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Bird Observations

Date Range:
Jan-Dec, 1900-2024

Cape Breton

Updated ~46 hr(s) ago.

343 species (+73 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Snow Goose
Graylag Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Brant
Barnacle Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
goose sp.
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
American Wigeon
Eurasian/American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lesser Scaup
Tufted Duck x scaup sp. (hybrid)
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
King Eider
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common x Barrow's Goldeneye (hybrid)
Common/Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Ruffed/Spruce Grouse
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pied-billed Grebe
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Rock Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will's-widow
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
King Rail
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Northern Lapwing
Wilson's Plover
plover sp.
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
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
Red Phalarope
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
shorebird sp.
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Great Skua
South Polar Skua
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Atlantic Puffin
Black Guillemot
Razorbill
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
Common Murre
Thick-billed/Common Murre
large alcid sp.
alcid sp.
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Common Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Great Black-backed x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
California Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Sooty Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Royal Tern
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
tern sp.
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp.
Northern Fulmar
Trindade Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Cory's/Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Manx Shearwater
shearwater sp.
procellariid sp.
Northern Gannet
Brown Booby
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great/Double-crested Cormorant
cormorant sp.
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
American Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
new world vulture sp.
Osprey
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Say's Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
Bell's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Shrike
Canada Jay
Blue Jay
American Crow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Horned Lark
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
swallow sp.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Veery
Bicknell's Thrush
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Northern Wheatear
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian/Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Pipit
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
crossbill sp.
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Acanthis/Spinus sp.
finch sp.
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow)
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Lincoln's/Swamp Sparrow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
blackbird sp.
Ovenbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Summer Tanager
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Scarlet Tanager
Summer/Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
passerine sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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