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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Maryland and West Virginia: Birding the American Civil War

Gettysburg, Antietam, and the Appalachians

Prospective List

with Jon Dunn as leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of one on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour
  • Column D = Y = Young, H = Heard
A B C D
1 Canada Goose 5 75 Branta canadensis
1 Wood Duck 1 6 Y Aix sponsa
1 Mallard 2 4 Anas platyrhynchos
1 Hooded Merganser 1 1 Lophodytes cucullatus
1 Ruffed Grouse 2 2 Y Bonasa umbellus
1 Wild Turkey 1 1 Melagris gallopavo silvestris
1 Northern Bobwhite 1 2 Colinus virginianus virginianus
1 Great Blue Heron 4 5 Ardea herodias
1 Green Heron 2 3 Butorides virescens
1 Black Vulture 5 15 Coragyps atratus
1 Turkey Vulture 7 35 Cathartes aura
1 Osprey 1 2 Pandion haliaetus
1 Bald Eagle 1 1 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
1 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 Accipiter cooperii
1 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 1 Buteo lineatus lineatus
1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 2 Buteo platypterus
1 Red-tailed Hawk 5 3 Buteo jamaicensis borealis
1 American Kestrel 2 2 Falco sparverius
1 Killdeer 2 5 Charadrius vociferus
1 Rock Pigeon 5 75 Columba livia
1 Mourning Dove 7 23 Zenaida macroura
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3 2 Coccyzus americanus
1 Black-billed Cuckoo 1 1 Coccyzus erythropthalmus
1 Chimney Swift 6 40 Chaetura pelagica
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4 15 Archilochus colubris
1 Belted Kingfisher 2 1 Megaceryle alcyon
1 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 2 Melanerpes erythrocephalus
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 6 Melanerpes carolinus
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 2 H Sphyrapicus varius
1 Downy Woodpecker 6 2 Picoides pubescens
1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 2 Picoides villosus
1 Northern Flicker ("Yellow-shafted") 5 5 Colaptes auratus auratus
1 Pileated Woodpecker 4 2 Dryocopus pileatus
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 6 Contopus virens
1 Acadian Flycatcher 3 8 Empidonax virescens
1 Alder Flycatcher 1 5 Empidonax alnorum
1 Willow Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax traillii
1 Least Flycatcher 2 4 Y Empidonax minimus
1 Eastern Phoebe 6 3 Sayornis phoebe
1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 2 Y Myiarchus crinitus
1 Eastern Kingbird 7 14 Tyrannus tyrannus
1 Loggerhead Shrike 1 4 Y Lanius ludovicianus
1 White-eyed Vireo 2 1 H Vireo griseus
1 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 1 Vireo flavifrons
1 Blue-headed Vireo 3 8 Vireo solitarius alticola
1 Warbling Vireo ("Eastern") 1 8 Vireo gilvus gilvus
1 Red-eyed Vireo 6 30 Vireo olivaceus
1 Blue Jay 7 12 Cyanocitta cristata
1 American Crow 7 50 Corvus brachyrhynchos
1 Fish Crow 2 8 Corvus ossifragus
1 Common Raven 3 1 Corvus corax
1 Horned Lark ("Prairie") 1 1 Eremophila alpestris praticola
1 Purple Martin 3 25 Progne subis
1 Tree Swallow 3 10 Tachycineta bicolor
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4 15 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
1 Bank Swallow 1 1 Riparia riparia
1 Cliff Swallow 3 6 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
1 Barn Swallow 7 36 Hirundo rustica
1 Carolina Chickadee 3 6 Poecile carolinensis
1 Black-capped Chickadee 3 4 Poecile atricapillus
1 Tufted Titmouse 3 4 Baeolophus bicolor
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 1 Sitta canadensis
1 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 3 Sitta carolinensis
1 Brown Creeper 2 2 Certhia americana
1 Carolina Wren 5 8 Thryothorus ludovicianus
1 House Wren 5 6 Troglodytes aedon
1 Winter Wren 2 8 Troglodytes hiemalis
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 2 Polioptila caerulea
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 10 Regulus satrapa
1 Eastern Bluebird 7 21 Sialia sialis
1 Veery 3 10 Catharus fuscescens
1 Swainson's Thrush 1 3 Catharus ustulatus swainsoni
1 Hermit Thrush 3 5 Catharus guttatus faxoni
1 Wood Thrush 4 6 H Hylocichla mustelina
1 American Robin 7 40 Turdus migratorius
1 Gray Catbird 7 20 Dumetella carolinensis
1 Northern Mockingbird 6 10 Mimus polyglottos
1 Brown Thrasher 7 8 Toxostoma rufum
1 European Starling 7 110 Sturnus vulgaris
1 Cedar Waxwing 6 60 Bombycilla cedrorum
1 Blue-winged Warbler 2 1 Vermivora cyanoptera
1 Golden-winged Warbler 1 1 Vermivora chrysoptera
1 Northern Parula 2 3 Parula americana
1 Yellow Warbler 1 3 Y Dendroica petechia
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 8 Dendroica pensylvanica
1 Magnolia Warbler 3 6 Dendroica magnolia
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 15 Dendroica caerulescens cairnsi
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler ("Myrtle") 3 10 Dendroica coronota coronata
1 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 10 Dendroica virens
1 Blackburnian Warbler 2 3 Dendroica fusca
1 Yellow-throated Warbler 2 5 Dendroica dominica albilora
1 Pine Warbler 1 2 Dendroica pinus
1 Cerulean Warbler 3 1 Dendroica cerulea
1 Black-and-white Warbler 3 2 Mniotilta varia
1 American Redstart 4 7 Setophaga ruticilla
1 Prothonotary Warbler 1 5 Protonotaria citrea
1 Worm-eating Warbler 2 2 Helmitheros vermivorum
1 Swainson's Warbler 1 1 Limnothlypis swainsonii
1 Ovenbird 3 6 Seiurus aurocapilla
1 Northern Waterthrush 1 1 H Parkesia noveboracensis
1 Louisiana Waterthrush 2 2 Parkesia motacilla
1 Kentucky Warbler 1 1 Oporornis formosus
1 Mourning Warbler 2 5 Oporornis philadelphia
1 Common Yellowthroat 5 10 Geothlypis trichas
1 Hooded Warbler 2 2 Wilsonia citrina
1 Canada Warbler 3 10 Wilsonia canadensis
1 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 1 Icteria virens
1 Eastern Towhee 6 15 Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythropthalmus
1 Chipping Sparrow 7 10 Spizella passerina
1 Field Sparrow 5 4 Spizella pusilla pusilla
1 Vesper Sparrow 3 6 Pooecetes gramineue gramineus
1 Savannah Sparrow 1 3 Passerculus sandwichensis savanna
1 Grasshopper Sparrow 4 6 Ammodramus savannarum praetensis
1 Henslow's Sparrow 1 3 Ammodramus henslowii
1 Song Sparrow 4 6 Melospiza melodia
1 Swamp Sparrow 2 4 Melospiza georgiana
1 Dark-eyed Junco ("Slate-colored") 3 10 Junco hyemalis carolinensis
1 Scarlet Tanager 3 3 Piranga olivacea
1 Northern Cardinal 7 15 Cardinalis cardinalis
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 2 H Pheucticus ludovicianus
1 Dickey's [Audubon's] Oriole 2 3 Icterus [graduacauda] dickayae
1 Indigo Bunting 7 31 Passerina cyanea
1 Dickcissel 2 2 Spiza americana
1 Bobolink 2 6 Dolichonyx oryzivorus
1 Red-winged Blackbird 6 50 Agelaius phoeniceus
1 Eastern Meadowlark 6 8 Sturnella magna
1 Common Grackle 6 50 Quiscalus quiscula
1 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 4 Molothrus ater
1 Orchard Oriole 4 7 Icterus spurius
1 Baltimore Oriole 3 4 Icterus galbula
1 Purple Finch 3 6 Carpodacus purpureus purpureus
1 House Finch 4 6 Carpodacus mexicanus
1 Red Crossbill 2 6 Loxia curvirostra
1 Pine Siskin 1 1 3 Spinus pinus
1 American Goldfinch 7 10 Spinus tristis
1 House Sparrow 7 35 Passer domesticus

