2017/2018 Updates

Other changes and corrections
Updates for previous years
 
Additions to the 2017/2018 Winter List
Note: The date specified on the left is the date when I added the species to the list. Unless otherwise specified, this is also the date when the species was observed.
 
Jan 30, 2018 Snow Goose / Oie des neiges - Back Bay (Steve Cooke - Jan 29)
8:00 PM Purple Gallinule / Talève violacée - Lepreau area (Jessie Legassie - Jan 28)
191 species
Note: the Purple Gallinule (Talève violacée) was found dead on Jan 28, 2018 in the Lepreau area and photos of the bird were posted on Facebook and were eventually shared on the New Brunswick Birders Facebook group. Although the bird was found dead and it is impossible to know when it died, the condition of the body suggests that the bird had likely only died within a few days of being found (almost certainly within a week or two at most based the condition of the body and feathers and the type of weather we had in the weeks leading up to it being found). For this reason, I feel quite confident that the bird was at least alive within the month of January and warrants a spot on the winter list.

 
Jan 21, 2018
11:00 PM
189 species
Golden-crowned Sparrow / Bruant à couronne dorée - Harvey, Albert County (Sybil Wentzell - Jan 21)
 
Jan 18, 2018
8:00 PM
188 species
American Bittern / Butor d'Amérique - Castalia Marsh, Grand Manan (Robert Hay, Mark Morse - Jan 16)
 
Jan 11, 2018
11:30 PM
187 species
Clay-colored Sparrow / Bruant des plaines - Seal Cove, Grand Manan (Robert Hay - Jan 10)
 
Jan 8, 2018
10:00 PM
186 species
American Three-toed Woodpecker / Pic à dos rayé - Wilson's Point, Miscou (Michel Roy - Jan 8)
 
Jan 6, 2018
10:10 PM
185 species
Black-crowned Night-Heron / Bihoreau gris - White Head Island (Mark Morse - Jan 6)
 
Jan 5, 2018 Greater White-fronted Goose / Oie rieuse - North Head, Grand Manan (Eben Gaskill, Durlan Ingersoll, Mark Morse - Jan 5)
9:00 PM
184 species
Savannah Sparrow / Bruant des prés - Tantramar Marsh (Berkeley Fleming - Jan 4)
 
Jan 3, 2018
9:30 PM
182 species
Lincoln's Sparrow / Bruant de Lincoln - Grand Manan (Robert Hay - Jan 2)
 
Jan 2, 2018
7:30 AM
181 species
Red Crossbill / Bec-croisé des sapins - Riverside-Albert CBC (several observers - Jan 1)
 
Dec 30, 2017
10:15 PM
180 species
Eastern Phoebe / Moucherolle phébi - Darling's Island (Janet Kempster, Rick Peacock, Mike Bamford, Julie Bauer - Dec 30)
 
Dec 27, 2017 Wilson's Snipe / Bécassine de Wilson - Sainte-Marie-de-Kent (Louis-Émile Cormier, Donald and Dorca Pellerin - Dec 27)
11:50 PM Fox Sparrow / Bruant fauve - Shediac Cape (Tom and Carmella Dupuis - Dec 26)
179 species
 
Dec 23, 2017 Carolina Wren / Troglodyte de Caroline - Saint John (Joan Pearce - Dec 18 or 19)
9:30 PM Orange-crowned Warbler / Paruline verdâtre - Saint John CBC (Jim Wilson - Dec 16)
177 species
 
Dec 21, 2017
9:30 PM
Eastern Bluebird / Merlebleu de l'Est - Memramcook (Jules Cormier, Ghislain Cormier - Dec 20)
- Taylor Village (Alain Clavette - Dec 21)
175 species Mountain Bluebird / Merlebleu azuré - Beresford (Roger Arseneau - Dec 20)
Note: original observer information not available at this time but will add it if/when it becomes available.
 
Dec 20, 2017 Pied-billed Grebe / Grèbe à bec bigarré - Tabusintac (Aldo Dorio - Dec 20)
10:00 PM
173 species
 
Dec 19, 2017 Grasshopper Sparrow / Bruant sauterelle - Caissie Cape (Karen Miller, Mitch Doucet - Dec 19)
10:45 PM
172 species
 
Dec 18, 2017 Thick-billed Murre / Guillemot de Brünnich - White Head Island (Roger Burrows - Dec 16)
10:00 PM Yellow-bellied Sapsucker / Pic maculé - Saint John (Paul Miller - Dec 18)
171 species Varied Thrush / Grive à collier - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 18)
Field Sparrow / Bruant des champs - Moncton (Suzanne Gregoire - Dec 18)
Gyrfalcon / Faucon gerfaut - Caissie Cape (Nora Hebert - Dec 18)
- Cocagne (Jean-Marc Cormier - Dec 18)
Note: the two Gyrfalcon sightings are presumed to be the same bird as they were both white morph birds which are pretty uncommon in NB and were seen only 12km apart (as the bird flies) and approximately 90 minutes apart.
 
Dec 17, 2017 Dovekie / Mergule nain - Grand Manan Ferry (Matthew Burden - Dec 16)
11:00 PM Rose-breasted Grosbeak / Cardinal à poitrine rose - Seal Cove, Grand Manan (Durlan Ingersoll - Dec 16)
166 species
 
Dec 15, 2017
10:00 PM
Harris's Sparrow / Bruant à face noire - St George (Ralph Eldridge, Jim Wilson, Lark Doyle, Janet Kempster, Melinda Foster - suspected for a few days but finally confirmed on Dec 15)
164 species
 
Dec 14, 2017 Blue-winged Teal / Sarcelle à ailes bleues - St Martins CBC (Ted Sears, Ed LeBlanc - Dec 14)
10:30 PM Northern Fulmar / Fulmar boréal - Bay of Fundy near Grand Manan (Peter Wilcox - early Dec)
163 species Great Shearwater / Puffin majeur - Bay of Fundy near Grand Manan (Brian Guptill - early Dec)
Pectoral Sandpiper / Bécasseau à poitrine cendrée - Gardner Creek (Jim Carroll - Dec 14)    (** new species for NB Winter List)
Atlantic Puffin / Macareux moine - Bay of Fundy near Grand Manan (Brian Guptill - early Dec)
Northern Saw-whet Owl / Petite Nyctale - Plaster Rock (Dawson Albert - Dec 14)
Black-throated Green Warbler / Paruline à gorge noire - Bubartown, near Hartland (Alice Sahagian - Dec 13)    (** new species for NB Winter List)
 
Dec 13, 2017 Red-headed Woodpecker / Pic à tête rouge - Saint John (Gordon Dalzell - first week of December)
10:00 PM Western Tanager / Piranga à tête rouge - Fredericton (Don Gibson - Dec 13)
156 species
 
Dec 12, 2017 Chipping Sparrow / Bruant familier - Salisbury (Brian Farrell - Dec 12)
10:00 PM Baltimore Oriole / Oriole de Baltimore - St George (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 12)
154 species
 
Dec 11, 2017 Brown Thrasher / Moqueur roux - Saint John (K & S Halcrow - Dec 5)
10:30 PM
152 species
 
Dec 10, 2017 Nashville Warbler / Paruline à joues grises - Gagetown (Janet Ratliffe - Dec 10)
10:20 PM
151 species
 
Dec 9, 2017 Cackling Goose / Bernache de Hutchins - Woodstock (Nathan Staples - Dec 9)    (** new species for NB Winter List)
11:45 PM American Kestrel / Crécerelle d'Amérique - Tantramar Marsh (Matthew Vickruck - Dec 5, Gary Dupuis - Dec 7)
150 species Blue-headed Vireo / Viréo à tête bleue - Fredericton (Margaret Forster - Dec 7)
Barn Swallow / Hirondelle rustique - Riverbank, Kings County (Susanne Bonnell - Dec 8)
Palm Warbler / Paruline à couronne rousse - White Head Island (Mark Morse - Dec 9)
Mistle Thrush / Grive draine - Miramichi (Peter Gadd - Dec 9)    *** first known record for North America
   (and also a new species for NB Winter List)
 
Dec 8, 2017 Greater Yellowlegs / Grand Chevalier - Castalia, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows - Dec 8)
11:00 PM
144 species
 
