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How Many Species will we Find?


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Complete 2011 WaCo Bird List

(list is in taxonomic order, the same as the order in most field guides)
Click on species in green to see photos or detailed sighting descriptions

1
Snow Goose 
2
Canada Goose 
3
Wood Duck 
4
American Wigeon 
5
American Black Duck 
6
Mallard 
7
Northern Shoveler 
8
Northern Pintail 
9
Green-winged Teal 
10
Ring-necked Duck 
11
Greater Scaup 
12
Lesser Scaup 
13
Surf Scoter 
14
White-winged Scoter 
15
Black Scoter 
Surf/Black Scoter 
16
Long-tailed Duck 
17
Bufflehead 
18
Common Goldeneye 
19
Hooded Merganser 
20
Common Merganser 
21
Red-breasted Merganser 
22
Ruffed Grouse 
23
Wild Turkey 
24
Common Loon 
25
Pied-billed Grebe 
26
Horned Grebe 
27
Red-necked Grebe 
28
Double-crested Cormorant 
29
American Bittern 
30
Great Blue Heron 
31
Great Egret 
32
Green Heron 
33
Turkey Vulture 
34
Osprey 
35
Bald Eagle 
36
Northern Harrier 
37
Sharp-shinned Hawk 
38
Cooper's Hawk 
39
Northern Goshawk 
40
Red-shouldered Hawk 
41
Broad-winged Hawk 
42
Red-tailed Hawk 
43
Rough-legged Hawk 
44
Golden Eagle 
45
American Kestrel 
46
Merlin 
47
Peregrine Falcon 
48
Virginia Rail 
49
Sora 
50
American Coot 
51
Sandhill Crane 
52
Semipalmated Plover 
53
Killdeer 
54
Spotted Sandpiper 
55
Solitary Sandpiper 
56
Greater Yellowlegs 
57
Lesser Yellowlegs 
58
Semipalmated Sandpiper 
59
Least Sandpiper 
60
Baird's Sandpiper 
61
Pectoral Sandpiper 
62
Wilson's Snipe 
63
American Woodcock 
64
Bonaparte's Gull 
65
Ring-billed Gull 
66
Herring Gull 
67
Great Black-backed Gull 
68
Black Tern 
69
Rock Pigeon 
70
Mourning Dove 
71
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 
72
Black-billed Cuckoo 
73
Snowy Owl
74
Great Horned Owl 
75
Northern Hawk Owl 
76
Barred Owl 
77
Northern Saw-whet Owl 
78
Common Nighthawk 
79
Chimney Swift 
80
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 
81
Belted Kingfisher 
82
Red-bellied Woodpecker 
83
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
84
Downy Woodpecker 
85
Hairy Woodpecker 
86
Northern Flicker 
87
Pileated Woodpecker 
88
Olive-sided Flycatcher 
89
Eastern Wood-Pewee 
90
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 
91
Alder Flycatcher 
Willow Flycatcher 
92
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's) 
Least Flycatcher 
93
Empidonax sp. 
94
Eastern Phoebe 
95
Great Crested Flycatcher 
96
Eastern Kingbird 
97
Northern Shrike 
98
Blue-headed Vireo 
99
Warbling Vireo 
100
Philadelphia Vireo 
101
Red-eyed Vireo 
102
Blue Jay 
103
American Crow 
104
Common Raven 
105
Horned Lark 
106
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 
107
Tree Swallow 
108
Bank Swallow 
109
Barn Swallow 
110
Cliff Swallow 
111
Black-capped Chickadee 
112
Tufted Titmouse 
113
Red-breasted Nuthatch 
114
White-breasted Nuthatch 
115
Brown Creeper 
116
Carolina Wren 
117
House Wren 
118
Winter Wren 
119
Marsh Wren 
120
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 
121
Golden-crowned Kinglet 
122
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
123
Eastern Bluebird 
124
Veery 
125
Bicknell's Thrush 
126
Swainson's Thrush 
127
Hermit Thrush 
128
Wood Thrush 
129
American Robin 
130
Gray Catbird 
131
Northern Mockingbird 
132
Brown Thrasher 
133
European Starling 
134
American Pipit 
135
Bohemian Waxwing 
136
Cedar Waxwing 
137
Snow Bunting 
138
Ovenbird 
Northern Waterthrush 
139
Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid) 
140
Black-and-white Warbler 
141
Tennessee Warbler 
142
Nashville Warbler 
143
Mourning Warbler 
144
Common Yellowthroat 
145
American Redstart 
146
Cape May Warbler 
147
Northern Parula 
148
Magnolia Warbler 
149
Bay-breasted Warbler 
150
Blackburnian Warbler 
151
Yellow Warbler 
152
Chestnut-sided Warbler 
153
Blackpoll Warbler 
154
Black-throated Blue Warbler 
155
Palm Warbler 
156
Pine Warbler 
157
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
158
Black-throated Green Warbler 
159
Canada Warbler 
160
Wilson's Warbler 
161
Eastern Towhee 
162
American Tree Sparrow 
163
Chipping Sparrow 
164
Field Sparrow 
165
Savannah Sparrow 
166
Fox Sparrow 
167
Song Sparrow 
168
Lincoln's Sparrow 
169
Swamp Sparrow 
170
White-throated Sparrow 
171
White-crowned Sparrow 
172
Dark-eyed Junco 
173
Scarlet Tanager 
174
Northern Cardinal 
175
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
176
Indigo Bunting 
177
Bobolink 
178
Red-winged Blackbird 
179
Eastern Meadowlark 
180
Rusty Blackbird 
181
Common Grackle 
182
Brown-headed Cowbird 
183
Baltimore Oriole 
184
Purple Finch 
185
House Finch 
186
Common Redpoll 
187
Hoary Redpoll 
188
Pine Siskin 
189
American Goldfinch 
190
Evening Grosbeak 
191
House Sparrow 

 

Selected Photos

Bald Eagle 
Rough-legged Hawk 
Cooper's Hawk
Barred Owl
Northern Hawk Owl 
Cedar Waxwing
Snow Bunting
Fox Sparrow
Hoary Redpoll 

The WaCo Birding Challenge
Current Results

(Last Updated December 19)

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TOTAL SPECIES COUNT: 191

Most Recent Additions:

December 10
Snowy Owl - Fayston (Brian Neill)

October 27
Northern Pintail - E. Montpelier (C. Darmstadt)
Black Scoter - E. Montpelier (Dick Mansfield)

October 18
American Coot - Berlin (Chip Darmstadt)

October 6
Greater Scaup - Berlin (Fred Pratt)

October 4
American Pipit - Middlesex (Chip Darmstadt)

September 14
Golden Eagle - Moretown (Scott Sainsbury)

September 11
Philadelphia Vireo - Duxbury (Fred Pratt)
Lincoln's Sparrow - Duxbury (Fred Pratt)

September 8
Pectoral Sandpiper - Moretown (Fred Pratt)

August 31
Semipalmated Sandpiper - Moretown (P. Haynes)

August 30
Sandhill Crane - Worcester (Kathy D.)
Baird's Sandpiper - Moretown (Fred Pratt)
Bay-breasted Warbler - Duxbury (Fred Pratt)

August 21
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Montpelier (Doug Hitchcox)

August 8
Wilson's Warbler - Moretown (Scott Sainsbury)

July 20
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Moscow (Liz Lackey)

July 2
Marsh Wren - Berlin (Bob Stymeist)

June 22
Olive-sided Flycatcher - Worcester (B. Pfeiffer)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Worcester (B. Pfeiffer)

June 10
Willow Flycatcher - Berlin (Larry Clarfeld)

June 8
Black-billed Cuckoo - E. Montpelier (Nona Estrin)

June 4
Swainson's Thrush - Warren (Sue Wetmore)
Bicknell's Thrush - Warren (Dick Mansfield)

May 26
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Moretown (Pat Folsom)

May 24
Common Nighthawk - Montpelier (Bryan Pfeiffer)
Bank Swallow - Montpelier (Chip Darmstadt)
Mourning Warbler - Berlin (Bryan Pfeiffer)

May 23
Surf Scoter - Montpelier (Chip Darmstadt)

