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DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS Great Egret 3 3 3 - Baird's Sandpiper - - 5 -

Welcome to Cecil County Birding Greater White-fronted Goose - - - 5 Snowy Egret 3 3 3 - Pectoral Sandpiper 4 - 4 -
Snow Goose 4 - 4 3 Little Blu e Heron 3 3 3 - Dunlin 5 - 5 -
Cecil County is located in the northeast corner Ross s Goose - - - x Tricolored Heron - x x - Stilt Sandpiper - - 5 -
of Maryland, with Pennsylvania to the north and Brant - - - x Cattle Cattle Egret 2 2 22 - Ruff - x - -
Delaware to the east. Five rivers - the Cackling Goose - - - x Green Heron* 2 2 2 - Short-bille d Dowitcher 4 4 4 -
Susquehanna, Elk, North East, Bohemia, and Canada Goose* 1 2 1 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron* 3 4 3 4 Long-billed Dowitcher - - 5 -
Mute Swan* 4 4 4 4 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - x x - Wilson s Snipe 3 - 3 4
Sassafras - ensure ample wetland habitats.
Trumpeter Swan - - - x White Ibis - x x - American Woodcock* 3 3 3 5
Tundra Swan 3 - 3 3 Glossy Ibis 4 4 4 - Wilson's Phalarope - x - -
Birding hotspots in Cecil County include Fair Hill Wood Duck* 2 2 2 5 N EW W O R L D VU L T U R ES Red-necked Phalarope x - - -
Natural Resources Management Area, Elk Neck Gadwa ll 3 - 3 3 Black Vulture* 3 3 3 3 G U L L S, TER N S, JAEG ER
State Park, Elk Neck State Forest, Conowingo Eurasian Wigeon - - - x Turkey Vulture* 1 1 1 1 Laughing G ull 3 4 3 5
American Wigeon 3 - 3 3 OSPREY, KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES, FALCONS Franklin's G ull x x x x
Dam, Bethel Wildlife Management Area, and
American Black Duck* 3 4 3 2 Osprey* 2 2 2 - Little Gull x - - x
Courthouse Point Wildlife Management Area, as Mallard* 1 1 1 1 Swallow -tailed Kite x - x - Black-he aded Gu ll - - - x
well as community parks in Elkton, Perryville, Blue-win ged Teal* 3 5 3 5 Mississ ippi Kite x - - - Bonapa rte's Gull 2 - 2 3
NorthEast, and Port Deposit. Birding sites are Cinnamon Teal - h - - Bald Eagle* 2 3 3 2 Mew G ull - - - x
described on the Cecil Bird Club s web site at Northern Shoveler 3 - 3 4 Northern Harrier 3 5 3 3 Ring-billed Gull 1 2 1 1
Northern P intail 3 - 3 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 - 2 3 California G ull - - - x
http://www.udel.edu/cecilbirds.
Green-w inged Tea l* 3 5 3 5 Cooper's Hawk* 3 4 3 3 Herring G ull 2 3 2 1
Canvasback 3 x 3 3 Northern Goshawk - - 5 - Thayer's G ull - - - x
This checklist includes a total of 315 bird species, Redhead 5 - 5 5 Red-shouldered Hawk* 3 3 2 3 Iceland G ull - - - 5
including accidentals (not regularly occurring) Ring-necked Duck 3 - 3 4 Broad-winged Hawk* 3 5 3 - Lesser B lack-bac ked Gull 4 - 4 4
and 1 extinct species (Passenger Pigeon). The list Greater Scaup 4 - 4 4 Red-tailed Hawk* 2 2 2 2 Glaucou s Gull - - - 5
is based on the Third Edition (1996) of the Field Lesser Scaup 2 - 2 3 Rough-le gged Hawk - - - 5 Great Bla ck-back ed Gull 2 4 2 2
Harlequin Duck - - - x Golden E agle - - 4 5 Sabine s G ull - - x -
List of the Birds of Maryland, published by the
Surf Scoter x - - - Americ an Kestre l* 3 3 3 2 Black-legged Kittiwake - - - x
Maryland Ornithological Society and on reports White-winged Scoter - - - 5 Merlin 5 - 5 - Least Tern 3 4 5 -
to the Cecil Bird Club and the Md/DC Records Black Scoter - - - x Peregrine Falcon 5 5 5 5 Caspian Tern 3 4 3 -
Committee. Nomenclature and taxonomy Long-tailed Duck 5 - 5 5 RAILS, COOT, CRANE Black Tern 5 - 5 -
conforms to the AOU Checklist of North Bufflehead 3 - 3 2 Black R ail 5 - - - Comm on Tern 4 - 4 -

American Birds, 7th Edition and 43rd Supplement. Common Goldeneye 3 - 3 2 King Rail* 4 4 4 - Forster's Tern 3 4 3 5
Hooded Merganser 3 - 3 3 Virginia Ra il* 4 4 4 5 Royal Tern 5 - 5 -
Common Merganser 2 - 3 1 Sora 4 - 4 - Parasitic Jaeger - - - x
