SASKATCHEWAN 
WINTER BIRDING

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Curve-billed Thrasher - photo © by Nick Saunders

  Curve-billed Thrasher - photo © 2006 by Nick Saunders

This site focuses on the joys of Winter Birding in Saskatchewan, Canada.

This winter's bird list is compared with those from previous winters,
and links are also provided to winter bird list compilations in other areas. 

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LAST UPDATED 02 March 2014

PROVINCE-WIDE 2014/2015 SPECIES TOTAL = 100

The table below lists the species sighted somewhere in the province of Saskatchewan
in the months of December through February, between 2011 and 2015. 

The left-most column shows the species sighted during the current winter season, 2014/2015.

For the detailed sightings for the decade 2001 - 2011 click HERE.
 
Compiled by Ryan Dudragne from the SaskBirds discussion group

Web Page by Blake Maybank



Core Species* have a YELLOW backdrop.

Saskatchewan's Core List = 72 Species

(*are seen every winter, or are elusive resident species)


Species not expected every winter have an ORANGE backdrop

Species which are rare in any season in Saskatchewan have a BLUE backdrop.
 

Note: The Species List has NOT been updated to the latest AOU taxonomic order.
Saskatchewan Provincial Flag Winter of:
 		# of winters
each species
occurred
2001-2011
(no data for
2003/2004
winter)

BIRD SPECIES

2013-14 2013-14
 2012-13
 2011-12
Greater White-fronted Goose


X
 3

Snow Goose




X
 5
Ross's Goose



1

Cackling Goose

X
 X
 X
 X
 5

Canada Goose

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Tundra Swan

X
X
4

swan sp.





1
Wood Duck



1

Gadwall

X
 X
 X
 X
 6

American Wigeon


X
X
 6

American Black Duck





1

Mallard

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Blue-winged Teal





3

Northern Shoveler





2

Northern Pintail

X
 X
 X
 X
 8

Green-winged Teal

X
 X
 X
 X
 8

Canvasback


X
X
 86

Redhead

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Ring-necked Duck

X
 X
 X
 X
 6

Greater Scaup

X
X
6

Lesser Scaup

X
 X
 X
 X
 9
White-winged Scoter


X
 1

Common Eider





1

Harlequin Duck





1

Long-tailed Duck


X
X
 2

Bufflehead

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Common Goldeneye

X
 X
 X
 X
 9
Barrow's Goldeneye


X
 1

Hooded Merganser

X
 X
 X
 X
 7

Common Merganser

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Red-breasted Merganser




X
 4

Ruddy Duck

X X
 X
 X
 5

Gray Partridge

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Ring-necked Pheasant

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Ruffed Grouse

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Greater Sage-Grouse

X X

2

Spruce Grouse

X X
 X
9

Willow Ptarmigan

X X
 X
 X
 6
Sharp-tailed Grouse
 X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Wild Turkey

