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The Big Sit! 2005: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	Connecticut
Country:	United States

1. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
2. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
3. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
4. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
5. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
6. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
7. American Woodcock Scolopax minor
8. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
9. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
10. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
11. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
12. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
13. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
14. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
15. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
16. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
17. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
18. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
19. Common Raven Corvus corax
20. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
21. Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla
22. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
23. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
24. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
25. American Robin Turdus migratorius
26. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
27. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
28. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
29. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
30. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
31. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
32. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
33. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
34. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
35. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
36. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
37. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
38. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
39. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
40. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
41. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
42. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
43. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
44. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
45. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
46. Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
47. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
48. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
49. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
50. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
51. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
52. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
53. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
54. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
55. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
56. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
57. Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
58. Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
59. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
60. Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
61. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
62. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
63. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
64. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
65. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
66. Great Egret Ardea alba
67. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
68. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
69. White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
70. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
71. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
72. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
73. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
74. Wilson's (common) Snipe Gallinago delicata
75. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
76. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
77. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
78. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
79. Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
80. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
81. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
82. Northern Parula Parula americana
83. Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
84. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
85. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
86. Brant Branta bernicla
87. Merlin Falco columbarius
88. American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
89. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
90. Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
91. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
92. Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
93. Common Loon Gavia imme
94. American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
95. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
96. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
97. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
98. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
99. American Wigeon Anas americana
100. Gadwall Anas strepera
101. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
102. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
103. Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
104. Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
105. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
106. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
107. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
108. Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
109. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
110. Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
111. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
112. Sanderling Calidris alba
113. Dunlin Calidris alpina
114. Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
115. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
116. Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
117. Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia
118. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
119. Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
120. Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
121. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
122. Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus