C&O Canal Survey Checklist

Common name	Habitat	Season	Likelihood
Waterfowl
Greater White-fronted Goose	R	W	5
Snow Goose	R	W	5
Brant	O	W	4
Canada Goose	R	Y	1
Cackling Goose	R	W	4
Mute Swan	R	Y	4
Tundra Swan	R	W	4
Wood Duck	R	Y	2
Gadwall	R	W	3
Eurasian Wigeon	R	W	5
American Wigeon	R	W	4
American Black Duck	R	Y	3
Mallard	R	Y	1
Blue-winged Teal	R	M	4
Northern Shoveler	R	W	4
Northern Pintail	R	W	4
Green-winged Teal	R	W	3
Canvasback	O/R	W	5
Redhead	O/R	W	4
Ring-necked Duck	R	W	3
Greater Scaup	O/R	W	4
Lesser Scaup	O/R	W	3
Scaup sp.	O	W	3
Common Eider	O	W	5
Harlequin Duck	O	W	5
Surf Scoter	O	W	4
White-winged Scoter	O	W	5
Black Scoter	O	W	5
Long-tailed Duck	O/R	W	4
Bufflehead	R	W	3
Common Goldeneye	O/R	W	4
Hooded Merganser	R	Y	3
Common Merganser	O/R	W	3
Red-breasted Merganser	R	W	4
Ruddy Duck	O/R	W	3
Gamebirds
Ring-necked Pheasant	G	Y	5
Ruffed Grouse	P	Y	5
Wild Turkey	P	Y	5
Northern Bobwhite	G	Y	5
Grebes/Loons
Red-throated Loon	O	W	5
Common Loon	O/R	W	4
Pied-billed Grebe	R	Y	2
Horned Grebe	O/R	W	4
Red-necked Grebe	O/R	W	5
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant	R	Y	1
Great Cormorant	O	W	5
Herons
American Bittern	R	M	5
Great Blue Heron	R	Y	2
Great Egret	R	S	2
Snowy Egret	R	S	3
Little Blue Heron	R	S	5
Green Heron	R	S	2
Black-crowned Night-Heron	P/R	Y	2
Ibis/Vultures
Black Vulture	G/P	Y	3
Turkey Vulture	G/P	Y	2
Hawks
Osprey	O/R	S	2
Bald Eagle	R	Y	3
Northern Harrier		M	1
Cooper's Hawk	N/P	Y	4
Sharp-shinned Hawk	P	M	1
Red-shouldered Hawk	P	Y	3
Red-tailed Hawk	G/P	Y	2
Rough-legged Hawk	G	W	5
Golden Eagle	R	W	5
Falcons
American Kestrel	G/P	Y	3
Merlin	G/P	W	4
Peregrine Falcon	G/P	Y	5
Rails
King Rail	R	S	5
Virginia Rail	R	Y	4
Sora	R	M	5
Common Moorhen	R	S	5
American Coot	R	W	2
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover	R	M	5
Killdeer	G/R	Y	2
Sandpipers
Greater Yellowlegs	R	M	3
Lesser Yellowlegs	R	M	2
Spotted Sandpiper	R	S	3
Upland Sandpiper	G	M	5
Ruddy Turnstone	O/R	W	5
Sanderling	O	W	5
Western Sandpiper	R	M	5
Least Sandpiper	R	M	4
Dunlin	O/R	M	4
Long-billed Dowitcher	R	M	5
Wilson's Snipe	G/R	M	3
American Woodcock	R	M	4
Gulls
Laughing Gull	R	M	3
Bonaparte's Gull	R	M	4
Ring-billed Gull	N/R	Y	1
Herring Gull	R	Y	2
Iceland Gull	R	W	5
Lesser Black-backed Gull	R	W	5
Glaucous Gull	R	W	5
Great Black-backed Gull	R	Y	1
Gull sp.	R	Y	2
Terns
Caspian Tern	R	M	4
Forster's Tern	R	S	3
Doves
Rock Pigeon	N	Y	1
Mourning Dove	G/N	Y	2
Owls
Barn Owl	P	Y	5
Eastern Screech-Owl	P	Y	4
Great Horned Owl	P	Y	4
Snowy Owl	N/O	W	5
Barred Owl	P	Y	3
Long-eared Owl	P	W	5
Short-eared Owl	G	W	5
Northern Saw-whet Owl	P	W	5
Hummingbirds/Kingfishers
Rufous Hummingbird	G/N	W	5
Belted Kingfisher	R	Y	2
Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker	P	M	5
Red-bellied Woodpecker	P	Y	1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	P	W	3
Downy Woodpecker	N/P	Y	1
Hairy Woodpecker	P	Y	2
Northern Flicker	P	Y	2
Pileated Woodpecker	P	Y	3
Flycatchers
Eastern Phoebe	G/P	S	2
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo	G/P	S	3
Blue-headed Vireo	P	M	4
Corvids
Blue Jay	N/P	Y	1
American Crow	N/P	Y	1
Fish Crow	N/P	Y	2
Crow sp.	N	Y	1
Common Raven	P	W	5
Larks/Swallows
Horned Lark	G	W	5
Tree Swallow	G/R	S	2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	G/R	S	3
Barn Swallow	G	S	2
Chickadees/Creepers/Nuthatches
Carolina Chickadee	N/P	Y	1
Black-capped Chickadee	P	W	5
Chickadee sp.	P	Y	2
Tufted Titmouse	N/P	Y	2
Red-breasted Nuthatch	P	W	5
White-breasted Nuthatch	P	Y	2
Brown Creeper	P	W	3
Wrens
Carolina Wren	N/P	Y	1
House Wren	N/P	S	2
Winter Wren	P	W	4
Marsh Wren	R	S	4
Gnatcatchers/Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet	P	W	4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	P	W	3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	P	S	2
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird	G	Y	3
Hermit Thrush	P	W	4
American Robin	N/P	Y	1
Mimids
Gray Catbird	N/P	S	1
Northern Mockingbird	N	Y	1
Brown Thrasher	G	M	3
Pipits/Starlings/Waxwings
European Starling	N	S	1
American Pipit	G	W	5
Cedar Waxwing	P	S	3
Wood Warblers
Tennessee Warbler	P	M	4
Orange-crowned Warbler	P	M	5
Nashville Warbler	P	M	4
Northern Parula	P	S	2
Yellow Warbler	G	S	2
Cape May Warbler	P	M	5
Black-throated Blue Warbler	P	M	3
Yellow-rumped Warbler	P	W	2
Black-throated Green Warbler	P	M	3
Yellow-throated Warbler	P	S	4
Pine Warbler	P	W	4
Prairie Warbler	G/P	M	3
Palm Warbler	G/P	M	3
Black-and-white Warbler	P	M	3
American Redstart	P	S	3
Ovenbird	P	S	3
Northern Waterthrush	P/R	M	4
Louisiana Waterthrush	P/R	S	3
Common Yellowthroat	G	S	2
Wilson's Warbler	P	M	5
Yellow-breasted Chat	G	M	4
Tanagers
Scarlet Tanager	P	S	3
Sparrows
Eastern Towhee	P	Y	2
American Tree Sparrow	G/P	W	5
Chipping Sparrow	G	S	3
Clay-colored Sparrow	G	M	5
Field Sparrow	G	Y	3
Vesper Sparrow	G	M	5
Lark Sparrow	G	M	5
Savannah Sparrow	G	M	4
Grasshopper Sparrow	G	M	5
Fox Sparrow	P	M	4
Song Sparrow	G/N	Y	1
Lincoln's Sparrow	P	M	5
Swamp Sparrow	R	Y	3
White-throated Sparrow	N/P	W	2
White-crowned Sparrow	G	W	4
Dark-eyed Junco	G/P	W	2
Lapland Longspur	G	W	5
Snow Bunting	G/O	W	5
Sparrow sp.	G	Y	2
Blackbirds/Grosbeaks
Northern Cardinal	N/P	Y	1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	P	S	4
Indigo Bunting	P	S	2
Dickcissel	G	S	5
Red-winged Blackbird	G/R	Y	1
Eastern Meadowlark	G	M	4
Yellow-headed Blackbird	G	W	5
Rusty Blackbird	P/R	W	4
Brewer's Blackbird	R	W	5
Common Grackle	N/R	S	1
Brown-headed Cowbird	G/P	Y	2
Orchard Oriole	P	S	3
Baltimore Oriole	P	S	3
Finches
Purple Finch	P	W	4
House Finch	N	Y	2
Red Crossbill	P	W	5
White-winged Crossbill	P	W	5
Common Redpoll	G/N	M	5
Pine Siskin	P	W	5
American Goldfinch	G/P	Y	2
Evening Grosbeak	P	W	5
Weaver Finches
House Sparrow	N	Y	1

Habitat:

G = Grasslands/Meadows/Edges
N = Neighborhoods/Streets
O = Ocean/Bays/Beaches
P = Parks/Woodlands
R = Rivers/Creeks/Wetlands

Season:

M = Migrant
S = Summer
W = Winter
Y = Year-round

Likelihood:

1 = Nearly always found
2 = Regularly found
3 = Uncommonly found
4 = Somewhat rarely found
5 = Rarely found

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