2024/2025 Updates

 
Updates for previous years
 
Additions to the 2024/2025 Winter Bird List
Note: The date specified on the left is the date when I added the species to the list. Unless otherwise specified, this is also the date when the species was observed.
 
 
Jan 29, 2025
8:30 PM
180 species
Lark Sparrow / Bruant à joues marron - Bouctouche (Robert Shortall - Jan 29)
 
 
Jan 15, 2025
8:10 PM
179 species
Great Crested Flycatcher / Tyran huppé - Cooksville (Pam Novak - Dec 4)     *** New Species for Winter List
 
 
Jan 12, 2025
8:20 PM
178 species
Common Gull / Goéland cendré - Saint-Édouard-de-Kent (Rosemonde Duguay - Jan 12)
 
 
Jan 11, 2025
9:30 PM
177 species
Black Vulture / Urubu noir - Deer Island (Jim Wilson, Jean Wilson, Janet Kempster - Jan 10)
 
 
Jan 7, 2025
10:00 PM
176 species
American Woodcock / Bécasse d'Amérique - Grand Harbour, Grand Manan (Colton Jardine - Jan 7)
 
 
Jan 6, 2025 Slaty-backed Gull / Goéland à manteau ardoisé - Seal Cove, Grand Manan (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Jan 6)
10:00 PM Brown Thrasher / Moqueur roux - Rosedale (Dorothy Chase - Jan 5)
175 species
 
 
Jan 4, 2025
10:35 PM
173 species
Brant / Bernache cravant - White Head Island (Kenneth Lister - Dec 28, Karen Miller and Mark Morse - Jan 4)
 
 
Jan 3, 2025
10:00 PM
172 species
Boreal Owl / Nyctale de Tengmalm - St Jaxques (Daniel St-Pierre - Dec 27)
 
 
Dec 28, 2024 Dovekie / Mergule nain - Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 28)
11:10 PM Thick-billed Murre / Guillemot de Brünnich - Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 28)
171 species Little Gull / Mouette pygmée - Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 28)
 
 
Dec 26, 2024
10:50 PM
Golden Eagle / Aigle royal - Tantramar Marsh (Gary Dupuis, Michael Peters - Dec 26)
- St George (Judith Dewar - Dec 2)
168 species Meadowlark sp. / Sturnelle sp. - Harvey (Shannon Inman - Dec 26)
 
 
Dec 24, 2024
9:55 PM
166 species
Northern Gannet / Fou de Bassan - St. Martins CBC (Jim Russell, Jocelyn Russell - Dec 14)
 
 
Dec 23, 2024
10:40 PM
165 species
Sanderling / Bécasseau sanderling - Grand Manan (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 22)
 
 
Dec 20, 2024
10:40 PM
164 species
Black-backed Woodpecker / Pic à dos noir - Second North River (Paul Langelaan, Rhonda Langelaan - Dec 20)
 
 
Dec 19, 2024 King Eider / Eider à tête grise - Saint John (Donna DeJong - Dec 19)
11:00 PM Palm Warbler / Paruline à couronne rousse - Memramcook (Burke Korol - Dec 19)
163 species
 
 
Dec 17, 2024
11:45 PM
161 species
Redpoll / Sizerin flammé - Fredericton (Karl Phillips - Dec 16)
 
 
Dec 15, 2024
11:10 PM
160 species
Yellow-throated Warbler / Paruline à gorge jaune - Saint Martins (Derrick Sleep - Dec 15)
 
 
Dec 14, 2024 Spruce Grouse / Tétras du Canada - Monteagle (Paul Langelaan, Rhonda Langelaan - Dec 14)
10:15 PM Greater Yellowlegs / Grand Chevalier - Saint Martins (Jim Wilson, Madeline Honeyman - Dec 14)
159 species Harris's Sparrow / Bruant à face noire - Westcock (Richard Elliot, Kate Bredin, Duncan Elliot, Peter Higham, Paul Bogaard - Dec 14)
 
