The Twillicks - 2018 Birdathon

For the fourth year running, Catherine Barrett and I took part in the annual Great Canadian Birdathon.

We started on Saturday evening (9 June) in the greater St. John's area, before heading 'down' the Southern shore on Sunday at 4am. We finished at 6pm on Sunday.

Our species list is below including the first location each species was recorded.

We broke our previous record of 96 species, recording .... 97 species! A new record big day for the Avalon peninsula.

2015: 92
2016: 95
2017: 90
2018: 97

Some obvious misses this year include:
Greater Scaup, Willow Ptarmigan, Great Cormorant, Willet, Downy Woodpecker,  Northern Saw-whet Owl, Great Horned Owl, Alder Flycatcher, and Mourning Warbler.

With more time to scout out some of those species we could have easily seen 100 and then some. It'll have to wait for another year!

We've raised ~$1300 for Bird Studies Canada and Nature NL. If you'd like to contribute, here is the link to donate:
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/bird-studies-canada/p2p/birdathon/team/the-twillicks/

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)	St. John's--Bowring Park
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)	St. John's--Stick Pond
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)	St. John's--Stick Pond
Gadwall (Mareca strepera)	St. John's--Virginia Lake
American Wigeon (Mareca americana)	Paradise--Neville's Pond
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)	St. John's--Bowring Park
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)	St. John's--Lundrigan's Marsh
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)	St. John's--Kent's Pond
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)	St. John's--Kent's Pond
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)	NL--Trepassey
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)	NL--Biscay Bay
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)	NL--Biscay Bay
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)	NL--Biscay Bay
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)	NL--Biscay Bay
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)	NL--Trepassey
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)	NL--La Manche PP
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)	NL--Trepassey
Common Loon (Gavia immer)	NL--La Manche PP
Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)	NL--St. Michael's
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)	NL--Bear Cove Point
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)	NL--Cape Broyle
American Bittern	Goulds--Third Pond
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)	NL--Biscay Bay
Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)	NL--Cappahayden barrens
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)	St. John's--Lundrigan's Marsh
Sora (Porzana carolina)	St. John's--Lundrigan's Marsh
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)	St. John's--Stick Pond
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)	St. John's--Lundrigan's Marsh
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)	NL--Cape Broyle
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)	NL--Renews
Common Murre (Uria aalge)	NL--Bear Cove Point
Razorbill (Alca torda)	NL--Bear Cove Point
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)	NL--Bear Cove Point
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)	NL--The Rookery
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)	NL--Bear Cove Point
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)	NL--Portugal Cove South
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)	NL--Trepassey
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)	NL--Renews
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)	Goulds--Second Pond
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)	NL--La Manche PP
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)	NL--La Manche PP
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)	NL--La Manche PP
Merlin (Falco columbarius)	NL--Ferryland
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)	NL--Stick Pond
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)	NL--Ferryland
Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)	NL--La Manche PP
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)	NL--Cape Broyle
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
Common Raven (Corvus corax)	NL--Biscay Bay
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)	NL--The Rookery
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)	NL--La Manche PP
Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)	NL--La Manche PP
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)	NL--La Manche PP
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)	NL--La Manche PP
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)	NL--La Manche PP
Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)	NL--La Manche PP
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)	NL--La Manche PP
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
Gray Catbird	Goulds--Murphy's Pond
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)	NL--The Rookery
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)	NL--La Manche PP
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)	NL--La Manche PP
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)	NL--La Manche PP
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)	NL--La Manche PP
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)	NL--La Manche PP
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)	NL--La Manche PP
Magnolia Warbler	Goulds--Murphy's Pond
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)	St. John's--Stick Pond
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)	St. John's--Stick Pond
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)	NL--La Manche PP
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)	NL--La Manche PP
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)	NL--La Manche PP
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)	St. John's--Stick Pond
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)	St. John's--Quidi Vidi
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)	St. John's--Lundrigan's Marsh
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)	NL--Trepassey
Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)	NL--La Manche PP
Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)	NL--La Manche PP
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)	NL--Renews
White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)	NL--Bear Cove
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)	NL--Cape Broyle
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)	NL--La Manche PP
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)	NL--Renews