Please report sightings of accidentals (marked as
Red-breasted Merganser 4 - 4 4 Purple G allinule - x - - P I G E O N S, D O V E S, C U C KO O S
abundance x ) and rare birds ( 5" abundance ) Masked Duck - - h - Common Moorhen* 5 5 5 - Rock Pigeon* 1 1 1 1
as well as birds not on this listto the Records Ruddy Duck 3 - 3 3 American Coot 3 - 3 4 Eurasian Collared-Dove x - - -
Committee of the Cecil Bird Club (e-mail to PHEA SANT , GROU SE, TU RKEY , QUAIL Sandhill Crane - - - x White-winged Dove x - - -

mww@udel.edu). Ring-nec ked Phe asant* 4 4 4 4 PLOVERS, AVOCET, SANDPIPERS Mourning Dove* 1 1 1 1
Ruffed Grouse - - x - Black-bellied Plover 5 - 5 - (Passenger Pigeon) extinct
Birds that breed or have bred in Cecil County
Wild Turkey* 3 3 3 3 American Golden-Plover 5 - 5 - Yellow-billed Cuckoo* 2 2 2 -
are marked with an asterisk *. The following Northern Bobwhite* 3 3 3 3 Semipalmated Plover 4 - 4 - Black-billed Cuckoo* 3 4 3 -
codes for sighting probability are used: L O O NS , G RE B E S Killdeer* 2 2 2 3 BARN-OWL, OW LS
Red-throated Loon 5 - 5 5 American Avocet - x - - Barn Ow l* 5 5 5 5
Pacific Loon - - - x Spotted Sandpiper 2 3 2 - Eastern S creech-O wl* 2 2 2 2
1 - hard to miss (abundant)
Common Loon 3 - 3 3 Solitary Sandpiper 2 4 2 - Great Ho rned Ow l* 2 2 2 2
2 - should see in suitable habitat (common) Pied-billed Grebe 3 4 3 4 Greater Yellowlegs 3 4 3 5 Snowy Owl - - - x
3 -may see in suitable habitat (not-so-common) Horned Grebe 4 - 4 4 Willet -- 5 - - Barred O wl* 3 3 3 3
4 - lucky to find (occasional) Red-necked Grebe 5 - 5 5 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 4 3 - Long-eared Owl - - - 5
5 - how lucky can you get (rare) Eared Grebe - - - x Upland Sandpiper 4 5 4 - Short-eared Owl - - - 5
PELICANS, CORMORANTS Whimbrel x - x - Northern Saw-whet Owl 4 - 4 4
x - accidental - one or two sightings on record
American White Pelican h - - - European Whimbrel ssp x - - - GOATSUCKERS
h - historical records (pre-1950) Brown Pelican - x x x Long-Billed Curle w - - x - Common Nighthawk* 4 5 4 -
- abse nt at that time of year Double-crested Cormorant 2 2 2 3 Ruddy Turnstone 5 - 5 - Chuck-wil l's -widow* - 5 - -
Great Cormorant - - 5 5 Red Knot - x - - Whip-po or-will* 4 5 - -
Anhinga x - - - Sanderling 5 - 5 - SW IF T , H U M M IN G BIR DS, KING F ISH ER
HERO NS, EG RETS , BITTER NS, IBIS Semipalmated Sandpiper 3 4 3 - Chimn ey Swift* 2 1 2 -
American B ittern 4 5 4 - Western Sandpiper 5 - 4 - Ruby-throated Hummingbird* 2 2 2 -
Least Bittern* 5 5 5 - Least Sandpiper 3 4 3 - Rufous Hum mingbird - - x -
Great Blue Heron* 1 1 1 1 White-rumped Sandpiper 5 - 5 - Belted Kingfisher* 2 2 2 2
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WOODPECKERS Gray-cheeked Thrush 4 - 4 - Grasshopper Sparrow* 3 3 3 -
Red-headed W oodpecker* 5 5 5 5 Bicknell's Thrush x - x - Henslow's Sparrow 5 5 - -
Red-bellied Woo dpecker*
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
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Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
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Downy W oodpecker* 1 1 1 1 Wood Thrush* 2 2 2 - Fox Sparrow 3 - 3 4
Hairy Wood pecker* 3 3 3 3 American Robin* 1 1 1 2 Song Sparrow* 1 1 1 2
Northern Flicker* 1 1 1 2 MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS Lincoln's Sparrow 5 - 5 -
Pileated Wood pecker*
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
3 3 3 3 Gray Catbird*
Northern Mockingbird*
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Swamp Sparrow*
White-throated Sparrow
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Olive-sided Flycatcher 5 - 5 - Brown Thras her* 2 2 2 5 White-crowned Sparrow 3 - 3 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee* 2 2 2 - STARLING, PIPIT, WAXWING Dark-eyed Junco 1 - 2 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 4 - 4 - European Starling* 1 1 1 1 Lapland Longspur - - 5 5
