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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.

Gull-billed Tern 1
Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern 2
Hydroprogne caspia
Royal Tern 3
Thalasseus maximus
Snowy Owl 4
Bubo scandiacus
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Poecile atricapillus
Boreal Chickadee 6
Poecile hudsonicus
Winter Wren 7
Troglodytes hiemalis
Varied Thrush 8
Ixoreus naevius
Tennessee Warbler 9
Oreothlypis peregrina
Orange-crowned Warbler 10
Oreothlypis celata
Nashville Warbler 11
Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Mourning Warbler 12
Geothlypis philadelphia
Hooded Warbler 13
Setophaga citrina
Cape May Warbler 14
Setophaga tigrina
Northern Parula 15
Setophaga americana
Magnolia Warbler 16
Setophaga magnolia
Bay-breasted Warbler 17
Setophaga castanea
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Setophaga fusca
Yellow Warbler 18
Setophaga petechia
Chestnut-sided Warbler 19
Setophaga pensylvanica
Blackpoll Warbler 20
Setophaga striata
Palm Warbler 21
Setophaga palmarum
Pine Warbler 22
Setophaga pinus
Yellow-rumped Warbler 23
Setophaga coronata
Yellow-throated Warbler 24
Setophaga dominica
Prairie Warbler 25
Setophaga discolor
Black-throated Green Warbler 15
Setophaga virens
Canada Warbler 26
Cardellina canadensis
Wilson's Warbler 27
Cardellina pusilla
Common Redpoll 28
Acanthis flammea
Hoary Redpoll 28
Acanthis hornemanni
Pine Siskin 29
Spinus pinus
American Goldfinch 30
Spinus tristis
Eastern Whip-poor-will 1
Antrostomus vociferus
House Finch 31
Haemorhous mexicanus
Purple Finch 32
Haemorhous purpureus
Black-throated Blue Warbler 33
Setophaga caerulescens
Domestic Muscovy Duck 34
Cairina moschata domestica
Eastern Willet 35
Tringa semipalmata semipalmata
Domestic Duck 36
Anas platyrhynchos domesticus
American Great Egret 22
Ardea alba egretta
Yellow Palm Warbler 37
Setophaga palmarum hypochrysea
Eastern Wild Turkey 38
Meleagris gallopavo silvestris
Light-bellied Brant 1
Branta bernicla hrota
Ruff 39
Calidris pugnax
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 7
Calidris subruficollis
Cory's Shearwater (borealis) 40
Calonectris diomedea borealis
Atlantic Canada Goose 41
Branta canadensis canadensis
Northern Mallard 22
Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos
American Mew Gull 22
Larus canus brachyrhynchus
American Tree Sparrow 42
Spizelloides arborea
Eastern White-breasted Nuthatch 43
Sitta carolinensis carolinensis
Great Shearwater 44
Ardenna gravis
American Wigeon 45
Mareca americana
Sooty Shearwater 46
Ardenna grisea
Domestic Chicken 47
Gallus gallus domesticus
Sandhill Crane 1
Antigone canadensis
Cory's Shearwater 48
Calonectris diomedea
American Common Merganser 49
Mergus merganser americanus
Dresser's Common Eider 50
Somateria mollissima dresseri
American Black Duck × Mallard Hybrid 51
Anas rubripes × platyrhynchos
Northern Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens medianus
American White-winged Crossbill
Loxia leucoptera leucoptera
Eastern Chipping Sparrow 52
Spizella passerina passerina
Northern Yellow-shafted Flicker 53
Colaptes auratus luteus
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
Ross's Goose 54
Anser rossii
Blue-winged Teal 45
Spatula discors
Northern Shoveler 45
Spatula clypeata
Gadwall 55
Mareca strepera
Eurasian Wigeon 14
Mareca penelope
Northern Harrier 56
Circus hudsonius
Northern Shrike 57
Lanius borealis
Eastern Mourning Dove 58
Zenaida macroura macroura

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