Dec 7, 2017 Brant / Bernache cravant - White Head Island (Roger Burrows - Dec 7)
10:00 PM Great Blue Heron / Grand Héron - Shemogue (Stuart Tingley, Louis-Émile Cormier - Dec 7)
143 species Northern Goshawk / Autour des palombes - Minto area (Liz Mills - Dec 5)
Golden Eagle / Aigle royal - Tantramar Marsh (David Miller - Dec 7)
American Pipit / Pipit d'Amérique - White Head Island (Roger Burrows - Dec 7)
Summer Tanager / Piranga vermillon - Cape Tormentine (Stuart Tingley, Louis-Émile Cormier - Dec 7)
 
Dec 6, 2017 Common Murre / Guillemot marmette - Point Lepreau (Karen Miller - Dec 6)
10:00 PM White-eyed Vireo / Viréo aux yeux blancs - Anchorage, Grand Manan (Mark Morse - Dec 5)    (** new species for NB Winter List)
137 species Northern Parula / Paruline à collier - Chamcook (Ron Wilson - Dec 6)
Evening Grosbeak / Gros-bec errant - St. Léonard (Yvette Thibodeau Charrette - Dec 4)
 
Dec 5, 2017 King Eider / Eider à tête grise - Little Letete Passage, Bay of Fundy (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 5)
10:00 PM Spruce Grouse / Tétras du Canada - Saint George area (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 4)
133 species Lesser Yellowlegs / Petit Chevalier - Grande-Digue (Stuart Tingley - Dec 5)
American Woodcock / Bécasse d'Amérique - Blacks Harbour area (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 5)
Lesser Black-backed Gull / Goéland brun - Blacks Harbour (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 4)
Rusty Blackbird / Quiscale rouilleux - Cap Lumière (Robert Shortall - Dec 5)
Brown-headed Cowbird / Vacher à tête brune - Saint George (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 4)
Pine Grosbeak / Durbec des sapins - Saint George area (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 5)
 
Dec 4, 2017 Sharp-shinned Hawk / Épervier brun - Saint John (Susanne Bonnell - seen Dec 2)
10:30 PM Cooper's Hawk / Épervier de Cooper - Turtle Creek (Jamie Burris - Dec 3)
125 species Peregrine Falcon / Faucon pèlerin - Saint John (Karen Miller - Dec 4)
Purple Sandpiper / Bécasseau violet - Cap Pelé (Normand Belliveau - Dec 4)
Black-backed Woodpecker / Pic à dos noir - Brockway (Bev and Derek McGee - Dec 3)
House Finch / Roselin familier - Moncton (Amanda Beers - Dec 4)
 
Dec 3, 2017
11:15 PM
Gadwall / Canard chipeau - Saint John (Susanne Bonnell - Dec 2)
- Cap Brûlé (Mitch Doucet - Dec 3)
119 species Turkey Vulture / Urubu à tête rouge - Saint John (Susanne Bonnell - Dec 3)
Killdeer / Pluvier kildir - Bradford's Cove, Grand Manan (Mark Morse - Dec 3)
Boreal Chickadee / Mésange à tête brune - Bradford's Cove, Grand Manan (Mark Morse - Dec 3)
- Fairfield (Doug Bliss - Dec 3)
White-breasted Nuthatch / Sitelle à poitrine blanche - Fredericton (Don Gibson, Doug Jackson - Dec 3)
Winter Wren / Troglodyte des forêts - Anchorage, Grand Manan (Mark Morse - Dec 3)
Hermit Thrush / Grive solitaire - Grand Manan (Mark Morse, Durlan Ingersoll - Dec 3)
Gray Catbird / Moqueur chat - Anchorage, Grand Manan (Mark Morse - Dec 3)
Eastern Towhee / Tohi à flancs roux - Saint John (Wayne Jean Williamson - Dec 3)
Swamp Sparrow / Bruant des marais - Anchorage, Grand Manan (Mark Morse - Dec 3)
White-crowned Sparrow / Bruant à couronne blanche - Salisbury (Bill Winsor - Dec 3)
Red-winged Blackbird / Carouge à épaulettes - Grand Manan (Mark Morse, Durlan Ingersoll - Dec 3)
- Inkerman (Jean-Guy Robichaud - Dec 3)
Common Redpoll / Sizerin flammé - Allardville (Rosemonde Duguay - Dec 3)
 
Dec 2, 2017 Ruffed Grouse / Gélinotte huppée - Cocagne (Louis-Émile Cormier - Dec 2)
10:20 PM Great Horned Owl / Grand-duc d'Amérique - Cocagne (Stuart Tingley - Dec 2)
106 species
 
