The
Birds of
Winter in
Nova
Scotia ![]() |


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NOVA SCOTIA WINTER BIRD SIGHTINGS TABLE Nova Scotia Christmas Bird Counts |
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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* |
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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 |
||||||||||
| 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 |
||||
| 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 |
|||||||||
| 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 |
||||||||||
| Mute
Swan |
2 |
||||||||||
| 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 |
||||||||||
| 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 |
|||||||||
| 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 |
||||||||||
| 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 |
|||||||||
| Red Phalarope |
X |
2 |
|||||||||
| Great Skua | X |
1 |
|||||||||
| Pomarine Jaeger | X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
4 |
|||||
| Parasitic Jaeger | X |
4 |
|||||||||
| Long-tailed
Jaeger |
X |
||||||||||
| jaeger
sp. |
X |
0 |
|||||||||
| 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 |
||||||||
| 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 |
||||||||||
| 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 |
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| Black
Skimmer |
1 |
||||||||||
| 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 |
|||||||||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Hermit Thrush | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
| Wood
Thrush |
0 |
1967
/
68 |
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| Fieldfare |
*X* | X |
0 |
1994 |
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| 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 |
||||||||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
|||
| Vesper Sparrow | X |
X |
*X* | 5 |
|||||||
| Lark Sparrow | X |
*X* | *X* | X |
*X* | 7 |
|||||
| Lark
Bunting |
0 |
1959
&
1968 |
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| 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 |
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| White-crowned Sparrow | *X* | *X* | *X* | X |
*X* | X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | 10 | |
| Golden-crowned
Sparrow |
*X* | X |
2 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Eastern Meadowlark | X |
X |
*X* | *X* | *X* | X |
X |
*X* | X |
10 | |
| Western
Meadowlark |
0 |
1982 |
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| 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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