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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Maine and New Hampshire

Cumulative Checklist

with Derek Lovitch as leader

  • Column A = Number of tours out of six this species has been recorded
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2010 tour.
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2010 tour.
  • X = Seen in 2010
A B C
6 Canada Goose 60 5 Branta canadensis
2 Mute Swan Cygnus olor
5 Wood Duck 24 2 Aix sponsa
4 Gadwall Anas sponsa
1 American Wigeon Anas americana
5 American Black Duck 40 4 Anas rubripes
5 Mallard 60 8 Anas platyrhynchos
1 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
1 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
4 Green-winged Teal 5 1 Anas crecca
3 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
1 King Eider Somateria spectabilis
6 Common Eider 400 5 Somateria mollissima
1 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
5 Surf Scoter 2 1 Melanitta perspicillata
2 White-winged Scoter 6 1 Melanitta fusca
1 Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
1 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
3 Hooded Merganser 1 2 Lophodytes cucullatus
5 Common Merganser 7 2 Mergus merganser
3 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
1 Ruddy Duck 1 2 Oxyura jamaicensis
1 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
4 Ruffed Grouse 1 1 Bonasa umbellus
5 Spruce Grouse 5 1 Falcipennis canadensis
5 Wild Turkey 11 2 Meleagris gallopavo
1 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
6 Common Loon 3 7 Gavia immer
3 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
1 Eared Grebe 1 1 Oxyura jamaicensis
4 Northern Fulmar 6 2 Fulmarus glacialis
4 Greater Shearwater 157 2 Puffinus gravis
5 Sooty Shearwater 5 2 Puffinus griseus
2 Manx Shearwater 4 1 Puffinus puffinus
6 Wilson's Storm-Petrel 378 3 Oceanites oceanicus
4 Leach's Storm-Petrel 1 1 Oceanodroma leucorhoa
6 Northern Gannet 75 5 Morus bassanus
6 Double-crested Cormorant 200 8 Phalacrocorax auritus
3 Great Cormorant 1 1 Phalacrocorax carbo
1 American Bittern 1 1 Botaurs lentiginosus
6 Great Blue Heron 4 7 Ardea herodias
6 Great Egret 6 1 Ardea alba
6 Snowy Egret 20 2 Egretta thula
6 Little Blue Heron 1 1 Egretta caerulea
2 Tricolored Heron 1 1 Egretta tricolor
2 Green Heron Butorides virescens
3 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
6 Glossy Ibis 10 1 Plegadis falcinellus
6 Turkey Vulture 10 6 Cathartes aura
6 Osprey 6 7 Pandion haliaetus
6 Bald Eagle 6 7 Pandion haliaetus
5 Northern Harrier 2 1 Circus cyaneus
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
3 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
5 Broad-winged Hawk 5 5 Buteo platypterus
4 Red-tailed Hawk 1 2 Buteo jamaicensis
5 American Kestrel 2 2 Falco sparverius
3 Merlin 1 2 Falco columbarius
5 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 Falco peregrinus
1 Sora Porzana carolina
2 Virginia Rail 1 1 Rallus limicola
1 Common Moorhen 1 2 Galinula chloropus
1 Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
4 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
2 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
3 Piping Plover 2 1 Charadrius melodus
6 Killdeer 5 2 Charadrius vociferus
1 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
6 Spotted Sandpiper 2 2 Actitis macularia
4 Greater Yellowlegs 3 1 Tringa melanoleuca
6 "Eastern" Willet 40 2 Catoptrophorus s. semipalmatus
1 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
6 Upland Sandpiper 5 1 Bartramia longicauda
3 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria macularia
2 Sanderling Calidris alba
4 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris pusilla
1 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
4 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris fuscicollis
1 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
3 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
5 Wilson's Snipe 1 1 Gallinago delicata
4 American Woodcock Scolopax minor
2 Wilson's Phalarope 1 1 Phalaropus tricolor
2 Black-legged Kittiwake 2 1 Rissa tridactyla
4 Bonaparte's Gull 3 1 Chroicocephalus philadelphia
2 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
6 Laughing Gull 100 4 Leucophaeus atricilla
6 Ring-billed Gull 85 8 Larus delawarensis
6 Herring Gull 250 5 Larus argentatus smithsonianus
1 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
6 Great Black-backed Gull 100 5 Larus marinus
6 Least Tern 30 1 Sterna antillarum
5 Black Tern 5 1 Chlidonias niger
3 Roseate Tern 6 2 Sterna dougalli
6 Common Tern 450 4 Sterna hirundo
6 Arctic Tern 350 3 Sterna paradisaea
1 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
1 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
5 Common Murre 400 3 Uria alle
6 Razorbill 1000 4 Alca torda
6 Black Guillemot 45 5 Cepphus grylla
6 Atlantic Puffin 500 3 Fratercula arctica
6 Rock Pigeon 40 8 Columba livia
6 Mourning Dove 30 8 Zenaida macroura
2 Black-billed Cuckoo 2 1 Coccyzus erythropthalmus
2 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
1 Barred Owl Strix varia
4 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
2 Whip-oor-will Caprimulgus vociferus
6 Chimney Swift 20 5 Chaetura pelagica
5 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 2 Archilochus colubris
6 Belted Kingfisher 1 4 Megaceryle alcyon
3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 4 Sphyrapicus varius
6 Downy Woodpecker 3 6 Picoides pubescens
6 Hairy Woodpecker 4 5 Picoides villosus
4 Black-backed Woodpecker 2 2 Picoides arcticus
6 Northern Flicker 6 6 Colaptes auratus
5 Pileated Woodpecker 1 2 Dryocopus pileatus
4 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 1 Contopus cooperi
6 Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 1 Contopus virens
6 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 4 4 Empidonax flaviventris
6 Alder Flycatcher 10 4 Empidonax alnorum
4 Willow Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax trailii
6 Least Flycatcher 4 5 Empidonax minimus
6 Eastern Phoebe 3 5 Sayornis phoebe
6 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 3 Myiarchus crinitus
6 Eastern Kingbird 8 4 Tyrannus tyrannus
1 Yellow-throated Vireo 6 1 Vireo flavrifrons
6 Blue-headed Vireo 3 4 Vireo solitarius
5 Warbling Vireo 8 4 Vireo gilvus
3 Philadelphia Vireo 2 1 Vireo philadelphicus
6 Red-eyed Vireo 25 7 Vireo olivaceus
6 Gray Jay 3 1 Perisoreus canadensis
6 Blue Jay 10 8 Cyanocitta cristata
6 American Crow 75 8 Corvus brachyrhynchos
5 Fish Crow 2 1 Corvus ossifragus
6 Common Raven 15 7 Corvus corax
3 Purple Martin 8 1 Progne subis
6 Tree Swallow 75 8 Tachycineta bicolor
4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 1 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
6 Bank Swallow 4 1 Riparia riparia
6 Cliff Swallow 10 2 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
6 Barn Swallow 25 7 Hirundo rustica
6 Black-capped Chickadee 12 8 Poecile atricapilla
5 Boreal Chickadee 2 3 Poecile hudsonicus
4 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
6 Red-breasted Nuthatch 8 7 Sitta canadensis
5 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 3 Sitta carolinensis
6 Brown Creeper 1 2 Certhia americana
3 House Wren 1 1 Troglodytes aedon
6 Winter Wren 4 6 Troglodytes troglodytes
3 Marsh Wren 2 1 Cistothorus palustris
6 Golden-crowned Kinglet 20 5 Regulus satrapa
6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 4 Regulus calendula
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 1 Polioptila caerula
6 Eastern Bluebird 4 3 Sialia sialis
6 Veery 4 6 Catharus fuscescens
6 Bicknell's Thrush 4 1 Catharus bicknelli
6 Swainson's Thrush 20 6 Catharus ustalatus
6 Hermit Thrush 10 7 Catharus guttatus
4 Wood Thrush 1 1 Hylocichla mustelina
6 American Robin 40 8 Turdus migratorius
6 Gray Catbird 15 7 Dumetella carolinensis
6 Northern Mockingbird 3 3 Mimus polyglottos
6 Brown Thrasher 4 2 Toxostoma rufum
6 European Starling 150 8 Sturnus vulgaris
1 American Pipit 1 1 Anthus rubescens
6 Cedar Waxwing 60 8 Bombycilla cedrorum
2 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
6 Nashville Warbler 15 7 Vermivora ruficapilla
6 Northern Parula 10 6 Parula americana
6 Yellow Warbler 12 7 Dendroica petechia
6 Chestnut-sided Warbler 20 5 Dendroica pensylvanica
6 Magnolia Warbler 20 4 Dendroica magnolia
4 Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
6 Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 2 Dendroica caerulescens
6 Yellow-rumped Warbler 15 6 Dendroica coronata
6 Black-throated Green Warbler 20 6 Dendroica virens
6 Blackburnian Warbler 3 4 Dendroica fusca
6 Pine Warbler 1 1 Dendroica pinus
6 Prairie Warbler 8 1 Dendroica discolor
6 Palm Warbler 3 2 Dendroica palmarum
4 Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
6 Blackpoll Warbler 6 3 Dendroica striata
6 Black-and-white Warbler 4 7 Mniotilta varia
6 American Redstart 15 7 Setophaga ruticilla
6 Ovenbird 6 8 Seiurus aurocapillus
5 Northern Waterthrush 2 2 Seiurus noveboracensis
4 Mourning Warbler 2 1 Oporornis philadelphia
6 Common Yellowthroat 20 8 Geothlypis trichas
4 Wilson's Warbler 2 1 Wilsonia pusilla
5 Canada Warbler 1 1 Wilsonia citrina
6 Eastern Towhee 1 2 Pipilo erythrophthalmus
6 Chipping Sparrow 15 7 Spizella passerina
1 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
6 Field Sparrow 5 2 Spizella pusilla
6 Vesper Sparrow 10 1 Pooecetes gramineus
6 Savannah Sparrow 6 7 Passerculus sandwichensis
6 Grasshopper Sparrow 2 1 Ammodramus savannarum
6 Nelson's Sparrow 25 2 Ammodramus nelsoni subvirgatus
6 Saltmarsh Sparrow 15 1 Ammodramus caudacutus
6 Song Sparrow 30 8 Melospiza melodia
6 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 1 Melospiza lincolnii
6 Swamp Sparrow 10 6 Melospiza georgiana
6 White-throated Sparrow 30 7 Zonotrichia albicollis
6 Dark-eyed Junco 15 6 Junco hyemalis
4 Scarlet Tanager 1 2 Piranga olivacea
6 Northern Cardinal 5 5 Cardinalis cardinalis
4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 2 Pheucticus ludovicianus
5 Indigo Bunting 2 1 Passerina cyanea
6 Bobolink 6 3 Dolichonyx oryzivorus
6 Red-winged Blackbird 75 8 Agelaius phoeniceus
5 Dickey's [Audubon's] Oriole 4 1 Icterus graduacauda dickayae
1 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
6 Common Grackle 75 8 Quiscalus quiscula
5 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 2 Molothrus ater
4 Baltimore Oriole 2 1 Icterus galbula
6 Purple Finch 15 8 Carpodacus purpureus
6 House Finch 6 5 Carpodacus mexicanus
2 White-winged Crossbill 1 1 Loxia leucoptera
1 Red Crossbill 1 1 Loxia curvirostra
5 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
6 American Goldfinch 20 8 Spinus tristis
3 Evening Grosbeak 1 1 Coccothraustes vespertinus
6 House Sparrow 50 8 Passer domesticus
1 Long-tailed Weasel Mustella frenata

