[CT Birds] 145 species reported to date in CT during 2008

[David Provencher]

145 species have been reported in CT during the first week of January. Well
done Paul on the Bohemians. A number of species that are definitely in CT or
possibly in CT have yet to be reported (Or I missed the report). They
include: Snow Goose, Wood Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, King
Eider, Black Scoter, Ruffed Grouse, Northern Gannet, Black-crowned
Night-Heron, Golden Eagle, Clapper Rail, Razorbill, Barn Owl, Palm Warbler,
Field Sparrow, and Sharp-tailed Sparrows. If you have gotten a Barn Owl in
2008 and understandably you don't want to report it to the list because of
the sensitivity of the location, you can report it to me directly. It will
be included in the list without publishing the location. This is true for
any species in a sensitive location, such as the Rufous Hummingbird that is
listed below. Thanks to Tom Sayers for the valuable advice and thanks to
everyone who has contributed.

 

Dave

 

The current list:

 

Greater White-fronted Goose

Brant

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Gadwall

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

American Black Duck

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Canvasback

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Common Eider

Surf Scoter 

White-winged Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Ring-necked Pheasant

Wild Turkey

Red-throated Loon

Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Cormorant

American Bittern

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Northern Goshawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

American Kestrel

Merlin

Peregrine Falcon

Virginia Rail

American Coot

Black-bellied Plover

Greater Yellowlegs

Ruddy Turnstone

Dunlin

Purple Sandpiper

Sanderling

Wilson's Snipe

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Iceland Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Glaucous Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Monk Parakeet

Eastern Screech-Owl

Great Horned Owl

Barred Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Rufous Hummingbird *

Belted Kingfisher

Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Eastern Phoebe

Northern Shrike

Blue Jay

American Crow

Fish Crow

Common Raven

Horned Lark

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Sheez!)

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Carolina Wren

Winter Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Eastern Bluebird

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

American Pipit

Cedar Waxwing

Bohemian Waxwing

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Pine Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat

Eastern Towhee

American Tree Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow (including "Ipswich Sparrow")

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Lapland Longspur

Snow Bunting

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Rusty Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Baltimore Oriole

Pine Grosbeak

Purple Finch

House Finch

Red Crossbill

White-winged Crossbill

Common Redpoll

Hoary Redpoll

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

Evening Grosbeak

House Sparrow

 

* At undisclosed private residence