2009 Results: Connecticut

Other years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

See list of localities in Connecticut with reports.

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Number of Checklists (by location)

: 1
: 2-5
: 6-25
: > 25

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Greater White-fronted Goose	1	1
Snow Goose	12	3
Brant	2,608	24
Canada Goose	14,317	221
Mute Swan	544	70
Wood Duck	45	12
Gadwall	76	13
Eurasian Wigeon	1	1
American Wigeon	125	13
American Black Duck	1,198	84
Mallard	4,306	165
Northern Pintail	5	3
Green-winged Teal	53	6
Canvasback	78	5
Redhead	1	1
Ring-necked Duck	314	21
Greater Scaup	3,365	8
Lesser Scaup	279	7
Surf Scoter	319	3
White-winged Scoter	3,740	5
Black Scoter	2	1
Long-tailed Duck	591	10
Bufflehead	399	25
Common Goldeneye	817	22
Hooded Merganser	456	62
Common Merganser	830	42
Red-breasted Merganser	282	28
Ruddy Duck	2	1
Ring-necked Pheasant	7	5
Wild Turkey	928	89
Red-throated Loon	21	10
Common Loon	19	9
Pied-billed Grebe	3	3
Horned Grebe	48	8
Double-crested Cormorant	8	4
Great Cormorant	85	15
American Bittern	3	3
Great Blue Heron	38	21
Black Vulture	98	18
Turkey Vulture	638	139
Bald Eagle	75	38
Northern Harrier	32	25
Sharp-shinned Hawk	79	73
Cooper's Hawk	97	93
Northern Goshawk	4	3
Red-shouldered Hawk	63	52
Red-tailed Hawk	426	273
Rough-legged Hawk	8	7
Golden Eagle	1	1
American Kestrel	7	7
Merlin	3	3
Peregrine Falcon	10	8
American Coot	26	7
Black-bellied Plover	3	2
Killdeer	22	5
Greater Yellowlegs	1	1
Ruddy Turnstone	59	4
Sanderling	246	7
Purple Sandpiper	73	4
Dunlin	91	6
American Woodcock	2	1
Bonaparte's Gull	2	1
Black-headed Gull	1	1
Ring-billed Gull	4,467	129
Herring Gull	4,461	138
Thayer's Gull	1	1
Iceland Gull	8	4
Lesser Black-backed Gull	1	1
Slaty-backed Gull	1	1
Glaucous Gull	3	3
Great Black-backed Gull	379	48
Rock Pigeon	1,891	114
White-winged Dove	1	1
Mourning Dove	4,468	779
Monk Parakeet	189	16
Eastern Screech-Owl	35	13
Great Horned Owl	13	10
Snowy Owl	1	1
Barred Owl	12	9
Long-eared Owl	9	4
Northern Saw-whet Owl	4	3
Belted Kingfisher	16	14
Red-bellied Woodpecker	647	497
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	34	25
Downy Woodpecker	1,514	782
Hairy Woodpecker	421	302
Northern Flicker	266	173
Pileated Woodpecker	49	46
Blue Jay	1,965	584
American Crow	8,708	621
Fish Crow	77	21
Common Raven	87	27
Horned Lark	153	4
Black-capped Chickadee	3,957	937
Tufted Titmouse	2,771	870
Red-breasted Nuthatch	69	37
White-breasted Nuthatch	1,233	674
Brown Creeper	39	30
Carolina Wren	369	271
Winter Wren	40	22
Golden-crowned Kinglet	40	20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1	1
Eastern Bluebird	358	95
Hermit Thrush	12	12
American Robin	1,169	188
Gray Catbird	11	8
Northern Mockingbird	117	88
Brown Thrasher	1	1
European Starling	16,014	323
American Pipit	4	2
Cedar Waxwing	277	31
Yellow-rumped Warbler	19	6
Yellow-throated Warbler	1	1
Pine Warbler	3	3
Eastern Towhee	15	12
American Tree Sparrow	765	148
Chipping Sparrow	4	4
Field Sparrow	66	26
Savannah Sparrow	39	12
Fox Sparrow	35	26
Song Sparrow	595	242
Lincoln's Sparrow	1	1
Swamp Sparrow	24	9
White-throated Sparrow	1,573	397
White-crowned Sparrow	2	1
Dark-eyed Junco	4,757	789
Snow Bunting	27	3
Northern Cardinal	2,078	754
Red-winged Blackbird	2,647	219
Rusty Blackbird	103	9
Common Grackle	4,711	216
Boat-tailed Grackle	36	2
Brown-headed Cowbird	412	66
Purple Finch	230	95
House Finch	2,188	475
White-winged Crossbill	3	2
Common Redpoll	91	31
Pine Siskin	5,920	452
American Goldfinch	6,076	767
Evening Grosbeak	1	1
House Sparrow	4,121	443
Total	130,899

A total of 141 species were reported.

See list of localities in Connecticut with reports.

This report was updated 09-Feb-2010 07:05 ET.