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The Big Sit! 2011 Statistics

These statistics reflect information submitted by reporting circles. As teams continue to report their Big Sit! results, the statistics on this page will change to reflect up-to-the-minute information.

State Species Sightings (Massachusetts, United States)

  1. Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
  2. Common Loon Gavia imme
  3. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
  4. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
  5. Great Egret Ardea alba
  6. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
  7. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
  8. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
  9. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
  10. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
  11. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  12. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
  13. Common Eider Somateria mollissima
  14. White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
  15. Black Scoter Melanitta americana
  16. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
  17. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
  18. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
  19. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
  20. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
  21. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
  22. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
  23. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
  24. American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
  25. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
  26. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
  27. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
  28. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
  29. Dunlin Calidris alpina
  30. Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
  31. Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
  32. Sanderling Calidris alba
  33. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
  34. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
  35. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
  36. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
  37. Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
  38. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
  39. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
  40. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
  41. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
  42. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
  43. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
  44. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
  45. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
  46. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
  47. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
  48. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
  49. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
  50. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
  51. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
  52. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
  53. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
  54. American Robin Turdus migratorius
  55. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
  56. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
  57. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
  58. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
  59. Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
  60. Northern Parula Parula americana
  61. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
  62. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
  63. Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
  64. Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
  65. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
  66. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
  67. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
  68. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
  69. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
  70. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
  71. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
  72. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
  73. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
  74. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
  75. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
  76. Dickcissel Spiza americana
  77. Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
  78. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
  79. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
  80. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
  81. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
  82. Green Heron Butorides virescens
  83. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
  84. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  85. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
  86. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
  87. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
  88. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
  89. Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
  90. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
  91. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
  92. American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
  93. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
  94. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
  95. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
  96. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
  97. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
  98. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
  99. Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
  100. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
  101. Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
  102. American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
  103. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
  104. Gadwall Anas strepera
  105. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
  106. American Wigeon Anas americana
  107. Greater Scaup Aythya marila
  108. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
  109. Merlin Falco columbarius
  110. American Coot Fulica americana
  111. Dowitcher (species unknown)
  112. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
  113. White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
  114. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
  115. Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
  116. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
  117. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
  118. Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
  119. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
  120. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
  121. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
  122. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
  123. House Wren Troglodytes aedon