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Migration in the Midwest: The Eastern Wood Warblers

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Cumulative Checklist

With Jon Dunn as leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of seven on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2009 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2009 tour
  • Column D = H = heard, N = Nest observed
A B C D
1 Cackling Goose ("Richardson's") Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii
7 Canada Goose 11 70 Y Branta canadensis maxima
7 Mute Swan 5 3 Y Cygnus olor
4 Trumpeter Swan 1 4 Cygnus buccinator
7 Wood Duck 6 6 Aix sponsa
6 Gadwall 2 18 Anas strepera
3 American Wigeon 3 6 Anas americana
3 American Black Duck Anas rubripes
6 Mallard 11 50 Anas platyrhynchos
1 Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
7 Blue-winged Teal 5 3 Anas discors
5 Northern Shoveler 3 6 Anas clypeata
2 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
4 Canvasback Aythya valisineria
2 Green-winged Teal 2 4 Anas crecca
5 Redhead 1 1 Aythya americana
2 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
3 Greater Scaup 1 1 Aythya marila
4 Lesser Scaup 4 10 Aythya affinis
1 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
1 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
1 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
2 Bufflehead 1 1 Bucephala albeola
1 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
5 Hooded Merganser 2 1 Lophodytes cucullatus
5 Common Merganser 2 4 Mergus merganser
7 Red-breasted Merganser 4 20 Mergus serrator
4 Ruddy Duck 1 1 Oxyura jamaicensis
2 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
5 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 1 Phasianus colchicus
1 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
7 Wild Turkey 5 9 Meleagris gallopavo silvestris
1 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
7 Common Loon 3 1 Gavia immer
7 Pied-billed Grebe 3 1 Podilymbus podiceps
2 American White Pelican 1 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
7 Double-crested Cormorant 10 200 Phalacrocorax auritus
6 American Bittern 1 3 Botaurus lentiginosus
2 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
7 Great Blue Heron 11 10 Ardea herodias
7 Great Egret 8 25 Ardea alba
7 Snowy Egret 4 13 Egretta thula
2 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
3 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
7 Green Heron 4 3 Butorides virescens
6 Black-crowned Night-Heron 4 3 Nycticorax nycticorax
5 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 3 N Nyctanassa violacea
2 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
2 White-faced Ibis 1 1 Plegadis chihi
3 Black Vulture 1 7 Coragyps atratus
7 Turkey Vulture 11 25 Cathartes aura
7 Osprey 5 2 N Pandion haliaetus
7 Bald Eagle 9 4 N Haliaeetus leucocephalus
7 Northern Harrier 3 1 Circus cyaneus
6 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 Accipiter striatus
6 Cooper's Hawk 3 1 Accipiter cooperii
2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 Buteo lineatus
6 Broad-winged Hawk 2 1 Buteo platypterus
7 Red-tailed Hawk 9 8 Buteo jamaicaensis borealis
1 Rough-legged Hawk 1 2 Buteo lagopus
7 American Kestrel 8 3 Falco sparverius
3 Merlin 2 1 Falco columbarius columbarius
3 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 Falco peregrinus tundrius
1 Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
1 King Rail Rallus elegans
6 Virginia Rail 1 2 Rallus limicola
7 Sora 1 1 H Porzana carolina
5 Common Moorhen 2 2 Gallinula chloropus
7 American Coot 2 4 Fulica americana
5 Sandhill Crane ("Greater") 2 6 Grus canadensis tabida
7 Black-bellied Plover 4 300 Pluvialis squatarola
4 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
7 Semipalmated Plover 7 25 Charadrius semipalmatus
1 Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
7 Killdeer 11 10 Y Charadrius vociferus
1 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
7 Spotted Sandpiper 7 6 Actitis macularius
6 Solitary Sandpiper 1 3 Tringa solitaria solitaria
4 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
2 Willet ("Western") Tringa semipalmata inornata
7 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 5 Tringa flavipes
7 Upland Sandpiper 1 1 Bartramia longicauda
6 Whimbrel 2 100 Numenius phaeopus
6 Ruddy Turnstone 2 10 Arenaria interpres
1 Red Knot Calidris canutus
6 Sanderling 4 9 Calidris alba
