Appendix D
Lists of Summer Avifauna of the Connecticut River Estuary

 Appendix D.1 Summer Bird Residents in the Wetlands located in the Connecticut River Estuary and Tidal Wetlands Complex

SPECIES MARSH HABITAT BORDER & UPLAND MIGRANTS NEOTROPICAL MIGRANTS
Common Loon*     X  
Double Crested Cormorant X      
Great Blue Heron* X      
Green Heron X      
Great Egret     X  
Snowy Egret X      
Black-crowned Night Heron* X      
Yellow-crowned Night Heron     X  
Least Bittern* X      
American Bittern* X      
Glossy Ibis X      
Mute Swan X      
Canada Goose* X   X  
Brant     X  
Mallard* X      
Black Duck* X      
Gadwall* X      
Green-winged Teal* X      
Blue-winged Teal* X   X  
Wood Duck* X      
Red-breasted Merganser     X  
Turkey Vulture   X   1
Red-tailed Hawk   X   1
Marsh Hawk* X   X 4
Osprey* X      
American Kestrel   X   3
Bobwhite*   X    
Ring-necked Pheasant   X    
King Rail* X      
Clapper Rail* X      
Virginia Rail* X   X  
Sora* X   X  
Black Rail*        
Common Gallinule*        
Semipalmated Plover     X  
Killdeer X     3
Black-bellied Plover     X  
Ruddy Turnstone     X  
American Woodcock   X    
Common Snipe X      
Whimbrel     X  
Spotted Sandpiper* X      
Solitary Sandpiper     X  
Greater Yellowlegs     X  
Lesser Yellowlegs     X  
Willet     X  
White-rumped Sandpiper     X  
Least Sandpiper     X  
Dunlin     X  
Semipalmated Sandpiper     X  
Short-billed Dowitcher     X  
Great Black-backed Gull X      
Herring Gull X      
Ring-billed Gull X      
Laughing Gull     X  
Common Tern X      
Roseate Tern     X  
Least Tern* X      
Royal Tern     X  
Rock Dove   X    
Mourning Dove   X   1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo   X   4
Black-billed Cuckoo   X   5
Barred Owl*   X    
Whip-poor-will*   X   5
Chimney Swift X     5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird   X   3
Belted Kingfisher X     4
Northern Flicker   X   5
Red-headed Woodpecker*   X    
Hairy Woodpecker   X    
Downy Woodpecker   X    
Eastern Kingbird   X   5
Great Crested Flycatcher   X   3
Eastern Phoebe   X   4
Willow Flycatcher   X   U
Alder Flycatcher   X   U
Least Flycatcher   X   5
Eastern Wood Pewee   X   5
Tree Swallow X     2
Bank Swallow* X     4
Rough-winged Swallow X     4
Barn Swallow X     4
Cliff Swallow     X 4
Purple Martin*     X 3
Blue Jay   X    
Common Crow   X    
Fish Crow     X  
Black-capped Chickadee   X    
Tutfted Titmouse   X    
White-breasted Nuthatch   X    
Brown Creeper   X   2
House Wren   X   3
Carolina Wren   X    
Long-billed Marsh Wren X     5
Mockingbird   X   3
Gray Catbird   X   3
Brown Thrasher   X    
American Robin   X   4
Wood Thrush   X   5
Veery   X   4
Cedar Waxwing   X    
Starling   X    
White-eyed Vireo   X   3
Red-eyed Vireo   X   1
Warbling Vireo   X   1
Black-and-white Warbler   X   5
Blue-winged Warbler   X   2
Yellow Warbler   X   1
Blackpoll Warbler*   X   3
Prarie Warbler   X   4
Ovenbird   X   1
Northern Waterthrush     X 2
Louisiana Waterthrush X     4
Common Yellowthroat   X   3
Yellow-breasted Chat*   X   5
Wilson's Warbler   X   3
Canada Warbler   X   5
American Redstart   X   4
House Sparrow   X    
Bobolink   X    
Eastern Meadowlark   X   5
Red-winged Blackbird X     5
Orchard Oriole   X   1
Northern Oriole   X   4
Common Grackle   X    
Brown-headed Cowbird   X   5
Scarlet Tanager   X   2
Cardinal   X    
Rose-breasted Grosbeak   X   2
Indigo Bunting   X   2
Purple Finch   X   5
House Finch   X    
American Goldfinch   X   5
Rufous-sided Towhee   X   5
Savannah Sparrow*       5
Sharp-tailed Sparrow* X      
Seaside Sparrow X   X  
Chipping Sparrow   X    
Field Sparrow   X    
White-throated Sparrow   X   5
Swamp Sparrow X     3
Song Sparrow   X   5

from Craig, R.J. 1973. Distributional ecology of marsh birds of the Connecticut River. M.S. thesis. University of Connecticut.

Avifauna observed in and adjacent to Connecticut River tidal wetlands during the summer of 1974(1)
Neotropical Migrants - Population Trend Codes: 1= statistically significant increase; 2=non-significant increase; 3=no consistent trend; 4=non-significant decline; 5=statistically significant decline; NA=not applicable; U=unknown(2).
*Species of Special Emphasis (4/15/1992)

 

 Appendix D.2 Breeding Bird Data for the Connecticut River Estuary and Tidal Wetlands Complex Project Area

SPECIES

 COMMON NAME CONFIRMED PROBABLE POSSIBLE NEOTROPICAL
MIGRANTS
1 Double-crested Cormorant   1 4  
2 Least Bittern   2    
3 Great Blue Heron     1  
4 Great Egret     1  
5 Snowy Egret   2 1  
6 Green Heron 2 2 4  
7 Black-crowned Night Heron   3 1  
8 Yelow-crowned Night Heron     1  
9 Glossy Ibis     2  
10 Mute Swan 10      
11 Canada Goose 4 2    
12 Wood Duck 7   1  
13 American Black Duck 2 2 2  
14 Mallard 5 6 2  
15 Blue-winged Teal   1    
16 Gadwall 1 1    
17 Turkey Vulture   2 4 1
18 Osprey 2 2    
19 Northern Harrier   1   4
20 Northern Goshawk   1   4
21 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 3   3
22 Broad-winged Hawk 4 2 4 4
23 Red-tailed Hawk 5 3 5 1
24 American Kestrel 1 2 4 3
25 Ring-necked Pheasant 1   3  
26 Ruffed Grouse 4 3 2  
27 Wild Turkey 5 1 1  
28 Northern Bobwhite 3 2 4  
29 Clapper Rail 2      
30 King Rail 1 1    
31 Virginia Rail     1  
32 Sora 1   1  
33 Piping Plover 1      
34 Killdeer 4 1 3 3
35 Willet 1      
36 Spotted Sandpiper   2 2  
37 American Woodcock   4 2  
38 Herring Gull     1  
39 Great Black-backed Gull     1  
40 Common Tern 1      
41 Least Tern 1   1  
42 Rock Dove 3 3 3  
43 Mourning Dove 10 3 1 1
44 Black-billed Cuckoo   3 4 5
45 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 3 4 4
46 Screech Owl 1 2 3  
47 Great Horned Owl 3 4 4  
48 Barred Owl 2 7    
49 Whip-poor-will 1 2 1 5
50 Chimney Swift 6 5 3 5
51 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 3 3 3
52 Belted Kingfisher 4 4 4 4
53 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 3 3  
54 Downy Woodpecker 7 1 5  
55 Hairy Woodpecker 3 4 3  
56 Norther Flicker 9 4 1 5
57 Pileated Woodpecker 1 3 3  
58 Eastern Wood-pewee 1 7 5 5
59 Acadian Flycatcher 1 2 2 2
60 Alder Flycatcher     1 U
61 Willow Flycatcher 3 3   U
62 Least Flycatcher   2 2 5
63 Eastern Phoebe 11 1 2 4
64 Great-crested Flycatcher 4 6 4 3
65 Eastern Kingbird 7 6 1 5
66 Purple Martin 4   1 3
67 Tree Swallow 5 7 2 2
68 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4 2 1 4
69 Bank Swallow 5 1   4
70 Barn Swallow 12 2   4
71 Blue Jay 13 1    
72 American Crow 13 1    
73 Fish Crow 2      
74 Black-capped Chickadee 14      
75 Tufted Titmouse 6 6 2  
76 Red-breasted Nuthatch     2  
77 White-breasted Nuthatch 5 7 1  
78 Brown Creeper 1 1 3 2
79 Carolina Wren 3 5 2  
80 House Wren 6 6 2 3
81 Marsh Wren 2 6 1 5
82 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 5 2 3
83 Eastern Bluebird 8 1   1
84 Veery 3 3 6 4
85 Hermit Thrush   1   2
86 Wood Thrush 3 6 4 5
87 American Robin 14     4
88 Catbird 14     3
89 Northern Mockingbird 7 6 1 3
90 Brown Thrasher 1 5 1  
91 Cedar Waxwing 6 5 1 1
92 Starling 13   1  
93 White-eyed Vireo 3 6 3 3
94 Yellow-throated Vireo 2 5 2 3
95 Warbling Vireo 2 5 3 1
96 Red-eyed Vireo 8 5 1 1
97 Blue-winged Warbler 14     2
98 Yellow Warbler 8 6   1
99 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 3 1 4
100 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 4 1 3
101 Prarie Warbler 4 7 3 4
102 Cerulean Warbler 2 1   4
103 Black and White Warbler 5 6 1 5
104 American Redstart 4 6 4 4
105 Worm-eating Warbler 6 6   4
106 Ovenbird 5 5 3 1
107 Northern Waterthrush   2   2
108 Louisiana Waterthrush 3 6   4
109 Common Yellowthroat 7 6 1 3
110 Hooded Warbler 3 4 1 2
111 Canada Warbler     1 5
112 Yellow-breasted Chat     1 5
113 Scarlet Tanager 3 6 4 2
114 Northern Cardinal 13   1  
115 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6 4 2 2
116 Indigo Bunting 5 3 3 2
117 Rufous-sided Towhee   9 5 5
118 Chipping Sparrow 14     3
119 Field Sparrow 6 4 2  
120 Sharp-tailed Sparrow 2   1  
121 Seaside Sparrow 2      
122 Song Sparrow 11 3   5
123 Swamp Sparrow 3 6 2 3
124 Bobolink   1 1 4
125 Red-winged Blackbird 8 6   5
126 Eastern Meadowlark 1 1 1 5
127 Common Grackle 12 1 1  
128 Brown-headed Cowbird 7 7   5
129 Orchard Oriole     1 1
130 Northern Oriole 13 1   4
131 Purple Finch 2 4   5
132 House Finch 8 5 1  
133 American Goldfinch 5 7 2 5
134 House Sparrow 11 1 2  
           

Breeding bird status based upon Bevier, L. (1994). The Atlas of breeding birds of Connecticut. CT Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. 113.

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