2019/2020 Updates

Note: there were a few minor changes related to taxonomy Updates including a French name change for White-winged Scoter.
If you want to know the details, click on the Name & Taxonomy Changes on the menu bar at the top.
 
Updates for previous years
 
Additions to the 2019/2020 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 2, 2020 Long-eared Owl / Hibou moyen-duc - Quispamsis (Joanne Savage - Feb 6)
7:30 PM
163 species
 
 
Feb 9, 2020 Lapland Longspur / Plectrophane lapon - Trantramar Marsh (Kathy Popma - Feb 8)
8:35 AM
162 species
 
 
Jan 30, 2020 Red-shouldered Hawk / Buse à épaulettes - Renforth (Karen Miller)
8:35 PM
161 species
 
 
Jan 21, 2020 Brown-headed Cowbird / Vacher à tête brune - White Head Island (Roger Burrows)
9:30 PM
160 species
 
 
Jan 20, 2020 Lark Sparrow / Bruant à joues marron - Aulac (Judy Ward)
10:30 PM
159 species
 
 
Jan 19, 2020 Northern Saw-whet Owl / Petite Nyctale - Campbellton CBC (fide Margaret Doyle - during CBC count period )
9:00 PM Varied Thrush / Grive à collier - Grand Manan (Mark Morse - Jan 19)
158 species
 
 
Jan 9, 2020
10:20 PM
156 species
Wood Duck / Canard branchu - Quispamsis-Hampton CBC (Peter Wilshaw, Paul Clark - Jan 4)
 
 
Jan 6, 2020 American Kestrel / Crécerelle d'Amérique - Ministers Island (Ron Wilson - Jan 6)
8:40 PM Brown Thrasher / Moqueur roux - Youngs Cove (Theresa McCready - Jan 4)
155 species
 
 
Jan 3, 2020
11:20 PM
153 species
Black Vulture / Urubu noir - Quispamsis (Joanne Savage - Jan 3)
 
 
Jan 1, 2020
10:45 PM
152 species
Clay-colored Sparrow / Bruant des plaines - New River Beach (Tracey Lomax - Jan 1)
 
 
Dec 27, 2019
4:00 PM
151 species
Dovekie / Mergule nain - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 25)
 
 
Dec 24, 2019
10:15 PM
150 species
Northern Hawk Owl / Chouette épervière - Southeastern NB
Note: this record was found on eBird; however, eBird classifies this as a Sensitive Species and does not show any details on the observation except a very general location. I am only able to determine that it was seen during this winter list period by looking at the species map for this species and limiting the output to December 2019.
 
 
Dec 23, 2019 Brant / Bernache cravant - White Head Island (Roger Burrows - Dec 21)
7:15 PM Common Murre / Guillemot marmette - Grand Manan Ferry (Roger Burrows - Dec 23)
149 species Thick-billed Murre / Guillemot de Brünnich - Grand Manan Ferry (Roger Burrows - Dec 23)
Gyrfalcon / Faucon gerfaut - White Head Island (Roger Burrows - Dec 22)
 
 
Dec 21, 2019 Lincoln's Sparrow / Bruant de Lincoln - White Head Island (Roger Burrows)
9:30 PM Palm Warbler / Paruline à couronne rousse - White Head Island (Roger Burrows)
145 species
 
 
Dec 18, 2019 King Eider / Eider à tête grise - White Head Ferry (Roger Burrows - Dec 18)
8:45 PM Broad-winged Hawk / Petite Buse - Alma (Denis Doucet - Dec 17)
143 species Gray Catbird / Moqueur chat - Castalia (Rebecca Bainbridge - Dec 17)
 
 
Dec 16, 2019 Razorbill / Petit Pingouin - Bay of Fundy (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 12)
9:00 PM Atlantic Puffin / Macareux moine - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 16)
140 species Northern Fulmar / Fulmar boréal - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 15)
American Bittern / Butor d'Amérique - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 13)
Carolina Wren / Troglodyte de Caroline - Fredericton (Ann Morgan - Dec 12)
Common Redpoll / Sizerin flammé - Centre Village (Jaden Barney - Dec 15)
Eastern Meadowlark / Sturnelle des prés - Saint John (Jim Wilson, Katie Breneol - Dec 15)
Dickcissel / Dickcissel d'Amérique - Sackville CBC (John Klymko - Dec 14)
 
 
Dec 14, 2019 Marsh Wren / Troglodyte des marais - Dieppe (Normand Belliveau, Gilles Belliveau, Rose-Alma Mallet)
10:15 PM
132 species
 
