Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Iceland |
"The Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" |
2014/2015
PROVINCE-WIDE
SPECIES TOTAL
= 202
February 2015 DOWL ("Depths Of
Winter List")
= 149
Running
DOWL Total
for
the
First
Week
in
2014/2015
Feb. 01 = 099
Feb. 02 = 109
Feb. 03 = 114
Feb. 04 = 120
Feb. 05 = 126
Feb. 06 = 126
Feb.
07
=
132
Running
Total
for
the
First
Week
in
2014/2015
(last
three
years'
totals
in
brackets):
Dec. 01 = 109 (106) (131) (107)
Dec. 02 = 134
(117) (143) (129)
Dec. 03 = 135
(122)
(144)
(143)
Dec. 04 = 147
(123)
(148)
(146)
Dec. 05 = 149
(127)
(149)
(148)
Dec. 06 = 153
(128)
(150)
(149)
Dec. 07 = 157
(131) (155) (150)
Running
Total
by
Month
(last
two
years'
totals
in
brackets):
Dec.
=
(188) (168)
(187)
Jan. = (200) (183) (199)
Feb. = (187) (204)
Core Species* have a YELLOW backdrop. Nova Scotia's Core List = 148 Species (*are seen every winter, or are elusive winter residents) |
Species not seen every winter have an ORANGE backdrop |
Species for which there are <10 records for N.S. have a PINK backdrop. |
Species seen during February (the "Depths of Winter List") are marked as *X* |
Winter of: |
Number
of winters each species occurred 1996 - 2006 |
Year(s)
of
occurence for species noted only pre-1996 |
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BIRD
SPECIES (older AOU taxonomic order) |
2014/ 2015 |
2013/ 2014 |
2012/ 2013 |
2011/ 2012 |
2010/ 2011 |
2009/ 2010 |
2008/ 2009 |
2007/ 2008 |
2006/ 2007 |
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Red-throated Loon | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 |
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Pacific
Loon |
X |
1 |
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Common Loon | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* |
*X* | 10 |
|
Pied-billed Grebe | X |
X |
X |
*X* | X |
X |
*X* | X |
X |
10 | |
Horned Grebe | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Eared
Grebe |
0 |
1992 |
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Red-necked Grebe | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
albatross
sp. |
X |
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Northern Fulmar | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
*X* | 10 | |
Manx
Shearwater |
X |
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small
shearwater
sp. |
1 |
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Cory's
Shearwater |
X |
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Great/Cory's Shearwater | X |
X |
X |
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Great
Shearwater |
X |
X |
X |
X |
7 |
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Sooty
Shearwater |
X |
X |
X |
1 |
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Leach's Storm-Petrel | X |
3 |
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Northern Gannet | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | X |
X |
X |
X |
*X* | 10 | |
Brown
Pelican |
3 |
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Great Cormorant | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Double-crested Cormorant | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Magnificent
Frigatebird |
X |
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American Bittern | X |
*X* | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
3 |
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Great Blue Heron | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
white
egret
sp. |
X |
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Great Egret |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
5 |
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Snowy
Egret |
X |
X |
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Little
Blue
Heron |
2 |
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Tricolored
Heron |
0 |
1975 |
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Cattle
Egret |
X |
X |
2 |
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Green
Heron |
X |
0 |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron |
X |
3 |
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Yellow-cr.
