Grand Manan Castalia Bird List

This list includes all the birds observed in Grand Manan at the Castalia Marsh

272 Species, 115 Species as of 2024-01-01

I have Bolded and Italicized those that I have observed personally and included some of my photos.1Ducks & Geese (28 Species, 10 Species)

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Ducks & Geese (27 Species, 10 Species)
  • Snow Goose  – 1998 & 2009
  • Greater White-fronted Goose – 2007, 2012, & 2018
  • Brant 
  • Canada Goose
  • Wood Duck
  • Blue-winged Teal 
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Gadwall
  • American Wigeon
  • Mallard
  • American Black Duck
  • Northern Pintail
  • Green-winged Teal
  • Ring-necked Duck
  • Greater Scaup
  • Common Eider
  • Harlequin Duck
  • Surf Scoter
  • White-winged Scoter
  • Black Scoter
  • Long-tailed Duck
  • Bufflehead
  • Common Goldeneye
  • Barrow’s Goldeneye
  • Hooded Merganser
  • Common Merganser
  • Red-breasted Merganser
Grouse and Pheasant (2 Species, 1 Specie)
  • Ruffed Grouse
  • Ring-necked Pheasant
 
Grebes (3 Species)
  • Pied-billed Grebe
  • Horned Grebe
  • Red-necked Grebe
Pigeons and Doves (2 Species, 1 Specie)
  • Rock Pigeon
  • Mourning Dove
Cookoos (2 Species, 1 Specie)
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Black-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars (2 Species)
  • Common Nighthawk
  • Chuck-will’s-widow – NBBird Records – Grand Manan–Castalia Marsh
Swifts (1 Specie)
  • Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds (1 Species)
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rails & Coots (3 Species)
  • Clapper Rail – 9 Oct 2010 – NBBird Records – Grand Manan–Castalia Marsh
  • Virginia Rail
  • Sora
Cranes (1 Specie)
  • Sandhill Crane
Plovers (5 Species, 2 Species)
  • Black-bellied Plover
  • American Golden-Plover
  • Killdeer
  • Semipalmated Plover
  • Piping Plover
Sandpipers (29 Species, 12 Species)
  • Whimbrel
  • Hudsonian Godwit
  • Marbled Godwit – 1999 & 2015
  • Short-billed Dowitcher
  • Long-billed Dowitcher
  • American Woodcock
  • Wilson’s Snipe
  • Wilson’s Phalarope
  • Red Phalarope
  • Red-necked Phalarope
  • Spotted Sandpiper
  • Solitary Sandpiper
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
  • Willet
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Ruddy Turnstone
  • Red Knot
  • Stilt Sandpiper
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  • Sanderling
  • Dunlin
  • Purple Sandpiper
  • Baird’s Sandpiper
  • Little Stint – 3 Aug 1988 – NBBird Records – Grand Manan–Castalia Marsh
  • White-rumped Sandpiper
  • Least Sandpiper
  • Pectoral Sandpiper
  • Western Sandpiper 
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper
Skuas and Jaegers (2 Species)
  • Parasitic Jaeger
  • Pomarine Jaeger
Auks (8 Species)
  • Atlantic Puffin
  • Black Guillemot
  • Razorbill
  • Dovekie
  • Common Murre
 
Gulls, Terns and Skimmers (14 Species, 5 Species)
  • Black-legged Kittiwake
  • Bonaparte’s Gull
  • Black-headed Gull
  • Laughing Gull
  • Ring-billed Gull
  • Herring Gull
  • Great Black-backed Gull
  • Glaucous Gull
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • Iceland Gull
  • Caspian Tern
  • Arctic Tern
  • Common Tern
  • Royal Tern – 7 Jul 2014 – NBBird Records – Machias Seal Island (NB)
Loons (2 Species)
  • Red-throated Loon
  • Common Loon
Storm-Petrels (2 Species)
  • Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
  • Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Shearwaters and Petrels (3 Species)
  • Great Shearwater
  • Sooty Shearwater
  • Manx Shearwater
Gannets and Boobies (1 Specie)
  • Northern Gannet
Cormorants (2 Species, 1 Specie)
  • Great Cormorant
  • Double-crested Cormorant
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns (10 Species, 6 Species)
  • American Bittern
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron
  • Black-crowned Night Heron
  • Little Blue Heron
  • Tricolored Heron
  • Snowy Egret
  • Green Heron
  • Western Cattle Egret
  • Great Egret
  • Great Blue Heron
New World Vulture (1 Specie)
  • Turkey Vulture
Osprey (1 Specie)
  • Osprey
Hawks and Eagles (8 Species, 4 Species)
  • Northern Harrier
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk
  • Cooper’s Hawk
  • American Goshawk
  • Bald Eagle
  • Broad-winged Hawk
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Rough-legged Hawk
Typical Owl (5 Species, 1 Specie)
  • Snowy Owl
  • Burrowing Owl
  • Barred Owl
  • Short-eared Owl
  • Northern Saw-whet Owl
Kingfishers (1 Specie)
  • Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers (6 Species, 3 Species)
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Black-backed Woodpecker
  • Downy Woodpecker
  • Hairy Woodpecker
  • Northern Flicker
Falcons (3 Species, 3 Species)
  • American Kestrel
  • Merlin
  • Peregrine Falcon
Tyrant Flycatchers (11 Species, 3 Species)
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
  • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
  • Alder Flycatcher
  • Willow Flycatcher
  • Least Flycatcher
  • Say’s Phoebe
  • Ash-throated Flycatcher – 8 Nov 2011 – Roger Burrows – Grand Manan–Castalia Coastal Woods
  • Great Crested Flycatcher
  • Western Kingbird 
  • Eastern Kingbird
Vireos (6 Species, 4 Species)
  • White-eyed Vireo
  • Yellow-throated Vireo 
  • Blue-headed Vireo
  • Philadelphia Vireo
  • Warbling Vireo
  • Red-eyed Vireo
Shrikes (1 Specie)
  • Northern Shrike
 
