2022/2023 Updates

 
Updates for previous years
 
Additions to the 2022/2023 Winter Bird 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 7, 2023 Golden Eagle / Aigle royal - Tantramar Marsh (Roland Chiasson - Feb 15)
9:10 PM Hoary Redpoll / Sizerin blanchâtre - Oromocto (Natalie Rideout, Clara Thaysen - Feb 12)
173 species Common Yellowthroat / Paruline masquée - Sackville (Angela Thibodeau, Dodie Perkin - Jan 25)
 
 
Feb 20, 2023
10:00 PM
170 species
American Kestrel / Crécerelle d'Amérique - Evandale area (Scott Makepeace)
 
 
Feb 19, 2023
10:05 PM
169 species
Redhead / Fuligule à tête rouge - St. Stephen (Eric Marcum)
 
 
Jan 30, 2023 Brant / Bernache cravant - White Head Island (Roger Burrows - Jan 29)
10:50 PM Brewer's Sparrow / Bruant de Brewer - Quispamsis (Tracy and Tony Mass - Jan 25)   *** New Species for Winter List and NB (tentative ID)
168 species Eastern Meadowlark / Sturnelle des prés - Southern Head, Grand Manan (Jennifer Pierce - seen briefly but unidentified on Jan 9, relocated and identified by Mark Morse and Karen Miller on Jan 29)
 
 
Jan 18, 2023 Gyrfalcon / Faucon gerfaut - Stonehaven (Rosemonde Duguay)
9:15 PM
165 species
Cedar Waxwing / Jaseur d'Amérique - Moncton (Neil Vinson - Dec 17)
 
 
Jan 17, 2023
9:15 PM
163 species
Red-shouldered Hawk / Buse à épaulettes - Mazerolle Settlement (Don JJ Carroll - Jan 15)
 
 
Jan 12, 2023
10:00 PM
162 species
Ovenbird / Paruline couronnée - Burnt Church (Charles Savoy - Jan 10)
 
 
Jan 12, 2023
7:45 AM
Note: On Jan 11, I had added the Gyrfalcon seen on the Restigouche CBC to the list; however, I had forgotten that the Restigouche CBC circle extended into Quebec and it turns out the Gyrfalcon was actually observed on the Quebec side of the circle so I have removed it from the list
 
 
Jan 11, 2023 Northern Fulmar / Fulmar boréal - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Jan 10)
10:00 PM Great Shearwater / Puffin majeur - Bay of Fundy south of Grand Manan (Ralph Eldridge - Jan 7)
161 species
 
 
Jan 8, 2023
10:30 PM
159 species
Broad-winged Hawk / Petite Buse - Miramichi (Shaun O'Reilly - Dec 30)
 
 
Jan 6, 2023
9:45 PM
158 species
Yellow-throated Warbler / Paruline à gorge jaune - Islandview (observer name not disclosed for privacy)
 
 
Jan 5, 2023
10:00 PM
157 species
King Eider / Eider à tête grise - Pointe-du-Chêne (Rhonda Langelaan - Jan 4)
 
 
Jan 2, 2023
9:15 PM
156 species
Dovekie / Mergule nain - Bay of Fundy south of White Head Island (Karen Miller, Mark Morse)
 
 
Jan 1, 2023
11:20 PM
155 species
Little Gull / Mouette pygmée - The Whistle, Grand Manan (Karen Miller, Mark Morse)
 
 
Dec 28, 2022
9:30 PM
154 species
Clay-colored Sparrow / Bruant des plaines - Boundary Creek (Devin Johnstone - Dec 28)
 
 
Dec 27, 2022 Wilson's Snipe / Bécassine de Wilson - Saint John CBC (Alexander Dorman, Jim Wilson)
9:30 PM Gray Catbird / Moqueur chat - Miramichi (Shaun O'Reilly)
153 species Summer Tanager / Piranga vermillon - Deer Point, Campobello (Sandra Bourque, Marina Bourque - Dec 26)
 
 
Dec 19, 2022
11:00 pm
Killdeer / Pluvier kildir - Memramcook (Alain Clavette, Yannick Dupuis, Caroline Dupuis)
- Dorchester area (Louise Nichols, Jason Gallant)
150 species Pomarine Jaeger / Labbe pomarin - Shediac (Marc Leblanc, Mitch Doucet, Irene Doucet)
Long-eared Owl / Hibou moyen-duc - St. Leonard area (Roy LaPointe, Suzanne Légère - Dec 11)
Marsh Wren / Troglodyte des marais - Memramcook area (Marco Vachon)
Purple Finch / Roselin pourpré - Alma (Pauline McKinley - Dec 16)
Field Sparrow / Bruant des champs - Boudreau Ouest (Rose-Alma Mallet)
 
 
Dec 17, 2022 Green-tailed Towhee / Tohi à queue verte - Sackville (John Klymko, Beth MacDonald, Gianco Emanuel Angelozzi)
10:35 PM
144 species
 
 
Dec 15, 2022 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker / Pic maculé - Riverview (Jamie Burris, Karen Burris - Dec 14)
10:45 PM White-crowned Sparrow / Bruant à couronne blanche - Cape Tormentine CBC (waiting for details)
143 species
 
 
Dec 14, 2022 White-winged Crossbill / Bec-croisé bifascié - Fundy National Park (Roger Leblanc, Andrew Darcy - Dec 11)
11:45 PM
141 species
 
 
Dec 13, 2022 Lincoln's Sparrow / Bruant de Lincoln - White Head Island (Roger Burrows)
11:10 PM
140 species
 
 
Dec 11, 2022 Black-crowned Night-Heron / Bihoreau gris - Ingalls Head, Grand Manan (Mark Morse)
10:00 PM Mountain Bluebird / Merlebleu azuré - Little Shemogue (Shawn Chapman)
139 species
 
 
Dec 10, 2022 Snowy Owl / Harfang des neiges - Four Road (Marie-Eve La Ferrière, Denis Mallet - Dec 9)
8:00 PM Red-headed Woodpecker / Pic à tête rouge - Grand Manan (Nelly Huckins)
137 species Eastern Bluebird / Merlebleu de l'Est - Little Lepreau (Shari Foley)
 
 
Dec 8, 2022 Ruddy Duck / Érismature rousse - Sussex (Marc Leblanc)
8:00 PM Savannah Sparrow / Bruant des prés - Riverview (Brian Stone - Dec 6)
134 species
 
 
Dec 7, 2022 Belted Kingfisher / Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique - Upper Cape (Marc Leblanc)
10:00 PM
132 species
 
 
Dec 5, 2022 Wild Turkey / Dindon sauvage - Smithfield (Nathan Staples)
10:10 PM Spruce Grouse / Tétras du Canada - Kouchibouguac National Park (Pam Watters)
131 species Thick-billed Murre / Guillemot de Brünnich - White Head Ferry (Roger Burrows)
Chipping Sparrow / Bruant familier - Moncton (Nelson Poirier - Dec 4)
Yellow-rumped Warbler / Paruline à croupion jaune - Cap Lumière (Robert Shortall)
 
 
Dec 4, 2022 Red-necked Grebe / Grèbe jougris - Cap Pele (Normand Belliveau, Gilles Belliveau, Caroline Arsenault)
10:45 PM Barred Owl / Chouette rayée - Campobello (Joe Cleaves)
126 species Northern Shrike / Pie-grièche boréale - Taymouth (Julie Singleton)
American Pipit / Pipit d'Amérique - White Head Island (Roger Burrows)
Red Crossbill / Bec-croisé des sapins - Campobello (Joe Cleaves)
Pine Warbler / Paruline des pins - Riverview (Laurie Pringle)
- North Head, Grand Manan (Karen Miller, Mark Morse)
 
