2012/2013 Updates

 
Other changes and corrections
Updates for other years
 
Additions to the 2012/2013 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.
 
Mar 15, 2013
7:30 PM
166 species
Brown-headed Cowbird / Vacher à tête brune - East Botsford (Ron Arsenault - Feb 26)
 
Jan 30, 2013
Wilson's Snipe / Bécassine de Wilson - Landry Office (Gilles Landry - seen early Dec)
8:30 PM Northern Saw-whet Owl / Petite Nyctale - Fredericton CBC (fide Ron Wilson - seen during CBC Period)
165 species Varied Thrush / Grive à collier - Codys (Christine Hayes - seen Jan 23)
Cedar Waxwing / Jaseur d'Amérique - Fredericton CBC, Campbellton CBC and Blacks Harbour CBC (various observers - seen during CBC period)
 
Dec 31, 2012 Golden Eagle / Aigle royal - Tantramar Marsh (Caroline Arsenault, Joel Daigle - seen Dec 16)
10:35 AM Ovenbird / Paruline couronnée - The Glades, Peticodiac area (Debbie Black - seen Dec 30)
161 species White-crowned Sparrow / Bruant à couronne blanche - Pointe Verte (Roger Guitard - Dec 23)
Painted Bunting / Passerin nonpareil - Grande-Anse (Roland Robichaud - seen Dec 27)
 
Dec 23, 2012 Lapland Longspur / Plectrophane lapon - St. Martins CBC (Jane and Ed LeBlanc - seen Dec 16)
10:30 AM Chipping Sparrow / Bruant familier - Scoudouc (Normand and Gilles Belliveau - seen Dec 23)
157 species
 
Dec 22, 2012 Eurasian Wigeon / Canard siffleur - White Head Island (Roger Burrows - seen Dec 17)
9:30 AM Cooper's Hawk / Épervier de Cooper - Fredericton (Ron Wilson - seen Dec 15)
155 species Gyrfalcon / Faucon gerfaut - White Head Island (Roger Burrows - seen Dec 17)
  Ivory Gull / Mouette blanche - Maisonnette (Frank Branch, Denise Godin - seen Dec 18)
  Black-backed Woodpecker / Pic à dos noir - Edmunston CBC (Martin Turgeon, Gisèle Thibodeau - seen Dec 16)
  Winter Wren / Troglodyte des forêts - North Head, Grand Manan (Merv Cormier, Richard Blacquiere - seen Dec 16)
  Marsh Wren / Troglodyte des marais - Dieppe (Normand Belliveau, Caroline Arsenault - seen Dec 18)
  Eastern Bluebird / Merlebleu de l'Est - Seal Cove, Grand Manan (Krista Harvey - seen Dec 16)
- Douglas (Bev Schneider - seen Dec 16)
  Brown Thrasher / Moqueur roux - Richibucto (Daniel Richard - seen Dec 19)
  Rusty Blackbird / Quiscale rouilleux - Miscou (fide Steeve Miousse - seen Dec 15)
  Baltimore Oriole / Oriole de Baltimore - Ingall's Head, Grand Manan (fide Durlan Ingersoll - seen Dec 6)
 
Dec 14, 2012 King Eider / Eider à tête grise - White Head Island (Roger Burrows - seen Dec 9)
4:45 PM Great Egret / Grande Aigrette - Minto area (Ron Powers - seen Dec 5)
144 species Northern Hawk Owl / Chouette épervière - Inkerman area (fide Rosita Lanteigne)
  Long-eared Owl / Hibou moyen-duc - Moncton area (Ron Arsenault - heard Dec 10)
 
