Flora & Fauna - Bird Checklist

Report:                      Texas to Newfoundland, 2000

This list includes all bird species Bert identified along the trip.  Date and location refers to the first sighting.  Additional sightings are identified by state or province or country, listed in the order of our visit.  TX=Texas, AR=Arkansas, TN=Tennessee, KY=Kentucky, OH=Ohio, ON=Ontario, QU=Quebec, NB=New Brunswick, PE=Prince Edward Island, NF=Newfoundland, LB=Labrador, SPM=St. Piere et Miquelon, NS=Nova Scotia.

Observer:                  Bert Frenz

Date Range:               May 8 to August 28, 2000

Species Observed:    218 total

USA=65; Canada=207 with Ontario=112, Quebec=73, New Brunswick=89, Prince Edward Island=76, Newfoundland/Labrador=103, Nova Scotia=79; St. Pierre et Miquelon=11.

Loons
Common Loon - 5/18/2000, ON, Niagara Falls: ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/LB/NS

Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe - 6/24/2000, NF, Loch Lomond: NB/NF
Horned Grebe - 8/28/2000, NB, Campobello Island
Red-necked Grebe - 7/3/2000, NF, Anchor Point

Shearwaters and Petrels
Northern Fulmar - 6/23/2000, NF, Cabot Strait ferry: NF/SPM
Cory's Shearwater - 7/29/2000, NF, Argentia ferry
Greater Shearwater - 6/23/2000, NF, Cabot Strait ferry: NF/SPM
Sooty Shearwater - 6/23/2000, NF, Cabot Strait ferry
Manx Shearwater - 7/29/2000, NF, Argentia ferry

Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 6/23/2000, NF, Cabot Strait ferry
Leach's Storm-Petrel - 7/29/2000, NF, Argentia ferry

Gannets
Northern Gannet - 5/31/2000, QU, Grand-Metis: QU/NB/PE/NF/LB/NS

Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/ON/NB/PE/NF/NS
Great Cormorant - 6/13/2000, PE, Cape Tryon: PE/NF/SPM/NS

Heron, Egrets and Bitterns
American Bittern - 6/29/2000, NF, L'Anse-aux-Meadows
Great Blue Heron - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/ON/QU/NB/PE/NS
Great Egret - 5/13/2000, OH, Toledo
Green Heron - 5/9/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/ON

Vultures
Turkey Vulture - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/ON/QU/NB

Waterfowl
Greater White-fronted Goose - 6/19/2000, PE, Harvey Moore WMA
Snow Goose - 5/27/2000, QU, Quebec
Canada Goose - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/ON/QU/NB/PE/NS
Mute Swan - 5/15/2000, ON, Hillman Marsh
Wood Duck - 6/8/2000, NB, Kouchibouguac National Park: NB/NS
Gadwall - 6/11/2000, PE, Summerside
American Wigeon - 6/6/2000, NB, Kouchibouguac National Park: NB/PE/NF
American Black Duck - 6/4/2000, NB, Sugarloaf Provincial Park: NB/PE/NF/LB/NS
Mallard - 5/14/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park: ON/QU/NB/PE
Blue-winged Teal - 6/12/2000, PE, Prince Edward Island National Park
Northern Shoveler - 5/26/2000, QU, Pointe du Lac
Green-winged Teal - 6/26/2000, NF, Port au Port peninsula
Ring-necked Duck - 6/5/2000, NB, Sugarloaf Provincial Park: NB/PE/NF/NS
Greater Scaup - 6/19/2000, PE, Cove Head Bay: PE/LB
Common Eider - 5/31/2000, QU, Gaspesie Peninsula: QU/NB/PE/NF/LB/NS
Harlequin Duck - 6/2/2000, QU, Bonaventure Island
Surf Scoter - 6/2/2000, QU, Perce: QU/NB/LB
White-winged Scoter - 5/31/2000, QU, Grand-Metis: QU/NF
Common Goldeneye - 6/4/2000, NB, Sugarloaf Provincial Park
Common Merganser - 5/18/2000, ON, Niagara Falls: ON/QU
Red-breasted Merganser - 6/8/2000, NB, Kouchibouguac National Park: NB/NF/LB/NS