Night-Heron |
1 |
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Glossy
Ibis |
X |
0 |
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Black Vulture | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
X |
4 |
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Turkey Vulture | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Fulvous
Whistling-Duck |
0 |
1976 |
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Tundra
Bean-Goose |
X |
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Greylag
Goose |
*X* | 0 |
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Pink-footed
Goose |
X |
X |
X |
1 |
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Greater White-fronted Goose | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | 5 |
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Canada Goose | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Cackling
Goose |
X |
X |
X |
X |
2 |
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Snow Goose |
*X* | X |
*X* | X |
X |
X |
*X* | *X* | X |
5 |
|
Ross's
Goose |
X |
X |
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Brant | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Barnacle
Goose |
X |
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Mute
Swan |
2 |
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Tundra Swan |
X |
X |
1 |
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Trumpeter
Swan |
X |
0 |
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Wood Duck | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | X |
X |
X |
*X* | 10 | ||
Green-winged Teal | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Eurasian
Teal |
x |
x |
*x* | 1 |
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American Black Duck | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Mallard | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Northern Pintail | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Blue-winged Teal | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
*X* | X |
X |
4 |
|
Northern Shoveler | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
*X* | *X* | 10 | ||
Gadwall | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
American Wigeon | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Eurasian Wigeon | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Canvasback |
X |
*X* | X |
*X* | X |
4 |
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Redhead |
X |
X |
*X* | *X* | X |
X |
X |
*X* | 5 |
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Ring-necked Duck | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Greater Scaup | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Lesser Scaup | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 |
|
Tufted Duck x Scaup hybrid |
x |
x |
x |
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Tufted Duck | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | |
X |
10 |
|
Common Eider | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 |
|
King Eider | X |
X |
X |
*X* | 7 |
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Harlequin Duck | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Long-tailed Duck |
*X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Black Scoter | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Surf Scoter | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
White-winged Scoter | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Common Goldeneye | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Barrow's Goldeneye | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Bufflehead | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Hooded Merganser | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Common Merganser | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Red-breasted Merganser | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Ruddy Duck | X |
*X* | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
10 | |
Osprey |
X | X |
0 |
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Bald Eagle | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Northern Harrier | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Cooper's Hawk | *X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | 7 |
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Northern Goshawk | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
*X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | 3 |
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Broad-winged Hawk | *X* | X |
X |
*X* | *X* | X |
*X* | X |
X |
7 |
|
Red-tailed Hawk | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Rough-legged Hawk | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Golden
Eagle |
*X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | 6 |
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Crested
Caracara |
X |
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Eurasian
Kestrel |
*X* | 0 |
1988 |
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American Kestrel | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 |
|
Merlin | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Gyrfalcon | X |
*X* | *X* | X |
X |
X |
X |
*X* | 7 |
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Peregrine Falcon | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Gray
Partridge [Extirpated ~ 2013] |
*X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | EXTIRPATED |
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Ring-necked Pheasant | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Spruce Grouse | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Willow
Ptarmigan |
0 |
1969 |
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Ruffed Grouse | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Purple Gallinule |
1 |
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Common
Gallinule |
X |
*X* | 0 |
1980 |
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American Coot | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Sandhill Crane |