Dec 8, 2012 Canvasback / Fuligule à dos blanc - Belledune (Roger Guitard)
9:30 PM Ring-necked Duck / Fuligule à collier - Sheffield (Don Gibson)
140 species Pied-billed Grebe / Grèbe à bec bigarré - Kouchibouguac National Park (Mike Leblanc, Denis Doucet)
  Broad-winged Hawk / Petite Buse - Pennfield Corner (Ralph Eldridge - seen Dec 6)
  Dunlin / Bécasseau variable - Cormierville (Stuart Tingley - seen Dec 7)
  Lesser Black-backed Gull / Goéland brun - Moncton (Caroline Arsenault)
  Snowy Owl / Harfang des neiges - Belledune (Roger Guitard)
  Common Yellowthroat / Paruline masquée - Riverview (Norm and Gilles Belliveau)
  Eastern Towhee / Tohi à flancs roux - St George (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 7)
  Savannah Sparrow / Bruant des prés - St George (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 7)
 
Dec 6, 2012 Ruddy Duck / Érismature rousse - Cormierville (Louis-Émile Cormier)
10:00 PM Black-headed Gull / Mouette rieuse - Long Eddy Point (Roger Burrows)
130 species Atlantic Puffin / Macareux moine - Long Eddy Point (Roger Burrows)
  Barred Owl / Chouette rayée - Quispamsis (Joanne Savage - heard on Dec 5)
  Boreal Owl / Nyctale de Tengmalm - St. Quentin area (fide Roy LaPointe - Dec 2)
  Yellow-breasted Chat / Paruline polyglotte - Saint John (fide Jim Wilson - seen on Dec 5)
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak / Cardinal à poitrine rose - Lower Queensbury (Don Floyd and Sally Atwater - seen Dec 1)
 
Dec 4, 2012 Snow Goose / Oie des neiges - Moncton (Gilles Bourque)
11:05 PM Brant / Bernache cravant - White Head Island (Roger Burrows)
123 species Harlequin Duck / Arlequin plongeur - White Head Island (Roger Burrows)
  Pomarine Jaeger / Labbe pomarin - Bay of Fundy, off Grand Manan (Durlan Ingersol)
  Dovekie / Mergule nain - Bay of Fundy, off Grand Manan (Durlan Ingersol)
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet / Roitelet à couronne rubis - Hampton area (Joanne Savage, Merv Cormier)
- Riverview (Norm and Gilles Belliveau, Rose-Alma Mallet, Caroline Arsenault, Stuart Tingley)
  American Pipit / Pipit d'Amérique - White Head Island (Roger Burrows)
  Orange-crowned Warbler / Paruline verdâtre - Harvey, Albert County (Norm and Gilles Belliveau, Rose-Alma Mallet, Caroline Arsenault, Stuart Tingley)
  Lark Sparrow / Bruant à joues marron - Saint John (Jim Wilson)
  Lincoln's Sparrow / Bruant de Lincoln - Riverview (Stuart Tingley)
  Swamp Sparrow / Bruant des marais - White Head Island (Roger Burrows)
- Riverview (Stuart Tingley)
  Note: The Dec 2, 2012 transcript of the Nature Moncton Info Line indicated that there was a White-crowned Sparrow in Yolande Leblanc's yard in Memramcook.   Since Yolande had previously reported a White-throated Sparrow in her yard, I decided to verify the ID with her and she indicated that the bird is indeed a White-throated Sparrow so I have removed the White-crowned Sparrow from the list for 2012/2013
 
Dec 3, 2012 Red-necked Grebe / Grèbe jougris - Cap Bimet (Norm & Gilles Belliveau, Rose-Alma Mallet)
- Cap Lumière (Louis-Émile Cormier)
9:05 PM Great Cormorant / Grand Cormoran - Bancroft Point, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
113 species Northern Goshawk / Autour des palombes - St Martins (Ted Sears)
  American Kestrel / Crécerelle d'Amérique - Knightville (Jim Brown)
  Sanderling / Bécasseau sanderling - Petit Cap (Stuart Tingley)
  White-rumped Sandpiper / Bécasseau à croupion blanc - Petit Cap (Stuart Tingley)
  Belted Kingfisher / Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique - Little Shemogue (Norm and Gilles Belliveau, Rose-Alma Mallet)
- Bouctouche (Louis-Émile Cormier)
  Gray Jay / Mésangeai du Canada - Cambridge-Narrows (Joyce Robinson)
  Gray Catbird / Moqueur chat - Prince William (David Myles)
  Purple Finch / Roselin pourpré - Pancake Hill, Kingston Peninsula (Allen Gorham)
- Cape Tormentine (Norm and Gilles Belliveau, Rose-Alma Mallet)
 