 
Dec 3, 2022 White-rumped Sandpiper / Bécasseau à croupion blanc - Cormierville (Louis-Émile Cormier)
9:40 PM
120 species
Cooper's Hawk / Épervier de Cooper - Dieppe (Pierre Janin)
- Cocagne (Stuart Tingley)
Northern Flicker / Pic flamboyant - Sainte-Anne, Gloucester Cty (Amanda Dale)
Boreal Chickadee / Mésange à tête brune - Fundy National Park (Brian Farrell - Dec 2)
- Saint-Basile (Denise Boudreau)
Tufted Titmouse / Mésange bicolore - Westmorland County (property owner does not want their name and location disclosed)
Lapland Longspur / Plectrophane lapon - Taylor Village (Alain Clavette)
Swamp Sparrow / Bruant des marais - Moncton (Marc Poirier)
Palm Warbler / Paruline à couronne rousse - Dorchester (Normand Belliveau, Gilles Belliveau)
 
 
Dec 2, 2022 Wood Duck / Canard branchu - Miramichi (Peter Gadd, Deanna Gadd)
10:25 PM American Coot / Foulque d'Amérique - Saint John (Jean Blanchard)
112 species Purple Sandpiper / Bécasseau violet - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 1)
- Bay of Fundy off White Head Island (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 2)
American Woodcock / Bécasse d'Amérique - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 1)
Common Murre / Guillemot marmette - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 1)
Razorbill / Petit Pingouin - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 1)
- Bay of Fundy off White Head Island (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 2)
Atlantic Puffin / Macareux moine - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 1)
Black-legged Kittiwake / Mouette tridactyle - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 1)
- Bay of Fundy off White Head Island (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 2)
Lesser Black-backed Gull / Goéland brun - Long Eddy Point, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows)
Glaucous Gull / Goéland bourgmestre - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 1)
- Miramichi (Peter Gadd, Deanna Gadd, Pam Watters - Dec 2)
Northern Gannet / Fou de Bassan - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 1)
- Bay of Fundy off White Head Island (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 2)
- Long Eddy Point, Grand Manan (Roger Burrows - Dec 2)
Great Cormorant / Grand Cormoran - Machias Seal Island (Ralph Eldridge - Dec 1)
- Bay of Fundy off White Head Island (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 2)
Great Egret / Grande Aigrette - Sackville (Angela Thibodeau)
Northern Goshawk / Autour des palombes - Mascarene area (Todd Watts)
Great Horned Owl / Grand-duc d'Amérique - Dieppe (Caroline Arsenault)
Short-eared Owl / Hibou des marais - Riverview (Normand Belliveau, Gilles Belliveau, Caroline Arsenault)
Northern Saw-whet Owl / Petite Nyctale - Grand Manan (Karen Miller, Mark Morse)
Black-backed Woodpecker / Pic à dos noir - Harvey (Albert Cty) (Donald Pellerin, Dorca Pellerin)
Eastern Phoebe / Moucherolle phébi - Fredericton (Don Gibson)
Canada Jay / Mésangeai du Canada - Saint John (Jean Finn-Allen)
House Finch / Roselin familier - Riverview (Carolyn Jayner)
Common Redpoll / Sizerin flammé - Waterside (Barb Curlew)
 
 
Dec 1, 2022 Winter Wren / Troglodyte des forêts - Woodwards Cove, Grand Manan (Mark Morse)
11:10 PM Carolina Wren / Troglodyte de Caroline - Fredericton (Don Gibson)
90 species Pine Siskin / Tarin des pins - Memramcook (Yolande Leblanc)
 
 
Dec 1, 2022 Northern Pintail / Canard pilet - Eel River (Andrew Olive)
10:00 PM Ring-necked Pheasant / Faisan de Colchide - Cormierville (Stuart Tingley)
87 species Dunlin / Bécasseau variable - Cormierville (Stuart Tingley)
Black Guillemot / Guillemot à miroir - Neguac (Rosemonde Duguay, Corinne Degrâce, Jolande St-Pierre)
Turkey Vulture / Urubu à tête rouge - Quispamsis (Karen Miller)
Northern Harrier / Busard des marais - Aulac (Patrick Nadeau, Amy-Lee Kouwenberg, Graham Sorenson, Lucas Berrigan)
Rough-legged Hawk / Buse pattue - St-Léonard (Louise Duguay)
Horned Lark / Alouette hausse-col - Eel River Cove (Andrew Olive)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet / Roitelet à couronne rubis - Neguac (Rosemonde Duguay, Corinne Degrâce, Jolande St-Pierre)
Brown Thrasher / Moqueur roux - Doaktown (Marshal and Anna Gaston)
Northern Mockingbird / Moqueur polyglotte - Chatam (Sonya Hinds)
Snow Bunting / Plectrophane des neiges - several (several)
Eastern Towhee / Tohi à flancs roux - Pointe à Bouleau (Rosemonde Duguay, Corinne Degrâce, Jolande St-Pierre)
Common Grackle / Quiscale bronzé - several (several)
 
 
Dec 1, 2022:
6:30 PM
73 species
This first update is just an preliminary update based on reports sent directly to me. I haven't had time to go through all the social media posts and eBird checklists yet so there will be a more complete update posted later tonight once I've had a chance to go through all the data.

Also, due to the quantity of species reported in the first update, I will only include the list of species (with no additional details) that were included in this first update and will add that later tonight or in the coming days.

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
Green-winged Teal / Sarcelle d'hiver
Ring-necked Duck / Fuligule à collier
Greater Scaup / Fuligule milouinan
Lesser Scaup / Petit Fuligule
Common Eider / Eider à duvet
Harlequin Duck / Arlequin plongeur
Surf Scoter / Macreuse à front blanc
White-winged Scoter / Macreuse à ailes blanches
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
Ruffed Grouse / Gélinotte huppée
Horned Grebe / Grèbe esclavon
Rock Pigeon / Pigeon biset
Mourning Dove / Tourterelle triste
Bonaparte's Gull / Mouette de Bonaparte
Ring-billed Gull / Goéland à bec cerclé
Herring Gull / Goéland argenté
Iceland Gull / Goéland arctique
Great Black-backed Gull / Goéland marin
Red-throated Loon / Plongeon catmarin
Common Loon / Plongeon huard
Double-crested Cormorant / Cormoran à aigrettes
Great Blue Heron / Grand Héron
Sharp-shinned Hawk / Épervier brun
Bald Eagle / Pygargue à tête blanche
Red-tailed Hawk / Buse à queue rousse
Red-bellied Woodpecker / Pic à ventre roux
Downy Woodpecker / Pic mineur
Hairy Woodpecker / Pic chevelu
Pileated Woodpecker / Grand Pic
Merlin / Faucon émerillon
Peregrine Falcon / Faucon pèlerin
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
Hermit Thrush / Grive solitaire
American Robin / Merle d'Amérique
European Starling / Étourneau sansonnet
Bohemian Waxwing / Jaseur boréal
House Sparrow / Moineau domestique
Evening Grosbeak / Gros-bec errant
Pine Grosbeak / Durbec des sapins
American Goldfinch / Chardonneret jaune
Fox Sparrow / Bruant fauve
American Tree Sparrow / Bruant hudsonien
Dark-eyed Junco / Junco ardoisé
White-throated Sparrow / Bruant à gorge blanche
Song Sparrow / Bruant chanteur
Yellow-breasted Chat / Ictérie polyglotte
Baltimore Oriole / Oriole de Baltimore
Red-winged Blackbird / Carouge à épaulettes
Brown-headed Cowbird / Vacher à tête brune
Rusty Blackbird / Quiscale rouilleux
Orange-crowned Warbler / Paruline verdâtre
Northern Cardinal / Cardinal rouge
Dickcissel / Dickcissel d'Amérique