Dec 2, 2017 Barnacle Goose / Bernache nonnette - Beechwood (Dorothy Chase - Dec 2)
9:05 PM Wood Duck / Canard branchu - Beardsely Rd, Carleton County (Nathan Staples - Dec 2)
104 species Northern Shoveler / Canard souchet - Saint-Antoine (Stuart Tingley, Louis-Émile Cormier - Dec 2)
Green-winged Teal / Sarcelle d'hiver - Several sites (several observers - Dec 2)
Great Cormorant / Grand Cormoran - White Head and White Head Ferry (Mark Morse, Roger Burrows - Dec 2)
Rough-legged Hawk / Buse pattue - Several sites (various observers - Dec 2)
American Coot / Foulque d'Amérique - Long Pond, Grand Manan (Mark Morse - Dec 2)
Ruddy Turnstone / Tournepierre à collier - St-Thomas-de-Kent (Pierette Bourque - Dec 2)
Dunlin / Bécasseau variable - White Head (Mark Morse - Dec 2)
Red-bellied Woodpecker / Pic à ventre roux - St-Thomas-de-Kent (Sonia Simard - Dec 2)
Western Kingbird / Tyran de l'Ouest - Cape Spear (Gilles Bourque, Normand & Gilles Belliveau, Rose-Alma Mallet, Caroline Arsenault - Dec 2)
Northern Shrike / Pie-grièche grise - Miscou (Jolande St-Pierre, Denise Godin, Michel Roy, Frank Branch - Dec 2)
Gray Jay / Mésangeai du Canada - Several locations (several observers - Dec 2)
Horned Lark / Alouette hausse-col - Tantramar Marsh (Denis LeBlanc - Dec 2)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet / Roitelet à couronne rubis - Saint John (Lark Doyle - Dec 2)
Yellow-throated Warbler / Paruline à gorge jaune - Cape Tormentine (Normand & Gilles Belliveau, Rose-Alma Mallet, Caroline Arsenault - Dec 2)
Pine Siskin / Tarin des pins - English Settlement (Mark Baran - Dec 2)
 
Dec 2, 2017 Barred Owl / Chouette rayée - Grand Manan (Mark Morse - seen Dec 1)
7:35 AM
87 species
 
Dec 1, 2017 Lesser Scaup / Petit Fuligule - Bouctouche (Stuart Tingley, Louis-Émile Cormier)
- Grand Manan (Mark Morse)
9:25 PM Cattle Egret / Héron garde-boeuf - Grand Manan (Mark Morse)
86 species Merlin / Faucon émerillon - Grande Anse (Jolande St-Pierre, Frank Branch, Michel Roy, Denise Godin)
Black-bellied Plover / Pluvier argenté - Cormierville (Stuart Tingley, Louis-Émile Cormier)
Snowy Owl / Harfang des neiges - Pokemouche (Jolande St-Pierre, Frank Branch, Michel Roy, Denise Godin)
Belted Kingfisher / Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique - Pointe-à-Bouleau (Jolande St-Pierre, Frank Branch, Michel Roy, Denise Godin)
Pileated Woodpecker / Grand Pic - Cocagne (Stuart Tingley, Louis-Émile Cormier)
Bohemian Waxwing / Jaseur boréal - Maisonnette (Jolande St-Pierre, Frank Branch, Michel Roy, Denise Godin)
Cedar Waxwing / Jaseur d'Amérique - Cocagne (Stuart Tingley)
- Grande Anse (Jolande St-Pierre, Frank Branch, Michel Roy, Denise Godin)
Common Yellowthroat / Paruline masquée - Anchorage, Grand Manan (Mark Morse)
American Tree Sparrow / Bruant hudsonien - Cocagne (Stuart Tingley)
White-throated Sparrow / Bruant à gorge blanche - Campbellton (Margaret Doyle)
Indigo Bunting / Passerin indigo - Cocagne (Stuart Tingley, Louis-Émile Cormier)
Painted Bunting / Passerin nonpareil - Grand Manan (Mark Morse, Fraser Shepherd)
White-winged Crossbill / Bec-croisé bifascié - Maisonnette (Jolande St-Pierre, Frank Branch, Michel Roy, Denise Godin)
 