Dec 2, 2012: Northern Pintail / Canard pilet - Shediac (Norm & Gilles Belliveau, Rose-Alma Mallet, Stuart Tingley)
9:15 PM Northern Gannet / Fou de Bassan - Red Point, Grand Manan (Durlan Ingersol)
- Long Eddy Point, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
103 species Great Blue Heron / Grand Héron - Bouctouche (Norm & Gilles Belliveau, Rose-Alma Mallet, Stuart Tingley)
  Turkey Vulture / Urubu à tête rouge - Quispamsis (Jennifer Day-Elgee)
  Red-tailed Hawk / Buse à queue rousse - Cape Tormentine area (Roger Leblanc, Alain Clavette - seen Dec 1)
  Merlin / Faucon émerillon - Saint Thomas (Norm & Gilles Belliveau, Rose-Alma Mallet, Stuart Tingley)
  Purple Sandpiper / Bécasseau violet - Johnson's Mills (Kathy Popma)
  Little Gull / Mouette pygmée - Long Eddy Point, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
  Glaucous Gull / Goéland bourgmestre - Long Eddy Point, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
  Black-legged Kittiwake / Mouette tridactyle - Long Eddy Point, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
  Common Murre / Guillemot marmette - Long Eddy Point, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
  Thick-billed Murre / Guillemot de Brünnich - Long Eddy Point, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
  Razorbill / Petit Pingouin - Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan (fide Laurie Murison - seen Dec 1)
  Black Guillemot / Guillemot à miroir - Four Roads (Frank Branch, Michel Chiasson, Denise Godin, Rosita Lanteigne, Michel Roy, Jolande St-Pierre - seen Dec 1)
  Horned Lark / Alouette hausse-col - Fredericton (Ron Wilson - seen Dec 1)
  Boreal Chickadee / Mésange à tête brune - Cape Tormentine area (Roger Leblanc, Alain Clavette - seen Dec 1)
  Carolina Wren / Troglodyte de Caroline - Fredericton (Don Gibson)
  Dickcissel / Dickcissel d'Amérique - Harvey, Albert County (John Inman - seen Dec 1)
  Red-winged Blackbird / Carouge à épaulettes - Harvey, Albert County (David Christie - seen Dec 1)
  Hoary Redpoll / Sizerin blanchâtre - St Leonard (Roy and Charlotte LaPointe - seen Dec 1)
 
Dec 1, 2012: Northern Shoveler / Canard souchet - Saint John (Jim Wilson and Merv Cormier)
- Bouctouche (Louis-Émile Cormier, Donald Pellerin, Dorca Pellerin)
11:15 PM Lesser Scaup / Petit Fuligule - Saint John (Jim Wilson and Merv Cormier)
- Bouctouche (Louis-Émile Cormier, Donald Pellerin, Dorca Pellerin)
82 species Bufflehead / Petit Garrot - Darling's Island (Joanne Savage)
- Saint John (Jim Wilson and Merv Cormier)
- Cocagne (Louis-Émile Cormier, Donald Pellerin, Dorca Pellerin)
  Snowy Egret / Aigrette neigeuse - Saint John (Jim Wilson and Merv Cormier)
Note: this is the first time this species is observed during the winter list period since we began in 1996.
  Northern Harrier / Busard St-Martin - Riverview Marsh (Caroline Arsenault)
  Sharp-shinned Hawk / Épervier brun - Saint John (Jim Wilson)
  American Coot / Foulque d'Amérique - Saint John (Jim Wilson and Merv Cormier)
  Bonaparte's Gull / Mouette de Bonaparte - Saint John (Jim Wilson and Merv Cormier)
- Bouctouche (Louis-Émile Cormier, Donald Pellerin, Dorca Pellerin)
  Great Horned Owl / Grand-duc d'Amérique - Sheffield (Don Gibson)
  Northern Shrike / Pie-grièche grise - Lower Jemseg (Don Gibson)
- Saint John (Jim Wilson and Merv Cormier)
- Cocagne (Louis-Émile Cormier, Donald Pellerin, Dorca Pellerin)
  Snow Bunting / Plectrophane des neiges - Tantramar Marsh (Ron Arsenault)
  Fox Sparrow / Bruant fauve - Miramichi (Deana Gadd)
  White-throated Sparrow / Bruant à gorge blanche - Saint John (Jim Wilson and Merv Cormier)
- Moncton (Janet MacMillan)
  Common Grackle / Quiscale bronzé - Campbellton (Margaret Doyle)
  White-winged Crossbill / Bec-croisé bifascié - St Edouard (Louis-Émile Cormier, Donald Pellerin, Dorca Pellerin)
  House Sparrow / Moineau domestique - Saint John (Jim Wilson and Merv Cormier)
- Moncton (Janet MacMillan)
 
Dec 1, 2012:
6:40 PM
66 species
Below is a list of the species reported as of 6:40pm on Dec 1 - I'll include more details about location and observers on subsequent updates

Canada Goose / Bernache du Canada
Gadwall / Canard chipeau
American Wigeon / Canard d'Amérique
American Black Duck / Canard noir
Mallard / Canard colvert
Green-winged Teal / Sarcelle d'hiver
Greater Scaup / Fuligule milouinan
Common Eider / Eider à duvet
Surf Scoter / Macreuse à front blanc
White-winged Scoter / Macreuse brune
Black Scoter / Macreuse noire
Long-tailed Duck / Harelde kakawi
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
Ruffed Grouse / Gélinotte huppée
Spruce Grouse / Tétras du Canada
Red-throated Loon / Plongeon catmarin
Common Loon / Plongeon huard
Horned Grebe / Grèbe esclavon
Great Shearwater / Puffin majeur
Double-crested Cormorant / Cormoran à aigrettes
Bald Eagle / Pygargue à tête blanche
Rough-legged Hawk / Buse pattue
Peregrine Falcon / Faucon pèlerin
Ring-billed Gull / Goéland à bec cerclé
Herring Gull / Goéland argenté
Iceland Gull / Goéland arctique
Great Black-backed Gull / Goéland marin
Rock Pigeon / Pigeon biset
Mourning Dove / Tourterelle triste
Short-eared Owl / Hibou des marais
Red-bellied Woodpecker / Pic à ventre roux
Downy Woodpecker / Pic mineur
Hairy Woodpecker / Pic chevelu
Northern Flicker / Pic flamboyant
Pileated Woodpecker / Grand Pic
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
White-breasted Nuthatch / Sitelle à poitrine blanche
Brown Creeper / Grimpereau brun
Golden-crowned Kinglet / Roitelet à couronne dorée
American Robin / Merle d'Amérique
Northern Mockingbird / Moqueur polyglotte
European Starling / Étourneau sansonnet
Bohemian Waxwing / Jaseur boréal
Pine Warbler / Paruline des pins
American Tree Sparrow / Bruant hudsonien
Song Sparrow / Bruant chanteur
Dark-eyed Junco / Junco ardoisé
Northern Cardinal / Cardinal rouge
Blue Grosbeak / Guiraca bleu
Yellow-rumped Warbler / Paruline à croupion jaune
Pine Grosbeak / Durbec des sapins
House Finch / Roselin familier
Red Crossbill / Bec-croisé des sapins
Common Redpoll / Sizerin flammé
Pine Siskin / Tarin des pins
American Goldfinch / Chardonneret jaune
Evening Grosbeak / Gros-bec errant
 
 
Other changes and corrections   (Top of page)
 
Nov 30, 2012: Made changed to the NB Winter Bird List table in preparation for the 2012/2013 winter list.
 
Added Eurasian Wigeon / Canard siffleur to 2011/2012 list because I had forgotten to add it (Seen on Feb 20, 2012 on White Head Island by Alain Clavette, Roger Leblanc and Richard Perron)