X |
X |
*X* | *X* | X |
X |
*X* | 2 |
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Yellow
Rail |
0 |
1904
&
1966 |
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Clapper
Rail |
0 |
5
records |
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Virginia
Rail |
X |
X |
X |
2 |
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Sora |
X |
X |
X |
0 |
|||||||
American
Avocet |
0 |
||||||||||
Northern
Lapwing |
X |
X |
0 |
8
records |
|||||||
Black-bellied Plover | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 |
|
American
Golden-Plover |
X |
X |
0 |
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Piping
Plover |
X |
||||||||||
Semipalmated Plover | X |
X |
X |
X |
2 |
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Common
Ringed
Plover |
X |
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Killdeer | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | 10 | |
Greater Yellowlegs | X |
X |
X |
*X* | X |
X |
X |
8 |
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Lesser Yellowlegs | X |
X |
X |
X |
8 |
||||||
Willet | X |
2 |
|||||||||
Spotted
Sandpiper |
X |
X |
1 |
||||||||
Whimbrel |
1 |
||||||||||
Upland
Sandpiper |
2 |
||||||||||
Marbled
Godwit |
1 |
||||||||||
Hudsonian
Godwit |
X |
||||||||||
Bar-tailed
Godwit |
1 |
||||||||||
Ruddy Turnstone | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | X |
X |
X |
*X* | 10 | |
Red Knot | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | X |
X |
*X* | 10 | |||
Sanderling | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 |
|
Semi/Western Sandpiper | X |
X |
X |
X |
9 |
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Least
Sandpiper |
0 |
1976 |
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Baird's
Sandpiper |
1 |
||||||||||
White-rumped
Sandpiper |
X |
X |
X |
X |
10 | ||||||
Pectoral
Sandpiper |
X |
0 |
1979 |
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Purple Sandpiper | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Stilt
Sandpiper |
1 |
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Dunlin | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Ruff |
1 |
||||||||||
Short-billed Dowitcher | X |
2 |
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Long-billed Dowitcher |
X |
*X* | X |
X |
X |
4 |
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Wilson's Snipe | *X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | *X* | X |
10 | |
American Woodcock | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
X |
X |
*X* | 10 | ||
Red-necked
Phalarope |
X |
0 |
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Red Phalarope |
X |
2 |
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Great Skua | X |
1 |
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Pomarine Jaeger | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
4 |
|||||
Parasitic Jaeger | X |
4 |
|||||||||
Long-tailed
Jaeger |
X |
||||||||||
jaeger
sp. |
X |
0 |
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Laughing
Gull |
X |
X |
X |
3 |
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Franklin's
Gull |
0 |
1991 |
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Little
Gull |
X |
X |
X |
4 |
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Black-headed Gull | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Bonaparte's Gull | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Ring-billed Gull | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Mew (Common) Gull | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Herring Gull | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Iceland Gull | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Thayer's Gull | X |
X |
7 |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Glaucous Gull | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Great Black-backed Gull | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Slaty-backed
Gull |
1 |
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Sabine's
Gull |
0 |
1977
&
1978 |
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Ivory Gull | *X* | X |
5 |
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Ross's
Gull |
0 |
1995 |
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Black-legged Kittiwake | X |
X |
X |
*X* | X |
X |
X |
X |
*X* | 10 | |
large
tern
species |
1 |
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Caspian
Tern |
1 |
||||||||||
tern
species |
X |
X |
- |
||||||||
Common
Tern |
X |
X |
1 |
||||||||
Forster's Tern |
X |
X |
X |
*X* | X |
5 |
|||||
Black
Tern |
0 |
1966 |
|||||||||
Black
Skimmer |
1 |
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Dovekie | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Common Murre | X |
X |
*X* | X |
X |
X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Thick-billed Murre | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Razorbill | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Black Guillemot | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Atlantic Puffin | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
10 | |
cuckoo
sp. |
1 |
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Yellow-billed
Cuckoo |
X |
0 |
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Chimney
Swift |
1 |
||||||||||
Band-tailed
Pigeon |
0 |
1981 |
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Rock Pigeon |
*X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
White-winged Dove |
X |
*X* |
X |
2 |
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Mourning Dove | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Barn
Owl |
0 |
4
records |
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Great Horned Owl | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Snowy Owl | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
X |
*X* | X |
*X* | 10 | |
Barred Owl | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Long-eared Owl | *X* | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
*X* | 10 | |||
