Connecticut Ornithological Association
Connecticut's Birding Organization

COMMON BIRDS
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Since they are also of interest common returning or
migrating birds will be compiled and posted in
Migration Notes at the bottom of the daily email report.
Reporter names will not be included in this portion of the report.
The species which will be included in migration notes are listed below.

This table lists species included in Migration Notes only.

SPECIES

 

NOTES

Red-throated Loon

 

inland only

Common Loon

 

 

Pied-billed Grebe

 

territorial birds only

Horned Grebe

 

 

Double-crested Cormorant

 

 

Green Heron

 

 

Great Blue Heron

 

 

Great Egret

 

inland large numbers 10+ only

Snowy Egret

 

inland only

Black-crowned Night Heron

 

inland only

Glossy Ibis

 

coastally large numbers 50+; any inland

Turkey Vulture

 

 

Canada Goose

 

small subspecies only

Brant

 

coastally large numbers 100+ only; any inland

Mute Swan

 

 

Wood Duck

 

 

Gadwall

 

 

American Wigeon

 

 

American Black Duck

 

 

Mallard

 

 

Green-winged Teal

 

Crecca ssp - Eurasian or Common Teal - only

Canvasback

 

 

Ring-necked Duck

 

large numbers 100+ only

Greater Scaup

 

large numbers 500+ only

Surf Scoter

 

large numbers 100+; inland

White-winged Scoter

 

large numbers 100+; inland

Long-tailed Duck

 

inland only

Bufflehead

 

 

Common Goldeneye

 

 

Hooded Merganser

 

 

Common Merganser

 

 

Red-breasted Merganser

 

inland only

Ruddy Duck

 

 

Osprey

 

inland if nesting suspected

Bald Eagle

 

large numbers - 20+ only

Northern Harrier

 

 

Sharp-shinned Hawk

 

 

Cooper's Hawk

 

 

Red-shouldered Hawk

 

 

Broad-winged Hawk

 

dark morph only

Red-tailed Hawk

 

 

American Kestrel

 

territorial birds only

Merlin

 

inland nesting season only

Ring-necked Pheasant

 

 

Wild Turkey

 

 

Clapper Rail

 

 

Virginia Rail

 

 

American Coot

 

 

Black-bellied Plover

 

inland only

Semipalmated Plover

 

 

Piping Plover

 

 

Killdeer

 

 

American Oystercatcher

 

 

Greater Yellowlegs

 

 

Lesser Yellowlegs

 

 

Willet

 

 

Spotted Sandpiper

 

 

Ruddy Turnstone

 

inland only

Sanderling

 

inland only

Semipalmated Sandpiper

 

coastally large numbers only - 500+; any inland

Least Sandpiper

 

 

Dunlin

 

large numbers coastally 50+, inland only

Short-billed Dowitcher

 

inland only

Laughing Gull

 

inland only

Bonaparte's Gull

 

large numbers - 100+ only; any inland

Ring-billed Gull

 

large numbers only - 500+ gulls any species

Herring Gull

 

large numbers only - 500+ gulls any species

Great Black-backed Gull

 

large numbers only - 500+ gulls any species

Common Tern

 

inland only

Least Tern

 

inland only

Rock Dove

 

 

Mourning Dove

 

 

Monk Parakeet

 

 

Chimney Swift

 

 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

 

Any between Nov 1 and April 15

Belted Kingfisher

 

 

Red-bellied Woodpecker

 

 

Downy Woodpecker

 

 

Hairy Woodpecker

 

 

Northern Flicker

 

 

Pileated Woodpecker

 

extreme eastern part of the state

Eastern Wood-Pewee

 

 

Willow Flycatcher

 

 

Least Flycatcher

 

Any after November 1

Eastern Phoebe

 

 

Great-crested Flycatcher

 

Any after November 15

Eastern Kingbird

 

 

White-eyed Vireo

 

 

Yellow-throated Vireo

 

 

Blue-headed Vireo

 

 

Warbling Vireo

 

 

Red-eyed Vireo

 

 

Blue Jay

 

 

American Crow

 

 

Fish Crow

 

 

Horned Lark

 

territorial birds only

Purple Martin

 

 

Tree Swallow

 

 

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

 

 

Bank Swallow

 

 

Barn Swallow

 

 

Black-capped Chickadee

 

 

Tufted Titmouse

 

 

White-breasted Nuthatch

 

 

Carolina Wren

 

 

House Wren

 

 

Golden-crowned Kinglet

 

 

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

 

 

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

 

 

Eastern Bluebird

 

 

Veery

 

 

Hermit Thrush

 

 

Wood Thrush

 

 

American Robin

 

 

Gray Catbird

 

 

Northern Mockingbird

 

 

European Starling

 

 

Cedar Waxwing

 

 

Blue-winged Warbler

 

 

Nashville Warbler

 

birds that have established a territory

Northern Parula

 

birds that have established a territory

Yellow Warbler

 

 

Chestnut-sided Warbler

 

 

Magnolia Warbler

 

birds that have established a territory

Black-throated Blue Warbler

 

 

Yellow-rumped Warbler

 

 

Black-throated Green Warbler

 

 

Pine Warbler

 

 

Prairie Warbler

 

 

Palm Warbler

 

 

Blackpoll Warbler

 

 

Black & White Warbler

 

 

American Redstart

 

 

Worm-eating Warbler

 

 

Ovenbird

 

 

Northern Waterthrush

 

 

Louisiana Waterthrush

 

 

Common Yellowthroat

 

 

Canada Warbler

 

 

Scarlet Tanager

 

 

Eastern Towhee

 

 

American Tree Sparrow

 

 

Chipping Sparrow

 

 

Field Sparrow

 

territorial birds only

Savannah Sparrow

 

territorial birds only

Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow

 

Inland reports only

Seaside Sparrow

 

 

Song Sparrow

 

 

Swamp Sparrow

 

 

White-throated Sparrow

 

 

Dark-eyed Junco

 

territorial birds only

Northern Cardinal

 

 

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

 

 

Indigo Bunting

 

 

Red-winged Blackbird

 

 

Common Grackle

 

 

Brown-headed Cowbird

 

large numbers - 100+ only

Baltimore Oriole

 

 

House Finch

 

 

American Goldfinch

 

 

House Sparrow

 

 


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