[CT Birds] 193 Species Reported to Date in CT 2008

[Tim Antanaitis]

Last posted as 186 on 3/16 by Dave Provencher



187 White-winged Dove 3/8 Donna Lorello Branford yard;
188 Laughing Gull 3/16 Frank Gallo Westport Sherwood Is;
189 Least Bittern 3/22 (very early, can you post photos to
be sure its not the American Bittern that’s been at Hammo?)
Tom Cuchara Madison Hammo;
190 Snowy Egret 3/23 Judith Stevens Cos Cob;
191 Short-billed Dowitcher (prob) 3/24 Bill Banks
Milford Court St;
192 Barn Swallow 3/24 Chris Malin Madison Hammo;
193 Bullock’s Oriole 3/27 Ingrid & Tom Schaefer
Orchard Street Canaan

I believe the current list is now 193 Species
in CT in 2008-- 

Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Brant, Canada
Goose, Cackling Goose, Mute Swan, Tundra Swan, Wood Duck,
Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, American Wigeon, American Black
Duck, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Blue-winged Teal, 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, Least Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Great
Egret, Snowy Egret, Black-crowned Night-Heron

Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, 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, Piping Plover, Killdeer, American
Oystercatcher, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs,
Ruddy Turnstone, Dunlin, Purple Sandpiper, Sanderling,
Western Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher (probable),
Wilson's Snipe, American Woodcock

Little Gull, Black-headed Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Laughing
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, White-winged 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

Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Barn Swallow

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, Varied Thrush*

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, Bullock’s 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

Tim Antanaitis
East Hampton

 
       
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