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200 Species Goal - 2008
Common name
Habitat
Season
Likelihood
Seen
Heard
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
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
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
Gannets/Pelicans
Northern Gannet
O
M
5
American White Pelican
O
M
5
Brown Pelican
O
S
5
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
R
Y
1
Great Cormorant
O
W
5
Herons
American Bittern
R
M
5
Least Bittern
R
S
5
Great Blue Heron
R
Y
2
Great Egret
R
S
2
Snowy Egret
R
S
3
Little Blue Heron
R
S
5
Tricolored Heron
R
M
4
Cattle Egret
R
S
5
Green Heron
R
S
2
Black-crowned Night-Heron
P/R
Y
2
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
R
S
5
Ibis
Glossy Ibis
R
M
5
Vultures
Black Vulture
G/P
Y
3
Turkey Vulture
G/P
Y
2
Hawks
Osprey
O/R
S
2
Mississippi Kite
G
S
4
Bald Eagle
R
Y
3
Northern Harrier
G/R
Y
4
Sharp-shinned Hawk
N/P
Y
3
Cooper's Hawk
N/P
Y
4
Red-shouldered Hawk
P
Y
3
Broad-winged Hawk
P
M
4
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
Yellow Rail
R
M
5
Black Rail
R
S
5
Clapper Rail
R
Y
5
King Rail
R
S
5
Virginia Rail
R
Y
4
Sora
R
M
5
Purple Gallinule
R
M
5
Common Moorhen
R
S
5
American Coot
R
W
2
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
R
M
5
American Golden-Plover
R
M
5
Semipalmated Plover
R
M
4
Killdeer
G/R
Y
2
Oystercatchers/Stilts
American Oystercatcher
O/R
Y
5
Black-necked Stilt
R
M
5
American Avocet
R
M
5
Sandpipers
Greater Yellowlegs
R
M
3
Lesser Yellowlegs
R
M
2
Solitary Sandpiper
R
M
3
Willet
O/R
M
5
Spotted Sandpiper
R
S
3
Upland Sandpiper
G
M
5
Ruddy Turnstone
O/R
W
5
Red Knot
O
M
5
Sanderling
O
W
5
Semipalmated Sandpiper
R
S
3
Western Sandpiper
R
M
5
Least Sandpiper
R
M
4
White-rumped Sandpiper
R
M
5
Baird's Sandpiper
R
M
5
Pectoral Sandpiper
R
M
4
Purple Sandpiper
O
W
4
Dunlin
O/R
M
4
Stilt Sandpiper
R
M
5
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
R
M
5
Short-billed Dowitcher
R
M
5
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
California Gull
R
W
5
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
Terns
Caspian Tern
R
M
4
Royal Tern
R
S
5
Common Tern
R
S
5
Forster's Tern
R
S
3
Least Tern
R
S
5
Black Tern
R
S
5
Black Skimmer
R
S
5
Alcids
Razorbill
O
W
5
Doves
Rock Pigeon
N
Y
1
Mourning Dove
G/N
Y
2
Cuckoos
Black-billed Cuckoo
P
M
5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
P
S
3
Owls
Barn Owl
P
Y
5
Eastern Screech-Owl
P
Y
4
Great Horned Owl
P
Y
4
Barred Owl
P
Y
3
Long-eared Owl
P
W
5
Short-eared Owl
G
W
5
Northern Saw-whet Owl
P
W
5
Nightjars/Swifts
Common Nighthawk
N
S
3
Chuck-will's-widow
P
S
5
Whip-poor-will
P
S
5
Chimney Swift
N
S
1
Hummingbirds/Kingfishers
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
N/P
S
3
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
Olive-sided Flycatcher
G/P
M
5
Eastern Wood-Pewee
P
S
2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
P
M
5
Acadian Flycatcher
P
S
3
Alder Flycatcher
P/R
M
5
Willow Flycatcher
P/R
S
5
Least Flycatcher
G/P
M
5
Eastern Phoebe
G/P
S
2
Great Crested Flycatcher
P
S
3
Western Kingbird
G
M
5
Eastern Kingbird
G/P
S
3
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
G/P
S
3
Yellow-throated Vireo
P
S
4
Blue-headed Vireo
P
M
4
Warbling Vireo
P
M
4
Philadelphia Vireo
P
M
5
Red-eyed Vireo
P
S
2
Corvids
Blue Jay
N/P
Y
1
American Crow
N/P
Y
1
Fish Crow
N/P
Y
2
Common Raven
P
W
5
Larks/Swallows
Horned Lark
G
W
5
Purple Martin
G/R
S
4
Tree Swallow
G/R
S
2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
G/R
S
3
Bank Swallow
R
S
4
Cliff Swallow
G/R
M
5
Barn Swallow
G
S
2
Chickadees/Creepers/Nuthatches
Carolina Chickadee
N/P
Y
1
Black-capped Chickadee
P
W
5
Tufted Titmouse
N/P
Y
2
Red-breasted Nuthatch
P
W
5
White-breasted Nuthatch
P
Y
2
Brown-headed Nuthatch
P
Y
4
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
Veery
P
S
4
Gray-cheeked Thrush
P
M
5
Bicknell's Thrush
P
M
5
Swainson's Thrush
P
M
4
Hermit Thrush
P
W
4
Wood Thrush
P
S
3
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
Blue-winged Warbler
P
M
4
Golden-winged Warbler
P
M
5
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
Chestnut-sided Warbler
P
M
3
Magnolia Warbler
P
M
3
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
Blackburnian Warbler
P
M
4
Yellow-throated Warbler
P
S
4
Pine Warbler
P
W
4
Prairie Warbler
G/P
M
3
Palm Warbler
G/P
M
3
Bay-breasted Warbler
P
M
4
Blackpoll Warbler
P
M
2
Cerulean Warbler
P
M
4
Black-and-white Warbler
P
M
3
American Redstart
P
S
3
Prothonotary Warbler
P/R
S
3
Worm-eating Warbler
P
M
4
Ovenbird
P
S
3
Northern Waterthrush
P/R
M
4
Louisiana Waterthrush
P/R
S
3
Kentucky Warbler
P
M
4
Connecticut Warbler
P
M
5
Mourning Warbler
P
M
5
Common Yellowthroat
G
S
2
Hooded Warbler
P
M
4
Wilson's Warbler
P
M
5
Canada Warbler
P
M
4
Yellow-breasted Chat
G
M
4
Tanagers
Summer Tanager
P
S
5
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
Seaside Sparrow
O/R
S
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
Blackbirds/Grosbeaks
Northern Cardinal
N/P
Y
1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
P
S
4
Blue Grosbeak
P
S
4
Indigo Bunting
P
S
2
Dickcissel
G
S
5
Bobolink
G/R
M
4
Red-winged Blackbird
G/R
Y
1
Eastern Meadowlark
G
M
4
Rusty Blackbird
P/R
W
4
Common Grackle
N/R
S
1
Boat-tailed Grackle
G/R
Y
5
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
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