Jim Watt: Canada Year List 2020 Clements, All records Record(s) 1 to 224 of 224 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Ross's Goose Anser rossii 09/11/2020 Bayfront Park 2 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 15/02/2020 Silver Lake 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii 22/02/2020 Suncor Pier 4 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2020 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2020 6 Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator 02/01/2020 7 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 06/04/2020 8 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 05/09/2020 Windemere 9 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14/01/2020 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2020 11 American Wigeon Mareca americana 13/05/2020 Windemere 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2020 13 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 05/01/2020 14 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 07/01/2020 15 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 15/02/2020 16 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 07/01/2020 17 Redhead Aythya americana 03/01/2020 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 14/01/2020 19 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 02/01/2020 20 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 14/01/2020 21 King Eider Somateria spectabilis 21/12/2020 Stoney Creek 22 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 03/01/2020 23 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 07/01/2020 24 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi 02/01/2020 25 Black Scoter Melanitta americana 02/01/2020 26 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 02/01/2020 27 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 02/01/2020 28 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2020 29 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 21/12/2020 Stoney Creek 30 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 02/01/2020 31 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 02/01/2020 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/01/2020 33 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 14/01/2020 34 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 14/05/2020 Mississauga 35 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 36 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 07/01/2020 37 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 11/04/2020 38 Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis 01/09/2020 Rattray Marsh 39 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 02/01/2020 40 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 02/01/2020 41 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 42 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus 09/06/2020 Lowville 43 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor 21/08/2020 Backyard foy 44 Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus 45 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 15/05/2020 Yard 46 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 15/05/2020 Yard 47 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola 48 American Coot Fulica americana 49 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana 13/05/2020 Windemere 50 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 13/10/2020 Tollgate Ponds 51 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 52 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 05/09/2020 Windemere 53 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa 13/05/2020 Windemere Wetlands 54 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 18/08/2020 Windemere Wetlands 55 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata 56 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 11/09/2020 Van Wagners 57 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 58 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 13/05/2020 59 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 18/08/2020 Windemere Wetlands 60 Red Knot Calidris canutus 01/09/2020 Rattray was 61 Sanderling Calidris alba 02/09/2020 Rattray Marsh 62 Dunlin Calidris alpina 13/05/2020 63 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 13/05/2020 64 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 05/09/2020 Windemere 65 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 18/08/2020 Windemere Wetlands 66 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus 11/09/2020 Van Wagners 67 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 02/01/2020 Niagara River Queenston Boat Ramp 68 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 02/01/2020 69 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 11/09/2020 Van Wagners 70 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 02/01/2020 71 Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus 26/11/2020 Mohawk Lake 72 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 02/01/2020 73 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 02/01/2020 74 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 02/01/2020 75 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 14/01/2020 76 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2020 77 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus 24/09/2020 RK McMillan Park, Mississauga, Ontario Mega rarity seen by mob s. Photos taken. 78 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 02/01/2020 79 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 22/04/2020 80 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri 29/05/2020 Oakville Harbour 81 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 82 Common Loon Gavia immer 11/04/2020 83 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 11/09/2020 Van Wagners 84 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum 02/01/2020 85 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis 86 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 13/05/2020 Windemere 87 Green Heron Butorides virescens 30/06/2020 Halton 88 Great Egret Ardea alba 05/09/2020 Dundas Marsh 89 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 14/01/2020 Windemere Wetlands 90 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 02/01/2020 91 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 02/01/2020 92 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 05/09/2020 Dundas Marsh 93 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 24/10/2020 Backyard 94 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius 15/02/2020 95 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 02/01/2020 96 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 02/01/2020 97 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 02/01/2020 98 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 24/10/2020 Backyard 99 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 01/10/2020 Paletta 100 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 02/01/2020 101 Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus 15/02/2020 102 Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio 15/07/2020 Yard list 103 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 05/02/2020 Bronte Harbour 104 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 19/12/2020 Compressor, Oakville 105 Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula 23/02/2020 Schomberg 106 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 04/01/2020 107 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 06/04/2020 108 Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus 01/10/2020 Paletta 109 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 03/01/2020 110 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 02/01/2020 111 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 03/01/2020 112 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 17/10/2020 Rattray Marsh 113 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 07/01/2020 114 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 02/01/2020 115 Merlin Falco columbarius 116 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 02/01/2020 117 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi 26/08/2020 Backyard 118 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens 24/05/2020 Backyard 119 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris 25/05/2020 Backyard 120 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii 25/05/2020 Arkendo Park 121 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus 15/05/2020 Yard 122 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 06/04/2020 123 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 124 Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius 17/11/2020 Brooklin Mega rarity, only the 2nd for Ontario 125 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 22/05/2020 Arkendo Park 126 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius 127 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus 05/09/2020 Woodland Cementary 128 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 129 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 24/05/2020 Backyard 130 Northern Shrike Lanius borealis 07/01/2020 131 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 07/01/2020 132 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 02/01/2020 133 Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus 04/03/2020 134 Common Raven Corvus corax 15/02/2020 135 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 02/01/2020 136 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 15/02/2020 137 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 28/05/2020 Arkendo Park 138 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 02/04/2020 139 Purple Martin Progne subis 15/05/2020 Edgemere 140 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 16/04/2020 Arkendo Park 141 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 11/04/2020 142 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 143 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula 14/01/2020 Sedgewick Park 144 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa 03/01/2020 145 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 03/01/2020 146 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 04/01/2020 147 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 03/01/2020 148 Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 149 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 03/05/2020 150 Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis 05/01/2020 151 Sedge Wren Cistothorus stellaris 04/06/2020 Springbank Park 152 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 31/05/2020 Hamilton 153 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 02/01/2020 154 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2020 155 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 30/04/2020 156 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 30/04/2020 157 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 31/03/2020 Harding Waterfront Estate 158 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 30/04/2020 159 Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi 26/03/2020 Hydro Corridor 160 Veery Catharus fuscescens 15/05/2020 Arkendo 161 Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus 17/05/2020 162 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 163 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 05/01/2020 Rattray Marsh 164 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 165 American Robin Turdus migratorius 05/01/2020 166 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 05/01/2020 167 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2020 168 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 27/10/2020 Lowville Golf Course 169 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 02/01/2020 170 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 03/11/2020 Lowville 171 Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 17/11/2020 Brooklin 172 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 08/11/2020 Backyard 173 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 21/09/2020 Rattray Marsh 174 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 02/01/2020 175 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 03/12/2020 Burlington 176 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 22/04/2020 177 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 30/04/2020 178 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 07/01/2020 179 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca 180 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 02/01/2020 181 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 30/04/2020 182 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 05/01/2020 183 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 02/05/2020 184 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 14/01/2020 Windemere Wetlands 185 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 186 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana 28/04/2020 Arkendo Park 187 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 14/04/2020 188 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 31/05/2020 Hamilton Beach 189 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus 190 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 02/04/2020 191 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 25/05/2020 Arkendo Park was 192 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 03/05/2020 193 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 03/01/2020 194 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 01/04/2020 195 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus 196 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 197 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla 198 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis 199 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 200 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina 201 Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata 01/10/2020 Paletta 202 Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla 203 Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis 13/09/2020 Rattray Marsh 204 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 09/06/2020 Lowville 205 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 17/05/2020 Lakeside Park 206 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina 17/05/2020 Lakeside Park 207 Northern Parula Setophaga americana 208 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia 15/05/2020 Arkendo 209 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea 17/05/2020 Lakeside Park 210 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca 17/05/2020 Lakeside Park 211 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 212 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica 15/05/2020 Arkendo 213 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata 25/05/2020 Arkendo Park 214 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens 15/05/2020 Arkendo 215 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum 30/04/2020 216 Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus 07/03/2020 217 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 16/04/2020 218 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens 03/05/2020 219 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis 15/05/2020 Arkendo 220 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 14/01/2020 Sedgewick Park 221 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 01/10/2020 Paletta 222 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 02/01/2020 223 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 14/05/2020 Backyard 224 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 09/06/2020 Lowville