Appendix A.  Bird List

During our trip we encountered 242 bird species, all but Lark Sparrow within the Manitoba province. In the list below, numbers following the name represent the number of locations we found the species. Multiple locations were visited each day and some locations, especially in Churchill, were visited on several days.

Waterfowl
Snow Goose 5
Cackling Goose 1
Canada Goose 44
Tundra Swan 5
Wood Duck 1
Gadwall 10
American Wigeon 12
American Black Duck 6
Mallard 35
Blue-winged Teal 11
Northern Shoveler 19
Northern Pintail 21
Green-winged Teal 16
Canvasback 16
Redhead 10
Ring-necked Duck 15
Greater Scaup 24
Lesser Scaup 8
Common Eider 10
Surf Scoter 6
White-winged Scoter 4
Black Scoter 3
Long-tailed Duck 6
Bufflehead 13
Common Goldeneye 20
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 18
Red-breasted Merganser 14
Ruddy Duck 7

Pheasants, Partridges, Grouse
Gray Partridge 4
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Ruffed Grouse 7
Spruce Grouse 1
Willow Ptarmigan 4
Sharp-tailed Grouse 7
Wild Turkey 3

Loons
Red-throated Loon 2
Pacific Loon 7
Common Loon 15

Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Horned Grebe 2
Red-necked Grebe 12
Eared Grebe 7
Western Grebe 3

Pelicans
American White Pelican 14

Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant 8

Herons
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 12
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2

New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture 3

Hawks, Eagles, Harriers
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 12
Northern Harrier 11
Cooper's Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Swainson's Hawk 6
Red-tailed Hawk 18
Ferruginous Hawk 1

Falcons
American Kestrel 11
Merlin 9

Rails
Yellow Rail 1
Virginia Rail 1
Sora 4
American Coot 7

Cranes
Sandhill Crane 8

Plovers
Black-bellied Plover 6
American Golden-Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 4
Killdeer 22

Avocets, Stilts
American Avocet 2

Waders
Spotted Sandpiper 8
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Upland Sandpiper 3
Whimbrel 5
Long-billed Curlew 1
Hudsonian Godwit 13
Marbled Godwit 3
Ruddy Turnstone 7
Red Knot 1
Sanderling 9
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 1
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Baird's Sandpiper 5
Pectoral Sandpiper 3
Dunlin 2
Stilt Sandpiper 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 10
Long-billed Dowitcher 2
Wilson's Snipe 10
Wilson's Phalarope 5
Red-necked Phalarope 11
Red Phalarope 2

Gulls
Franklin's Gull 13
Little Gull 5
Bonaparte's Gull 16
Ring-billed Gull 27
California Gull 1
Herring Gull 16
Sabine's Gull 1
Ross's Gull 1

Terns
Black Tern 10
Common Tern 3
Arctic Tern 17
Forster's Tern 3

Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger 4

Pigeons, Doves
Rock Pigeon 5
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Mourning Dove 10

Typical Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl 3
Great Horned Owl 1
Northern Hawk Owl 2
Burrowing Owl 1
Great Gray Owl 3
Long-eared Owl 1
Short-eared Owl 11
Boreal Owl 1

Nightjars
Common Nighthawk 4

Swifts
Chimney Swift 1

Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 7

Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher 6

Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 2
American Three-toed Woodpecker 3
Black-backed Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 21
Pileated Woodpecker 7

Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Alder Flycatcher 10
Least Flycatcher 11
Eastern Phoebe 9
Say's Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Western Kingbird 7
Eastern Kingbird 8

Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Northern Shrike 3

Vireos
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 4
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 18

Crows, Jays, Magpies
Gray Jay 10
Blue Jay 4
Black-billed Magpie 11
American Crow 21
Common Raven 35

Larks
Horned Lark 6

Swallows, Martins
Purple Martin 5
Tree Swallow 15
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Bank Swallow 4
Cliff Swallow 7
Barn Swallow 20

Chickadees
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Boreal Chickadee 4

Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 10

Wrens
House Wren 1
Sedge Wren 2
Marsh Wren 6

Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4

Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird 3
Mountain Bluebird 2
Veery 4
Swainson's Thrush 5
Hermit Thrush 6
American Robin 27

Mockingbirds
Gray Catbird 8
Brown Thrasher 1

Starlings
European Starling 12

Pipits
American Pipit 5
Sprague's Pipit 1

Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing 1
Cedar Waxwing 4

New World Warblers
Golden-winged Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 7
Orange-crowned Warbler 4
Nashville Warbler 2
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 31
Chestnut-sided Warbler 9
Magnolia Warbler 4
Cape May Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 7
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Blackburnian Warbler 5
Bay-breasted Warbler 5
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 4
American Redstart 11
Ovenbird 12
Northern Waterthrush 5
Connecticut Warbler 1
Mourning Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 13

Sparrows
Eastern Towhee 2
American Tree Sparrow 8
Chipping Sparrow 19
Clay-colored Sparrow 14
Vesper Sparrow 1
Lark Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 25
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 3
Fox Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 7
Lincoln's Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 19
White-crowned Sparrow 18
Dark-eyed Junco 11
Lapland Longspur 8
Smith's Longspur 1
Chestnut-collared Longspur 1
Snow Bunting 6

Grosbeaks
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 1

New World Orioles
Bobolink 7
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Western Meadowlark 11
Yellow-headed Blackbird 9
Rusty Blackbird 5
Brewer's Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 9
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 5

Finches
Pine Grosbeak 4
Purple Finch 4
House Finch 1
White-winged Crossbill 1
Common Redpoll 10
Hoary Redpoll 3
Pine Siskin 4
American Goldfinch 14
Evening Grosbeak 4

Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow 14

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