NOVA SCOTIA NORTH AMERICAN MIGRATION COUNT Total species counted 209
Date: May 14, 2005 Total birds counted 123023*
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Anna Anti C.B. Colc Cumb Digby Guys Hlfx Hant Inv King Lun Pict Quee Rich Shel Vict Yarm Prov Species
Species SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT Total Count
Red-thrtd Loon - - - 4 1 - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 8 1
Common Loon 12 9 46 1 6 6 6 47 11 9 15 27 5 5 18 11 4 - 238 1
Pied-bill. Grebe 4 - 1 - 11 - - 1 - - - 3 - - - - - 20 1
Horned Grebe - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1 1
Red-nk. Grebe - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
Northern Fulmar - - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 1
Leach's Strm-Ptrl - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1000 - - 1000 1
Northern Gannet - 4 197 - - 45 2 30 - 30 - 13 73 72 - 535 92 16 1109 1
D-cr. Cormorant 21 45 296 27 54 21 178 627 24 10 145 423 1332 108 132 607 636 113 4799 1
Great Cormorant - 5 72 - - 9 - 4 - 1 - - - - - 22 3 - 116 * 1
Cormorant sp. * - - 14 - - - 9 - - - - - - - - - - 23
Am.Bittern 4 - 1 1 6 - 1 1 5 1 - - 3 1 - 1 - - 25 1
Gt.Blue Heron 3 40 36 2 3 - 2 52 7 6 15 67 76 3 37 24 27 23 423 1
Great Egret - - - - - - 2 1 - - - 1 - - - - - 1 5 1
Snowy Egret - - 1 - - - 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - 3 1
Little Blue Heron - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 1
Blk-Crwn Ngt Heron - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 1
Yellow-Crwn Ngt Heron - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1
Glossy Ibis - - - - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - - 5 1
Turkey Vulture 1 - - - - 2 - 1 - - 1 - - - - 4 - 10 19 1
Snow Goose - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 1
Canada Goose 14 9 27 12 51 9 6 25 131 7 25 23 9 - 9 8 46 37 448 1
Brant - - - - 13 206 - - - - - - - - 53 - - 272 1
Wood Duck 10 2 5 - - - 2 2 9 13 6 - 12 - 2 2 - 1 66 1
Gadwall 2 - - - 11 - - 3 - - - - 3 - - - - - 19 1
Eurasian Wigeon - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 1
American Wigeon 2 18 9 8 44 - - 4 - - 4 - 26 - - 2 5 - 122 1
Am. Black Duck 45 114 359 76 106 34 19 343 157 37 598 38 150 7 27 96 69 15 2290 1
Mallard 22 4 204 57 30 - 4 108 82 4 109 172 7 6 22 36 2 16 885 1
MallrdxBlk Duck hybrid - - 7 - - - - - - 3 - - - 10 - - 6 26 1
Blue-winged Teal 14 - 3 - 39 - 2 3 - - 6 - 12 - 8 1 - - 88 1
N. Shoveler 3 - 1 - 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - 29 1
Northern Pintail - - - - 13 - - - - 4 - - - - - - - 17 1
Green-winged Teal 3 10 48 8 23 - 2 13 9 - 6 - 27 - 2 4 7 8 170 1
Ring-necked Duck 52 30 134 10 82 - 37 39 30 6 5 27 45 4 41 4 21 17 584 1
Anna Anti C.B. Colc Cumb Digby Guys Hlfx Hant Inv King Lun Pict Quee Rich Shel Vict Yarm Prov Species
Species SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT Total Count
Greater Scaup - - 1 - - - - 2 - - - 18 - - - 5 - 26 1
Lesser Scaup - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 6 1
Scaup   sp.   * - - 15 - 5 - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - 25
Common Eider 138 - - 36 3 750 41 506 - 3 910 285 14 56 4 800 12 81 3639 1
Harlequin Duck 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 1
Surf Scoter 25 - 11 5 156 - - 13 70 - 20 52 106 - - 28 - - 486 1
Wht-Wing Scoter 5 - 3 - - - - 57 - - - - - - - 35 - - 100 1
Black Scoter 14 - - - 14 5 - 14 - - 100 11 1 - 3 136 2 - 300 1
