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Bird Observations

Date Range:
Jan-Dec, 1900-2024

Nova Scotia

Updated ~39 hr(s) ago.

480 species (+167 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Tundra Bean-Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Brant
Barnacle Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cackling/Canada Goose
Branta sp.
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Eurasian/American Wigeon
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
American Wigeon x Mallard (hybrid)
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
Anas sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Tufted Duck x Greater Scaup (hybrid)
Lesser Scaup
Tufted Duck x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)
Tufted Duck x scaup sp. (hybrid)
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
King Eider
Common Eider
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf/Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (hybrid)
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common x Barrow's Goldeneye (hybrid)
Common/Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Helmeted Guineafowl
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Rock Ptarmigan
Spruce Grouse
Ruffed/Spruce Grouse
grouse sp.
Gray Partridge
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Golden Pheasant
Ring-necked Pheasant
Red Junglefowl
Chukar
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
grebe sp.
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
nightjar sp.
Chimney Swift
small swift sp.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Rufous Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
King Rail
Clapper Rail
large rail sp.
Virginia Rail
Rallus sp.
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Yellow Rail
rail/crake sp.
Limpkin
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
European Golden-Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Northern Lapwing
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Wilson's Plover
Snowy Plover
plover sp.
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Common Greenshank
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Dunlin x White-rumped Sandpiper (hybrid)
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Calidris sp.
Scolopacidae sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Great Skua
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Atlantic Puffin
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black Guillemot
Razorbill
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
Common Murre
Thick-billed/Common Murre
large alcid sp.
alcid sp.
Little Gull
Ross's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Common Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Kelp Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring x Great Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Great Black-backed x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
Herring/Lesser Black-backed Gull
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
California Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
white-winged gull sp.
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty/Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Roseate Tern
Common x Roseate Tern (hybrid)
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-billed Tropicbird
Red-throated Loon
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Northern Fulmar
Trindade Petrel
Bermuda Petrel
Black-capped Petrel
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Pterodroma sp.
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Cory's/Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Barolo Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
black-and-white shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
procellariid sp.
Wood Stork
Magnificent Frigatebird
Northern Gannet
Red-footed Booby
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
sulid sp.
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great/Double-crested Cormorant
cormorant sp.
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Great Blue Heron
Ardea sp.
heron sp.
white egret sp.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-faced Ibis
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
new world vulture sp.
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Cooper's Hawk x American Goshawk (hybrid)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Accipiter sp.
Steller's Sea-Eagle
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered x Red-tailed Hawk (hybrid)
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Barn Owl
Snowy Owl
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Great Horned Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Belted Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Lewis's Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Crested Caracara
Eurasian Kestrel
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Western Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
solitary vireo sp.
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Philadelphia/Red-eyed Vireo
vireo sp.
Brown Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Northern Shrike
Canada Jay
Blue Jay
Eurasian Jackdaw
American Crow
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
chickadee sp.
Horned Lark
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Cliff/Cave Swallow
swallow sp.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Rock Wren
House Wren
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
wren sp.
European Starling
Common Myna
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
mimid sp.
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Varied Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
Redwing
American Robin
Fieldfare
Turdus sp.
thrush sp.
Northern Wheatear
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian/Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Pipit
Common Chaffinch
Brambling
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
House Finch
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Common/Hoary Redpoll
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
redpoll sp.
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
crossbill sp.
European Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin x American Goldfinch (hybrid)
Spinus sp.
Acanthis/Spinus sp.
finch sp.
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith's Longspur
longspur sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Snow Bunting
Cassin's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
American Tree Sparrow
Spizella sp./American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco x White-throated Sparrow (hybrid)
Bell's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow)
Ammospiza sp.
Savannah Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Lincoln's/Swamp Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
blackbird sp.
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)
Golden-winged/Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Nashville x Magnolia Warbler (hybrid)
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Canada Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Summer/Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
passerine sp.
bird sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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