Acadian Flyca tcher* 2 2 2 - Americ an Pipit 3 - 3 4 Snow Bunting - - 5 5
Alder Flycatcher - - x - Cedar Waxwing* 2 3 2 2 Northern C ardinal* 1 1 1 1
Willow Flycatch er* 3 3 3 - NEW WORLD WARBLERS Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 - 3 -
Least Flycatcher 4 - 4 - Blue-winged W arbler* 3 3 3 - Blue Grosbeak* 3 3 3 -
Eastern Phoebe* 2 2 2 5 Golden-winged Warbler 5 - 5 - Indigo Bunting* 2 1 2 -
Great Crested Flyc atcher* 2 2 2 - Tennessee Warbler 3 - 3 - Painted Bunting x - - x
Eastern Kingbird* 2 2 2 - Orange-crowned Warbler x - 5 - Dickciss el - x - -
S H R I K ES , V IR E O S Nashville Warbler 4 - 4 - BL AC KBIR DS, G R AC KL ES, O R IO LES
Loggerhead Shrike 5 - - 5 Northern Parula* 2 2 3 - Bobolink* 3 5 3 -
Northern Shrike - - - x Yellow Wa rbler* 2 2 3 - Red-winged Blackbird* 1 1 1 1
White-eyed Vireo* 1 1 2 - Chestnut-sided Warble r 3 - 3 - Eastern Meadowlark* 3 3 3 4
Yellow-throated Vireo* 2 2 2 - Magnolia Warbler 3 - 3 - Yellow-headed B lackbird - - - x
Blue-headed Vireo 3 - 3 - Cape May Warbler 4 - 3 - Rusty Blackbird 5 - 5 5
Warbling Vireo* 3 3 3 - Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 - 2 - Brewer's Black bird x - - x
Philadelphia Vireo 5 - 4 - Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 - 2 3 Common Grackle* 1 1 1 1
Red-eyed Vireo* 1 1 2 - Black-throated Green Warbler 3 - 3 - Brown-headed Cowbird* 2 2 2 3
JAY, CROWS, LARK Blackburnian Warbler 3 - 3 - Orchard Oriole* 3 3 3 -
Blue Jay* 1 1 1 1 Yellow-throated W arbler* 3 4 4 - Baltimore Oriole* 2 2 3 -
American Crow* 1 1 1 1 Pine Warbler* 2 2 2 - S I S K IN S , C RO S S B I LL S , NE W W O R L D S P A RR O W
Fish Crow* 2 2 2 2 Prairie Warbler* 3 3 4 - Purple Finch 4 - 3 4
Common Raven - - - x Palm Warbler 3 - 3 - House Finch* 1 1 1 1
Horned Lark* 4 4 4 3 Bay-breasted Warbler 3 - 3 - Red Cro ssbill - - - x Published
S W A L LO W S Blackpoll Warbler 3 - 3 - White-w inged Cros sbill - - - x
Purple Martin* 3 3 3 - Cerulean Wa rbler* 3 3 4 - Comm on Redpo ll - - - x by the
Tree Swall ow* 1 3 1 - Black-and-wh ite Warbler* 2 3 2 - Pine Sis kin 4 - 4 4
Northern R ough-win ged Sw.*
Bank Swallo w*
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Prothonotary W arbler*
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Evening Grosbeak
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Cliff Swallow* 4 5 4 - Worm-ea ting Warbler* 3 3 4 - House Sparrow* 2 2 2 2
Barn Swall ow* 1 1 1 - Ovenbird* 2 2 3 -
CHICKADEES, TITS Northern Waterthrush 3 - 3 - Add-ons A Chapter of the
Carolina Chickadee* 1 1 1 1 Louisiana Waterthrush* 2 2 3 -
Black-capped Chickadee - - - 5 Kentucky W arbler* 2 2 4 - Maryland Ornithological Society
Tufted Titmouse* 1 1 1 1 Connecticut Warbler - - 5 -
N U T H AT C H ES , CR E E P E R Mourning Warbler 5 - 4 -
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4 - 4 4 Comm on Yellow throat* 1 1 2 5
White-breasted Nuthatch* 2 2 2 2 Hooded W arbler* 3 4 3 - Visit us on the web at
Brown Creep er* 3 4 3 3 Wilson's Warbler 4 - 4 -
WRENS Canada Warbler 3 - 3 - http://www.udel.edu/cecilbirds/
Carolina Wren* 1 1 1 1 Yellow-b reasted Ch at* 3 3 4 -
House Wren* 2 2 2 5 T A NA G E RS , B UNTI NG S , S P A RRO W S , CA RDINA L S , G RO S B EA K S
Winter Wren 3 - 3 3 Summ er Tanager* 5 5 - - Revised November 2007
Marsh Wren* 4 4 4 5 Scarlet Tanager* 2 2 2 -
K I N G L E T S , GN A TC A TC H E R Western Tanager - - x -
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 - 2 3 Eastern Towhee* 2 2 2 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 - 2 3 American Tree Sparrow 3 - 3 3
Blue-gray Gna tcatcher* 2 2 3 - Chippin g Sparrow* 2 2 2 5
T H R U SH E S Field Sparrow* 2 2 2 2
Eastern Bluebird* 2 2 2 2 Vesper Sparrow* 4 4 4 5
Veery* 3 4 3 - Savannah Sparrow 3 - 3 4