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Updated ~11 days ago
319 All Years 194 This Year 2024 142 This Month Jun 2024 61 October Big Day 19 Oct 2019
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    Date
    Observer
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Native and Naturalized (61)

  1. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 500
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  2. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
    # Count: 200
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: French River cabin area
  3. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 158
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  4. Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
    # Count: 136
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Brennan
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  5. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
    # Count: 87
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: Middle River Dam
  6. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
    # Count: 52
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  7. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
    # Count: 51
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  8. Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Brennan
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  9. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
    # Count: 36
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: Middle River Dam
  10. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
    # Count: 33
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island
  11. Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
    # Count: 27
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  12. Sanderling Calidris alba
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  13. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  14. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Brennan
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  15. Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  16. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: Downtown New Glasgow
  17. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  18. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Brennan
    Location: CA-NS-350-464 E Fraser Rd - 45.4889x-62.7543 - Aug 7, 2016, 6:03 PM
  19. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  20. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Pictou - Marina -Fisheries school area
  21. Common Eider Somateria mollissima
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  22. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  23. Black Scoter Melanitta americana
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Brennan
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  24. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  25. American Robin Turdus migratorius
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Brennan
    Location: Whitehill 1km from crossroads
  26. Greater Scaup Aythya marila
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: Middle River Dam
  27. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  28. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Brennan
    Location: Chestnut Tree And Fields Whitehill
  29. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Brennan
    Location: Whitehill 1km from crossroads
  30. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  31. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: Middle River Dam
  32. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Pictou - Marina -Fisheries school area
  33. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: Middle River Dam
  34. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: Middle River Dam
  35. Common Raven Corvus corax
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Brennan
    Location: Chestnut Tree And Fields Whitehill
  36. White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  37. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Robert Lange
    Location: Big Island Rd
  38. Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: French River cabin area
  39. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Waterside (Caribou R.)
  40. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  41. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  42. Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  43. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  44. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  45. White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  46. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  47. Common Loon Gavia immer
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Brennan
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  48. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robert Lange
    Location: Big Island Rd
  49. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  50. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Abercrombie Management Area
  51. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: Middle River Dam
  52. Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: French River cabin area
  53. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  54. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  55. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: MacBeth Rd, Plymouth
  56. Brown Creeper Certhia americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  57. Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Brennan
    Location: Chestnut Tree And Fields Whitehill
  58. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  59. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  60. Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Waterside (Caribou R.)
  61. Dickcissel Spiza americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: Downtown New Glasgow

Additional Taxa (2)

  1. scoter sp. Melanitta sp.
    # Count: 60
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Caribou Island Light
  2. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park