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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Maine and New Hampshire

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Cumulative Checklist

with Will Russell as leader

  • Column A = number of years out of five species recorded
  • Column B = number of days recorded during the 2009 tour
  • Column C = greatest daily total during the 2009 tour
  • Column D = H = heard, N = Nest, X = Seen in 2009
A B C D
5 Canada Goose 4 40 Y Branta canadensis
2 Mute Swan Cygnus olor
4 Wood Duck Aix sponsa
4 Gadwall 1 2 Anas sponsa
1 American Wigeon Anas americana
4 American Black Duck Anas rubripes
4 Mallard 3 8 Y Anas platyrhynchos
1 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
1 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
3 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
3 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
1 King Eider Somateria spectabilis
5 Common Eider 4 300 Somateria mollissima
1 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
4 Surf Scoter 1 1 Melanitta perspicillata
1 White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
1 Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
1 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
2 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
4 Common Merganser Mergus merganser
3 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
1 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
3 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
4 Spruce Grouse 1 2 Falcipennis canadensis
4 Wild Turkey 1 3 Meleagris gallopavo
1 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
5 Common Loon 3 6 Gavia immer
3 Pied-billed Grebe 1 1 Podilymbus podiceps
3 Northern Fulmar 1 1 Fulmarus glacialis
3 Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis
4 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
1 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
5 Wilson's Storm-Petrel 1 150 Oceanites oceanicus
3 Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
5 Northern Gannet 1 5 Morus bassanus
5 Double-crested Cormorant 6 50 Phalacrocorax auritus
2 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
5 Great Blue Heron 2 4 Ardea herodias
5 Great Egret 1 4 Ardea alba
5 Snowy Egret 1 6 Egretta thula
5 Little Blue Heron 1 1 Egretta caerulea
1 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
2 Green Heron Butorides virescens
3 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 1 Nycticorax nycticorax
5 Glossy Ibis 1 5 Plegadis falcinellus
5 Turkey Vulture 5 2 Cathartes aura
5 Osprey 3 2 Pandion haliaetus
5 Bald Eagle 4 2 N Pandion haliaetus
4 Northern Harrier 1 1 Circus cyaneus
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
3 Cooper's Hawk 2 2 Accipiter cooperii
4 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 Buteo jamaicensis
5 American Kestrel 1 2 Falco sparverius
2 Merlin Falco columbarius
4 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
1 Sora Porzana carolina
1 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
1 Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
4 Black-bellied Plover 1 6 Pluvialis squatarola
2 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
2 Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
5 Killdeer 1 2 Charadrius vociferus
1 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
5 Spotted Sandpiper 1 1 Actitis macularia
3 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
5 "Eastern" Willet 1 10 Catoptrophorus s. semipalmatus
1 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
5 Upland Sandpiper 1 2 Bartramia longicauda
3 Ruddy Turnstone 1 20 Arenaria macularia
2 Sanderling Calidris alba
3 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
1 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
3 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
1 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
3 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
4 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
4 American Woodcock Scolopax minor
1 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
1 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
3 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
2 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
5 Laughing Gull 2 8 Leucophaeus atricilla
5 Ring-billed Gull 3 6 Larus delawarensis
5 Herring Gull 7 40 Larus argentatus smithsonianus
1 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
5 Great Black-backed Gull 6 20 Larus marinus
5 Least Tern 1 4 Sterna antillarum
4 Black Tern 1 5 Chlidonias niger
2 Roseate Tern Sterna dougalli
5 Common Tern 2 100 Sterna hirundo
5 Arctic Tern 2 200 Sterna paradisaea
1 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
1 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
4 Common Murre 2 100 Uria alle
5 Razorbill 2 400 Alca torda
5 Black Guillemot 3 25 Cepphus grylla
5 Atlantic Puffin 2 1500 Fratercula arctica
5 Rock Pigeon X X Columba livia
5 Mourning Dove 6 10 Zenaida macroura
1 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
2 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
1 Barred Owl Strix varia
4 Common Nighthawk 1 1 H Chordeiles acutipennis
2 Whip-oor-will 1 1 H Caprimulgus vociferus
5 Chimney Swift 2 6 Chaetura pelagica
4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
5 Belted Kingfisher 1 1 Megaceryle alcyon
2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
5 Downy Woodpecker 1 2 Picoides pubescens
5 Hairy Woodpecker 1 2 Picoides villosus
3 Black-backed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides arcticus
5 Northern Flicker 2 2 Colaptes auratus
4 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
3 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
5 Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 1 H Contopus virens
5 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 3 2 Empidonax flaviventris
5 Alder Flycatcher 2 3 Empidonax alnorum
3 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax trailii
5 Least Flycatcher 3 4 Empidonax minimus
5 Eastern Phoebe 4 1 Sayornis phoebe
5 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 1 H Myiarchus crinitus
5 Eastern Kingbird 4 1 Tyrannus tyrannus
5 Blue-headed Vireo 2 2 Vireo solitarius
4 Warbling Vireo 2 3 Vireo gilvus
2 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
5 Red-eyed Vireo 5 5 Vireo olivaceus
5 Boreal Chickadee 1 1 Poecile hudsonicus
5 Blue Jay 7 4 Cyanocitta cristata
5 American Crow 7 30 Corvus brachyrhynchos
4 Fish Crow 1 1 H Corvus ossifragus
5 Common Raven 5 4 Corvus corax
2 Purple Martin Progne subis
5 Tree Swallow 3 20 N Tachycineta bicolor
3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 1 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
5 Bank Swallow 3 6 Riparia riparia
5 Cliff Swallow 1 2 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
5 Barn Swallow 4 10 Hirundo rustica
5 Black-capped Chickadee 4 8 Poecile atricapilla
4 Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonica
4 Tufted Titmouse 1 1 H Baeolophus bicolor
5 Red-breasted Nuthatch 5 3 Sitta canadensis
4 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
5 Brown Creeper 1 1 H Certhia americana
2 House Wren 1 1 H Troglodytes aedon
5 Winter Wren 6 3 Troglodytes troglodytes
2 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
5 Golden-crowned Kinglet 6 3 Regulus satrapa
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 2 Regulus calendula
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerula
5 Eastern Bluebird 2 1 Sialia sialis
5 Veery 3 3 Catharus fuscescens
5 Bicknell's Thrush 2 4 Catharus bicknelli
5 Swainson's Thrush 5 2 Catharus ustalatus
5 Hermit Thrush 5 4 Catharus guttatus
3 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
5 American Robin 7 40 Turdus migratorius
5 Gray Catbird 4 3 Dumetella carolinensis
5 Northern Mockingbird 1 1 Mimus polyglottos
5 Brown Thrasher 3 2 Toxostoma rufum
5 European Starling 8 0 Sturnus vulgaris
5 Cedar Waxwing 8 20 Bombycilla cedrorum
2 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
5 Nashville Warbler 5 3 Vermivora ruficapilla
5 Northern Parula 5 2 Parula americana
5 Yellow Warbler 5 3 Dendroica petechia
5 Chestnut-sided Warbler 6 4 Dendroica pensylvanica
5 Magnolia Warbler 6 6 Dendroica magnolia
4 Cape May Warbler 1 1 H Dendroica tigrina
5 Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 3 Dendroica caerulescens
5 Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 6 Dendroica coronata
5 Black-throated Green Warbler 6 8 Dendroica virens
5 Blackburnian Warbler 2 4 Dendroica fusca
5 Pine Warbler 2 2 Dendroica pinus
5 Prairie Warbler 1 4 Dendroica discolor
5 Palm Warbler 2 4 Dendroica palmarum
4 Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
5 Blackpoll Warbler 3 6 Dendroica striata
5 Black-and-white Warbler 6 4 Mniotilta varia
5 American Redstart 5 4 Setophaga ruticilla
5 Ovenbird 4 3 Seiurus aurocapillus
4 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis
3 Mourning Warbler 2 1 Oporornis philadelphia
5 Common Yellowthroat 6 5 Geothlypis trichas
3 Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
4 Canada Warbler Wilsonia citrina
5 Eastern Towhee 1 3 Pipilo erythrophthalmus
5 Chipping Sparrow 6 4 Spizella passerina
1 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
5 Field Sparrow 2 6 Spizella pusilla
5 Vesper Sparrow 1 6 Pooecetes gramineus
5 Savannah Sparrow 2 12 Passerculus sandwichensis
5 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 3 Ammodramus savannarum
5 Nelson's Sparrow 1 3 Ammodramus nelsoni subvirgatus
5 Saltmarsh Sparrow 1 6 Ammodramus caudacutus
5 Song Sparrow 6 5 Melospiza melodia
5 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 2 H Melospiza lincolnii
5 Swamp Sparrow 1 2 Melospiza georgiana
5 White-throated Sparrow 6 6 Zonotrichia albicollis
5 Dark-eyed Junco 4 4 Junco hyemalis
3 Scarlet Tanager 1 1 Piranga olivacea
5 Northern Cardinal 3 1 Cardinalis cardinalis
3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 1 H Pheucticus ludovicianus
4 Indigo Bunting 2 2 Passerina cyanea
5 Bobolink 2 4 Dolichonyx oryzivorus
5 Red-winged Blackbird 6 20 Agelaius phoeniceus
4 Eastern Meadowlark 1 4 Sturnella magna
1 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
5 Common Grackle 7 20 Quiscalus quiscula
4 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 1 H Molothrus ater
3 Baltimore Oriole 2 3 Icterus galbula
5 Purple Finch 6 4 Carpodacus purpureus
5 House Finch 2 2 Carpodacus mexicanus
1 White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
5 Pine Siskin 3 6 Spinus pinus
5 American Goldfinch 4 8 Spinus tristis
2 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
5 House Sparrow 3 2 Passer domesticus

Mammals

5 Snowshoe Hare X Lepus americanus
5 Eastern Chipmunk X Tamias striatus
3 Woodchuck X Marmota monax
5 Eastern Gray Squirrel X Sciurus carolinensis
5 Red Squirrel X Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
1 Southern Red-backed Vole Clethrionomys gapperi
1 Beaver Castor canadensis
3 Muskrat Ondatra zibethica
3 Coyote Canis latrans
3 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
1 Long-tailed Weasel Mustella frenata
2 Short-tailed Weasel Mustella erminea
1 Black Bear X Ursus americanus
5 Harbor Seal X Phoca vitulina
5 Gray Seal X Halichoerus grypus
5 Harbor Porpoise X Phocoena phocoena
5 Fin Whale X Balaenoptera physalus
4 White-tailed Deer X Odocoileus virginianus
5 Moose X Alces alces

Amphibians and Reptiles

1 American Toad Bufo americanus
4 Spring Peeper X Pseudacris crucifer
4 Northern Gray Treefrog X Hyla versicolor
1 Wood Frog Rana sylvatica
4 Northern Leopard Frog X Rana pipiens
4 Green Frog X Rana clamitans
3 Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
3 Painted Turtle X Chrysemys picta
1 Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
4 Eastern Garter Snake X Thamnophis sirtalis

Butterflies

4 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail X Papilio glaucus
4 Canadian Tiger Swallowtail X Papilio canadensis
1 Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
2 Mustard White Pieris napi
1 Falcate Orangetip Anthocharis midea
1 Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme
3 Clouded Sulphur X Colias philodice
1 Pink-edged Sulphur Colias interior
2 American Copper Lycaena phlaeas
5 Spring Azure X Celastrina ladon
1 Atlantis Fritillary Speyeria atlantis
2 Silver-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene
1 Harris's Checkerspot Chlosyne harrisii
1 Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos
1 Northern Crescent Phyciodes selenis
1 Green Comma Polygonia faunus
1 Milbert's Tortoiseshell Nymphalis milberti
2 American Lady Vanessa virginiensis
1 White Admiral Limenitis arthemis arthemis
1 Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax
2 Monarch Danaus plexippus
2 Common Ringlet Coenonympha tullia
1 Common Buckeye Junonia coenia
1 Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis
1 Dreamy Duskywing Erynnis icelus
1 Juvenal's Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis
1 Arctic Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon
1 Hobomok Skipper Poanes hobomok
1 Pepper-and-salt Skipper Amblyscirtes hegon

Butterflies and Skippers

4 Cabbage White X Pieris rapae
2 Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa

Other

1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum