L July 12

Trip Leader: Stewart

Participants: Fred and Beth , Bonnie, Wayne, Stewart, Nancy, Alice and John, Judith, Peter, Lynne, Rob and Donna, Judy, Kerry, Melitta

Hi Everyone,

Thank you, Stewart and Nancy for providing a wonderful experience for us in Grand Mannan. It is a trip that will be well happily remembered by all of us.

We saw some great birds and as well as three species of whales. We saw what was considered an impossible bird to get in this location, the Tufted Puffin, probably the rarest bird seen by us, ever. We also added many new species to the list of birds seen by the BBC - Razor Bill, Northern Fulmar, Great Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Wilson’s Storm Petrel, Northern Gannet, Common Murre, a subspecies called Bridled Murre, Black Guillemot, and of course the Atlantic Puffin. Two more species that are new to us are Arctic Tern, and an uncommon sight for the area, Laughing Gull, which is seen as a southern oceanic bird that does not get beyond New England. And because of the northern location of the maritimes, we saw what we would in our area call winter birds - Purple Finch, and the Dark-eyed Junco. We added a second recording for us in finding a Boreal Chickadee. There were nesting Lincoln Sparrows and Nelson’s Sparrow on the island.

All birds listed below were seen on Grand Mannan except for birds where there is an * in front of the name; this indicates the bird was seen en route towards Grand Mannan.

• Canada Goose (CANG)

.Common Loon

.Red-throated Loon

• American Black Duck (ABDU)

• Mallard (MALL)

• Ring-necked Pheasant (RNEP)

• Pied-billed Grebe (PBGR)

• Double-crested Cormorant (DCCO)

• * Great Egret (GREG)

• Turkey Vulture (TUVU)

. Razor Bill

. Northern Fulmar

. Great Shearwater

. Sooty Shearwater

. Wilson’s Storm Petrel

. Northern Gannet

. Common Murre

. Tuffted Puffin

. Atlantic Puffin

. Black Guillemot

• * Osprey (OSPR

• Bald Eagle (BAEA)

. * Golden Eagle (GOEA)

• Northern Harrier (NOHA)

• * Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA)

• Greater Yellowlegs (GRYE)

• Lesser Yellowlegs (LEYE)

• Semipalmated Sandpiper (SESA)

. Whimbrel

. Red-necked Phalarope

. Willet - in PEI

. Black-legged Kittiwake

• Ring-billed Gull (RBGU)

• Herring Gull (HEGU)

• Great Black-backed Gull (GBBG)

. Laughing Gull

• Arctic Tern

• Rock Pigeon (ROPI)

• Mourning Dove (MODO)

• Ruby-throated Hummingbird (RTHU)

• * Belted Kingfisher (BEKI)

• Downy Woodpecker (DOWO)

• Northern Flicker (NOFL)

• American Kestrel (AMKE)

• Peregrine Falcon (PEFA)

• * Warbling Vireo (WAVI)

• Red-eyed Vireo (REVI)

• Blue Jay (BLJA)

• American Crow (AMCR)

• Common Raven (CORA)

• Tree Swallow (TRES)

• Cliff Swallow ( CLSW)

• Barn Swallow (BARS)

• Black-capped Chickadee (BCCH)

. Boreal Chickadee

• Red-breasted Nuthatch (RBNU)

• Swainson's Thrush (SWTH)

• American Robin (AMRO)

• Gray Catbird (GRCA)

• European Starling (EUST)

• Cedar Waxwing (CEDW)

• Common Yellowthroat (COYE)

• American Redstart (AMRE)

• Northern Parula (NOPA)

• Yellow Warbler (YWAR)

• Black-throated Green (BTNW)

• Savannah Sparrow (SAVS)

• Song Sparrow (SOSP)

• Lincoln's Sparrow (LISP)

• White-throated Sparrow (WTSP)

• Dark-eyed Junco (DEJU)

• Northern Cardinal (NOCA)

• Rose-breasted Grosbeak (RBGR)

• Red-winged Blackbird (RWBL)

• Common Grackle (COGR)

• Purple Finch (PUFI)

• American Goldfinch (AMGO)

• House Sparrow (HOSP)

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