2011/2012 Updates

 
Other changes and corrections
Updates for other years
 
Additions to the 2011/2012 Winter List
Note: The date specified on the left is the date when I added the species to the list and unless otherwise specified, it is also the date when the species was observed.
 
Nov 30, 2012:
8:29 PM
171 species
Eurasian Wigeon / Canard siffleur White Head Island (Alain Clavette, Roger Leblanc, Richard Perron - seen Feb 20)
 
Jan 31, 2012:
6:10 PM
170 species
Hoary Redpoll / Sizerin blanchâtre Scoudouc (Normand Belliveau - seen Jan 28)
 
Jan 23, 2012: Fox Sparrow / Bruant fauve St. Martins (Ted Sears - seen Jan 21)
7:30 PM
169 species
Varied Thrush / Grive à collier Saint John (Peter Smith - seen Jan 22)
 
Jan 15, 2012:
6:40 PM
167 species
Brown Thrasher / Moqueur roux Quispamsis (Harvey and Betty Fleet - seen Dec 25)
 
Jan 12, 2012:
6:55 PM
166 species
American Woodcock / Bécasse d'Amérique Saint George area (Ralph Eldridge - seen Jan 11)
 
Jan 10, 2012:
7:00 PM
165 species
Killdeer / Pluvier kildir Waterside (Normand Belliveau, Rose-Alma Mallet, Nicole Landry - seen Jan 9)
 
Jan 8, 2012: Tufted Duck / Fuligule morillon Grand Bay-Westfield (Richard Blaquiere - seen Jan 1)
5:15 PM Common Yellowthroat / Paruline masquée Hampton (Richard Blacquiere - seen Jan 2)
164 species
 
Dec 29, 2011: Sooty Shearwater / Puffin fuligineux Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan (Brian Guptill - seen Dec 22)
9:25 AM Wilson's Snipe / Bécassine de Wilson Pokemouche (Gilles Landry - seen Dec 25)
162 species Field Sparrow / Bruant des champs Saint John (Roger Burrows - seen Dec 27)
 
Dec 23, 2011: Ruby-crowned Kinglet / Roitelet à couronne rubis St. Stephen (Katherine Dewar - seen Dec 19)
5:55 PM Hermit Thrush / Grive solitaire Fredericton (Don Gibson - seen Dec 21)
159 species
 
Dec 20, 2011: Brown-headed Cowbird / Vacher à tête brune Bertrand - Caraquet CBC (Norbert Austin, Gilles Landry, Frank Branch - seen Dec 17)
10:25 PM Wood Duck / Canard branchu Memramcook - Memramcook CBC (Alain Clavette, Ashley Martin - seen Dec 18)
157 species Broad-winged Hawk / Petite Buse Southern Head - Grand Manan CBC (Laurie Murrison - seen Dec 18)
Grasshopper Sparrow / Bruant sauterelle North Head - Grand Manan CBC (Jim Wilson, Merv Cormier, Richard Blacquiere, Harvey McLeod - seen Dec 18)
Northern Parula / Paruline à collier Fredericton - Fredericton CBC (Bev Schneider - seen Dec 18)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker / Pic maculé Black's Harbour CBC (fide Katherine Dewar - seen Dec 19)
 
Dec 17, 2011: Black-crowned Night-Heron / Bihoreau gris Seal Cove, Grand Manan (Durlan Ingersoll)
10:15 PM Marsh Wren / Troglodyte des marais Dieppe - Moncton CBC (Norm & Gilles Belliveau, Nicole Landry)
151 species
 
Dec 16, 2011: American Kestrel / Crécerelle d’Amérique Cocagne (Louis-Émile Cormier)
10:00 PM
149 species
 
Dec 15, 2011: Dickcissel / Dickcissel d’Amérique Douglastown (Jim Saunders - seen Dec 13)
10:30 PM Bullock's Oriole / Oriole de Bullock Hampton (Harvey McLeod - first seen on Dec 2)
148 species
 
Dec 14, 2011: Barnacle Goose / Bernache nonnette Chatham (Hazen Sweeney - seen Dec 13)
10:00 PM Eastern Bluebird / Merlebleu de l'Est Horton's Creek (Cecile Goldberg - seen Dec 13)
146 species
 
Dec 13, 2011: Gyrfalcon / Faucon gerfaut White Head Island (Roger Burrows)
7:00 AM
144 species
 
Dec 11, 2011: Thick-billed Murre / Guillemot de Brünnich Head Harbour Passage (Chris Bartlett - Seen Dec 10)
9:00 PM Dovekie / Mergule nain Long Eddy Point, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
143 species Orange-crowned Warbler / Paruline verdâtre Pettes Cove, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
 
Dec 9, 2011: Snow Goose / Oie des neiges between Sussex and Norton (Merv Cormier - Seen Dec 4)
8:15 PM Ruddy Duck / Érismature rousse Saint John (Stuart Tingley)
140 species Eastern Towhee / Tohi à flancs roux Saint John (Stuart Tingley)
  White-crowned Sparrow / Bruant à couronne blanche Saint John (Stuart Tingley)
  Short-eared Owl / Hibou des marais Tantramar Marsh (Norm & Gilles Belliveau, Nicole Landry)
  Spruce Grouse / Tétras du Canada Tower Hill near St Stephen (Ron McGuire and Kyle Smith)
 
Dec 6, 2011: King Eider / Eider à tête grise Oven Head, Passamaquoddy Bay (Ralph Eldridge - Seen Dec 5)
11:15 PM Brant / Bernache cravant Swallowtail, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
134 species Common Murre / Guillemot marmette Long Eddy Point, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
  Atlantic Puffin / Macareux moine Long Eddy Point, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
 
Dec 5, 2011: Red-winged Blackbird / Carouge à épaulettes Grande Digue (Bob Betts - Seen Dec 4)
9:45 PM Northern Fulmar / Fulmar boréal Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan (Durlan Ingersoll)
130 species Great Shearwater / Puffin majeur Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan (Durlan Ingersoll)
  Purple Sandpiper / Bécasseau violet St Martins (Ted Sears)
  Savannah Sparrow / Bruant des prés St Martins (Ted Sears)
 
Dec 4, 2011: Northern Pintail / Canard pilet Lower Coverdate (Donald Pellerin - seen Dec 2)
10:10 PM Red Crossbill / Bec-croisé des sapins Scoudouc (Norm & Gilles Belliveau)
125 species Northern Goshawk / Autour des palombes - Pelerin (Denis Doucet)
- Harvey (John Inman)
  Turkey Vulture / Urubu à tête rouge Quispamsis (Joanne Savage)
  Swamp Sparrow / Bruant des marais Riverview (Stuart Tingley, Jean-Marc Cormier)
  Swainson's Hawk / Buse de Swainson Shepody Marsh (Stuart Tingley, Jean-Marc Cormier)
 
Dec 3, 2011: Cedar Waxwing / Jaseur d'Amérique Grand Manan (Laurie Murison - seen on Dec 1)
9:50 PM Peregrine Falcon / Faucon pèlerin Saint John (Rob and Katherine Dewar - seen on Dec 2)
119 species Northern Saw-whet Owl / Petite Nyctale Rte 780 between Lepreau and Utopia (Rob and Katherine Dewar - heard on Dec 2)
  Pine Grosbeak / Durbec des sapins - Kedgwick (Pat Emond)
- West River, Albert County (Nature Moncton outing with Roger Leblanc)
  Barred Owl / Chouette rayée Quispamsis (Joanne Savage)
  Carolina Wren / Troglodyte de Caroline Grand Manan (Durlan Ingersoll)
  Little Gull / Mouette pygmée Head Harbour Passage (Chris Bartlett, Doug Hitchcox)
  Lapland Longspur / Plectrophane lapon Cormierville (Stuart Tingley)
  Rusty Blackbird / Quiscale rouilleux Harvey (John Inman)
  Pine Warbler / Paruline des pins Fundy National Park (Nature Moncton outing with Roger Leblanc)
  Yellow-breasted Chat / Paruline polyglotte Fundy National Park (Nature Moncton outing with Roger Leblanc)
  American Coot / Foulque d’Amérique Saint John (Jim Wilson)
 
