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The Big Sit! 2006: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	Maryland
Country:	United States

1. Common Loon Gavia imme
2. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
3. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
4. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
5. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
6. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
7. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
8. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
9. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
10. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
11. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
12. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
13. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
14. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
15. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
16. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
17. Merlin Falco columbarius
18. American Woodcock Scolopax minor
19. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
20. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
21. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
22. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
23. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
24. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
25. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
26. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
27. Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio
28. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
29. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
30. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
31. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
32. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
33. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
34. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
35. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
36. Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
37. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
38. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
39. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
40. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
41. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
42. Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
43. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
44. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
45. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
46. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
47. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
48. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
49. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
50. Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
51. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
52. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
53. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
54. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
55. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
56. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
57. American Robin Turdus migratorius
58. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
59. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
60. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
61. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
62. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
63. Northern Parula Parula americana
64. Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
65. Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
66. Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
67. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
68. Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
69. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
70. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
71. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
72. Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
73. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
74. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
75. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
76. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
77. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
78. Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
79. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
80. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
81. Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
82. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
83. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
84. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
85. Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
86. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
87. Brown Creeper Certhia americana
88. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
89. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
90. Great Egret Ardea alba
91. Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
92. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
93. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
94. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
95. Barred Owl Strix varia
96. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
97. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
98. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
99. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
100. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
101. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
102. Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
103. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
104. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
105. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
106. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
107. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
108. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
109. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
110. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
111. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
112. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
113. Royal Tern Sterna maxima
114. Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
115. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
116. Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
117. Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
118. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
119. Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
120. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
121. Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
122. Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
123. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
124. Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
125. American Wigeon Anas americana
126. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
127. Sora Porzana carolina
128. American Coot Fulica americana
129. Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus