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Common birds of the Maine Coast

Birds are all around us, and I have loved them since I was young. Right now, I am trying to find as many species of birds as I can. Birds are, and have always been swooping around us, and showing off their stuff. These wonders need to be known by the whole world, just as they are.

Cattle Egret 1
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 2
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 3
Botaurus lentiginosus
Golden Eagle 4
Aquila chrysaetos
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Accipiter striatus
Northern Goshawk 6
Accipiter gentilis
Cooper's Hawk 7
Accipiter cooperii
Circus cyaneus 8
Rough-legged Buzzard 9
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 10
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 11
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 12
Buteo platypterus
Swallow-tailed Kite 13
Elanoides forficatus
Bald Eagle 14
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 15
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 1
Chaetura pelagica
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 16
Dendrocygna bicolor
Mute Swan 17
Cygnus olor
American Black Duck 2
Anas rubripes
Mallard 18
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 19
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 20
Anas crecca
Blue-winged Teal 21
Anas discors
Common Goldeneye 22
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 21
Bucephala albeola
Barrow's Goldeneye 22
Bucephala islandica
Red-breasted Merganser 23
Mergus serrator
Common Merganser 24
Mergus merganser
Pink-footed Goose 25
Anser brachyrhynchus
Greylag Goose 26
Anser anser
Common Eider 27
Somateria mollissima
King Eider 25
Somateria spectabilis
White-winged Scoter 28
Melanitta fusca
Surf Scoter 29
Melanitta perspicillata
Black Scoter 5
Melanitta nigra
Ring-necked Duck 21
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 30
Aythya affinis
Redhead 31
Aythya americana
Ruddy Duck 32
Oxyura jamaicensis
Brant 33
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose 34
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 35
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 36
Lophodytes cucullatus
Harlequin Duck 37
Histrionicus histrionicus
Muscovy Duck 38
Cairina moschata
Long-tailed Duck 39
Clangula hyemalis
Labrador Duck 40
Camptorhynchus labradorius
Horned Lark 41
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 42
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 21
Bombycilla garrulus
Brown Creeper 43
Certhia americana
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 13
Polioptila caerulea
Carolina Wren 44
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 13
Troglodytes aedon
Marsh Wren 21
Cistothorus palustris
Fish Crow 45
Corvus ossifragus
Common Raven 46
Corvus corax
American Crow 47
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 48
Cyanocitta cristata
Gray Jay 49
Perisoreus canadensis
Northern Cardinal 50
Cardinalis cardinalis
Lincoln's Sparrow 51
Melospiza lincolnii
Swamp Sparrow 52
Melospiza georgiana
Song Sparrow 53
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 54
Spizella passerina
Clay-colored Sparrow 13
Spizella pallida
Field Sparrow 51
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 5
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 55
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated Sparrow 3
Zonotrichia albicollis
Orchard Oriole 15
Icterus spurius
Baltimore Oriole 56
Icterus galbula
Bullock's Oriole 13
Icterus bullockii
Eastern Towhee 57
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Sturnella magna
Common Grackle 58
Quiscalus quiscula
Common Yellowthroat 2
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 59
Agelaius phoeniceus
Pine Grosbeak 60
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 61
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Summer Tanager 62
Piranga rubra
Western Tanager 13
Piranga ludoviciana
Scarlet Tanager 63
Piranga olivacea
Black-throated Sparrow 64
Amphispiza bilineata
Savannah Sparrow 65
Passerculus sandwichensis
Dark-eyed Junco 53
Junco hyemalis
Nelson's Sparrow 66
Ammodramus nelsoni
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
Ammodramus savannarum
Saltmarsh Sparrow 67
Ammodramus caudacutus
Seaside Sparrow 44
Ammodramus maritimus
Vesper Sparrow 13
Pooecetes gramineus
Indigo Bunting 68
Passerina cyanea
Yellow-breasted Chat 69
Icteria virens
American Redstart 70
Setophaga ruticilla
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 71
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-and-white Warbler 72
Mniotilta varia
Rusty Blackbird 73
Euphagus carolinus
Brown-headed Cowbird 13
Molothrus ater
Red Crossbill 74
Loxia curvirostra

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