Crows and Jays (4 Species, 3 Species)
  • Canada Jay
  • Blue Jay
  • American Crow
  • Common Raven
Chickadees (2 Species, 1 Specie)
  • Black-capped Chickadee
  • Boreal Chickadee
 
Larks (1 Specie)
  • Horned Lark
Swallows (4 Species, 4 Species)
  • Bank Swallow
  • Tree Swallow
  • Barn Swallow
  • Cliff Swallow
 
Kinglets (2 Species)
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches (2 Species, 1 Specie)
  • White-breasted Nuthatch
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
Treecreepers (1 Specie)
  • Brown Creeper
Gnatcatchers (1 Specie)
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens (3 Species, 1 Specie)
  • House Wren
  • Winter Wren
  • Carolina Wren
Starlings and Mynas (1 Specie)
  • European Starling
Mockingbirds and Thrashers (2 Species, 1 Specie)
  • Gray Catbird
  • Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes (6 Species, 4 Species)
  • Eastern Bluebird
  • Veery
  • Swainson’s Thrush
  • Hermit Thrush
  • American Robin
  • Northern Wheatear – 8 Sep 2017 – Bob Hay – Grand Manan
Waxwings (2 Species, 1 Specie)
  • Bohemian Waxwing
  • Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows (1 Specie)
  • House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits (1 Specie)
  • American Pipit
Finches (10 Species, 2 Species)
  • Evening Grosbeak
  • Pine Grosbeak
  • House Finch
  • Purple Finch
  • Common Redpoll
  • Hoary Redpoll
  • Red Crossbill
  • White-winged Crossbill
  • Pine Siskin
  • American Goldfinch
Longspurs and Snow Buntings (3 Species, 1 Specie)
  • Lapland Longspur
  • Chestnut-collared Longspur – 30 Jul 1996 – NBBird Records – Grand Manan–Castalia Marsh
  • Snow Bunting
Buntings and New World Sparrow (16 Species, 8 Species)
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Clay-colored Sparrow
  • Lark Sparrow
  • American Tree Sparrow
  • Fox Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • White-throated Sparrow
  • Vesper Sparrow
  • LeConte’s Sparrow
  • Nelson’s Sparrow
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Song Sparrow
  • Lincoln’s Sparrow
  • Swamp Sparrow
  • Eastern Towhee
Orioles and Blackbirds (9 Species, 5 Species)
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird
  • Bobolink
  • Eastern Meadowlark
  • Orchard Oriole
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Rusty Blackbird
  • Common Grackle
New World Warblers (30 Species, 21 Species)
  • Yellow-breasted Chat
  • Ovenbird
  • Worm-eating Warbler
  • Northern Waterthrush
  • Blue-winged Warbler
  • Black-and-white Warbler
  • Tennessee Warbler
  • Orange-crowned Warbler
  • Nashville Warbler
  • Mourning Warbler
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • American Redstart
  • Cape May Warbler
  • Cerulean Warbler 
  • Northern Parula
  • Magnolia Warbler
  • Bay-breasted Warbler
  • Blackburnian Warbler
  • Yellow Warbler
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler
  • Palm Warbler
  • Pine Warbler
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Yellow-throated Warbler
  • Prairie Warbler
  • Black-throated Green Warbler
  • Canada Warbler
  • Wilson’s Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies (6 Species, 3 Species)
  • Scarlet Tanager
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Blue Grosbeak
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Dickcissel