 
Dec 13, 2019 Yellow-headed Blackbird / Carouge à tête jaune - Grey Rapids (Ruby and Carl Hallihan - Dec 11)
11:25 PM Baltimore Oriole / Oriole de Baltimore - Shediac (Marc Leblanc)
131 species
 
 
Dec 11, 2019 Chipping Sparrow / Bruant familier - Fundy National Park (Neil Vinson)
9:20 PM
129 species
 
 
Dec 10, 2019 Snow Goose / Oie des neiges - Grand Manan (Jennifer Ryder - Dec 8)
10:00 PM
128 species
 
 
Dec 8, 2019 Golden Eagle / Aigle royal - Tantramar Marsh (Shawn Chapman)
10:20 PM
127 species
 
 
Dec 7, 2019 Savannah Sparrow / Bruant des prés - Grande-Anse (Denise Godin, Jolande St-Pierre, Corinne DeGrâce, Louis Légère)
9:45 PM Prairie Warbler / Paruline des prés - Pointe-du-Chêne (Stuart Tingley, Rose-Alma Mallet)
126 species
 
 
Dec 6, 2019 Black-legged Kittiwake / Mouette tridactyle - The Whistle, Grand Manan (Jennifer Ryder)
10:00 PM Bohemian Waxwing / Jaseur boréal - Miramichi (Peter Gadd - Dec 2)
124 species Rusty Blackbird / Quiscale rouilleux - Geary (Bonnie Robertson)
Yellow-rumped Warbler / Paruline à croupion jaune - Johnston Point (Normand Belliveau, Cécile Léger, Rose-Alma Mallet, Raymonde Chartier, Donald Pellerin)
 
 
Dec 5, 2019 Sanderling / Bécasseau sanderling - Petit-Cap (Marc-André Villard)
10:00 PM
120 species
Lesser Black-backed Gull / Goéland brun - Grand Bay (Richard Blacquiere - Dec 4)
- Fredericton (Gilles Belliveau
Indigo Bunting / Passerin indigo - Moncton (Nelson Poirier)
 
 
Dec 4, 2019
8:00 PM
Red Crossbill / Bec-croisé des sapins - Fundy National Park (Neil Vinson)
- Campobello (Sandra Bourque, Susan Cline)
117 species Fox Sparrow / Bruant fauve - Fundy National Park (Neil Vinson)
Yellow-breasted Chat / Ictérie polyglotte - Castalia (Mark Morse)
Pine Warbler / Paruline des pins - Fundy National Park (Neil Vinson)
Yellow-throated Warbler / Paruline à gorge jaune - Saint John (Patricia Driscoll - Dec 3)
Black-throated Green Warbler / Paruline à gorge noire - Fundy National Park (Neil Vinson)
Western Tanager / Piranga à tête rouge - Saint John area (private residence - owners do not want location or name disclosed)
 
 
Dec 3, 2019 Horned Grebe / Grèbe esclavon - Saint Andrews area (Todd Watts)
10:30 PM Barred Owl / Chouette rayée - St. Martins (Jane LeBlanc)
110 species Merlin / Faucon émerillon - Fundy National Park (Neil Vinson)
Pine Grosbeak / Durbec des sapins - Memramcook area (Marco Vachon - Dec 2)
- Campbellton area (Andrew Olive)
 
 
Dec 2, 2019
11:00 PM
Northern Pintail / Canard pilet - Bouctouche (Stuart Tingley, Louis-Émile Cormier, Robert Shortall)
- Castalia, Grand Manan (Robert Hay)
106 species Green-winged Teal / Sarcelle d'hiver - Bouctouche (Stuart Tingley, Louis-Émile Cormier)
Greater Scaup / Fuligule milouinan - Cocagne (Stuart Tingley, Louis-Émile Cormier)
Northern Gannet / Fou de Bassan - Escuminac (Pam Watters, Phil Riebel - Dec 1)
Sharp-shinned Hawk / Épervier brun - Quispamsis (Jim Carroll)
Cooper's Hawk / Épervier de Cooper - Quispamsis (Jim Wilson)
Great Horned Owl / Grand-duc d'Amérique - Middle Sackville (Jaden Barney)
Belted Kingfisher / Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique - Bouctouche (Stuart Tingley, Louis-Émile Cormier)
- Petit-Gaspereau (Denise Godin, Jolande St-Pierre, Corinne DeGrâce)
Peregrine Falcon / Faucon pèlerin - Moncton (Gilles Belliveau, Normand Belliveau, Cécile Légère)
Boreal Chickadee / Mésange à tête brune - White Head Island (Mark Morse - Dec 1)
- Simonds (Jim Carroll)
White-breasted Nuthatch / Sitelle à poitrine blanche - Quispamsis (Joanne Savage - Dec 1)
Evening Grosbeak / Gros-bec errant - Allardville (Rosemonde Duguay)
Orange-crowned Warbler / Paruline verdâtre - White Head Island (Mark Morse - Dec 1)
Common Yellowthroat / Paruline masquée - Riverview (Gilles Belliveau, Normand Belliveau, Cécile Légère)
 
 
Dec 1, 2019:
11:50 PM
92 species
Due to the quantity of species reported on the first day, I'm not going to include details on each species reported at this time but if I can find time to do it later, I will try to do so.

Hooded Merganser / Harle couronné
Ruffed Grouse / Gélinotte huppée
Spruce Grouse / Tétras du Canada
Wild Turkey / Dindon sauvage
Red-necked Grebe / Grèbe jougris
American Woodcock / Bécasse d'Amérique
Great Cormorant / Grand Cormoran
Great Blue Heron / Grand Héron
Red-tailed Hawk / Buse à queue rousse
Rough-legged Hawk / Buse pattue
Short-eared Owl / Hibou des marais
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker / Pic maculé
Horned Lark / Alouette hausse-col
Pine Siskin / Tarin des pins
Northern Cardinal / Cardinal rouge
 
 
Dec 1, 2019:
6:35 PM
77 species
Due to the quantity of species reported in the first update, I'm not going to include details on each species reported; however, I did include details on the Pink-footed Goose sightings as it's a new species for the winter list.
Pink-footed Goose / Oie à bec court *** New Species for Winter List
- 1 at Newcastle Creek (Don Gibson)
- 2 at Cap Bateau (Rosita Lanteigne, Michel Chiasson, Denise Godin, Jolande St-Pierre, Louis Légère, Rosemonde Duguay, Corinne DeGrâce)

Canada Goose / Bernache du Canada
Northern Shoveler / Canard souchet
Gadwall / Canard chipeau
American Wigeon / Canard d'Amérique
Mallard / Canard colvert
American Black Duck / Canard noir
Ring-necked Duck / Fuligule à collier
Lesser Scaup / Petit Fuligule
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
Common Merganser / Grand Harle
Red-breasted Merganser / Harle huppé
Ring-necked Pheasant / Faisan de Colchide
Rock Pigeon / Pigeon biset
Mourning Dove / Tourterelle triste
Purple Sandpiper / Bécasseau violet
Black Guillemot / Guillemot à miroir
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 Gull / Goéland marin
Red-throated Loon / Plongeon catmarin
Common Loon / Plongeon huard
Double-crested Cormorant / Cormoran à aigrettes
Turkey Vulture / Urubu à tête rouge
Northern Harrier / Busard des marais
Northern Goshawk / Autour des palombes
Bald Eagle / Pygargue à tête blanche
Snowy Owl / Harfang des neiges
Red-bellied Woodpecker / Pic à ventre roux
Black-backed Woodpecker / Pic à dos noir
Downy Woodpecker / Pic mineur
Hairy Woodpecker / Pic chevelu
Northern Flicker / Pic flamboyant
Pileated Woodpecker / Grand Pic
Northern Shrike / Pie-grièche boréale
Canada Jay / Mésangeai du Canada
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
Winter Wren / Troglodyte des forêts
Golden-crowned Kinglet / Roitelet à couronne dorée
Ruby-crowned Kinglet / Roitelet à couronne rubis
Eastern Bluebird / Merlebleu de l'Est
Hermit Thrush / Grive solitaire
American Robin / Merle d'Amérique
Northern Mockingbird / Moqueur polyglotte
European Starling / Étourneau sansonnet
Cedar Waxwing / Jaseur d'Amérique
House Sparrow / Moineau domestique
American Pipit / Pipit d'Amérique
House Finch / Roselin familier
Purple Finch / Roselin pourpré
White-winged Crossbill / Bec-croisé bifascié
American Goldfinch / Chardonneret jaune
Snow Bunting / Plectrophane des neiges
American Tree Sparrow / Bruant hudsonien
Dark-eyed Junco / Junco ardoisé
White-throated Sparrow / Bruant à gorge blanche
Song Sparrow / Bruant chanteur
Swamp Sparrow / Bruant des marais
Eastern Towhee / Tohi à flancs roux
Red-winged Blackbird / Carouge à épaulettes
Common Grackle / Quiscale bronzé