 X


8
Common Loon



1

Pacific Loon





1
Pied-billed Grebe
 X
 X
X
 2
Horned Grebe


X
 0
Red-necked Grebe


X
 0
Eared Grebe



1

Western Grebe


X
X
 2

Am. White Pelican


X
 X
 X
 4

Double-crested Cormorant


X
X
 2

Great Blue Heron





4

Turkey Vulture




X
 4

Bald Eagle

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Northern Harrier




X
 5

Sharp-shinned Hawk

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Cooper's Hawk

X X
 X
 X
 7

Northern Goshawk

X X
 X
 X
 9

Red-tailed Hawk

X
X
 X
 9

Ferruginous Hawk





1

Rough-legged Hawk

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Golden Eagle

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

American Coot

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Sandhill Crane





2

Killdeer




X
 2

Wilson's Snipe



X
4

Long-billed Curlew





1
Ring-billed Gull



1

Herring Gull

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Thayer's Gull





2

Glaucous Gull





6
Great Black-backed Gull
X

0

Rock Pigeon

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Eurasian Collared-Dove

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Mourning Dove

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Eastern Screech-Owl





3

Great Horned Owl

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Snowy Owl

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Northern Hawk Owl

X X
 X
 X
 9

Barred Owl

X


4

Great Gray Owl

X X
 X
 X
 8

Long-eared Owl





4

Short-eared Owl

X
 X
X
 9

Boreal Owl

X X

7

Northern Saw-whet Owl

X
 X
 X
8

Belted Kingfisher





4

Red-bellied Woodpecker


X
 X
3

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker


X

2

Downy Woodpecker

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Hairy Woodpecker

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Amer. Three-toed Woodpecker

X X
 X
 X
 9

Black-backed Woodpecker

X
X X
 9

Northern Flicker

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Pileated Woodpecker

X X
 X X
 9
American Kestrel X

X
 8
Merlin
 X
 X
 X
 X
 9
Gyrfalcon
 X
 X
 X
 X
 9
Peregrine Falcon



5
Prairie Falcon X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Loggerhead Shrike





1

Northern Shrike

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Gray Jay

X X
 X
 X
 9

Blue Jay

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Black-billed Magpie

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

American Crow

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Common Raven

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Horned Lark

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Black-capped Chickadee

X
 X
 X
 X
 9
Mountain Chickadee



1

Boreal Chickadee

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Red-breasted Nuthatch

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

White-breasted Nuthatch

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Brown Creeper

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Marsh Wren





1

American Dipper





3

Winter Wren





1

Golden-crowned Kinglet

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Ruby-crowned Kinglet





1

Mountain Bluebird





2

Townsend's Solitaire

X X
 X
 X
 9

Hermit Thrush





2

American Robin

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Varied Thrush

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Gray Catbird





3
Northern Mockingbird



1

Brown Thrasher

X
X
4
Curve-billed Thrasher



1

European Starling

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Bohemian Waxwing

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Cedar Waxwing

X X
 X
 X
 9
Rustic Bunting



1
McCown's Longspur



1
Lapland Longspur X
 X
 X
9
Snow Bunting X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Orange-crowned Warbler





1

Spotted Towhee





3

Eastern Towhee



X
2

American Tree Sparrow

X X
 X X
 9

Chipping Sparrow





3

Clay-colored Sparrow





1

Vesper Sparrow


X

2

Fox Sparrow





2

Song Sparrow


X
 X
4
Lincoln's Sparrow

X
0

Swamp Sparrow





1

White-throated Sparrow

X
 X
 X
 X
 9
Golden-crowned Sparrow
 X


0

Harris's Sparrow

X X
 X
 X
 9

White-crowned Sparrow





7

Dark-eyed Junco

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Northern Cardinal

X
 X
 X X
 7

Rose-breasted Grosbeak





2

Red-winged Blackbird

X X
 X
8

Western Meadowlark


X
 X
 X
 8

Yellow-headed Blackbird




X
 2

Rusty Blackbird

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Brewer's Blackbird

X X

7

Common Grackle

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Brown-headed Cowbird





3
Baltimore Oriole



1

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

X
X
 X
 6

Pine Grosbeak

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Purple Finch

X
 X
 X
8
Cassin's Finch
 X X
 X
0

House Finch

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Red Crossbill

X
X
 X
 9

White-winged Crossbill

X X
 X
 X
 9

Common Redpoll

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Hoary Redpoll

X
 X
 X
 X
 8

Pine Siskin

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

American Goldfinch

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

Evening Grosbeak

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

House Sparrow

X
 X
 X
 X
 9

 




SINGLE WINTER TOTAL

100
 		101
 		99
 103

Average = 107  ...  The Potential?
 
Between 1941-2004 the all-time Saskatchewan Christmas Bird Count list
total is 179 species.  (Smith, A.R. and R.E. Johanson. 2005., "Blue Jay", 63(1): 3.)

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