May 22
Cedar Waxwing - Waitsfield (Pat Folsom)

May 18
Semipalmated Plover - Middlesex (Patti Haynes)
Alder Flycatcher - Montpelier (Chip Darmstadt)
Canada Warbler - Montpelier (Chip Darmstadt)

May 17
Least Sandpiper - Middlesex (Chip Darmstadt)
Northern Mockingbird - Berlin (Dick Mansfield)

May 12
Red-eyed Vireo - Berlin (Fred Pratt)
Magnolia Warbler - Berlin (Fred Pratt)
Blackpoll Warbler - Berlin (Fred Pratt)
Scarlet Tanager - Berlin (Fred Pratt)
Bobolink - Berlin (Fred Pratt)

May 11
Indigo Bunting - Moretown (Patti Haynes)

May 9
Nashville Warbler - Northfield (Larry Clarfeld)
American Redstart - Berlin (Fred Pratt)

May 8
Veery - Fayston (Jeanne Elias)
Brown Thrasher - Woodbury (Susan Sawyer)

May 7
Least Flycatcher - Berlin (Ali Wagner)

May 6
Solitary Sandpiper - Berlin (Fred Pratt)
Great Crested Flycatcher - Montpelier (Chip D.)
Northern Parula - Montpelier (Chip D.)

May 5
Black Tern - Berlin (Fred Pratt)
Cliff Swallow - Berlin (Fred Pratt)

May 4
Greater Yellowlegs - Middlesex (Chip D.)
Cape May Warbler - Montpelier (Larry C.)

May 3
Long-tailed Duck - Berlin (Larry Clarfeld)
Sora - Berlin (Chip Darmstadt)
Great Horned Owl - Montpelier (Jeffrey Allen)
Wood Thrush - Fayston (Jeanne Elias)
Eastern Towhee - Fayston (Jeanne Elias)

May 2
Lesser Yellowlegs - Middlesex (Douglas Clendaniel)

May 1
Virginia Rail - Berlin (Larry Levine)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - Fayston (J. Elias)

April 30
Lesser Scaup - Berlin (P. Haynes)
Horned Grebe - Berlin (P. Haynes)
N. Rough-winged Swallow - Waterbury (Chip D.)
Blackburnian Warbler - Berlin (Paula Gills)

April 29
House Wren - Montpelier (Chip Darmstadt)
Warbling Vireo - Mad River (Pat Folsom)
Black-and-white Warbler - Montpelier (Larry C.)
Common Yellowthroat - Montpelier (C. Darmstadt)
Baltimore Oriole - Montpelier (Dick Mansfield)

April 28
D.C. Cormorant - Adamant (Ruth Coppersmith)
E. Kingbird - E. Montpelier (Michael DeGeorge)
Blue-headed Vireo - Waitsfield (Pat Folsom)
Yellow Warbler - Moretown (Scott Sainsbury)
Ovenbird - Fayston (Jeanne Elias)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Fayston (Jeanne Elias)
Gray Catbird - Montpelier (Chip Darmstadt)
Field Sparrow - Waitsfield (Pat Folsom)

April 27
Red-breasted Merganser - Berlin (Chip Darmstadt)
Bonaparte's Gull - Berlin (Larry Clarfeld)
Chimney Swift - Waterbury (Graham Bates)
N. Waterthrush - Montpelier (Chip Darmstadt)
B.T. Green Warbler - Berlin (Larry Clarfeld)

April 26
White-winged Scoter - Berlin (Chip Darmstadt)
Green Heron - Waitsfield (Pat Folsom)
Spotted Sandpiper - Berlin (Dick Mansfield)
R-t Hummingbird - Montpelier (M. DeGeorge)

April 25
Barn Swallow - Waitsfield (Patti Haynes)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Waitsfield (Patti Haynes)

April 23
Palm Warbler - Berlin (Chip Darmstadt)

April 22
Peregrine Falcon - Marshfield (Larry Clarfeld)

April 21
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Waitsfield (Pat Folsom)
Y.R. Warbler - Berlin (Douglas Clendaniel)

