David Daniels: Preston County Year List 2023 WVBRC, All records Record(s) 1 to 194 of 194 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 2 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 24/03/2023 Reedsville Farm, Reedsville, West Virginia 4 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 5 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 6 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 7 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 8 Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera Yes 08/08/2023 Fairfax Pond-Rehe Wildlife Management Area, Reedsville, West Virginia 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 10 American Wigeon Mareca americana 11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 12 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 13 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 14 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 15 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 16 Redhead Aythya americana 17 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 18 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Yes 04/03/2023 Alpine Lake, Terra Alta, West Virginia 19 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 20 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 21 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 22 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 23 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 24 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 25 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 26 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 27 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 28 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus 29 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 30 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 31 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 32 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 33 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 34 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus 35 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor 36 Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus 37 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 38 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 39 American Coot Fulica americana 40 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 41 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 42 Dunlin Calidris alpina 43 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 44 American Woodcock Scolopax minor 45 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata 46 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 47 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 48 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 49 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 50 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 51 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 52 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica Yes 12/11/2023 Alpine Lake, Terra Alta, West Virginia 53 Common Loon Gavia immer 54 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum 55 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 56 Green Heron Butorides virescens 57 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 07/05/2023 Afton Road, Cranesville, West Virginia 58 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 59 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 60 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 61 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 62 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius 63 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 64 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 65 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 66 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 67 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 68 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 69 Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio 70 Barred Owl Strix varia 71 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 72 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 73 Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus 74 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 75 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 76 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 77 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 78 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 79 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 80 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 81 Merlin Falco columbarius 82 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 83 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 84 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 85 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens 86 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens 87 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum 88 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii 89 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus 90 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 91 White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus 92 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons 93 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius 94 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus 95 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 96 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 97 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 98 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 99 Common Raven Corvus corax 100 Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 101 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 102 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 103 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 104 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 105 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 106 Purple Martin Progne subis 107 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 108 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 109 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula 110 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa 111 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 112 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 113 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 114 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 115 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 116 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 117 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 118 Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis 119 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 120 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 121 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 122 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 123 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 124 Veery Catharus fuscescens 125 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 126 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 127 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 128 American Robin Turdus migratorius 129 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 130 American Pipit Anthus rubescens 131 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 132 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 133 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 134 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum 135 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 136 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida 137 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 138 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca 139 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 140 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 141 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 142 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 143 Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii 144 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 145 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 146 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 147 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana 148 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 149 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 150 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus 151 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 152 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 153 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 154 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 155 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 156 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus 157 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 158 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla 159 Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum 160 Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla 161 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis 162 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera 163 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 164 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina 165 Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata 166 Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla 167 Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis 168 Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa 169 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 170 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina 171 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 172 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina 173 Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea 174 Northern Parula Setophaga americana 175 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia 176 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea 177 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca 178 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 179 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica 180 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata 181 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens 182 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum 183 Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus 184 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 185 Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica 186 Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor 187 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens 188 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis 189 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 190 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 191 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 192 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 193 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 194 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea