NOVA SCOTIA -  NORTH AMERICAN MIGRATION COUNT - May 8, 2004
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Total Species Counted 207
Total Counted Birds 112508
Master Anna Anti CB Colch Cumb Digby Guys Halfx Hants Inv Kings Lun Pict Quee Rich Shelb Vict Yarm NS Count
List # Species Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total
1 Red-throated Loon 2 2 4 1 9
2 Common Loon 17 3 43 1 4 11 7 31 8 9 13 25 5 7 6 17 8 5 220
3 Pied-billed Grebe 2 1 17 2 1 2 25
4 Red-necked Grebe 3 5 8
5 Northern Fulmar 4 4
6 Northern Gannet 33 2 192 1 138 15 64 6600 47 17 251 80 8 7448
7 Dbl-cr Cormorant 33 91 629 47 22 55 282 317 86 90 122 145 755 33 285 992 417 53 4454
8 Gt. Cormorant 2 25 6 4 29 1 15 9 91
cormorant sp. * 173 34 4 1 212
9 American Bittern 2 2 3 2 6 1 2 6 1 7 3 35
10 Great Blue Heron 6 23 37 3 8 9 45 4 11 14 73 144 3 22 24 19 12 457
11 Great Egret 1 1 2
12 Snowy Egret 1 1 2
13 Little Blue Heron 2 2
14 Cattle Egret 1 2 3
15 Green Heron 1 1
16 Black-cr Night-Heron 1 1
17 Glossy Ibis 1 1 1 4 7
18 Turkey Vulture 2 1 7 1 1 1 9 22
19 Gtr White-fronted Goose 1 1
20 Snow Goose 1 1
21 Brant 7 120 36 163
22 Canada Goose 49 5 11 36 51 2 15 17 89 18 74 14 28 12 2 48 26 497
23 Wood Duck 12 13 2 2 5 7 8 7 1 57
24 Gadwall 4 3 16 1 2 26
25 American Wigeon 32 14 6 64 12 2 5 7 29 2 173
26 American Black Duck 32 32 367 70 119 9 32 425 133 25 223 31 168 12 10 153 30 31 1902
27 Mallard 12 2 234 23 21 7 121 56 128 132 4 3 10 25 8 4 790
Blk Duck/Mallard hybrid* 5 11 2 10 1 10 4 43
28 Blue-winged Teal 22 4 6 43 4 9 6 10 2 1 2 2 111
29 Northern Shoveler 2 58 2 2 64
30 Northern Pintail 2 15 4 2 1 24
31 Green-winged Teal 4 4 30 16 160 4 11 2 7 19 6 48 12 4 5 6 338
32 Ring-necked Duck 53 19 191 8 269 10 37 49 9 16 28 84 4 34 4 24 20 859
33 Greater Scaup 66 2 2 4 56 11 141
34 Lesser Scaup 5 5
scaup sp. * 21 21
35 Common Eider 345 2 50 23 210 252 490 39 239 34 144 552 87 2467
36 Surf Scoter 281 6 117 30 2 160 185 29 810
37 White-winged Scoter 51 16 1 50 1 2 71 3 195
38 Black Scoter 35 2 1 118 57 12 45 32 67 13 380 762
scoter sp.* 90 60 150
39 Long-tail Duck (Oldsquaw) 1 6 7
40 Bufflehead 50 39 1 6 9 105
41 Common Goldeneye 10 2 2 2 2 10 8 9 45
42 Hooded Merganser 5 1 6 6 30 48
43 Common Merganser 3 7 39 11 2 9 66 14 41 9 9 99 2 6 4 27 3 351
44 Red-breasted Merganser 2 68 73 1 33 2 3 21 2 3 426 14 13 14 4 679
duck sp* 17 20 14 51
45 Osprey 1 5 1 2 5 67 14 18 17 2 4 6 3 3 148
46 Bald Eagle adult 2 11 69 11 8 5 11 30 19 23 2 43 3 20 3 11 271
Bald Eagle imm. * 2 19 2 3 2 18 1 7 13 1 9 77
Bald Eagle age? * 2 1 4 7
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Total Species Counted 208
Total Counted Birds
Master Anna Anti CB Colch Cumb Digby Guys Halfx Hants Inv Kings Lun Pict Quee Rich Shelb Vict Yarm NS Count
List # Species Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total
47 Northern Harrier 1 2 7 3 7 3 6 10 6 2 8 1 2 8 2 1 69
48 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 14 1 4 1 5 11 6 6 2 2 1 1 4 5 64
49 Northern Goshawk 1 1 2 1 1 6
50 Broad-winged Hawk 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 11
51 Red-tailed Hawk 3 6 2 4 1 6 18 7 26 6 5 5 2 3 2 96
52 Rough-legged Hawk 2 2
buteo sp. * 1 1 1 1 4
raptor sp * 5 5
53 American Kestrel 2 5 15 4 10 3 5 1 8 5 18 5 8 2 91
54 Merlin 1 4 2 4 5 1 1 10 3 4 1 4 2 2 1 45
55 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 1 4
falcon sp * 2 1 3
56 Ring-necked Pheasant 19 9 4 6 5 20 85 5 111 32 4 13 8 321
57 Ruffed Grouse 3 7 37 8 16 8 9 14 36 6 7 8 28 5 6 26 10 2 236
58 Spruce Grouse 10 1 3 2 1 1 18
59 Virginia Rail 1 1
60 Sora 3 1 7 1 9 1 22
61 American Coot 1 2 3
62 Sandhill Crane 2 1 3
63 Black-bellied Plover 4 3 31 38
64 American Golden Plover 1 1
65 Semipalmated Plover 1 1
66 Piping Plover 6 2 1 6 15
67 Killdeer 1 1 11 3 2 2 22 9 1 10 3 2 6 73
68 American Oystercatcher 2 2
69 Greater Yellowlegs 2 10 49 7 18 3 2 28 6 1 2 13 59 7 8 16 3 234
70 Lesser Yellowlegs 5 3 6 2 6 22
71  Willet 7 2 4 1 13 57 11 4 7 100 20 11 29 126 1 32 425
72 Spotted Sandpiper 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 15
73 Whimbrel 5 5
74 Hudsonian Godwit 1 1
75 Ruddy Turnstone 4 4
76 Red Knot 5 5
77 Sanderling 6 6
78 Least Sandpiper 1 5 6
79 Purple Sandpiper 14 14
80 Dunlin 115 115
81 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 1
82 Wilson's Snipe 2 1 7 2 3 22 4 1 9 1 6 2 2 62
83 American Woodcock 1 8 1 4 2 2 16 3 4 1 1 1 44
84 Bonaparte's Gull 6 23 29
85 Ring-billed Gull 7 67 6 95 7 1 22 14 4 19 97 7 54 32 432
86 Herring Gull 116 393 1035 173 1400 2000 966 1924 192 519 1525 556 419 211 317 1734 276 338 14094
87 Iceland Gull 116 1 4 1 2 124
88 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 1
89 Glaucous Gull 1 1 1 3
90 Great Black-backed Gull 25 81 375 35 275 150 400 337 353 1000 206 114 84 12 243 1554 202 134 5580
91 Black-legged Kittiwake 20 40 60
gull sp. * 2 9 72 7 10 6 9 25 731 4 345 184 1404
92 Caspian Tern 1 1 2
93 Common Tern 1 7 9 139 2 158
94 Arctic Tern 2 2
sterna sp. * 20 2 19 41
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Total Species Counted 208
Total Counted Birds
Master Anna Anti CB Colch Cumb Digby Guys Halfx Hants Inv Kings Lun Pict Quee Rich Shelb Vict Yarm NS Count
List # Species Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total
95 Dovekie 4 4
96 Common Murre 1 1
97 Black Guillemot 5 1 5 1 7 5 7 2 33
98 Rock Dove 49 31 200 49 34 10 20 312 261 15 83 65 99 17 31 14 14 14 1318
99 Mourning Dove 77 31 147 63 23 29 26 172 262 32 212 151 196 21 40 260 28 62 1832
100 Great Horned Owl 4 1 1 2 4 3 2 17
101 Snowy Owl 1 1
102 Barred Owl 1 1 6 23 2 7 2 3 45
103 Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 2 1 1 1 1 7
104 Common Nighthawk 1 1
105 Chimney Swift 2 1 2 50 12 67
106 Ruby-throat. Hummingbird 8 1 5 1 2 5 10 1 16 6 2 2 1 7 6 73
107 Belted Kingfisher 6 10 38 7 11 5 23 3 13 6 6 29 4 17 4 16 3 201
108 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 1 2
109 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 1 1 9 1 22 3 15 2 55
110 Downy Woodpecker 14 7 54 5 9 6 57 36 7 99 23 35 9 4 23 3 11 402
111 Hairy Woodpecker 14 2 29 5 7 1 18 21 4 38 15 19 3 11 1 6 194
112 Black-backed Woodpecker 2 1 3
113 Northern Flicker 29 11 57 19 7 4 10 96 74 19 66 30 45 8 21 17 16 13 542
114 Pileated Woodpecker 3 1 2 2 4 3 2 11 6 12 11 1 1 2 61