Birds of Thompson’s Point, Vermont
Bold are species seen May-September( 119 species); othersduring “LakeWatch” Oct-Nov); underlined birds are presumed or confirmed breeders(63 species)
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Fulmar
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-heron
Turkey Vulture
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Brant
Barnacle Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Eider
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Hudsonian Godwit
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Sabine’s Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black Tern
Black Guillemot
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
American Pipit
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow
187 species
Most May-September records by Hank Kaestner
October-November “LakeWatch” records by Ted Murin
Most likely 13 species to be added to get to 200:
Broad-winged Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
July 29, 2007
To add records, contact Hank Kaestner at 802-425-3319 (June-Sept) or 410- 472-3172 (October-May)