Dec 1, 2017:
6:40 PM
71 species
Below is a list of the species reported as of 6:30pm on Dec 1 - due to the amount of species listed in this update, I am only including location/observer information for the rarer and most unexpected species reported

Canada Goose / Bernache du Canada
American Wigeon / Canard d'Amérique
American Black Duck / Canard noir
Mallard / Canard colvert
Northern Pintail / Canard pilet
Ring-necked Duck / Fuligule à collier
Greater Scaup / Fuligule milouinan
Common Eider / Eider à duvet
Harlequin Duck / Arlequin plongeur
Surf Scoter / Macreuse à front blanc
White-winged Scoter / Macreuse brune
Black Scoter / Macreuse à bec jaune
Long-tailed Duck / Harelde kakawi
Bufflehead / Petit Garrot
Common Goldeneye / Garrot à oeil d'or
Barrow's Goldeneye / Garrot d'Islande
Hooded Merganser / Harle couronné
Common Merganser / Grand Harle
Red-breasted Merganser / Harle huppé
Ring-necked Pheasant / Faisan de Colchide
Wild Turkey / Dindon sauvage
Red-throated Loon / Plongeon catmarin
Common Loon / Plongeon huard
Horned Grebe / Grèbe esclavon
Red-necked Grebe / Grèbe jougris
Northern Gannet / Fou de Bassan
Double-crested Cormorant / Cormoran à aigrettes
Bald Eagle / Pygargue à tête blanche
Northern Harrier / Busard des marais
Swainson's Hawk / Buse de Swainson (Tantramar Marsh - Louise Nichols, Alain Clavette)
Red-tailed Hawk / Buse à queue rousse
Marbled Godwit / Barge marbré (Cape Jourimain - Norm & Gilles Belliveau, Rose-Alma Mallet, Donald & Dorca Pellerin)    (** new species for NB Winter List)
Sanderling / Bécasseau sanderling
Black-legged Kittiwake / Mouette tridactyle
Bonaparte's Gull / Mouette de Bonaparte
Ring-billed Gull / Goéland à bec cerclé
Herring Gull / Goéland argenté
Iceland Gull / Goéland arctique
Glaucous Gull / Goéland bourgmestre
Great Black-backed Gul / Goéland marin
Razorbill / Petit Pingouin
Black Guillemot / Guillemot à miroir
Rock Pigeon / Pigeon biset
Mourning Dove / Tourterelle triste
Short-eared Owl / Hibou des marais
Downy Woodpecker / Pic mineur
Hairy Woodpecker / Pic chevelu
Northern Flicker / Pic flamboyant
Blue Jay / Geai bleu
American Crow / Corneille d'Amérique
Common Raven / Grand Corbeau
Black-capped Chickadee / Mésange à tête noire
Red-breasted Nuthatch / Sittelle à poitrine rousse
Brown Creeper / Grimpereau brun
Golden-crowned Kinglet / Roitelet à couronne dorée
Swainson's Thrush / Grive à dos olive (Quispamsis - Karen Miller)    (** new species for NB Winter List)
American Robin / Merle d'Amérique
Northern Mockingbird / Moqueur polyglotte
European Starling / Étourneau sansonnet
Lapland Longspur / Plectrophane lapon
Snow Bunting / Plectrophane des neiges
Pine Warbler / Paruline des pins
Yellow-rumped Warbler / Paruline à croupion jaune
Yellow-breasted Chat / Paruline polyglotte
Song Sparrow / Bruant chanteur
Dark-eyed Junco / Junco ardoisé
Northern Cardinal / Cardinal rouge
Dickcissel / Dickcissel d'Amérique
Common Grackle / Quiscale bronzé
Purple Finch / Roselin pourpré
American Goldfinch / Chardonneret jaune
House Sparrow / Moineau domestique
 
 
Other changes and corrections   (Top of page)
 
Dec 6, 2017: Changed the French name for Northern Harrier from Busard Saint-Martin to Busard des marais. The change in the French name was due to the Northern Harrier being split from the Hen Harrier of Europe (they were considered the same species prior to this change). The Hen Harrier keeps the French name Busard Saint-Martin so the Northern Harrier was given the French name Busard des marais.

There were a number of other taxonomic and nomenclature changes made by the American Ornithological Society (AOS) which I have not made to the Winter List website yet as I didn't want to cause too much confusion but I plan on making those changes for next year.