Mammals

6 Snowshoe Hare x 4 Lepus americanus
6 Eastern Chipmunk x 8 Tamias striatus
4 Woodchuck x 3 Marmota monax
6 Eastern Gray Squirrel x 6 Sciurus carolinensis
6 Red Squirrel x 5 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
2 Southern Red-backed Vole x 1 Clethrionomys gapperi
1 Beaver Castor canadensis
3 Muskrat Ondatra zibethica
3 Coyote Canis latrans
3 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
2 Short-tailed Weasel Mustella erminea
1 Black Bear Ursus americanus
6 Harbor Seal x 5 Phoca vitulina
6 Gray Seal x 2 Halichoerus grypus
6 Harbor Porpoise x 3 Phocoena phocoena
6 Fin Whale x 1 Balaenoptera physalus
1 Northern Minke Whale x 1 Balaenoptera acutorostrata
5 White-tailed Deer x 3 Odocoileus virginianus
5 Moose x 1 Alces alces

Amphibians and Reptiles

2 American Toad x 2 Bufo americanus
4 Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer
5 Northern Gray Treefrog 1 1 Hyla versicolor
1 Wood Frog Rana sylvatica
4 Northern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens
5 Green Frog x 6 Rana clamitans
4 Bullfrog x 1 Rana catesbeiana
4 Painted Turtle x 1 Chrysemys picta
1 Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
5 Eastern Garter Snake x 2 Thamnophis sirtalis

Butterflies

5 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail x 6 Papilio glaucus
5 Canadian Tiger Swallowtail x 2 Papilio canadensis
1 Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
2 Mustard White Pieris napi
1 Falcate Orangetip Anthocharis midea
4 Clouded Sulphur x 3 Colias philodice
1 Pink-edged Sulphur Colias interior
2 American Copper Lycaena phlaeas
6 Spring Azure x 1 Celastrina ladon
1 Atlantis Fritillary Speyeria atlantis
2 Silver-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene
1 Harris's Checkerspot Chlosyne harrisii
2 Pearl Crescent x 1 Phyciodes tharos
1 Northern Crescent Phyciodes selenis
1 Green Comma Polygonia faunus
1 Milbert's Tortoiseshell Nymphalis milberti
3 American Lady x 1 Vanessa virginiensis
1 Red Admiral x 3 Vanessa atalanta
1 Painted Lady x 1 Vanessa cardui
2 White Admiral x 5 Limenitis arthemis arthemis
1 Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax
3 Monarch x 1 Danaus plexippus
3 Common Ringlet x 2 Coenonympha tullia
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

5 Cabbage White x 8 Pieris rapae
2 Orange Sulphur x 4 Colias eurytheme
3 Mourning Cloak x 1 Nymphalis antiopa
1 Common Buckeye Junonia coenia

Other

1 Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum
1 White-spotted Sawyer x 1 Monochamus scutellatus