Scoter     sp.   * - - - - - - - - - 25 - 9 13 - - 104 - 151
Long-tail. Duck - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 - - - - - 4 1
Bufflehead 9 - 57 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 68 1
Common Goldeneye - 1 24 - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 6 1 - 46 1
Hooded Merganser 5 13 - - 12 - - - 2 3 - 49 - - - - - 84 1
Common Merganser 14 27 60 12 5 - 26 31 6 10 6 9 107 2 - 6 91 - 412 1
Red-Br Merganser - 3 46 60 52 - 19 25 - 19 3 9 463 - 4 4 - 6 713 1
Osprey 1 2 3 - - 1 4 53 20 4 1 26 18 1 8 8 2 5 157 1
Bald Eagle adult 1 14 46 8 6 - 6 13 46 15 38 7 36 1 28 2 20 - 287 1
Bald Eagle imm   * - - 5 2 6 2 5 4 29 1 18 - 12 - 2 - 2 - 88
Bald Eagle age?   * - - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - 20 - - - - - 26
Northern Harrier 1 4 6 3 6 1 2 4 2 6 1 1 7 1 2 4 1 3 55 1
Sharp-Shin. Hawk - 1 7 3 - - 4 11 12 2 3 2 7 1 5 4 4 2 68 1
Northern Goshawk - - 2 - - - - 1 3 - 1 2 2 - - 1 - - 12 1
Broad-wing Hawk - - 1 - 3 1 - 1 2 - - - 2 2 - 1 - 2 15 1
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Red-tailed Hawk 3 - 8 - - - - 3 16 7 35 4 3 3 1 3 5 1 92 1
Rough-Leg Hawk - - - - 3 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 4 1
Buteo      sp.    * - - 2 - - - - 1 2 1 1 - 1 2 - - - 10
American Kestrel 2 2 4 1 7 - 2 9 - 7 - 9 - 5 2 1 - 51 1
Merlin 1 - 7 - 1 - 1 10 4 3 3 1 2 1 3 - 7 - 44 1
Peregrine Falcon - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 1
Gray Partridge - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 1
Rng-nk Pheasant 17 - 10 8 6 7 - 27 103 - 140 25 3 - - 12 - 6 364 1
Ruffed Grouse 1 5 99 5 12 3 9 11 38 16 9 6 15 4 25 12 16 1 287 1
Spruce  Grouse - - 5 1 - - - 2 1 - - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 13 1
Sora 2 - - - 6 - - 1 - - - 17 - - - - - 26 1
Sandhill Crane - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
Blk-bellied Plover - - - 1 - - - 1 - - 1 - - - 64 - 10 77 1
Piping Plover - 2 - - - - - 5 - - - 2 2 - - 6 - - 17 1
Killdeer - - - 4 1 2 - 2 10 - 16 - 12 - 2 1 - 4 54 1
Am. Oystercatcher - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 1
Great. Yellowlegs 1 - 52 - 19 6 5 17 2 - 3 13 40 4 14 15 12 18 221 1
Lessr. Yellowlegs - - 9 2 - - 1 5 - - - 7 1 - 3 2 - 12 42 1
Solitary Sand. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1
Willet 1 6 6 3 5 1 7 141 12 6 11 90 18 19 5 76 2 43 452 1
Spotted Sand. - 3 1 - - - - 2 5 - 10 - 4 - - 2 2 - 29 1
Whimbrel - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 1
Ruddy Turnstone - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 4 1
Red Knot - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1
Sanderling - - - - - - - 8 - - - - - - - 9 - - 17 1
Semipalm. Sand. - - 5 - - 1 - 38 - - - - - - - - - - 44 1
Least Sandpiper - - 1 - - 5 - 2 - - 38 15 - 9 - - - - 70 1
Wht-rump. Sand. - - - 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 2 1
Purple Sandpiper - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 8 1
Dunlin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 75 - - 75 1
Peep   sp.     * - - - - 7 - - - - - 3 - - - - - - 10
S.-bill.Dowitcher - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 - 3 1
Wilson's Snipe 3 - 28 - 4 - 1 1 51 4 1 1 14 - 19 1 4 1 133 1
Am. Woodcock 3 - 2 - 1 - - 2 39 2 2 - 12 - - 6 1 - 70 1
Wilson's Phalarope - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 1
Anna Anti C.B. Colc Cumb Digby Guys Hlfx Hant Inv King Lun Pict Quee Rich Shel Vict Yarm Prov Species
