BIRD SPECIES
Seen in and around Mashkinonje Provincial Park
There have been 270 species identified in the region
Bird List
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Snow Goose
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Trumpeter Swan
Wood Duck
Green-wing Teal
American Black Duck
Mallard
Gadwall
Common Pintail
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
Ringed-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
White-winged Scoter
Longtail
Redhead
Ruddy Duck
American Coot
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Ruffed Grouse
Sandhill Crane
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
Semiplamated Plover
Lesser Golden Plover
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Wilson's Phalarope
Common Snipe
American Woodcock
Short-billed Dowitcher
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Franklin's Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black Tern
Rock Pigeon Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Barred Owl
Great Grey Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Rough-winged Swallow
Gray Jay
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Blacked-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Shrike
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Pine Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black and White Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Canada Warbler
Northern Cardinal
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Leconte's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
House Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
European Starling
Northern Oriole
Scarlet Tanager
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Alphabetical List
American Bittern
American Black Duck
American Coot
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Redstart
American Robin
American Tree Sparrow
American Wigeon
American Woodcock
Bald Eagle
Barn Swallow
Barred Owl
Bay-breasted Warbler
Belted Kingfisher
Black and White Warbler
Black Tern
Black-backed Woodpecker
Black-bellied Plover
Black-billed Cuckoo
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-crowned Night Heron
Blacked-capped Chickadee
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blue Jay
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-winged Teal
Bobolink
Bonaparte's Gull
Brewer's Blackbird
Broad-winged Hawk
Brown Creeper
Brown Thrasher
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bufflehead
Canada Goose
Canada Warbler
Carolina Wren
Caspian Tern
Cedar Waxwing
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Cliff Swallow
Common Goldeneye
Common Grackle
Common Loon
Common Merganser
Common Nighthawk
Common Pintail
Common Raven
Common Redpoll
Common Snipe
Common Tern
Common Yellowthroat
Dark-eyed Junco
Double-crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker |
Dunlin
Eared Grebe
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Eurasian Wigeon
European Starling
Evening Grosbeak
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Franklin's Gull
Gadwall
Golden Eagle
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Gray Jay
Great Blue Heron
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Grey Owl
Great Horned Owl
Greater Scaup
Green Heron
Green-wing Teal
Hairy Woodpecker
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Hoary Redpoll
Hooded Merganser
Horned Grebe
Horned Lark
House Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Killdeer
Lapland Longspur
Least Bittern
Least Flycatcher
Leconte's Sparrow
Lesser Golden Plover
Lesser Scaup
Lesser Yellowlegs
Longtail
Magnolia Warbler
Mallard
Merlin
Mourning Dove
Nashville Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Goshawk
Northern Harrier
Northern Hawk Owl
Northern Oriole
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Northern Shoveler
Northern Shrike
Osprey
Ovenbird
Pectoral Sandpiper
Peregrine Falcon
Pied-billed Grebe |
Pileated Woodpecker
Pine Grosbeak
Pine Siskin
Pine Warbler
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-eyed Vireo
Redhead
Red-necked Grebe
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-billed Gull
Ringed-necked Duck
Rock Pigeon Dove
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rough-legged Hawk
Rough-winged Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ruddy Duck
Ruffed Grouse
Rusty Blackbird
Sandhill Crane
Savannah Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Semiplamated Plover
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Short-billed Dowitcher
Snow Bunting
Snow Goose
Snowy Owl
Solitary Sandpiper
Song Sparrow
Sora
Spotted Sandpiper
Swainson's Thrush
Swamp Sparrow
Tennessee Warbler
Tree Swallow
Trumpeter Swan
Turkey Vulture
Veery
Western Meadowlark
Whip-poor-will
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-winged Crossbill
White-winged Scoter
Wilson's Phalarope
Winter Wren
Wood Duck
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
 
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EAST MEETS WEST AT MASHKIONONJE
The Friends of Mashkinonje had a nice day
for their second annual Christmas Bird Count. The day was overcast with
temperatures above freezing. The best time for bird watching is a half-hour
after sunrise, so the 38 feeder watchers and 15 field observers started
early with their annual watch. Unfortunately, we could not include all the
feeder watchers who wanted to be included in our count. We had requests to
participate from Sturgeon Falls, Field, River Valley and Cache Lake. Each
Christmas Bird Count has a circle with a 15 mile diameter. The
aforementioned areas are outside the Mashkinonje circle.
The Friends of Mashkinonje would be
willing to help other areas create their own Christmas Bird Counts. Bird
watching is North Americas fastest growing hobby, the probable reason is
birds are apart of the nature that surrounds us, they will come when you
feed them and they are a delight to watch. The Co-op in Verner sells 2,000
pounds of bird feed a month. The Mashkinonje Christmas Bird count was Chris
Bell’s 5th for the year and around his 100th for his career. The Friends of
Mashkinonje would like to extend a special thank you to our Feeder Watcher
Coordinators: Carmelle Girouard, Lavigne North; Lorraine Courchesne, Lavigne
South and Ev Eisenhauer, North Monetville. They have all agreed to help us
in our next Christmas Bird Count.
Every year the bird count will generate
new results, Mother Nature is never predictable. Last years count resulted
in 29 species with 1,277 individuals, in this year’s count we managed to
locate 27 species and 2,512 individuals. Dick Tafel’s group managed to find
a flock of 676 Snow Buntings with 3 Lapland Longspurs amongst them, in the
north east part of the circle. We didn’t get a Great Blue Heron in our count
this year because the lake was frozen in early December so there was no
consistent open water for herons or ducks. American Goldfinches were the
predominant feeder birds in the 2002 count, this year the Common Redpolls
came down from the Arctic to become the predominant feeder birds. Sometimes
a Hoary Redpoll with a white back can be found amongst the Common Redpolls,
3 were located. The Evening and Pine Grosbeaks both very pretty and nomadic
birds were counted this year.
Three Rough-legged Hawks, a Northern
Goshawk and a Black-backed Woodpecker were also located. We didn’t find any
owls, which are especially interesting to bird watchers. Hairy Woodpeckers
and Blue Jays decreased by 40% this year. The number of Common Ravens
doubled from 106 to 208 and Black-capped Chickadees increased from 326 to
477. The increase in Black-capped Chickadees is interesting because in some
areas of southern Ontario their numbers are declining and now studies are
going to be undertaken to find the possible cause. Although these results
are not perfect, the results are a good indicator of bird populations and
migration, which is why Bird Studies Canada coordinates these findings for
the Audubon Society. The results of the Mashkinonje Christmas Bird Count
will be published along with all the other worldwide bird counts in the
Audubon Society magazine next summer.
Mashkinonje Christmas Bird Count
| For the Year |
2002 |
2003 |
| Date of CBC |
Jan 4/03 |
Jan 3/04 |
| Total Birds |
1,277 |
2,512 |
| Total Species |
29 |
27 |
| Feeder Watchers |
17 |
38 |
| Field Observers |
14 |
15 |
| |
| Great Blue Heron |
1 |
0 |
| Great Horned Owl |
1 |
0 |
| Northern Goshawk |
0 |
1 |
| Rough-legged Hawk |
1 |
3 |
| Ruffed Grouse |
23 |
31 |
| Spruce Grouse |
1 |
0 |
| Rock Pigeon |
8 |
59 |
| Mourning Dove |
7 |
11 |
| |
| Pileated Woodpecker |
8 |
3 |
| Downy Woodpecker |
18 |
16 |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
51 |
30 |
| Black-backed Woodpecker |
0 |
1 |
| |
| American Crow |
0 |
4 |
| Northern Raven |
106 |
208 |
| Blue Jay |
127 |
75 |
| Gray Jay |
24 |
28 |
| |
| Black-capped Chickadee |
326 |
477 |
| Boreal Chickadee |
3 |
0 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch |
10 |
21 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch
|
31 |
20 |
| Northern Shrike |
2 |
3 |
| |
| European Starling |
136 |
217 |
| House Sparrow |
13 |
66 |
| Lapland Longspur |
0 |
3 |
| Dark-eyed Junco |
2 |
4 |
| Snow Bunting |
100 |
712 |
| |
| Common Redpoll |
5 |
441 |
| Hoary Redpoll |
0 |
3 |
| Pine Grosbeak |
0 |
27 |
| Evening Grosbeak |
0 |
36 |
| |
| American Tree Sparrow |
31 |
12 |
| American Goldfinch |
217 |
0 |
| Brown Creeper |
1 |
0 |
| |
| White-winged Crossbill |
2 |
0 |
| Purple Finch |
9 |
0 |
| Pine Siskin |
13 |
0 |
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