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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.

Fulvous Whistling-Duck 1
Dendrocygna bicolor
Mute Swan 2
Cygnus olor
American Black Duck 3
Anas rubripes
Mallard 4
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 5
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 6
Anas crecca
Blue-winged Teal 7
Anas discors
Common Goldeneye 8
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 7
Bucephala albeola
Barrow's Goldeneye 8
Bucephala islandica
Red-breasted Merganser 9
Mergus serrator
Common Merganser 10
Mergus merganser
Pink-footed Goose 11
Anser brachyrhynchus
Greylag Goose 12
Anser anser
Common Eider 13
Somateria mollissima
King Eider 11
Somateria spectabilis
White-winged Scoter 14
Melanitta fusca
Surf Scoter 15
Melanitta perspicillata
Black Scoter 16
Melanitta nigra
Ring-necked Duck 7
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 17
Aythya affinis
Redhead 18
Aythya americana
Ruddy Duck 19
Oxyura jamaicensis
Brant 20
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose 21
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 22
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 23
Lophodytes cucullatus
Harlequin Duck 24
Histrionicus histrionicus
Muscovy Duck 25
Cairina moschata
Long-tailed Duck 26
Clangula hyemalis
Labrador Duck 27
Camptorhynchus labradorius
Domestic Goose 28
Anser anser domesticus
American Green-winged Teal 29
Anas crecca carolinensis
Black Scoter 30
Melanitta americana
Domestic Muscovy Duck 31
Cairina moschata domestica
Domestic Duck 32
Anas platyrhynchos domesticus
Light-bellied Brant 11
Branta bernicla hrota
Atlantic Canada Goose 33
Branta canadensis canadensis
Northern Mallard 34
Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos
American Wigeon 7
Mareca americana
American Common Merganser 35
Mergus merganser americanus
Dresser's Common Eider 36
Somateria mollissima dresseri
American Black Duck × Mallard Hybrid 37
Anas rubripes × platyrhynchos
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
Ross's Goose 38
Anser rossii
Blue-winged Teal 7
Spatula discors
Northern Shoveler 7
Spatula clypeata
Gadwall 10
Mareca strepera
Eurasian Wigeon 24
Mareca penelope

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