Species SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT SubT Total Count
Black-head. Gull - - 2 - - - 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - 4 1
Bonaparte's Gull - - - - - - - - - - - 32 - - - 38 - 70 1
Ring-billed Gull 1 - 65 13 20 - 2 33 94 - 12 - 172 - 1 1 29 22 465 1
Herring Gull 203 38 1098 116 1051 3206 348 1387 207 315 2579 391 1474 319 568 1500 650 573 16023 * 1
Iceland Gull - - 132 - - 1 8 2 - - - - 14 - - - 70 - 227 1
Lsr. Blk.-bk. Gull - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
Glaucous Gull - - 1 - - - 2 1 1 - - - 4 - - - 7 - 16 1
Grt. Blk.-bk. Gull 17 521 489 18 30 200 185 267 101 863 1332 83 330 51 85 1000 342 300 6214 1
Blk.-leg. Kittiwake - - 1 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 3 1
Gull    sp.    * - 152 82 - 5 10 314 116 5 1 - 268 - - - 173 - 1126
Caspian Tern - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
Common Tern - 2 - 2 - - - 30 - - - - 65 - 5 3 - 38 145 1
Arctic Tern - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2 1
Sterna     sp.  * - 5 - - - - - - - - 50 - - - - - 2 57
Razorbill - - 3 - - 7 - - - - - - - - - - - 10 1
Black Guillemot 2 - 126 - - 2 - - - 1 - - - - 4 15 - 150 1
Atlantic Puffin - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 10 1
Rock Dove 118 56 255 412 23 25 32 337 211 86 151 69 218 11 36 121 27 10 2198 1
Mourning Dove 150 57 177 50 50 44 18 171 274 13 285 159 170 29 40 99 10 43 1839 1
Grt. Horned Owl - - - 2 - - - 4 - 1 4 2 4 - - 4 - - 21 1
Snowy Owl - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 - 3 1
Boreal Owl - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2 1
Barred Owl - 2 1 1 1 - - 3 7 - 31 2 14 2 1 1 - - 66 1
N. Saw-whet Owl - - 1 - - - 3 1 - - - - 3 - - - 1 - 9 1
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Common Nighthawk - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
Chimney Swift 302 - - - - - - - - 9 - - - - - - 1 312 1
R.-thr. Hummingbird 4 - 1 2 11 2 - 6 - 6 4 - 2 - - - 1 39 1
Belted Kingfisher 3 15 39 5 14 1 3 25 9 8 8 7 23 1 17 9 31 2 210 1
Yel-bell. Sapsucker 2 - 8 1 - - - 35 - 5 3 17 1 - 9 - - 81 1
Downy Woodpeckr 42 2 59 8 9 - 2 64 53 5 122 23 45 5 3 12 15 6 475 1
Hairy Woodpecker 17 12 32 6 8 - 3 27 54 3 56 16 24 5 3 10 12 2 290 1
Blk-back. Woodpkr - 3 - - - - - 3 1 - 1 1 - - - - - - 9 1
Northern Flicker 26 12 76 12 19 2 - 66 127 19 99 19 55 7 18 13 25 3 598 1
Pileated Woodpkr 4 1 3 6 - 1 3 1 13 4 12 5 8 2 1 2 8 - 74 1
Red-head. Woodp. - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - 2 1
Red-bell. Woodp. - - - - - - - 1 * - - 2 - 2 - - - - - 5* 1
Alder Flyctchr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 1
Least Flyctchr - - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - - - 4 - - 12 1
Empidonax   sp.   * - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
Eastern Phoebe 3 - - - - 1 - - - 4 1 2 - - - - - 11 1
Eastern Kingbird 1 - - - 1 1 - 1 - - 1 1 - - - 2 - 1 9 1
Scissor-tail Flycatcher - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1
Northern Shrike - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 1
Blue-head. Vireo 10 - 7 - 6 - - 52 70 - 61 33 11 10 - 10 2 5 277 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4 - - - - - - 3 3 - 3 1 - 1 - 3 - 1 19 1
Vireo  sp.    * 2 - 1 - - - - 2 - - 1 - 5 - - - - 11
Gray Jay - - 41 2 3 - - 18 2 - 1 2 4 - 12 - - - 85 1
Blue Jay 108 32 401 56 52 10 13 312 269 94 320 107 219 22 72 31 108 32 2258 1
American Crow 104 225 730 337 205 45 106 959 988 103 754 332 861 41 264 508 314 126 7002