eBird Field Checklist
Milford Point-Outer Platform (Big Sit!)
New Haven, Connecticut, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L4943760
211 species (+27 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Snow Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
goose sp.
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf/Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Wild Turkey
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Yellow Rail
Shorebirds
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
large tern sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Northern Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
American Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
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Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl
owl sp.
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Monk Parakeet
Peach-fronted Parakeet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Vireos
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
crow sp.
Common Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
American Robin
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
New World Sparrows
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
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American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow)
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Blackbirds
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Others
passerine sp.
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