 
Dec 13, 2024 White-winged Dove / Tourterelle à ailes blanches - Tide Head (Lucette Lyons, Andrew Olive - Dec 13)
11:30 PM Brown-headed Cowbird / Vacher à tête brune - Quispamsis (Christine Nisbet - Dec 13)
156 species Dickcissel / Dickcissel d'Amérique - Harvey (John Inman - Dec 11)
 
 
Dec 12, 2024
11:25 PM
153 species
Yellow-breasted Chat / Ictérie polyglotte - Shediac area (fide Tim Beatty - Dec 10)
 
 
Dec 10, 2024
11:20 PM
152 species
Northern Fulmar / Fulmar boréal - Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan (Brian Guptill - early Dec)
 
 
Dec 8, 2024
10:50 PM
151 species
White-crowned Sparrow / Bruant à couronne blanche - Sackville (Kathy Popma - Dec 8)
 
 
Dec 7, 2024 Bohemian Waxwing / Jaseur boréal - Miramichi (Peter Gadd - Dec 7)
11:40 PM Hooded Warbler / Paruline à capuchon - Saint John (Mallory Hamid - Dec 7)    *** New Species for Winter List
150 species
 
 
Dec 6, 2024 White-rumped Sandpiper / Bécasseau à croupion blanc - White Head Island (Kenneth Lister - Dec 4)
11:00 PM Tufted Titmouse / Mésange bicolore - St Stephen (Eric Marcum - Dec 5)
148 species Swainson's Thrush / Grive à dos olive - Jolicure area (Megan Boucher, Zach Wile, Matthew Vickruck - Dec 4)
Gray Catbird / Moqueur chat - Pointe à Bouleau (Jolande St-Pierre, Pierrette Breau, Corinne DeGrâce, Rosita Lanteigne - Dec 6)
 
 
Dec 4, 2024 Blue-winged Teal / Sarcelle à ailes bleues - Peticodiac (Marc Leblanc - Dec 4)
11:15 PM Horned Lark / Alouette hausse-col - Petit-Rocher (Denise Albert - Dec 4)
144 species Marsh Wren / Troglodyte des marais - Moncton (Marc Leblanc - Dec 4)
Nashville Warbler / Paruline à joues grises - Moncton (Nelson Poirier, Brian Stone - Dec 4)
 
 
Dec 3, 2024 Tundra Swan / Cygne siffleur - Quispamsis (Stephanie Downey - Dec 2)    *** New Species for Winter List
11:15 PM
140 species
Wood Duck / Canard branchu - Moncton (Stuart Tingley - Dec 3)
- Upper Ridge (Paul Langelaan - Dec 3)
Pied-billed Grebe / Grèbe à bec bigarré - Lower Norton area (Joanne Savage - Dec 3)
Eastern Bluebird / Merlebleu de l'Est - Fredericton (Bev Schneider - Dec 3)
Clay-colored Sparrow / Bruant des plaines - Mates Corner (Caroline Arsenault - Dec 3)
- Albert Mines (Marc Poirier - Dec 3)
Field Sparrow / Bruant des champs - Westcock (Graham Sorenson - Dec 3)
- Alma (Marc Leblanc - Dec 3)
- Fredericton (Louise Duguay - Dec 3)
Savannah Sparrow / Bruant des prés - Penobsquis (Rhonda Langelaan - Dec 3)
Lincoln's Sparrow / Bruant de Lincoln - Moncton (Nelson Poirier - Dec 3)
Baltimore Oriole / Oriole de Baltimore - Quispamsis (Jim Carroll - Dec 1)
- Harvey (John Inman - Dec 1)
- Paquetville (Rosemonde Duguay, Jolande St Pierre - Dec 3)
Rusty Blackbird / Quiscale rouilleux - Harvey (John Inman - Dec 2)
Black-and-white Warbler / Paruline noir et blanc - Cape Tormentine (Norm Belliveau, Gilles Belliveau, Cécile Léger - Dec 3)
 