Hawks, Eagles and Kites
Osprey - 5/29/2000, QU, Le Chute Montmorency: QU/NB/PE/NF/NS
Mississippi Kite - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park
Bald Eagle - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park: ON/NB/PE/NF/NS
Northern Harrier - 5/23/2000, ON, Mississippi River: ON/NB/PE/NF/NS
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 8/19/2000, NS, Grand Pre: NB/NS
Northern Goshawk - 7/12/2000, NF, Terra Nova National Park
Red-shouldered Hawk - 6/5/2000, NB, Hwy 117 along coast
Broad-winged Hawk - 5/22/2000, ON, Redstone Lake
Red-tailed Hawk - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park: ON/PE/NS

Falcons
American Kestrel - 5/13/2000, ON, Windsor: ON/QU/NB/PE
Merlin - 7/15/2000, NF, Burin Peninsula
Peregrine Falcon - 8/21/2000, NS, Grand Pre

Pheasants, Grouse and Quail
Gray Partridge - 6/13/2000, PE, New London Lighthouse
Ring-necked Pheasant - 5/15/2000, ON, Hillman Marsh: ON/NS
Ruffed Grouse - 7/18/2000, NF, St. John's

Rails and Coots
Sora - 8/8/2000, NB, Shepody Bay NWA
American Coot - 5/15/2000, ON, Hillman Marsh: ON/NF

Plovers
Black-bellied Plover - 8/8/2000, NB, Mary's Point
Semipalmated Plover - 5/14/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park: ON/QU/NB/NS
Piping Plover - 6/8/2000, NB, Kouchibouguac National Park: NB/PE
Killdeer - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/ON/NB/PE/NF/LB/NS

Sandpipers
Greater Yellowlegs - 6/19/2000, PE, Cove Head harbor: NB/PE/NF/NS
Lesser Yellowlegs - 8/17/2000, NS, Mavillette Beach Provincial Park
Solitary Sandpiper - 8/21/2000, NS, Truro
Willet - 6/11/2000, PE, Summerside: PE/NS
Spotted Sandpiper - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/LB/NS
Whimbrel - 7/5/2000, LB, L'Anse Amour
Ruddy Turnstone - 7/29/2000, NF, Argentia ferry
Sanderling - 8/8/2000, NB, Mary's Point: NB/NS
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 5/15/2000, ON, Hillman Marsh: ON/NB/NS
Least Sandpiper - 8/8/2000, NB, Mary's Point: NB/NS
White-rumped Sandpiper - 6/25/2000, NF, Stephenville Crossing: NB/NF/NS
Pectoral Sandpiper - 7/16/2000, NF, Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve
Dunlin - 5/14/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park
Short-billed Dowitcher - 5/15/2000, ON, Hillman Marsh: ON/NB
Common Snipe - 6/29/2000, NF, L'Anse-aux-Meadows
American Woodcock - 5/13/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park

Gulls and Terns
Parasitic Jaeger - 7/5/2000, NF, Belle Isle ferry
Franklin's Gull - 5/16/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park
Black-headed Gull - 6/23/2000, NF, Cabot Strait ferry
Bonaparte's Gull - 5/30/2000, QU, Quebec: QU/NB/PE
Ring-billed Gull - 5/13/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park: ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/LB
Herring Gull - 5/14/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park: ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/LB/SPM/NS
Glaucous Gull - 7/4/2000, LB, Forteau LB/NS
Great Black-backed Gull - 5/29/2000, QU, Le Chute Montmorency: QU/NB/PE/NF/LB/SPM/NS
Black-legged Kittiwake - 6/2/2000, QU, Bonaventure Island: QU/NF/LB/SPM
Caspian Tern - 6/19/2000, PE, Cove Head harbor: PE/NF
Common Tern - 5/16/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park: ON/NB/NF/NS
Arctic Tern - 6/19/2000, PE, Cove Head harbor: PE/NF/LB
Black Tern - 5/16/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park

Alcids
Common Murre - 6/2/2000, QU, Bonaventure Island: QU/NF/SPM
Thick-billed Murre - 7/14/2000, NF, St. Pierre ferry
Razorbill - 6/13/2000, PE, Cape Tryon: PE/NF
Black Guillemot - 6/2/2000, QU, Bonaventure Island: QU/PE/NF/SPM
Atlantic Puffin - 7/12/2000, NF, Cape Bonavista: NF/SPM

Doves
Rock Dove - 5/16/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park: ON/NB/PE/NF/SPM/NS
Mourning Dove - 5/9/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/OH/ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/NS

Cuckoos
Black-billed Cuckoo - 5/16/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park

Owls
Great Horned Owl - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park
Barred Owl - 5/22/2000, ON, Redstone Lake: ON/NS
Short-eared Owl - 7/3/2000, NF, Flower's Cove

Nightjars
Common Nighthawk - 5/13/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park
Whip-poor-will - 5/9/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park

Swifts
Chimney Swift - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/KY/OH/ON/QU

Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park: ON/QU/NB

Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/ON/NB/PE/NF/NS

Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/ON
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/ON
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5/21/2000, ON, Redstone Lake: ON/NS
Downy Woodpecker - 5/13/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park: ON/QU/NS
Hairy Woodpecker - 5/14/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park: ON/NS
Northern Flicker - 5/13/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park: ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/NS
Pileated Woodpecker - 5/10/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/KY/ON/NS

Tyrant Flycatchers
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 5/9/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/KY/ON/NB/PE/NS
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 6/8/2000, NB, Kouchibouguac National Park: NB/PE/NF/NS
Alder Flycatcher - 6/ 2/2000, QU, Bonaventure Island: QU/NB/PE
Least Flycatcher - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/ON/QU/NB/PE/NF
Eastern Phoebe - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/KY/TN/ON/QU/NB/NS
Great Crested Flycatcher - 5/9/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/ON/QU
Eastern Kingbird - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park RA/KY/ON/QU/LB
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - 5/8/2000, TX, Lake Lewisville

Vireos
White-eyed Vireo - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park
Blue-headed Vireo - 5/10/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/QU/NB/NF/NS
Warbling Vireo - 5/10/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/OH/ON/QU
Red-eyed Vireo - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/TN/KY/OH/ON/QU/NB/PE/NS/NF/NS

Jays and Crows
Gray Jay - 6/8/2000, NB, Kouchibouguac National Park: NB/NF
Blue Jay - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/ON/QU/NB/PE/NS
American Crow - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/ON/QU/NB/PE/NS/NF/LB/NS
Fish Crow - 5/8/2000, AR, Arkansas River
Common Raven - 5/21/2000, ON, Redstone Lake: ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/NS

Larks
Horned Lark - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park: ON/NF/LB

Swallows
Purple Martin - 5/13/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park
Tree Swallow - 5/13/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park: ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/LB/NS
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 5/18/2000, ON, Niagara Falls
Bank Swallow - 6/8/2000, NB, Kouchibouguac National Park: NB/PE/NS
Cliff Swallow - 5/18/2000, ON, Niagara Falls: ON/QU/NS
Barn Swallow - 5/10/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/ON/QU/NB/PE/NS

Tits and allies
Carolina Chickadee - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park
Black-capped Chickadee - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/NS
Boreal Chickadee - 6/4/2000, NB, Sugarloaf Provincial Park: NB/NF
Tufted Titmouse - 5/11/2000, KY, Mammoth Cave

Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 6/8/2000, NB, Kouchibouguac National Park: NB/PE
White-breasted Nuthatch - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/TN/KY/ON/QU

Wrens
Carolina Wren - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/TN/KY/ON
House Wren - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/ON

Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 6/2/2000, QU, Bonaventure Island: QU/NB/PE
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5/14/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park: ON/NB/PE/NF

Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/KY/ON

Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/PE
Veery - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park: ON/NB/NF
Swainson's Thrush - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/TN/KY/QU/PE
Hermit Thrush - 5/22/2000, ON, Redstone Lake: ON/NF/NS
Wood Thrush - 5/10/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/ON
American Robin - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/OH/ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/LB/NS

Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Gray Catbird - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/ON/NB
Northern Mockingbird - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park
Brown Thrasher - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/TN/ON/QU

Starlings
European Starling - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/OH/ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/NS

Pipits
American Pipit - 7/10/2000, NF, Twillingate Island

Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing - 5/10/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/QU/NB/PE/NF/NS

