A Checklist of the Birds of
MONHEGAN ISLAND and NEARBY MAINLAND MAINE
Bold-faced species are rare, unusual or local species.
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Sep |
Sep |
Sep |
Sep |
Sep |
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1998 |
2000 |
2001 |
2001 |
2003 |
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Canada Goose |
x |
x |
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x |
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Wood Duck |
x |
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x |
x |
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American Black Duck |
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x |
x |
x |
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Mallard |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Green-winged Teal |
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x |
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x |
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King Eider |
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x |
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Common Eider |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Surf Scoter |
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x |
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x |
x |
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White-winged Scoter |
x |
x |
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x |
x |
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Black Scoter |
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x |
x |
x |
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Common Goldeneye |
x |
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Ring-necked Pheasant |
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x |
x |
x |
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Common Loon |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
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x |
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Red-necked Grebe |
x |
x |
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x |
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Greater Shearwater |
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x |
x |
x |
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Northern Gannet |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Great Cormorant |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Magnificent Frigatebird |
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x |
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Great Blue Heron |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
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x |
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Osprey |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Bald Eagle |
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x |
x |
x |
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Northern Harrier |
x |
x |
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x |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Cooper's Hawk |
x |
x |
x |
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American Kestrel |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Merlin |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Peregrine Falcon |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Sora |
x |
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Black-bellied Plover |
x |
x |
x |
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x |
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Semipalmated Plover |
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x |
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x |
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Killdeer |
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x |
x |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
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x |
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Solitary Sandpiper |
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x |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
x |
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x |
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x |
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Whimbrel |
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x |
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x |
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Sanderling |
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x |
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Short-billed Dowitcher |
x |
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Wilson's Snipe |
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x |
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American Woodcock |
x |
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x |
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Pomarine Jaeger |
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x |
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Parasitic Jaeger |
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x |
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x |
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Laughing Gull |
x |
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x |
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Bonaparte's Gull |
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x |
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x |
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Ring-billed Gull |
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x |
x |
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Herring Gull |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Glaucous Gull |
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x |
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Great Black-backed Gull |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Black-legged Kittiwake |
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x |
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x |
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Black Guillemot |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Rock Pigeon |
x |
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x |
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Mourning Dove |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
x |
x |
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x |
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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x |
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x |
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Belted Kingfisher |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Red-headed Woodpecker |
x |
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x |
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Downy Woodpecker |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Eastern Wood-Pewee |
x |
x |
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x |
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
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x |
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Least Flycatcher |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Eastern Phoebe |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Western Kingbird |
x |
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White-eyed Vireo |
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x |
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Blue-headed Vireo |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Warbling Vireo |
x |
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Philadelphia Vireo |
x |
x |
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Red-eyed Vireo |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Blue Jay |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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American Crow |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Common Raven |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Cliff Swallow |
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x |
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Black-capped Chickadee |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
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x |
x |
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Brown Creeper |
x |
x |
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x |
x |
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Carolina Wren |
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x |
x |
x |
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House Wren |
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x |
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Winter Wren |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Marsh Wren |
x |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
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x |
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Veery |
x |
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Swainson's Thrush |
x |
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Hermit Thrush |
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x |
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x |
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American Robin |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Gray Catbird |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Northern Mockingbird |
x |
x |
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x |
x |
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Brown Thrasher |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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European Starling |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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American Pipit |
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x |
x |
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Cedar Waxwing |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Blue-winged Warbler |
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x |
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Tennessee Warbler |
x |
x |
x |
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Nashville Warbler |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Northern Parula |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Yellow Warbler |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Chestnut-sided Warbler |
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x |
x |
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Magnolia Warbler |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Black-throated Blue Warbler |
x |
x |
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x |
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Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Black-throated Green Warbler |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Blackburnian Warbler |
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x |
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x |
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Pine Warbler |
x |
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x |
x |
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Prairie Warbler |
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x |
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Palm Warbler |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Bay-breasted Warbler |
x |
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x |
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Blackpoll Warbler |
x |
x |
x |
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Black-and-white Warbler |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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American Redstart |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Prothonotary Warbler |
x |
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Northern Waterthrush |
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x |
x |
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Common Yellowthroat |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Hooded Warbler |
x |
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Wilson's Warbler |
x |
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x |
x |
x |
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Canada Warbler |
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x |
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Yellow-breasted Chat |
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x |
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x |
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Scarlet Tanager |
x |
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x |
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Eastern Towhee |
x |
x |
x |
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x |
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Chipping Sparrow |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Clay-colored Sparrow |
x |
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x |
x |
x |
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Lark Sparrow |
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x |
x |
x |
x |
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Savannah Sparrow |
x |
x |
x |
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Song Sparrow |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Lincoln's Sparrow |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Swamp Sparrow |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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White-throated Sparrow |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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White-crowned Sparrow |
x |
x |
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x |
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Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco |
x |
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x |
x |
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Northern Cardinal |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Blue Grosbeak |
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x |
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x |
x |
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Indigo Bunting |
x |
x |
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x |
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Dickcissel |
x |
x |
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Bobolink |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
x |
x |
x |
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Rusty Blackbird |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Common Grackle |
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x |
x |
x |
x |
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Baltimore Oriole |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Purple Finch |
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x |
x |
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House Finch |
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x |
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White-winged Crossbill |
|
x |
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Pine Siskin |
|
x |
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x |
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American Goldfinch |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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House Sparrow |
x |
x |
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x |
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Total Species |
102 |
103 |
93 |
98 |
79 |
x = observed d = dead
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Sep |
Sep |
Sep |
Sep |
Sep |
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1998 |
2000 |
2001 |
2001 |
2003 |
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MAMMALS |
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Finback Whale |
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x |
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Minke Whale |
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|
x |
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Pilot Whale |
x |
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Atlantic White-sided Dolphin |
x |
x |
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Harbor Porpoise |
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x |
x |
x |
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Harbor Seal |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Gray Seal |
|
x |
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x |
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Eastern Gray Squirrel |
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m |
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Eastern Chipmunk |
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m |
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Muskrat |
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x |
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Norway Rat |
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x |
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REPTILES |
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Maritime Garter Snake |
x |
x |
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x |
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Smooth Green Snake |
|
x |
x |
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Northern Redbelly Snake |
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|
x |
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NATURAL PHENOMENA |
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Jupiter w/ 2 bands and 4 moons |
x |
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Migrants flying across the moon |
x |
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Falling Stars |
x |
x |
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Crescent Moon |
|
x |
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x |
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Hurricane Juan |
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x |
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INVERTEBRATES |
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Sea Star |
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x |
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Mourning Cloak |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Red Admiral |
|
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Monarch |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Cabbage Butterfly |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Sulphur Butterfly |
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x |
x |
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Painted Lady |
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x |
x |
x |
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A Checklist of the Birds of MONHEGAN ISLAND and NEARBY MAINLAND MAINE
Compiled by Robert M. Schutsky
Bird Treks, 216 Spring Lane
Peach Bottom, PA USA 17563-4008
717-548-3303 info@birdtreks.com
www.birdtreks.com
Created by Valerie K. M. Schutsky
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