 
Dec 2, 2024 Ruffed Grouse / Gélinotte huppée - Cape Jourimain (Colin Macfarlane, Kiirsti Owen - Dec 1)
11:30 PM Killdeer / Pluvier kildir - Beaubassin East (Marc Leblanc - Dec 2)
129 species Purple Sandpiper / Bécasseau violet - Petit Rocher (Rosemonde Duguay - Dec 2)
- Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 2)
Dowitcher sp./ Bécassin sp. - White Head Island (Roger Burrows - Dec 2)
Wilson's Snipe / Bécassine de Wilson - Fredericton (Evan Houlding - Dec 2)
Common Murre / Guillemot marmette - Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 2)
Atlantic Puffin / Macareux moine - Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 2)
Lesser Black-backed Gull / Goéland brun - Petit Cap (Rose-Alma Mallet - Dec 2)
Glaucous Gull / Goéland bourgmestre - Baie Verte (Kiirsti Owen - Dec 2)
Great Blue Heron / Grand Héron - Hay Island (Sonya Hinds - Dec 1)
Barred Owl / Chouette rayée - Grand Manan (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 1)
Short-eared Owl / Hibou des marais - Tantramar Marsh (Caroline Arsenault, Norm Belliveau, Gilles Belliveau - Dec 2)
Northern Saw-whet Owl / Petite Nyctale - Grand Manan (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 1)
American Kestrel / Crécerelle d'Amérique - Jolicure (Marc Leblanc - Dec 2)
Peregrine Falcon / Faucon pèlerin - Saint John (Karen Miller, Mark Morse - Dec 1)
Ash-throated Flycatcher / Tyran à gorge cendrée - Smithtown (fide Kiirsti Owen - Dec 1)
Eastern Phoebe / Moucherolle phébi - Cambridge-Narrows (Joyce Robinson - Dec 2)
Northern Shrike / Pie-grièche boréale - St-Léonard (Louise Duguay - Dec 2)
Northern House Wren / Troglodyte familier - Parlee Beach Provincial Park (Marc Leblanc - Dec 2)
Hermit Thrush / Grive solitaire - Cape Jourimain (Colin Macfarlane, Kiirsti Owen - Dec 1)
American Pipit / Pipit d'Amérique - Waterside (Barb Curlew - Dec 2)
House Finch / Roselin familier - several (several - Dec 2)
White-winged Crossbill / Bec-croisé bifascié - Johnson Mills (Norm Belliveau, Gilles Belliveau - Dec 2)
- Baie Verte (Kiirsti Owen - Dec 2)
Chipping Sparrow / Bruant familier - Cape Spear (Donald Pellerin, Dorca Pellerin - Dec 2)
 