6 Semipalmated Sandpiper 6 10 Calidris pusilla
7 Least Sandpiper 6 6 Calidris minutilla
3 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
2 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
7 Dunlin 10 800 Calidris alpina hudsonia
3 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
1 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
7 Short-billed Dowitcher 3 50 Limnodromus griseus griseus
1 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
2 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
7 American Woodcock 3 4 Scolopax minor
3 Wilson's Phalarope 3 3 Phalaropus tricolor
7 Bonaparte's Gull 5 50 Chroicocephalus philadelphia
3 Little Gull 1 1 Hydrocoloeus minutus
1 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
7 Ring-billed Gull 10 410 Larus delawarensis
7 Herring Gull 9 50 Larus argentatus smithsonianus
1 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
7 Great Black-backed Gull 1 1 Larus marinus
1 Gull-billed Tern 1 1 Geochelidon nilotica
7 Caspian Tern 6 17 Hydroprogne caspia
7 Black Tern 3 25 Chlidonias niger surinamensis
7 Common Tern 6 83 Sterna hirundo
7 Forster's Tern 4 19 Sterna forsteri
7 Rock Pigeon 8 10 Columba livia
7 Mourning Dove 12 25 Zenaida macroura
7 Black-billed Cuckoo 3 2 Coccyzus erythropthalmus
6 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 1 Coccyzus americanus
1 Barn Owl Tyto alba
7 Eastern Screech-Owl 4 2 Megascops asio
3 Great Horned Owl 3 2 Y Bubo virginianus
7 Common Nighthawk 8 8 Chordeiles minor minor
2 Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis
7 Whip-poor-will 2 2 Caprimulgus vociferus
7 Chimney Swift 11 35 Chaetura pelagica
7 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5 25 Archilochus colubris
7 Belted Kingfisher 1 1 Megaceryle alcyon
7 Red-headed Woodpecker 6 3 Melanerpes erythrocephalus
7 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 3 Melanerpes carolinus
5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 2 Sphyrapicus varius
7 Downy Woodpecker 8 7 Picoides pubescens
7 Hairy Woodpecker 6 2 Picoides villosus
7 Northern "Yellow-shafted" Flicker 9 3 Colaptes auratus
6 Pileated Woodpecker 2 1 Dryocopus pileatus
3 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 1 Contopus cooperi
7 Eastern Wood-Pewee 10 5 Contopus virens
5 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 4 Empidonax flaviventris
5 Acadian Flycatcher 2 2 Empidonax virescens
3 Alder Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax alnorum
7 Willow Flycatcher 2 2 Empidonax traillii
7 Least Flycatcher 8 5 Empidonax minimus
6 Eastern Phoebe 3 2 Sayornis phoebe
6 Great Crested Flycatcher 7 4 Myiarchus crinitus
1 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
7 Eastern Kingbird 11 33 Tyrannus tyrannus
7 White-eyed Vireo 4 2 H Vireo griseus
6 Yellow-throated Vireo 3 3 Vireo flavifrons
6 Blue-headed Vireo 2 1 Vireo solitarius
7 Warbling Vireo 10 10 Vireo gilvus gilvus
6 Philadelphia Vireo 3 3 Vireo philadelphicus
7 Red-eyed Vireo 11 30 Vireo olivaceus
7 Blue Jay 11 70 Cyanocitta cristata
7 American Crow 7 10 Corvus brachyrhynchos
5 Common Raven 2 2 Corvus corax
7 Horned Lark ("Prairie") 5 4 Eromophila alpestris praticola
7 Purple Martin 11 21 N Progne subis
7 Tree Swallow 12 70 Tachycineta bicolor
7 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8 5 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
7 Bank Swallow 6 40 Riparia riparia
7 Cliff Swallow 4 300 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
7 Barn Swallow 12 40 Hirundo rustica
5 Carolina Chickadee 1 1 Poecile carolinensis
7 Black-capped Chickadee 6 3 N Poecile atricapillus
7 Tufted Titmouse 4 6 Baeolophus bicolor
6 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 1 Sitta canadensis
7 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 2 Sitta carolinensis cookei
3 Brown Creeper Certhia americana
7 Carolina Wren 4 2 Thryothorus ludovicianus
7 House Wren 8 10 Troglodytes aedon
1 Sedge Wren 1 3 Cistothorus platensis
6 Marsh Wren ("Eastern") 3 6 Cistothorus palustris dissaeptus
6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 2 Regulus calendula
7 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9 2 Polioptila caerulea caerulea
7 Eastern Bluebird 5 2 Sialia sialis sialis
1 Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
7 Veery 6 5 Catharus fuscescens
6 Gray-cheeked Thrush 3 2 Catharus minimus alciae
7 Swainson's Thrush 7 10 Catharus ustulatus swainsoni
7 Hermit Thrush 3 3 Catharus guttatus faxoni
7 Wood Thrush 8 5 Hylocichla mustelina
7 American Robin 12 45 N Turdus migratorius migratorius
7 Gray Catbird 11 20 Dumetella carolinensis
6 Northern Mockingbird 2 1 Mimus polyglottos
7 Brown Thrasher 7 6 Toxostoma rufum
7 European Starling 12 100 Sturnus vulgaris
4 American Pipit Anthus rubescens rubescens
7 Cedar Waxwing 8 100 Bombycilla cedrorum
7 Blue-winged Warbler 1 2 Vermivora pinus
7 Golden-winged Warbler 1 1 Vermivora chrysoptera
7 Tennessee Warbler 9 8 Vermivora peregrina
7 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 1 Vermivora celeta celeta
7 Nashville Warbler 6 2 Vermivora ruficapilla ruficapilla
7 Northern Parula 7 6 Parula americana
7 Yellow Warbler 11 50 N Dendroica petechia aestiva
7 Chestnut-sided Warbler 7 30 Dendroica pensylvanica
7 Magnolia Warbler 9 50 Dendroica magnolia
7 Cape May Warbler 3 5 Dendroica tigrina
7 Black-throated Blue Warbler 8 15 Dendroica caerulescens
7 "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler 9 30 Dendroica coronata coronata
7 Black-throated Green Warbler 9 8 Dendroica virens
7 Blackburnian Warbler 8 3 Dendroica fusca
7 Yellow-throated Warbler 2 1 Dendroica dominica albilora
7 Pine Warbler 4 4 Dendroica pinus
7 Kirtland's Warbler 2 5 Dendroica kirtlandii
6 Prairie Warbler 1 5 Dendroica discolor
7 "Western" Palm Warbler 6 6 Dendroica palmarum palmarum
7 Bay-breasted Warbler 8 40 Dendroica castanea
7 Blackpoll Warbler 10 18 Dendroica striata
7 Cerulean Warbler 1 5 Dendroica cerulea
7 Black-and-white Warbler 6 5 Mniotilta varia
7 American Redstart 9 75 Setophaga ruticilla
5 Prothonotary Warbler 4 2 N Protonotaria citrea
5 Worm-eating Warbler 1 1 Helmitheros vermivorum
7 Ovenbird 8 5 Seiurus aurocapilla
7 Northern Waterthrush 4 3 Seiurus noveboracensis
5 Louisiana Waterthrush 2 1 Seiurus motacilla
6 Kentucky Warbler 2 6 Oporornis formosus
1 Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
7 Mourning Warbler 4 2 Oporornis philadelphia
7 Common Yellowthroat 11 15 Geothlypis trichas
7 Hooded Warbler 2 10 Wilsonia citrina
7 Wilson's Warbler 10 12 Wilsonia pusilla pusilla
6 Canada Warbler 7 20 Wilsonia canadensis
5 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 2 Icteria virens virens
7 Eastern Towhee 7 6 Pipilo erythropthalmus erythropthalmus
2 American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
7 Chipping Sparrow 10 6 Spizella passerina
7 Clay-colored Sparrow 2 1 Spizella pallida
7 Field Sparrow 4 4 Spizella pusilla pusilla
7 Vesper Sparrow 1 2 Pooecetes gramineus gramineus
7 Lark Sparrow 1 3 Chondestes grammacus
7 Savannah Sparrow 6 3 Passerculus sandwichensis savanna
2 Savannah Sparrow 3 15 Passerculus sandwichensis oblitus
6 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 1 Ammodramus savannarum pratensis
6 Henslow's Sparrow 1 5 Ammodramus henslowii
7 Song Sparrow 11 5 Melospiza melodia melodia
7 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 3 Melospiza lincolnii
7 Swamp Sparrow 5 3 Melospiza georgiana
7 White-throated Sparrow 3 6 Zonotrichia albicollis
1 Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
7 White-crowned Sparrow 6 3 Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys
4 "Slate-colored" Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
1 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
5 Summer Tanager 2 2 Piranga rubra
7 Scarlet Tanager 10 10 Piranga olivacea
7 Northern Cardinal 11 10 Cardinalis cardinalis
7 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 9 9 Pheucticus ludovicianus
4 Blue Grosbeak 2 3 Passerina caerulea
7 Indigo Bunting 8 17 Passerina cyanea
7 Bobolink 5 55 Dolichonyx oryzivorus
7 Red-winged Blackbird 12 100 Agelaius phoeniceus
7 Eastern Meadowlark 3 8 Sturnella magna magna
5 Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 12 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
2 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
2 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
7 Common Grackle ("Bronzed") 12 100 Quiscalus quiscula versicolor
7 Brown-headed Cowbird 9 30 Molothrus ater ater
7 Orchard Oriole 8 15 Icterus spurius
7 Baltimore Oriole 10 55 Icterus galbula
3 Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
7 House Finch 5 4 Carpodacus mexicanus
1 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
7 American Goldfinch 9 33 Spinus tristis tristis
1 Evening Grosbeak 1 1 Coccothraustes vespertinus
7 House Sparrow 10 30 Passer domesticus
1 Whooping Crane 1 1 Grus americana

Exotics

1 Linnet 1 1 Carduelis cannabina

Mammals

Eastern Cottontail 3 8 Sylvilagus floridanus
Eastern Chipmunk 4 4 Tamias striatus
Woodchuck 4 4 Marmota caligata
Thirteen-lined Ground-Squirrel 1 1 Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 5 10 Sciurus carolinensis
Eastern Fox Squirrel 4 3 Sciurus niger
Raccoon 2 3 Procyon lotor
North American Porcupine 1 1 Erethizon dorsatum
Common Muskrat 4 2 Ondatra zibetheca
White-tailed Deer 5 5 Odocoileus virginianus

Amphibians and Reptiles

Green Frog 1 1 H Rana clamitans
Spring Peeper 1 1 H Pseudacris triseriata
Eastern Painted Turtle 3 4 Chrysemys picta
Eastern Box Turtle 1 1 Terrapene Carolina
Northern Water Snake 2 1 Nerodia sipedon
Black Rat Snake 1 1 Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta

Butterflies

Pipevine Swallowtail 1 1 Battus phileno
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1 1 Papilio glaucus
Spicebush Swallowtail 2 1 Papilio Troilus
Spring Azure 1 1 Celastrina ladon
West Virginia White 1 1 Pieris virginiensis
Orange Sulphur 1 1 Colias eurytheme
Pearl Crescent 1 1 Phyciodes tharos
Monarch 2 2 Danaus plexippus

Butterflies and Skippers

Mourning Cloak 3 2 Nymphalis antiopa