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  1. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Dave and Linda’s
  2. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Dave and Linda’s
  3. American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Dave and Linda’s
  4. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Dave and Linda’s
  5. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Dave and Linda’s
  6. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: 499–517 Alma St, Amherstburg CA-ON 42.11020, -83.08969
  7. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: 9801–9863 Concession Rd 9, Essex CA-ON 42.11005, -82.85261
  8. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: 9801–9863 Concession Rd 9, Essex CA-ON 42.11005, -82.85261
  9. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: 9801–9863 Concession Rd 9, Essex CA-ON 42.11005, -82.85261
  10. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: 9801–9863 Concession Rd 9, Essex CA-ON 42.11005, -82.85261
  11. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: 9801–9863 Concession Rd 9, Essex CA-ON 42.11005, -82.85261
  12. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: 9801–9863 Concession Rd 9, Essex CA-ON 42.11005, -82.85261
  13. Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sonia Colombo
    Location: My Backyard St.Clair Beach
  14. Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sonia Colombo
    Location: My Backyard St.Clair Beach
  15. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Mike and Yvette’s
  16. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Mike and Yvette’s
  17. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Corinne Allsop
    Location: Cottam, ON, Canada
  18. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Corinne Allsop
    Location: Cottam, ON, Canada
  19. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 245
    Date:
    Observer: Mike St.Pierre
    Location: Windsor--Little River Pollution Control Plant
  20. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
    # Count: 27
    Date:
    Observer: Mike St.Pierre
    Location: Windsor--Little River Pollution Control Plant
  21. Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
    # Count: 22
    Date:
    Observer: Mike St.Pierre
    Location: Windsor--Little River Pollution Control Plant
  22. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike St.Pierre
    Location: Windsor--Little River Pollution Control Plant
  23. Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mike St.Pierre
    Location: Windsor--Little River Pollution Control Plant
  24. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Mike St.Pierre
    Location: Windsor--Little River Pollution Control Plant
  25. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Mike St.Pierre
    Location: Windsor--Little River Pollution Control Plant
  26. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Essex--Windsor Solid Waste Authority Regional Landfill
  27. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Essex--Windsor Solid Waste Authority Regional Landfill
  28. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: Holiday Beach--Memorial Forest
  29. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: Holiday Beach--Memorial Forest
  30. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: Holiday Beach--Memorial Forest
  31. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: Holiday Beach--Memorial Forest
  32. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: Holiday Beach--Memorial Forest
  33. American Robin Turdus migratorius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: Holiday Beach--Memorial Forest
  34. Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: Holiday Beach--Memorial Forest
  35. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: Holiday Beach--Memorial Forest
  36. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: Holiday Beach--Memorial Forest
  37. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Nenadov
    Location: Windsor--Spring Garden Natural Area
  38. Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: 438 McLeod Ave, Amherstburg CA-ON 42.04772, -83.09335
  39. Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: 438 McLeod Ave, Amherstburg CA-ON 42.04772, -83.09335
  40. Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: 438 McLeod Ave, Amherstburg CA-ON 42.04772, -83.09335
  41. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: Harrow Sewage Lagoons (restricted access)
  42. Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: Harrow Sewage Lagoons (restricted access)
  43. Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: Harrow Sewage Lagoons (restricted access)
  44. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Woodfield
    Location: Windsor--Sprucewood Avenue near ADM Windsor
  45. Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Woodfield
    Location: Ojibway Prairie Complex (general location)
  46. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Woodfield
    Location: Ojibway Prairie Complex (general location)
  47. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Woodfield
    Location: Ojibway Prairie Complex (general location)
  48. Canvasback Aythya valisineria
    # Count: 63
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Hunt
    Location: MY BALCONY-Riverside Drive East, Windsor, Ontario, CA (42.342, -82.939)
  49. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Jim Hunt
    Location: MY BALCONY-Riverside Drive East, Windsor, Ontario, CA (42.342, -82.939)
  50. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Windsor--Lakeview Park Marina/Little River Mouth
  51. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Windsor--Lakeview Park Marina/Little River Mouth
  52. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Tecumseh--Brighton Beach Park
  53. Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Tecumseh--Brighton Beach Park
  54. Redhead Aythya americana
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Tecumseh--Brighton Beach Park
  55. Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Tecumseh--Brighton Beach Park
  56. American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Tecumseh--Brighton Beach Park
  57. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Tecumseh--Brighton Beach Park
  58. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Sandy Mackintosh
    Location: Windsor--Little River Pollution Control Plant
  59. Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Woodfield
    Location: Windsor--St. Rose Beach
  60. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Woodfield
    Location: Windsor--Little River Pollution Control Plant
  61. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Michael Nelson
    Location: Point Pelee National Park (general location)
  62. Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Vicki McKay
    Location: Brett & Vicki's
  63. Greater Scaup Aythya marila
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Mike St.Pierre
    Location: Tecumseh--Brighton Beach Park
  64. Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike St.Pierre
    Location: Tecumseh--Brighton Beach Park
  65. Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Mike St.Pierre
    Location: Tecumseh--Brighton Beach Park
  66. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mike St.Pierre
    Location: Tecumseh--Brighton Beach Park
  67. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Mike St.Pierre
    Location: Tecumseh--Brighton Beach Park
  68. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremy L. Hatt
    Location: Kingsville--Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary
  69. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: L. Scott Milne
    Location: Point Pelee NP--East Beach
  70. Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremy L. Hatt
    Location: Windsor--Ojibway Tom Joy Woods
  71. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: James Burk
    Location: Hillman Marsh CA (general location)
  72. Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Burk
    Location: Hillman Marsh CA (general location)
  73. Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Burk
    Location: Hillman Marsh CA (general location)
  74. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve McAllister
    Location: My Yard
  75. Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Blake Mann
    Location: Windsor--Little River Corridor
  76. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Blake Mann
    Location: Windsor--Lakeview Park Marina/Little River Mouth
  77. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: L. Scott Milne
    Location: Point Pelee NP--Tip
  78. White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Burk
    Location: Point Pelee National Park (general location)
  79. Brown Creeper Certhia americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Burk
    Location: Point Pelee National Park (general location)
  80. Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: James Burk
    Location: Point Pelee National Park (general location)
  81. Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kate Derbyshire
    Location: Leamington--Stink Creek at Seacliff Drive
  82. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: Holiday Beach--Memorial Forest
  83. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: 6020 Coulter Road, Essex, Ontario, CA (42.075, -82.884)
  84. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremy Bensette
    Location: Leamington--Point Pelee Drive
  85. Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Essex County Field Naturalists' Club Data
    Location: Point Pelee NP--Loop Woods
  86. Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Aldo Bertucci
    Location: 73 Mersea Road 19, Wheatley, Ontario, CA (42.02, -82.513)
  87. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Aldo Bertucci
    Location: Point Pelee National Park (general location)
  88. Merlin Falco columbarius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Wiebe
    Location: Lakeshore CBC General Location
  89. Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremy Bensette
    Location: CA-ON-ESSE Lakeshore/Tecumseh general area (including private property)
  90. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Pratt
    Location: Windsor--Lakeview Park Marina/Little River Mouth
  91. Gadwall Mareca strepera
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Pratt
    Location: Windsor--Lakeview Park Marina/Little River Mouth
  92. American Wigeon Mareca americana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Pratt
    Location: Windsor--Lakeview Park Marina/Little River Mouth
  93. Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Cameron Chevalier
    Location: Snake Lane Rd
  94. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Woodfield
    Location: Windsor--Little River Pollution Control Plant
  95. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Cameron Chevalier
    Location: Leamington--onion fields between Hillman Marsh and Point Pelee
  96. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Cameron Chevalier
    Location: Point Pelee National Park (general location)
  97. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cameron Chevalier
    Location: Point Pelee National Park (general location)
  98. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Kory Renaud
    Location: Windsor--Ojibway Shores
  99. Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Essex County Field Naturalists' Club Data
    Location: LaSalle -- Martin Lane between Malden and Matchett

