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Machias Seal Island
Long-Term Seabird Research and Monitoring
University of New Brunswick


Birds Seen on Machias Seal Island 1999-2010

Legend: 1 - Nested on Machias Seal Island
2 - First year seen on Machias Seal Island

(Peterson, R.T. 1987. Eastern Birds. 4th Edition. Houghton Mifflin, Ma. U.S.A.)


Species name  Latin name 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Common Loon Gavia immer * * * * * * * * * *
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata * * * *
Razorbill Alca torda1 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Dovekie Alle alle *  
Common Murre Uria aalge1 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle1 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica1 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus * * * * * * * * * * * *
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo * * * *
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus * * * * * * * * * * * *
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea2                 *
Greater Shearwater Puffins gravis * * * * * * * * *
Sooty Shearwater Puffins griseus * * * * *
*
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus * * *
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus * * *
Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa1 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus * *? *
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus *?
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus *?
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus *
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata * *
Black Scoter Melanitta nigra * * *
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus * * * * * *
Common Eider Somateria mollissima1 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Canada Goose Branta canadensis * * * * *
*
Brant Branta bernicla *
*
Wood Duck Aix sponsa *
*
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos *
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca * *
Common Merganser Mergus merganser *
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator * *
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides *
Herring Gull Larus argentatus * * * * * * * * * * * *
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus * * * * * * * * * * * *
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla1 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia * * *
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla * * *
Royal Tern Sterna maxima *
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea1 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Common Tern Sterna hirundo1 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Black Tern Chlidonias niger1 * * * * * * * *
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii * * * * * * *
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias * * * * * * * * * * *
Great Egret Ardea alba *
Green Heron Butorides striatus * * *
*
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus *
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola * * * *
*
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres * * * * * * * * * * *
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus * * * * *
*
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus * * * *  
Woodcock Scolopax minor *
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia1 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus * * * * * * * * * * * *
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus * *
Red Knot Calidris canutus *
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus * * * * * *
Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus * * * * * *
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca * * * * * * * * * * *
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes *
*
Sanderling Calidris alba * * * *
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritime * * * * * * * *
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla * * * * * * * * * * * *
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla * * * * * * * * * * * *
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis * *
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda * *
Peep spp. Calidris spp * * * * * * *
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis *  
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus * * * * *
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus *  
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus * * * * * * * * * * *
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus * * * * * * * *
*
Osprey Pandion haliaetus * * * * * * * * * *
*
Merlin Falco columbarius * * * * * * * * * * *
Peregrine Falcon Falco perigrinus * * * * * * * * * * * *
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus *
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura * *
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura * * * * * * * * * * * *
Rock Dove Columba livia * *
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica2      
*
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus *? * *
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus *? *
Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus *
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor *
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris * * * * * * * * * * * *
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica *
*
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon *
Common Flicker Colaptes auratus * * * * * * *
*
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius * *
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens * * * * *
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus * *
Woodpecker spp. *
*
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus * * * * * * * * * *
Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus * * * * *
*
Eastern Pewee Contopus virens * * * * * * * * *
*
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe * *  
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris * * * * * * * *
*
Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus * * * * * * * * *  
Willow Flycatcher Empidonax trailli * *
*
Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorium * *
Unknown Flycatcher * * * * * * * *
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicanus *
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota * * * * * *  
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica * * * * * * * * * * * *
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolour * * * * * * * * * * * *
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia * * * * * *
*
N. Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis * * *
Purple Martin Progne subis2  
*
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos *
Northern Raven Corvus corax * * * * * * * * * * * *
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata * * *
Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla * *
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis * * * * *  
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis * * * * * * * * * * * *
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris *
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta * * *
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum * * * * * * * * * *  
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis * * * * * * * * * * * *
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos * * * * * * *  
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis * *
*
American Robin Turdus migratiorius * * * * * * * * * * *
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina * * * * * *
*
Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus * *
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus * * * * * * * * * * * *
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus * * * * * * * * * * *
Veery Catharus fuscescens * * * * * * * * * *
*
Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis * * * * * * * *
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum * * * * * * * * * *
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus * * * * * * * *
*
Solitary Vireo Vireo solitarius *
Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus *
Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius * * *
Northern Parula Parula americana * * * * * * * * * * * *
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia * * * * * * * * * * * *
Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens * * * * * * * * * * * *
Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata * * * * * * * * * * * *
Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens * * * * * * * * * *
Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia * * * * * * * * * * * *
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata * * * * * * * * * *
*
Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina * * *
Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica * * * * * * * * * *
Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea * * * * *
Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca * * * * * * * * * * *
Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor *
*
Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum * * * * * * *
*
Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus2                       *
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia * * * * * * * * * * * *
Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla * * * * *
*
Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrine *
*
Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla * * * * * * *  
Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadiensis * * * * * * * *
*
Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina *
Mourning Warbler Oporonis philadelphia  * * * * * *  
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla * * * * * * * * * * * *
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas * * * * * * * * * * * *
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus * * * * * * * * * * * *
Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa * * * * *  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula * * * * * *
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerula * *  
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus * * * * * * * * * * *
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater * * * * * * * * * * * *
Rusty Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus *
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula * * * * * * * * * * *
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus * * * * * * * * * * * *
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna * * * *
*
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris * * * * * *
Northern Oriole Icterus galbula * * * * * * * * * * *
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius *  
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea * *
Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana *
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis *
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea * * * * * * *  
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis *
Red Crossbill Loxia  curvirostria * *
White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera * * *
Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus * * * *
Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea2                       *
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus * * * * * * * * * * * *
Rufous-sided Towhee Pipilo erythrophathalmus * * * * * * * *  
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis * * * * * * * * * * * *
Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus * * * *
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis * * * * * * * * * * * *
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys * * * * * * * * * * * *
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina * * * * * * * * * * * *
Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum *  
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla * *
Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana * * * * * * *
*
American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea * * * * * *  
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia * * * * * * * * * * * *
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii * *? * * * * * * * *
Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus lecontii *
Ipswich Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis princes * * *
Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus *
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis1 * * * * * * * * * * * *
Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla *
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus *
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus *
*
Northern Junco Junco hyemalis * * * * * * * * * *
*
House Wren Troglodytes aedon *  
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes *

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