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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. | ||
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Mar 15, 2013 7:30 PM 166 species |
Brown-headed Cowbird / Vacher à tête brune | - East Botsford (Ron Arsenault - Feb 26) |
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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) | |
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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) | |
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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 | ||
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 | |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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Nov 30, 2012: | Made changed to the NB Winter Bird List table in preparation for the 2012/2013 winter list. | |
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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) | ||
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