Short-eared Owl | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Northern Hawk-Owl |
X |
1 |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Boreal
Owl |
X |
2 |
|||||||||
Ruby-throated
Hummingbird |
X |
0 |
|||||||||
hummingbird
sp. |
X |
||||||||||
Belted Kingfisher | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 |
|
Red-headed Woodpecker |
*X* | *X* | 4 |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
X |
*X* | *X* | X |
9 |
|
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
*X* | X |
X |
*X* | X |
*X* | *X* | 5 |
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Downy Woodpecker | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Hairy Woodpecker | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Black-backed Woodpecker | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Three-toed Woodpecker | X |
3 |
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Northern Flicker | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 |
|
Pileated Woodpecker | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Dusky
Flycatcher |
X |
1 |
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Empidomax flycatcher sp. |
X |
X |
|||||||||
(Dusky/Least) Flycatcher |
X |
1 |
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Eastern
Phoebe |
*X* | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
4 |
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Say's Phoebe |
X |
X |
X |
1 |
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Ash-throated Flycatcher | X |
1 |
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Eastern Kingbird |
1 |
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Western
Kingbird |
X |
X |
X |
2 |
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Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher |
0 |
1984 |
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Northern Shrike | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Loggerhead
Shrike |
0 |
3
records |
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Brown
Shrike |
1 |
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White-eyed
Vireo |
X |
X |
1 |
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Bell's
Vireo |
X |
1 |
|||||||||
Red-eyed Vireo | 2 |
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Blue-headed Vireo |
X |
X |
X |
5 |
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Gray Jay | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 |
|
Blue Jay | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Eurasian
Jackdaw |
0 |
1984
/
85 |
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American Crow | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Fish
Crow |
0 |
1966
&
1967 |
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Common Raven | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Horned Lark | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Barn
Swallow |
*X* | 1 |
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Tree Swallow | X |
X |
X |
5 |
|||||||
Cliff
Swallow |
0 |
1948 |
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Black-capped Chickadee | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Boreal Chickadee | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
White-breasted Nuthatch | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Brown Creeper | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Carolina Wren | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 2 |
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House Wren | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
6 |
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Winter Wren | X |
*X* | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
*X* | 10 | |
Sedge
Wren |
0 |
1982 |
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Marsh Wren | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
8 |
|||||
Golden-crowned Kinglet | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | X |
X |
*X* | X |
*X* | X |
X |
*X* | *X* | 10 | |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
X |
X |
X |
4 |
|||||||
Northern Wheatear |
2 |
||||||||||
Eastern Bluebird | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | X |
4 |
|||||
Mountain
Bluebird |
X |
2 |
|||||||||
Townsend's Solitaire |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 4 |
|||||||
Veery |
1 |
||||||||||
Swainson's Thrush | 1 |
||||||||||
Hermit Thrush | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Wood
Thrush |
0 |
1967
/
68 |
|||||||||
Fieldfare |
*X* | X |
0 |
1994 |
|||||||
Redwing |
X |
0 |
|||||||||
American Robin | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Varied Thrush | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | 4 |
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Gray Catbird | *X* | *X* | X |
X |
*X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 8 |
|
Northern Mockingbird | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Brown Thrasher | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | 8 |
|
American Pipit | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Bohemian Waxwing | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Cedar Waxwing | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
European Starling | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Blue-winged Warbler | 1 |
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Orange-crowned Warbler | *X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | X |
X |
10 |
|
Tennessee
Warbler |
0 |
1983 |
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Northern Parula |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
4 |
|||||
Nashville Warbler | X |
X |
X |
X |
10 |
||||||
Yellow
Warbler |
X |
0 |
1964 |
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Magnolia Warbler | X |
4 |
|||||||||
Cape
May
Warbler |
X |
X |
X |
2 |
|||||||
Black-throated Blue Warbler | 3 |
||||||||||
Yellow-rumped Warbler | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
"Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler | 1 |
||||||||||
Townsend's
Warbler |
0 |
1993 |
|||||||||
Hermit
Warbler |
X |
0 |
1994
/
95 |
||||||||
Black-throated Gray Warbler | 0 |
1984 |
|||||||||
Black-throated Green Warbler | X |
3 |
|||||||||
Yellow-throated Warbler | *X* | X |
X |
X |
X |
*X* | X |
6 |
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Pine Warbler | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Prairie Warbler |
X |
X |
X |
1 |
|||||||
Palm Warbler | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
10 | |
Bay-breasted Warbler |
1 |
||||||||||
Blackpoll Warbler | X |
X |
3 |
||||||||
Black-and-white Warbler |
X |
X |
X |
*X* | X |
X |
X |
X |
6 |
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American
Redstart |
X |
1 |
|||||||||
Ovenbird |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
5 |
|||||
Northern Waterthrush |
X |
2 |
|||||||||
MacGillivray's
Warbler |
1 |
||||||||||
Common Yellowthroat | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
10 | |
Hooded
Warbler |
0 |
1976 |
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Wilson's Warbler | X |
X |
X |
X |
6 |
||||||
Yellow-breasted Chat | X |
X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | X |
10 | |
Summer Tanager | X |
X |
X |
3 |
|||||||
Scarlet Tanager | 2 |
||||||||||
Western Tanager | *X* | X |
*X* | 4 |
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Eastern Towhee | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Spotted
Towhee |
X |
0 |
|||||||||
American Tree Sparrow | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Chipping Sparrow | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Clay-colored Sparrow | X |
X |
*X* | X |
X |
X |
*X* | *X* | 4 |
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Field Sparrow | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | 7 |
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Vesper Sparrow | X |
X |
*X* | 5 |
|||||||
Lark Sparrow | X |
*X* | *X* | X |
*X* | 7 |
|||||
Lark
Bunting |
0 |
1959
&
1968 |
|||||||||
Savannah Sparrow | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
"Ipswich"
Sparrow |
*x* | *x* | x |
*x* |
x |
x |
*x* | x |
*x* | 10 | |
Grasshopper Sparrow | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
2 |
|||||
Le
Conte's Sparrow |
X |
1 |
|||||||||
Nelson's Sparrow | X |
6 |
|||||||||
Salt-marsh
Sparrow |
1 |
||||||||||
Seaside Sparrow | 2 |
||||||||||
Fox Sparrow | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
X |
*X* | *X* | X |
10 |
|
Song Sparrow | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Lincoln's
Sparrow |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
*X* | 7 |
|
Swamp Sparrow | *X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
White-throated Sparrow | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Harris's
Sparrow |
X |
*X* | 1 |
||||||||
White-crowned Sparrow | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Golden-crowned
Sparrow |
*X* | X |
2 |
||||||||
Dark-eyed Junco | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Lapland Longspur | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Snow Bunting | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Northern Cardinal | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Rose-breasted
Grosbeak |
*X* | *X* | X |
*X* | 4 |
||||||
Black-headed
Grosbeak |
1 |
||||||||||
Hybrid
RBxBH
Grosbeak |
X |
||||||||||
Blue Grosbeak |
1 |
||||||||||
Indigo
Bunting |
*X* | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
2 |
||||
Lazuli
Bunting |
X |
||||||||||
Painted Bunting | X |
X |
4 |
||||||||
Dickcissel | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | 10 | |
Bobolink |
X |
0 |
1969
&
1973 |
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Red-winged Blackbird | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Yellow-headed Blackbird |
*X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | 4 |
|||||
Eastern Meadowlark | X |
X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | X |
X |
*X* | X |
10 | |
Western
Meadowlark |
0 |
1982 |
|||||||||
Rusty Blackbird | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | 9 |
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Brewer's
Blackbird |
X |
1 |
|||||||||
Great-tailed
Grackle |
0 |
1983
/
84 |
|||||||||
Common Grackle | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Brown-headed Cowbird | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Orchard
Oriole |
0 |
||||||||||
Baltimore Oriole | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Bullock's
Oriole |
X |
*X* | 2 |
||||||||
Brambling |
0 |
1989 |
|||||||||
Chaffinch | 1 |
||||||||||
Pine Grosbeak | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Purple Finch | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
House Finch | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Red Crossbill | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | *X* | X |
10 | |
White-winged Crossbill | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | X |
10 | |
Common Redpoll | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | X |
10 | |
Hoary Redpoll | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | 5 |
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Pine Siskin | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
American Goldfinch | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
Evening Grosbeak | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
House Sparrow | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
SINGLE
WINTER
TOTALS |
202 |
187 |
205 |
204 |
199 |
188 |
206 |
191 |
205 |
Ave
=
196 |
36
pre-1996
species |
DEPTHS
OF
WINTER
LIST
(DOWL) |
149 |
133 |
153 |
147 |
148 |
XXX |
152 |
143 |
151 |
Ave = 148 |
|
NOVA SCOTIA CUMULATIVE ALL-TIME WINTER SPECIES TOTAL = 342 Winter Single Season Average = 196 species (18 seasons) (Totals do not include "Ipswich" Sparrow, Eurasian Teal, or Audubon's Warbler) |
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