New World Warblers
Golden-winged Warbler - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park
Tennessee Warbler - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park: ON/NF
Nashville Warbler - 5/14/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park
Northern Parula - 5/14/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park: ON/PE/NS
Yellow Warbler - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/TN/OH/ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/NS
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5/21/2000, ON, Redstone Lake: ON/NS
Magnolia Warbler - 5/10/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/ON/QU/NB/NF
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5/10/2000, KY, Mammoth Cave NP KY/ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/NS
Black-throated Green Warbler - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park: ON/QU/PE/NF/NS
Blackburnian Warbler - 5/10/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/ON/QU
Pine Warbler - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park
Palm Warbler - 6/2/2000, QU, Bonaventure Island: QU/NB
Bay-breasted Warbler - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park: ON/NB
Blackpoll Warbler - 6/26/2000, NF, Marches Point
Black-and-white Warbler - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park
American Redstart - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/NS
Prothonotary Warbler - 5/14/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park
Ovenbird - 5/11/2000, KY, Mammoth Cave: KY/PE
Northern Waterthrush - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park: ON/NF
Kentucky Warbler - 5/ 9/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/KY
Mourning Warbler - 6/24/2000, NF, Cheeseman Provincial Park
Common Yellowthroat - 5/15/2000, ON, Hillman Marsh: ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/LB/NS
Wilson's Warbler - 6/ 2/2000, QU, Bonaventure Island: QU/NF
Canada Warbler - 5/16/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park

Tanagers
Summer Tanager - 5/9/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park
Scarlet Tanager - 5/10/2000, KY, Mammoth Cave: KY/ON

Sparrows
American Tree Sparrow - 7/10/2000, NF, Twillingate Island
Chipping Sparrow - 5/10/2000, KY, Mammoth Cave: KY/OH/ON/QU/NB/PE
Savannah Sparrow - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park: ON/NB/PE/NF/LB/NS
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow - 6/19/2000, PE, Cove Head harbor: PE/NB
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow - 8/8/2000, NB, Mary's Point
Fox Sparrow - 6/30/2000, NF, Goose Cove: NF/LB
Song Sparrow - 5/15/2000, ON, Hillman Marsh: ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/NS
Lincoln's Sparrow - 5/14/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park
Swamp Sparrow - 6/12/2000, PE, Prince Edward Island National Park: PE/NF/NS
White-throated Sparrow - 5/23/2000, ON, Redstone Lake: ON/QU/NB/NF/LB/NS
White-crowned Sparrow - 5/13/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park: ON/NF
Dark-eyed Junco - 5/24/2000, QU, Gatineau Park, Hull: QU/NB/NF/NS

Cardinals and Grosbeaks
Northern Cardinal - 5/8/2000, AR, Burns Park: AR/TN/OH/ON
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 5/10/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/QU
Indigo Bunting - 5/10/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/KY/ON

Troupials and allies
Bobolink - 5/24/2000, QU, Gatineau Park, Hull: QU/NB/PE/NS
Red-winged Blackbird - 5/13/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park: ON/QU/NB/PE/NS
Eastern Meadowlark - 5/17/2000, ON, Fifty Point
Common Grackle - 5/10/2000, KY, Mammoth Cave NP KY/OH/ON/QU/NB/PE/NF/NS
Brown-headed Cowbird - 5/10/2000, TN, Natchez Trace State Park: TN/ON/QU/PE
Orchard Oriole - 5/15/2000, ON, Point Pelee National Park
Baltimore Oriole - 5/13/2000, ON, Rondeau Provincial Park: ON/QU

Finches, Siskins, Crossbills and allies
Purple Finch - 5/21/2000, ON, Redstone Lake: ON/NB/PE/NF
House Finch - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/ON
Red Crossbill - 8/1/2000, NS, Ingonish
White-winged Crossbill - 8/3/2000, NS, Ingonish
Common Redpoll - 7/2/2000, NF, St. Anthony
Pine Siskin - 6/24/2000, NF, Cheeseman Provincial Park
American Goldfinch - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/ON/QU/NB/PE/NS
Evening Grosbeak - 5/21/2000, ON, Redstone Lake: ON/QU/NF

Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow - 5/12/2000, OH, Van Buren State Park: OH/ON/QU/NF/SPM/NS

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