April 19
Bufflehead - Berlin (Larry Clarfeld)
Common Loon - Berlin (Larry Clarfeld)
Pine Warbler - Berlin (Henry Wilton)

April 18
Red-necked Grebe - Berlin (Joshua Phillips)

April 17
BW Hawk - Montpelier (Douglas Clendaniel)

April 16
WT Sparrow - Moretown (Scott Sainsbury)

April 15
Northern Harrier - Berlin (Bill Shepard)

April 14
Wilson's Snipe - Moretown (Pat Folsom)

April 13
Savannah Sparrow - Moretown (Scott Sainsbury)
Swamp Sparrow - Montpelier (Chip Darmstadt)

April 12
Great Egret - Plainfield (Bryan Pfeiffer)

April 11
Am. Wigeon - Berlin (Larry Clarfeld)
No. Shoveler - Berlin (Larry Clarfeld)
Am. Bittern - E. Montpelier (Michael DeGeorege)
Rusty Blackbird - Moretown (Scott Sainsbury)

April 10
Chipping Sparrow - E. Montpelier (anonymous)

April 9
Green-winged Teal - Middlesex (Chip D.)
Hermit Thrush - Moretown (Patti Haynes)

April 8
Winter Wren - Berlin (Jeff Schumann)
Swamp Sparrow - Berlin (Jeff Schumann)

April 6
Pied-billed Grebe - Berlin (Larry Clarfeld)
Y.B. Sapsucker - N. Montpelier (Susan McKenney)
WC Sparrow - N. Montpelier (Susan McKenney)

April 5
Ring-necked Duck - Berlin (Larry Clarfeld)
Northern Flicker - Berlin (Larry Clarfeld)
Eastern Phoebe - Berlin (Larry Clarfeld)

April 2
Tree Swallow - Montpelier (Dick Mansfield)

March 31
Great Blue Heron - E. Montpelier (Chip Darmstadt)
Northern Saw-whet Owl - Middlesex (Chip D.)

March 30
Merlin - Montpelier (Douglas Clendaniel)
Osprey - N. Montpelier (Susan McKenney)
R.C. Kinglet - Pat Folsom (Waitsfield)

March 26
Eastern Bluebird - Waterbury (Louanne Nielsen)

March 25
Red-shouldered Hawk - Montpelier (Chip Darmstadt)

March 23
American Kestrel - Waitsfield (Patti Haynes)

March 22
Wood Duck - Berlin (Larry Clarfeld)

March 21
Horned Lark - East Warren (Pat Folsom)
Fox Sparrow - Montpelier (Larry Clarfeld)

March 20
Eastern Meadowlark - E. Warren (Pattie Haynes)

March 18
Snow Goose - Moretown (Patti Haynes)
Killdeer - East Montpelier (Sandal Cate)
Brown-headed Cowbird - Waitsfield (Pat Folsom)

March 17
American Woodcock - Berlin (Ellen Drysdale)

March 13
Common Goldeneye - Moretown (Patti Haynes)
Ring-billed Gull - Moretown (Patti Haynes)

March 6
Common Grackle - Moretown (Patti Haynes)
Red-winged Blackbird - Moretown (Patti Haynes)

March 5
Turkey Vulture - Berlin (Brandon Darmstadt)
Herring Gull - Berlin (Brandon Darmstadt)

February 17
Ruffed Grouse - Berlin (Chip Darmstadt)

February 13
Hooded Merganser - Montpelier (Larry Clarfeld)

February 6
Belted Kingfisher - East Calais (Susan Sawyer)

January 28
American Black Duck - Plainfield (Stan McCumber)

January 27
American Robin - Waitsfield (Patti Haynes)

January 25
Sharp-shinned Hawk - Waitsfield (Scott Sainsbury)

January 12
Bald Eagle - Waitsfield (Kate Woodruff)
Snow Bunting - E. Montpelier (Gary Lewis)
Pine Siskin - Middlesex (Dick Mansfield)

January 11
Canada Goose - W. Berlin (Chip Darmstadt)

January 10
Rough-legged Hawk - E. Montpelier (Bryan Pfeiffer)

January 8
Northern Shrike - Woodbury (George Lisi)

 

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