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    Date
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Native and Naturalized (98)

  1. American Woodcock Scolopax minor
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Danny Cameron
    Location: 703 Mountville Road, Stellarton, Nova Scotia, CA (45.547, -62.621)
  2. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Danny Cameron
    Location: 2495 Foxbrook Road, Westville, Nova Scotia, CA (45.539, -62.709)
  3. Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Danny Cameron
    Location: 2495 Foxbrook Road, Westville, Nova Scotia, CA (45.539, -62.709)
  4. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Loch Broom Loop
  5. American Robin Turdus migratorius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Loch Broom Loop
  6. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Loch Broom Loop
  7. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Danny Cameron
    Location: Pond Behind 2437 Foxbrook Road, Westville, Nova Scotia, CA (45.54, -62.708)
  8. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Danny Cameron
    Location: Pond Behind 2437 Foxbrook Road, Westville, Nova Scotia, CA (45.54, -62.708)
  9. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Stellarton - Pioneer Coal Field
  10. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Stellarton - Pioneer Coal Field
  11. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Stellarton - Pioneer Coal Field
  12. Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Stellarton - Pioneer Coal Field
  13. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Stellarton - Pioneer Coal Field
  14. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Stellarton - Pioneer Coal Field
  15. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Old Halifax Road Wetland
  16. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Old Halifax Road Wetland
  17. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Old Halifax Road Wetland
  18. Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Old Halifax Road Wetland
  19. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Old Halifax Road Wetland
  20. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Lyons Brook
  21. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Lyons Brook
  22. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Lyons Brook
  23. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Lyons Brook
  24. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
    # Count: 60
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: New Glasgow--Temperance Street Elementary School
  25. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: New Glasgow--Temperance Street Elementary School
  26. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: New Glasgow--Temperance Street Elementary School
  27. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Granton Abercrombie Rd,
  28. Common Raven Corvus corax
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Granton Abercrombie Rd,
  29. Willet Tringa semipalmata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Abercrombie -Company Rd.
  30. Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Abercrombie -Company Rd.
  31. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Abercrombie -Company Rd.
  32. Common Eider Somateria mollissima
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Caribou Island Lighthouse
  33. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Caribou Island Lighthouse
  34. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
    # Count: 300
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Caribou Island Lighthouse
  35. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Caribou Island Lighthouse
  36. Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Caribou Island Lighthouse
  37. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Caribou Island Lighthouse
  38. Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Abercrombie- meter plant
  39. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Abercrombie- meter plant
  40. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  41. Sora Porzana carolina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  42. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  43. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  44. Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  45. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  46. Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  47. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  48. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Morrison
    Location: Saunders Road
  49. Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Morrison
    Location: Saunders Road
  50. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 28
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Morrison
    Location: Saunders Road
  51. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Morrison
    Location: Saunders Road
  52. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Morrison
    Location: Saunders Road
  53. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Morrison
    Location: Saunders Road
  54. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Big Island
  55. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Abercrombie Management Area
  56. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Shawn Hicks
    Location: Trans Canada Highway 104 W, Pictou CA-NS 45.57414, -62.41034
  57. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Big Island--causeway
  58. Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Big Island--causeway
  59. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jeff Ogden
    Location: Trans Canada Highway 104 W, Pictou CA-NS 45.55291, -62.79888
  60. Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Camp Geddie
  61. Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Camp Geddie
  62. Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Camp Geddie
  63. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Camp Geddie
  64. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Camp Geddie
  65. Brown Creeper Certhia americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Camp Geddie
  66. Northern Parula Setophaga americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Camp Geddie
  67. Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Foxbrook Pond
  68. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Foxbrook Pond
  69. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Lismore Wharf area
  70. American Wigeon Mareca americana
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Lower Barneys River
  71. Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Morrison
    Location: Caribou Island Lighthouse and area
  72. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Waterside Beach Provincial Park
  73. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: Powell's Point Provincial Park
  74. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Stellarton
  75. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Toney River Wharf
  76. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Morrison
    Location: Saunders Road
  77. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Springville
  78. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Toney River Rd - James McKay Rd to Route 6
  79. Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Danny Cameron
    Location: Glen Rd Bezansons Lake area
  80. Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Danny Cameron
    Location: Glen Rd Bezansons Lake area
  81. Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Danny Cameron
    Location: Glen Rd Bezansons Lake area
  82. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Archibald Rd SE of Back Settlement Rd
  83. Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Archibald Rd SE of Back Settlement Rd
  84. Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Archibald Rd SE of Back Settlement Rd
  85. Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Archibald Rd SE of Back Settlement Rd
  86. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Toney River Rd - Murray Farm to James McKay Rd
  87. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Toney River Rd - Murray Farm to James McKay Rd
  88. Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Toney River Rd - Murray Farm to James McKay Rd
  89. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: James Johnston Rd., Brookville
  90. Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Morrison
    Location: Middle River Dam | Loch Broom
  91. Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Fred MacKenzie
    Location: Willard Fraser Rd and pond
  92. White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Logging road SW of pipeline on Rte348
  93. Barred Owl Strix varia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Vines
    Location: Ross Road
  94. Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: McLellan Mountain Glencoe Rd.S end S of Kennedy Hill Rd
  95. Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: McLellan Mountain Glencoe Rd.S end S of Kennedy Hill Rd
  96. Common Loon Gavia immer
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Forbes Lake (including Water Treatment Plant)
  97. Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Brennan
    Location: Middle River Crossroads
  98. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Plymouth

Hybrids (1)

  1. Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x rubripes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: James McKay Rd

Additional Taxa (5)

  1. swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Camp Geddie
  2. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 300
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Morrison
    Location: Caribou Island Lighthouse and area
  3. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peggy Scanlan
    Location: Toney River Rd - James McKay Rd to Route 6
  4. Mallard/American Black Duck Anas platyrhynchos/rubripes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken McKenna
    Location: Bridgeville-Marshall farmland near cemetery
  5. Ruffed/Spruce Grouse Bonasa umbellus/Canachites canadensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Danny Cameron
    Location: Glen Rd south of Bezansons lake