CHECK-LIST OF BIRDS for ALGOMA EAST

Elliot Lake-Deer Trail Route and the North Shore of Lake Huron Spanish to Thessalon This list is comprised of all the bird species (223) that have been recorded in Algoma East

Loons and Grebes ___Common Loon ___Pied-billed Grebe ___Horned Grebe ___Red-necked Grebe Pelicans and Cormorants ___American White Pelican (accidental) ___Double-crested Cormorant Herons ___American Bittern ___Least Bittern ___Great Blue Heron Swans, Geese and Ducks ___Tundra Swan ___Snow Goose ___Canada Goose ___Wood Duck ___Green-winged Teal ___Black Duck (American) ___Mallard ___Blue-winged Teal ___Gadwall ___American Wigeon ___Canvasback ___Redhead ___Ring-necked Duck ___Greater Scaup ___Lesser Scaup ___Black Scoter ___Surf Scoter ___White-winged Scoter ___Common Goldeneye ___Bufflehead ___Hooded Merganser ___Common Merganser ___Red-breasted Merganser Vultures, Hawks, Eagles and Falcons ___Turkey Vulture ___Osprey ___Bald Eagle ___Northern Harrier ___Sharp-shinned Hawk ___Northern Goshawk ___Broad-winged Hawk ___Red-tailed Hawk ___Rough-legged Hawk ___Golden Eagle ___American Kestrel ___Merlin ___Peregrine Falcon Grouse ___Spruce Grouse ___Ruffed Grouse ___Sharp-tailed Grouse Rails and Cranes ___Yellow Rail ___Virginia Rail ___Sora Rail ___American Coot ___Sandhill Crane ___Whooping Crane (accidental) Shorebirds ___Killdeer ___Black-bellied Plover ___Semipalmated Plover ___American Golden Plover ___Ruddy Turnstone ___American Woodcock ___Common Snipe ___Short-billed Dowitcher ___Dunlin ___Sanderling ___Greater Yellowlegs ___Lesser Yellowlegs ___Solitary Sandpiper ___Spotted Sandpiper ___Pectoral Sandpiper ___Least Sandpiper ___Upland Sandpiper ___Upland Sandpiper ___Semipalmated Sandpiper ___Whimbrel (very rare) Gulls and Terns ___Bonaparte's Gull ___Ring-billed Gull ___Herring Gull ___Iceland Gull ___Glaucous Gull ___Caspian Tern ___Common Tern ___Black Tern Pigeons and Doves ___Rock Dove ___Mourning Dove ___Passenger Pigeon (extinct) Cuckoos ___Black-billed Cuckoo Owls ___Great Horned Owl ___Snowy Owl ___Northern Hawk Owl ___Barred Owl ___Great Gray Owl ___Long-eared Owl ___Short-eared Owl ___Boreal Owl ___Northern Saw-whet Owl Nightjars ___Whip-poor-will ___Common Nighthawk Swifts, and Hummingbirds ___Chimney Swift ___Ruby-throated Hummingbird Kingfishers ___Belted Kingfisher Woodpeckers ___Northern Flicker ___Pileated Woodpecker ___Red-headed Woodpecker ___Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ___Hairy Woodpecker ___Downy Woodpecker ___Black-backed Woodpecker ___Three-toed Woodpecker ___Red-bellied Woodpecker Tyrant Flycatchers ___Olive-sided Flycatcher ___Eastern Wood Pewee ___Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ___Alder Flycatcher ___Least Flycatcher ___Eastern Phoebe ___Great Crested Flycatcher ___Western Kingbird ___Eastern Kingbird Larks, Martins and Swallows ___Horned Lark ___Purple Martin ___Tree Swallow ___Northern Rough-winged Swallow ___Bank Swallow ___Cliff Swallow ___Barn Swallow Jays and Crows ___Gray Jay ___Blue Jay ___American Crow ___Common Raven Chickadees, Nuthatches and Creepers ___Black-capped Chickadee ___Boreal Chickadee ___Red-breasted Nuthatch ___White-breasted Nuthatch ___Brown Creeper Wrens ___House Wren ___Winter Wren ___Sedge Wren ___Marsh Wren Kinglets, Thrushes and Mimids ___Golden-crowned Kinglet ___Ruby-crowned Kinglet ___Eastern Bluebird ___Veery ___Gray-cheeked Thrush ___Swainson's Thrush ___Hermit Thrush ___Wood Thrush ___American Robin ___Varied Thrush ___Gray Catbird ___Northern Mockingbird ___Brown Thrasher Pipits, Waxwings, Shrikes and Starlings ___Water Pipit ___Bohemian Waxwing ___Cedar Waxwing ___Northern Shrike ___European Starling Vireos ___Blue-headed Vireo (Solitary) ___Yellow-throated Vireo ___Warbling Vireo ___Philadelphia Vireo ___Red-eyed Vireo Wood Warblers ___Tennessee Warbler ___Orange-crowned Warbler ___Nashville Warbler ___Northern Parula ___Yellow Warbler ___Chestnut-sided Warbler ___Magnolia Warbler ___Black-throated Blue Warbler ___Yellow-rumped Warbler ___Black-throated Green Warbler ___Blackburnian Warbler ___Pine Warbler ___Palm Warbler ___Bay-breasted Warbler ___Blackpoll Warbler ___American Redstart ___Ovenbird ___Northern Waterthrush ___Black and White Warbler ___Cape May Warbler ___Mourning Warbler ___Common Yellowthroat ___Wilson's Warbler ___Canada Warbler Tanagers ___Scarlet Tanager Grosbeaks, Buntings and Sparrows ___Northern Cardinal ___Rose-breasted Grosbeak ___Indigo Bunting ___Rufous-sided Towhee ___American Tree Sparrow ___Chipping Sparrow ___Clay-coloured Sparrow ___Vesper Sparrow ___Savannah Sparrow ___Grasshopper Sparrow ___Fox Sparrow ___Song Sparrow ___Lincoln's Sparrow ___Swamp Sparrow ___White-throated Sparrow ___White-crowned Sparrow ___Dark-eyed Junco ___Lapland Longspur ___Snow Bunting Meadowlarks, Blackbirds and Orioles ___Bobolink ___Red-winged Blackbird ___Eastern Meadowlark ___Yellow-headed Blackbird ___Rusty Blackbird ___Brewer's Blackbird ___Common Grackle ___Brown-headed Cowbird ___Northern Oriole Finches ___Pine Grosbeak ___Purple Finch ___House Finch ___Red Crossbill ___White-winged Crossbill ___Common Redpoll ___Hoary Redpoll ___Pine Siskin ___American Goldfinch ___Evening Grosbeak Weaver Finches ___House Sparrow

