[CT Birds] 177 species reported to date in CT

[David Provencher]

Well we are truly in the dog days of February now. The only species added
since last I posted was Steve Mayo's American Woodcock. We are just
beginning to enter the period when Bonaparte's Gulls start to be found in
the early stage of their migration buildup. These flocks can hold
Black-headed Gull, Little Gull, or with a huge dollop of luck Ross's Gull.
South Cove Old Saybrook and Oyster River in Milford are two traditional
spots for these build-ups but these small gulls have been found everywhere
along the CT shoreline in the past. With the exception of Ross's Gull of
course! It is quite likely that one of these gulls will be the next species
added to the CT year list. After that it's either going to be Osprey, Piping
Plover, or Barn Swallow. Unless one of us get's really lucky and finds a
goodie like a Hawk Owl!

 

Some of the species currently possible in CT but not yet reported include:
Tundra Swan, Blue-winged Teal, Little Gull, Black-headed Gull, Black-legged
Kittiwake, Thick-billed Murre, Snowy Owl. Any species in a sensitive
location, such as the Rufous Hummingbird that is listed below, can be
reported to me directly. By-the-way, the Rufous Hummingbird has apparently
moved on consistent with previous over-winterers of this species.

 

Good Birding!

 

Dave

 

The current list:

 

Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Brant, Canada Goose, Cackling
Goose, Mute Swan, Wood Duck, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, American Wigeon,
American Black Duck, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler,
Green-winged Teal, Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup,
Lesser Scaup, King Eider, Common Eider, 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

 

Ring-necked Pheasant, Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey

 

Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, Red-necked
Grebe

 

Northern Gannet, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Cormorant, American
Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Black-crowned Hight-Heron

 

Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned
Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Northern Goshawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Broad-winged
Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Golden Eagle, American Kestrel,
Merlin, Peregrine Falcon

 

Clapper Rail, Virginia Rail, American Coot, Sandhill Crane

 

Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy
Turnstone, Dunlin, Purple Sandpiper, Sanderling, Western Sandpiper, Wilson's
Snipe, American Woodcock

 

Bonaparte's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Iceland Gull, Lesser
Black-backed Gull, Glaucous Gull, Great Black-backed Gull

 

Razorbill, Black Guillemot

 

Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Monk Parakeet

 

Barn Owl*, 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, House Wren, Winter Wren, Marsh Wren

 

Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Bluebird, Hermit
Thrush, American Robin

 

Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher

 

European Starling, American Pipit

 

Cedar Waxwing, Bohemian Waxwing

 

Orange-crowned Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Pine
Warbler, Palm Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat

 

Western Tanager

 

Eastern Towhee, American Tree Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow,
Vesper Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow (including "Ipswich Sparrow"), Fox Sparrow,
Song Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, 

White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco (including
Oregon Junco), Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting

 

Northern Cardinal

 

Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Meadowlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Rusty
Blackbird, Common Grackle, Boat-tailed 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 sensitive location