Dec 2, 2011: Green-winged Teal / Sarcelle d'hiver Middle Sackville (Kathy Popma - seen on Dec 1)
10:35 PM Red-tailed Hawk / Buse à queue rousse Aulac (Kathy Popma - seen on Dec 1)
107 species Belted Kingfisher / Martin-pêcheur d’Amérique Upper Cape (Kathy Popma - seen on Dec 1)
  Horned Lark / Alouette hausse-col Sackville (Kathy Popma - seen on Dec 1)
  Black-bellied Plover / Pluvier argenté Cormierville (Louis-Émile Cormier - seen on Dec 1)
  White-rumped Sandpiper / Bécasseau à croupion blanc Cormierville (Louis-Émile Cormier - seen on Dec 1)
  Dunlin / Bécasseau variable Cormierville (Louis-Émile Cormier - seen on Dec 1)
  Chipping Sparrow / Bruant familier Moncton (Nelson Poirier - seen on Dec 1)
  Purple Finch / Roselin pourpré Harvey (Sybil Wentzell)
  Dark-eyed Junco / Junco ardoisé English Settlement (Julie Singleton)
  Harlequin Duck / Arlequin plongeur Saint-Edouard-de-Kent (Charles Gaudet)
  Great Horned Owl / Grand-duc d’Amérique St Martins (Ted Sears)
  Yellow-rumped Warbler / Paruline à croupion jaune Boudreau Ouest (Norm & Gilles Belliveau, Stuart Tingley, Rose-Alma Mallet, Nicole Landry)
  Canvasback / Fuligule à dos blanc - Shediac (Norm & Gilles Belliveau, Stuart Tingley, Rose-Alma Mallet, Nicole Landry)
- Bouctouche (Louis-Émile Cormier)
- Tracadie (Roland Robichaud, Denise Godin, Jolande St-Pierre, Frank Branch)
  American Tree Sparrow / Bruant hudsonien Cap Brûlé (Norm & Gilles Belliveau, Stuart Tingley, Rose-Alma Mallet, Nicole Landry)
  Black-legged Kittiwake / Mouette tridactyle Long Eddy Point, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
  Winter Wren / Troglodyte des forêts Woodwards Cove, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
  Black-headed Gull / Mouette rieuse Tracadie (Roland Robichaud, Denise Godin, Jolande St-Pierre, Frank Branch)
  Northern Harrier / Busard St-Martin Tracadie (Roland Robichaud, Denise Godin, Jolande St-Pierre, Frank Branch)
  American Pipit / Pipit d'Amérique Waterside (Rick Elliott)
 
Dec 1, 2011: House Sparrow / Moineau domestique Moncton (Janet MacMillan)
10:15 PM Northern Flicker / Pic flamboyant Moncton (Janet MacMillan)
87 species Red-headed Woodpecker / Pic à tête rouge - Kiersteadville (John Rodger)
- Shediac Cape (Barbara Breau)
  Gray Jay / Mésangeai du Canada Kedgwick (Pat Emond)
  White-winged Crossbill / Bec-croisé bifascié Kedgwick (Pat Emond)
  Common Redpoll / Sizerin flammé Kedgwick (Pat Emond)
  Pine Siskin / Tarin des pins Kedgwick (Pat Emond)
  Evening Grosbeak / Gros-bec errant Kedgwick (Pat Emond)
  Pied-billed Grebe / Grèbe à bec bigarré Inkerman (Roland Robichaud, Denise Godin, Rosita Lanteigne, Jolande St-Pierre & Frank Branch)
  Rough-legged Hawk / Buse pattue Miscou (Roland Robichaud, Denise Godin, Rosita Lanteigne, Jolande St-Pierre & Frank Branch)
  Razorbill / Petit Pingouin Miscou (Roland Robichaud, Denise Godin, Rosita Lanteigne, Jolande St-Pierre & Frank Branch)
  Snowy Owl / Harfang des neiges Miscou & Le Goulet (Roland Robichaud, Denise Godin, Rosita Lanteigne, Jolande St-Pierre & Frank Branch)
  American Robin / Merle d'Amérique - Miscou (Roland Robichaud, Denise Godin, Rosita Lanteigne, Jolande St-Pierre & Frank Branch)
- Riverview (Anne Marsch)
  Bohemian Waxwing / Jaseur boréal Miscou (Roland Robichaud, Denise Godin, Rosita Lanteigne, Jolande St-Pierre & Frank Branch)
  Black-backed Woodpecker / Pic à dos noir Bas Cap-Pele (Onide Maurice)
 
Dec 1, 2011:
6:10 PM
72 species
Note: I'll try to create a detailed list of the species, location and observers for the first 72 species when I have a bit more time
 
 
Other changes and corrections   (Top of page)
 
Nov 29, 2011: Made changed to the NB Winter Bird List table in preparation for the 2011/2012 winter list.
Finalized the 2010/2011 Winter List - I had neglected to add 3 species to the 2010/2011 Winter List: ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (Paruline verdâtre), REDHEAD (Fuligule à tete rouge) and SNOW GOOSE (Oie des neiges)