Notes: (observation dates, nesting records, weather, unusual occurances, etc)

ALGOMA EAST The Elliot Lake-Deer Trail Route and the North Shore of Lake Huron (east to west) ..This Algoma East Checklist Starts at Town of Spanish on Hwy. 17. Visit the new Spanish Marina where there is excellent waterfowl viewing at the mouth of the Spanish River. From there follow Hwy 17 west to the beginning of the Deer Trail. It will take you north, up Hwy 108 past the Fox and Black Creek marshes, to destinations in and around the City of Elliot Lake. Stop in at the Sherriff Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, under the stewardship of the Penokean Hills Field Naturalists. Many bird habitats are included, on marked trails, through Beaver Meadows, Upland Forests and Tamarack Bogs. The bio-diversity makes for an excellent variety of bird species. Further north on Hwy 108 and continuing on Hwy 639 you will drive into the Mississagi Provincial Park. This is a wilderness park, that provides the birder with an opportunity to observe upland and forest dwelling birds of the boreal edge. Should time permit enjoy one or two of the many well marked trails within Mississagi Park. As you continue north, still within the Park boundaries, take time to stop at Flack Lake and walk the short trail that starts right at the boat launch parking area. At the end of Hwy 639 you will turn south-west (left) along the Little White River on Hwy 546 which offers spectacular scenery and very good riparian birding. The Deer trail is completed as 546 swings south to Iron Bridge...you are now back on the Trans-Canada Hwy 17. As you continue west to Thessalon there are many fine open-meadow birding opportunities on the road systems south of Hwy 17. Finally, spend some time observing waterfowl, shorebirds and waders on the shores of Lake Huron in the Thessalon Area. This checklist prepared by T.Carr and E. Meissner for the Penokean Hills Field Naturalists. January 1999