Mammals

1 Woodchuck 5 2 Marmota monax
1 Eastern Chipmunk 3 6 Tamias striatus
1 Eastern Gray Squirrel 1 1 Sciurus carolinensis
1 Red Squirrel 1 2 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
1 Eastern Cottontail 2 2 Sylvilagus floridanus
1 Red Fox 2 1 Vulpes vulpes
1 Northern Raccoon 1 1 Procyon lotor
1 White-tailed Deer 7 10 Y Odocoileus virginianus

Amphibians and Reptiles

1 Spring Peeper 1 6 H Pseudacris crucifer
1 Upland Chorus Frog 1 6 H Pseudacris triseriata friarum
1 Green Frog 1 10 Rana clamitans

Herps

1 Bullfrog 1 3 H Rana catesbeiana

Butterflies

1 Pipevine Swallowtail 1 10 Battus philenor
1 Zebra Swallowtail 2 2 Eurytides marcellus
1 Black Swallowtail 1 3 Papilio polyxenes
1 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 6 20 Papilio glaucus
1 Spicebush Swallowtail 4 6 Papilio Troilus
1 Cabbage White 5 50 Pieris rapae
1 Clouded Sulphur 1 2 Colias philodice
1 Orange Sulphur 1 2 Colias eurytheme
1 Great Spangled Fritillary 4 10 Speyeria cybele
1 Question Mark 1 1 Polygonia interrogationis
1 Silver-spotted Skiipper 2 3 Epargyreus clarus
1 Least Skipper 2 6 Ancyloxypha numitor
1 Dun Skipper 1 1 Euphyes vestris