 
Dec 1, 2024:
9:00 PM
105 species
Due to the quantity of species reported in the first update, I'm only including details on the species that were only reported by a single observer or group
Snow Goose / Oie des neiges
Canada Goose / Bernache du Canada
Northern Shoveler / Canard souchet
Gadwall / Canard chipeau
American Wigeon / Canard d'Amérique
Mallard / Canard colvert
American Black Duck / Canard noir
Northern Pintail / Canard pilet
Green-winged Teal / Sarcelle d'hiver
Ring-necked Duck / Fuligule à collier
Tufted Duck / Fuligule morillon
Greater Scaup / Fuligule milouinan
Lesser Scaup / Petit Fuligule
Common Eider / Eider à duvet
Harlequin Duck / Arlequin plongeur
Surf Scoter / Macreuse à front blanc
White-winged Scoter / Macreuse à ailes blanches
Black Scoter / Macreuse à bec jaune
Long-tailed Duck / Harelde kakawi
Bufflehead / Petit Garrot
Common Goldeneye / Garrot à oeil d'or
Barrow's Goldeneye / Garrot d'Islande
Hooded Merganser / Harle couronné
Common Merganser / Grand Harle
Red-breasted Merganser / Harle huppé
Ruddy Duck / Érismature rousse
Wild Turkey / Dindon sauvage
Ring-necked Pheasant / Faisan de Colchide
Horned Grebe / Grèbe esclavon
Red-necked Grebe / Grèbe jougris
Rock Pigeon / Pigeon biset
Mourning Dove / Tourterelle triste
Razorbill / Petit Pingouin
Black Guillemot / Guillemot à miroir
Black-legged Kittiwake / Mouette tridactyle
Bonaparte's Gull / Mouette de Bonaparte
Black-headed Gull / Mouette rieuse
Ring-billed Gull / Goéland à bec cerclé
Herring Gull / Goéland argenté
Iceland Gull / Goéland arctique
Great Black-backed Gull / Goéland marin
Red-throated Loon / Plongeon catmarin
Common Loon / Plongeon huard
Great Cormorant / Grand Cormoran
Double-crested Cormorant / Cormoran à aigrettes
Black-crowned Night-Heron / Bihoreau gris
Turkey Vulture / Urubu à tête rouge
Northern Harrier / Busard des marais
Sharp-shinned Hawk / Épervier brun
Cooper's Hawk / Épervier de Cooper
American Goshawk / Autour d'Amérique
Red-tailed Hawk / Buse à queue rousse
Rough-legged Hawk / Buse pattue
Great Horned Owl / Grand-duc d'Amérique
Snowy Owl / Harfang des neiges
Northern Hawk Owl / Chouette épervière
Belted Kingfisher / Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique
Red-bellied Woodpecker / Pic à ventre roux
Downy Woodpecker / Pic mineur
Hairy Woodpecker / Pic chevelu
Northern Flicker / Pic flamboyant
Pileated Woodpecker / Grand Pic
Merlin / Faucon émerillon
Least Flycatcher / Moucherolle tchébec - Upper Cape area (Marc Leblanc)    *** New Species for Winter List
Canada Jay / Mésangeai du Canada
Blue Jay / Geai bleu
American Crow / Corneille d'Amérique
Common Raven / Grand Corbeau
Black-capped Chickadee / Mésange à tête noire
Boreal Chickadee / Mésange à tête brune
Red-breasted Nuthatch / Sittelle à poitrine rousse
White-breasted Nuthatch / Sitelle à poitrine blanche
Brown Creeper / Grimpereau brun
Winter Wren / Troglodyte des forêts
Carolina Wren / Troglodyte de Caroline
Golden-crowned Kinglet / Roitelet à couronne dorée
Ruby-crowned Kinglet / Roitelet à couronne rubis
American Robin / Merle d'Amérique
Northern Mockingbird / Moqueur polyglotte
European Starling / Étourneau sansonnet
Cedar Waxwing / Jaseur d'Amérique
House Sparrow / Moineau domestique
Evening Grosbeak / Gros-bec errant
Pine Grosbeak / Durbec des sapins
Purple Finch / Roselin pourpré
Red Crossbill / Bec-croisé des sapins
Pine Siskin / Tarin des pins
American Goldfinch / Chardonneret jaune
Lapland Longspur / Plectrophane lapon
Snow Bunting / Plectrophane des neiges
Fox Sparrow / Bruant fauve
American Tree Sparrow / Bruant hudsonien
Dark-eyed Junco / Junco ardoisé
White-throated Sparrow / Bruant à gorge blanche
Song Sparrow / Bruant chanteur
Swamp Sparrow / Bruant des marais
Eastern Towhee / Tohi à flancs roux
Red-winged Blackbird / Carouge à épaulettes
Common Grackle / Quiscale bronzé
Orange-crowned Warbler / Paruline verdâtre
Common Yellowthroat / Paruline masquée
Pine Warbler / Paruline des pins
Yellow-rumped Warbler / Paruline à croupion jaune
Northern Cardinal / Cardinal rouge