Prince Edward County Bird List

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Written by Terry Spraque
Jan 02, 2013 at 01:36 AM
Prince Edward County Checklist of Birds (January, 2013) Because of its location in eastern Lake Ontario, Prince Edward County is a natural catch-all for migrating birds during both spring and fall. The points of land along the southern shore especially, provide excellent birding opportunities during the spring migration. Point Petre, Salmon Point, West Point (Sandbanks Provincial Park), and Huyck's Point have all been identified as important focal points to view migrating birds. Of all the points of land sprinkled along the south shore of the county, Prince Edward Point, located at the southeastern end of the Long Point Peninsula in South Marysburgh Township, has been identified as the most important. It is a major staging area in spring and autumn for migrating birds. In fact, there is no other location on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario where densities and abundance of migrants are known to compare with those at Prince Edward Point. If you have been birding in Prince Edward County we would appreciate a tally of your sightings. Please send updates or corrections to Terry Sprague, R.R. # 1, Demorestvillle, Ontario K0K 1W0 or e-mail to: . Only through your efforts can we learn even more about bird distribution and abundance in Prince Edward County. The following checklist comprises all of the bird species (351) that have been recorded in Prince Edward County. The list was compiled from the records of the Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area, Sandbanks Provincial Park, The Birds of Prince Edward County by R. Terry Sprague and Ron D. Weir (1984), and from the files of Terry Sprague, the Kingston Field Naturalists and other observers in the county. All listed species have been confirmed. For a printable copy in a PDF format, click HERE DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS _ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (July 13/10) _ Greater White-fronted Goose _ Snow Goose _ Ross's Goose _ Cackling Goose _ Canada Goose _ Brant _ Mute Swan _ Trumpeter Swan _ Tundra Swan _ Wood Duck _ Gadwall _ Eurasian Wigeon _ American Wigeon _ American Black Duck _ Mallard _ Blue-winged Teal _ Cinnamon Teal _ Northern Shoveler _ Northern Pintail _ Green-winged Teal _ Canvasback _ Redhead _ Ring-necked Duck _ Greater Scaup _ Lesser Scaup _ King Eider _ Common Eider _ Harlequin Duck _ Surf Scoter _ White-winged Scoter _ Black Scoter _ Long-tailed Duck _ Bufflehead _ Common Goldeneye _ Barrow's Goldeneye _ Hooded Merganser _ Common Merganser _ Red-breasted Merganser _ Ruddy Duck GROUSE & TURKEYS _ Gray Partridge _ Ring-necked Pheasant _ Ruffed Grouse _ Sharp-tailed Grouse _ Wild Turkey NEW WORLD QUAIL _ Northern Bobwhite LOONS _ Red-throated Loon _ Pacific Loon _ Common Loon _ Yellow-billed Loon GREBES _ Pied-billed Grebe _ Horned Grebe _ Red-necked Grebe _ Eared Grebe _ Western Grebe (Nov. 01/08) GANNETS _ Northern Gannet PELICANS _ American White Pelican _ Brown Pelican CORMORANTS _ Double-crested Cormorant _ Great Cormorant ANHINGAS _ Anhinga (1904) HERONS & BITTERNS _ American Bittern _ Least Bittern _ Great Blue Heron _ Great Egret _ Snowy Egret _ Little Blue Heron _ Tricoloured Heron _ Cattle Egret _ Green Heron _ Black-crowned Night-Heron _ Yellow-crowned Night Heron (June 30/08) IBISES _ White Ibis (Oct. 06/09) _ Glossy Ibis VULTURES _ Black Vulture _ Turkey Vulture HAWKS & EAGLES _ Osprey _ Bald Eagle _ Northern Harrier _ Sharp-shinned Hawk _ Cooper's Hawk _ Northern Goshawk _ Red-shouldered Hawk _ Broad-winged Hawk _ Swainson's Hawk _ Red-tailed Hawk _ Ferruginous Hawk _ Rough-legged Hawk _ Golden Eagle FALCONS _ American Kestrel _ Merlin _ Gyrfalcon _ Peregrine Falcon RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS _ Yellow Rail _ King Rail _ Virginia Rail _ Sora _ Purple Gallinule _ Common Moorhen _ American Coot CRANES _ Sandhill Crane PLOVERS _ Black-bellied Plover _ American Golden-Plover _ Semipalmated Plover _ Piping Plover _ Killdeer SANDPIPERS & PHALAROPES _ Greater Yellowlegs _ Lesser Yellowlegs _ Solitary Sandpiper _ Willet _ Spotted Sandpiper _ Upland Sandpiper _ Whimbrel _ Hudsonian Godwit _ Ruddy Turnstone _ Red Knot _ Sanderling _ Semipalmated Sandpiper _ Western Sandpiper _ Least Sandpiper _ White-rumped Sandpiper _ Baird's Sandpiper _ Pectoral Sandpiper _ Purple Sandpiper _ Dunlin _ Stilt Sandpiper _ Buff-breasted Sandpiper _ Ruff _ Short-billed Dowitcher _ Long-billed Dowitcher _ Wilson's Snipe _ American Woodcock _ Wilson's Phalarope _ Red-necked Phalarope _ Red Phalarope JAEGERS, GULLS & TERNS _ Pomarine Jaeger _ Parasitic Jaeger _ Franklin's Gull _ Little Gull _ Black-headed Gull _ Bonaparte's Gull _ Ring-billed Gull _ Herring Gull _ Iceland Gull _ Lesser Black-backed Gull _ Glaucous Gull _ Great Black-backed Gull _ Sabine's Gull _ Black-legged Kittiwake _ Caspian Tern _ Common Tern _ Arctic Tern _ Forster's Tern _ Black Tern AUKS & MURRES _ Thick-billed Murre _ Razorbill PIGEONS & DOVES _ Rock Pigeon _ White-winged Dove (May 14/08) _ Mourning Dove _ Passenger Pigeon (Extinct) CUCKOOS _ Black-billed Cuckoo _ Yellow-billed Cuckoo BARN OWLS _ Barn Owl TYPICAL OWLS _ Eastern Screech-Owl _ Great Horned Owl _ Snowy Owl _ Northern Hawk Owl _ Barred Owl _ Great Gray Owl _ Long-eared Owl _ Short-eared Owl _ Boreal Owl _ Northern Saw-whet Owl GOATSUCKERS _ Common Nighthawk _ Chuck-will's-widow _ Whip-poor-will SWIFTS _ Chimney Swift HUMMINGBIRDS _ Ruby-throated Hummingbird _ Rufous hummingbird KINGFISHERS _ Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS _ Red-headed Woodpecker _ Red-bellied Woodpecker _ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker _ Downy Woodpecker _ Hairy Woodpecker _ American Three-toed Woodpecker _ Black-backed Woodpecker _ Northern Flicker _ Pileated Woodpecker TYRANT FLYCATCHERS _ Olive-sided Flycatcher _ Eastern Wood-Pewee _ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher _ Acadian Flycatcher _ Alder Flycatcher _ Willow Flycatcher _ Least Flycatcher _ Eastern Phoebe _ Say's Phoebe _ Ash-throated Flycatcher _ Great Crested Flycatcher _ Western Kingbird _ Eastern Kingbird _ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher _ Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Oct. 05/08) SHRIKES _ Loggerhead Shrike _ Northern Shrike VIREOS _ White-eyed Vireo _ Yellow-throated Vireo _ Blue-headed Vireo _ Warbling Vireo _ Philadelphia Vireo _ Red-eyed Vireo CROWS & JAYS _ Gray Jay _ Blue Jay _ Black-billed Magpie _ American Crow _ Common Raven LARKS _ Horned Lark SWALLOWS _ Purple Martin _ Tree Swallow _ Northern Rough-winged Swallow _ Bank Swallow _ Cliff Swallow _ Barn Swallow _ Cave Swallow (2003) CHICKADEES/TITMICE _ Black-capped Chickadee _ Boreal Chickadee _ Tufted Titmouse NUTHATCHES _ Red-breasted Nuthatch _ White-breasted Nuthatch CREEPERS _ Brown Creeper WRENS _ Carolina Wren _ Bewick's Wren _ House Wren _ Winter Wren _ Sedge Wren _ Marsh Wren KINGLETS _ Golden-crowned Kinglet _ Ruby-crowned Kinglet OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS _ Northern Wheatear (2003) GNATCATCHERS _ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher THRUSHES _ Eastern Bluebird _ Mountain Bluebird _ Townsend's Solitaire (2005) _ Veery _ Gray-cheeked Thrush _ Bicknell's Thrush _ Swainson's Thrush _ Hermit Thrush _ Wood Thrush _ American Robin _ Varied Thrush MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS _ Gray Catbird _ Northern Mockingbird _ Brown Thrasher STARLINGS _ European Starling PIPITS _ American Pipit WAXWINGS _ Bohemian Waxwing _ Cedar Waxwing WOOD-WARBLERS _ Blue-winged Warbler _ Golden-winged Warbler _ Tennessee Warbler _ Orange-crowned Warbler _ Nashville Warbler _ Northern Parula _ Yellow Warbler _ Chestnut-sided Warbler _ Magnolia Warbler _ Cape May Warbler _ Black-throated Blue Warbler _ Yellow-rumped Warbler _ Black-throated Green Warbler _ Blackburnian Warbler _ Yellow-throated Warbler _ Pine Warbler _ Prairie Warbler _ Palm Warbler _ Bay-breasted Warbler _ Blackpoll Warbler _ Cerulean Warbler _ Black-and-white Warbler _ American Redstart _ Prothonotary Warbler _ Worm-eating Warbler _ Ovenbird _ Northern Waterthrush _ Louisiana Waterthrush _ Kentucky Warbler _ Connecticut Warbler _ Mourning Warbler _ Common Yellowthroat _ Hooded Warbler _ Wilson's Warbler _ Canada Warbler _ Yellow-breasted Chat TANAGERS _ Summer Tanager _ Scarlet Tanager _ Western Tanager (2010) EMBERIZIDS _ Eastern Towhee _ American Tree Sparrow _ Chipping Sparrow _ Clay-colored Sparrow _ Field Sparrow _ Vesper Sparrow _ Lark Sparrow _ Lark Bunting _ Savannah Sparrow _ Grasshopper Sparrow _ Henslow's Sparrow _ Le Conte's Sparrow _ Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow _ Fox Sparrow _ Song Sparrow _ Lincoln's Sparrow _ Swamp Sparrow _ White-throated Sparrow _ Harris's Sparrow _ White-crowned Sparrow _ Dark-eyed Junco _ Lapland Longspur _ Chestnut-collared Longspur _ Snow Bunting CARDINALS & ALLIES _ Northern Cardinal _ Rose-breasted Grosbeak _ Blue Grosbeak _ Indigo Bunting _ Painted Bunting (2004) _ Dickcissel BLACKBIRDS _ Bobolink _ Red-winged Blackbird _ Eastern Meadowlark _ Western Meadowlark _ Yellow-headed Blackbird _ Rusty Blackbird _ Brewer's Blackbird _ Common Grackle _ Brown-headed Cowbird _ Orchard Oriole _ Baltimore Oriole FINCHES _ Pine Grosbeak _ Purple Finch _ House Finch _ Red Crossbill _ White-winged Crossbill _ Common Redpoll _ Hoary Redpoll _ Pine Siskin _ American Goldfinch _ Evening Grosbeak OLD WORLD SPARROWS _ House Sparrow ADDITIONAL SPECIES _ _
Last Updated ( Apr 21, 2013 at 03:33 PM )