THE BIRDS OF GREY AND BRUCE COUNTIES

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3		THE BIRDS OF GREY AND BRUCE COUNTIES
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5		LETTER CODE					FINDER CODE					EVIDENCE
6		M = MIGRANT					1's are the easiest to find.					This list comprises 340 bird species that have been recorded in Grey and Bruce Counties based upon specimens, photographs, recordings, and or documented evidence accepted by the Grey-Bruce Bird Records Committee to October 2013
7		P = PERMANENT					2's ,3's, and 4's increasingly difficult
8		S = SUMMER					2's ,3's, and 4's increasingly difficult
9		W = WINTER					5's are rare
10		V = VAGRANT					6's Less than ten records
11		A =ACCIDENTAL					7's Accidental only one record
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15		Ducks, Geese & Swans					Pectoral Sandpiper		M	3		Gnatcatchers
16		Fulvous Whistling-Duck		A	7		Semipalmated Sandpiper		M	2		Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	*	S	4
17		Greater White-fronted Goose		M	5		Western Sandpiper		V	6		Kinglets
18		Snow Goose		M	4		Short-billed Dowitcher		M	5		Golden-crowned Kinglet		M	2
19		Ross's Goose		M	5		Long-billed Dowitcher		V	6		Ruby-crowned Kinglet		M	3
20		Brant		M	5		Wilson's Snipe	*	S	2		Old World Flycatchers
21		Cackling Goose		M	3		American Woodcock	*	S	2		Northern Wheatear		A	7
22		Canada Goose	*	P	1		Wilson's Phalarope	*	M	5		Thrushes
23		Mute Swan	*	P	1		Red-necked Phalarope		M	5		Eastern Bluebird	*	S	1
24		Trumpeter Swan	*	S	4		Red Phalarope		V	7		Mountain Bluebird		A	7
25		Tundra Swan		M	2		Jaegers					Townsend's Solitaire		V	6
26		Wood Duck	*	S	2		Parasitic Jaeger		V	6		Veery	*	S	3
27		Gadwall	*	S	3		Long-tailed Jaeger		V	6		Gray-cheeked Thrush		M	5
28		Eurasian Wigeon		V	6		Gulls & Terns					Swainson's Thrush	*	S	4
29		American Wigeon		M	3		Black-legged Kittiwake		V	6		Hermit Thrush	*	S	2
30		American Black Duck	*	P	1		Sabine's Gull		V	6		Wood Thrush	*	S	3
31		Mallard	*	P	1		Bonaparte's Gull		M	2		American Robin
32		Blue-winged Teal	*	S	2		Black-headed Gull		A	7		Varied Thrush		V	6
33		Northern Shoveler	*	S	2		Little Gull		M	5		Mockingbirds & Thrashers
34		Northern Pintail	*	S	3		Franklin's Gull		V	6		Gray Catbird	*	S	2
35		Green-winged Teal	*	S	2		Ring-billed Gull	*	P	1		Brown Thrasher	*	S	4
36		Canvasback		M	4		Herring Gull	*	P	1		Sage Thrasher
37		Redhead		M	2		Thayer's Gull		V	6		Northern Mockingbird	*	S	5
38		Ring-necked Duck	*	S	2		Iceland Gull		W	3		Starlings
39		Greater Scaup		M	2		Lesser Black-backed Gull		V	6		European Starling	*	P	1
40		Lesser Scaup		M	2		Glaucous Gull		W	2		Pipits
41		King Eider		V	6		Great Black-backed Gull	*	P	1		American Pipit		M	4
42		Common Eider		A	7		Caspian Tern	*	S	3		Waxwings
43		Harlequin Duck		W	5		Black Tern	*	S	4		Bohemian Waxwing		W	5
44		Surf Scoter		M	5		Common Tern	*	S	1		Cedar Waxwing	*	P	2
45		White-winged Scoter		M	4		Arctic Tern		V	6		Longspurs & Snow Buntings
46		Black Scoter		M	3		Forster's Tern		V	6		Lapland Longspur		W	5
47		Long-tailed Duck		M	3		Sandwich Tern		A	7		Snow Bunting		W	3
48		Bufflehead		W	1		Pigeons & Doves					Wood-Warblers
49		Common Goldeneye		W	1		Rock Pigeon	*	P	1		Ovenbird	*	S	3
50		Barrow's Goldeneye		V	6		White-winged Dove		V	6		Worm-eating Warbler		A	7
51		Hooded Merganser	*	P	3		Mourning Dove	*	P	1		Louisiana Waterthrush		V	6
52		Common Merganser	*	P	1		Passenger Pigeon		E			Northern Waterthrush	*	S	3
53		Red-breasted Merganser	*	P	2		Cuckoos					Golden-winged Warbler	*	S	4
54		Ruddy Duck	*	S	4		Yellow-billed Cuckoo	*	S	5		Blue-winged Warbler	*	S	4
55		New World Quail					Black-billed Cuckoo	*	S	4		Black-and-white Warbler	*	S	2
56		Northern Bobwhite		H			Barn Owls					Prothonotary Warbler		V	6
57		Partridges,Grouse & Turkeys					Barn Owl		V	7		Tennessee Warbler		M	3
58		Gray Partridge	*	H			Typical Owls					Orange-crowned Warbler		M	5
59		Ring-necked Pheasant	*	H			Eastern Screech-Owl	*	P	2		Nashville Warbler	*	S	2
60		Ruffed Grouse	*	P	4		Great Horned Owl	*	P	2		Connecticut Warbler		M	6
61		Spruce Grouse		H			Snowy Owl		W	3		Mourning Warbler	*	S	4
62		Wild Turkey	*	P	1		Northern Hawk Owl		W	6		Common Yellowthroat	*	S	21
63		Loons					Barred Owl	*	P	4		Hooded Warbler		V	6
64		Red-throated Loon		M	5		Great Gray Owl		W	5		American Redstart	*	S	1
65	Pacific Loon		V	6	Long-eared Owl		*	P	4	Kirtland's Warbler			V	6
66	Common Loon	*	P	4	Short-eared Owl		*	P	4	Cape May Warbler			M	3
67	Grebes				Boreal Owl			W	5	Cerulean Warbler		*	V	6
68	Pied-billed Grebe	*	S	3	Northern Saw-whet Owl		M	5	Northern Parula	*	M	3
69	Horned Grebe		M	4	Goatsuckers				Magnolia Warbler		M	3
70	Red-necked Grebe		M	5	Common Nighthawk	*	S	4	Bay-breasted Warbler		M	3
71	Eared Grebe		V	6	Eastern Whip-poor-will	*	S	5	Blackburnian Warbler	*	S	2
72	Shearwaters & Petrels				Swifts				Yellow Warbler	*	S	2
73	Northern Fulmar		A	7	Chimney Swift	*	S	3	Chestnut-sided Warbler	*	S	3
74	Storks				Hummingbirds				Blackpoll Warbler		M	4
75	Wood Stork		A	7	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	*	S	1	Black-throated Blue Warbler	*	S	3
76	Cormorants				Rufous Hummingbird		V	6	Palm Warbler		M	2
77	Double-crested Cormorant	*	S	1	Kingfishers				Pine Warbler	*	S	3
78	Pelicans				Belted Kingfisher	*	S	2	Yellow-rumped Warbler	*	S	1
79	American White Pelican		M	6	Woodpeckers				Yellow-throated Warbler		V	6
80	Herons & Bitterns				Red-headed Woodpecker	*	S	4	Prairie Warbler	*	V	6
81	American Bittern	*	S	3	Red-bellied Woodpecker	*	P	2	Hermit Warbler		A	7
82	Least Bittern	*	S	5	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	*	S	2	Black-throated Green Warbler	*	S	2
83	Great Blue Heron	*	S	1	Downy Woodpecker	*	P	1	Canada Warbler	*	S	3
84	Great Egret	*	S	3	Hairy Woodpecker	*	P	1	Wilson's Warbler		M	3
85	Snowy Egret		V	6	Am. Three-toed Woodpecker		V	6	Yellow-breasted Chat		V	6
86	Little Blue Heron		V	6	Black-backed Woodpecker		V	6	Sparrows
87	Cattle Egret		V	6	Northern Flicker	*	S	1	Eastern Towhee	*	S	2
88	Green Heron	*	S	2	Pileated Woodpecker	*	P	3	American Tree Sparrow		W	1
89	Black-crowned Night-Heron	*	S	4	Falcons				Chipping Sparrow	*	S	2
90	Ibises				American Kestrel	*	P	3	Clay-colored Sparrow	*	S	5
91	Glossy Ibis		V	6	Merlin	*	S	4	Field Sparrow	*	S	3
92	New World Vultures				Gyrfalcon		V	6	Vesper Sparrow	*	S	5
93	Black Vulture		V	6	Peregrine Falcon	*	S	5	Lark Sparrow		V	6
94	Turkey Vulture	*	S	2	Tyrant Flycatchers				Lark Bunting		A	7
95	Osprey				Olive-sided Flycatcher		M	5	Savannah Sparrow	*	S	1
96	Osprey	*	S	4	Eastern Wood-Pewee	*	S	3	Grasshopper Sparrow	*	S	5
97	Hawks & Eagles				Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	*	M	5	Henslow's Sparrow		V	6
98	Bald Eagle	*	P	2	Acadian Flycatcher		A	7	Le Conte's Sparrow		V	6
99	Northern Harrier	*	S	2	Alder Flycatcher	*	S	4	Fox Sparrow		M	4
100	Sharp-shinned Hawk	*	P	3	Willow Flycatcher	*	S	4	Song Sparrow	*	S	1