Exotic: Escapee (1)

  1. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: 6119 Coulter Road, Essex, Ontario, CA (42.08, -82.884)

Hybrids (1)

  1. Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x rubripes
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Cameron Chevalier
    Location: Point Pelee National Park (general location)

Additional Taxa (13)

  1. Greater/Lesser Scaup Aythya marila/affinis
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Martin
    Location: Tecumseh--Brighton Beach Park
  2. Downy/Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens/villosus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Suzanne Atkin
    Location: deck feeder
  3. House/Purple Finch Haemorhous mexicanus/purpureus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Suzanne Atkin
    Location: deck feeder
  4. finch sp. Fringillidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Burk
    Location: Point Pelee National Park (general location)
  5. nuthatch sp. Sitta sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Leon Barlow
    Location: 6672 Concession Road 6, Essex, Ontario, CA (42.075, -82.889)
  6. woodpecker sp. Picidae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nancy Whittle
    Location: Point Pelee National Park, Leamington CA-ON 41.93683, -82.51660
  7. new world sparrow sp. Passerellidae sp.
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Branden Lunansky
    Location: Holiday Beach CA
  8. gull sp. Larinae sp.
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Jane Sylvester
    Location: Puce--Puce Road Parkette
  9. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 1000
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremy Bensette
    Location: Tecumseh--Brighton Beach Park
  10. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Cameron Chevalier
    Location: Lakeshore Rd 115
  11. swan sp. Cygnus sp.
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Pierre Hendricks
    Location: Windsor--Lakeview Park Marina/Little River Mouth
  12. blackbird sp. Icteridae sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hayden Epp
    Location: Point Pelee National Park (general location)
  13. Common/Red-breasted Merganser Mergus merganser/serrator
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Hayden Epp
    Location: Point Pelee NP--Tip