David Daniels: Preston County Year List 2021 WVBRC, All records Record(s) 1 to 195 of 195 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 26/12/2021 Terra Alta Lake 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 5 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 6 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 7 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 9 American Wigeon Mareca americana 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11 American Black Duck Anas rubripes 12 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 13 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 14 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 15 Redhead Aythya americana 16 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 17 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 18 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 19 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi 20 Black Scoter Melanitta americana 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 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus 28 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 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 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 37 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 38 American Coot Fulica americana 39 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 40 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 41 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 42 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 43 American Woodcock Scolopax minor 44 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata 45 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 46 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 47 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 48 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 49 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 50 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 51 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri 52 Common Loon Gavia immer 53 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum 54 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 55 Great Egret Ardea alba 56 Green Heron Butorides virescens 57 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 58 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 59 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 60 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 61 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius 62 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 63 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 64 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 65 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 66 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 67 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 68 Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus 69 Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio 70 Barred Owl Strix varia 71 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 72 Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus 73 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 74 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 75 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 76 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 77 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 78 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 79 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 80 Merlin Falco columbarius 81 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 82 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 83 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 84 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens 85 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris 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 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 96 Northern Shrike Lanius borealis 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 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 120 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 121 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 122 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 123 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 124 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 125 Veery Catharus fuscescens 126 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 127 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 128 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 129 American Robin Turdus migratorius 130 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 131 American Pipit Anthus rubescens 132 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 133 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 134 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 135 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 136 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 137 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 138 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum 139 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 140 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 141 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca 142 American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea 143 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 144 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 145 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 146 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 147 Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii 148 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 149 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 150 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 151 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana 152 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 153 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 154 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus 155 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 156 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 157 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 158 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 159 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 160 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus 161 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 162 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla 163 Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum 164 Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla 165 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis 166 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera 167 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 168 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina 169 Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla 170 Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa 171 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 172 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina 173 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 174 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina 175 Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea 176 Northern Parula Setophaga americana 177 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia 178 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea 179 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca 180 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 181 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica 182 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata 183 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens 184 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum 185 Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus 186 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 187 Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica 188 Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor 189 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens 190 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis 191 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 192 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 193 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 194 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 195 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea