Checklist of birds for the area of Saskatchewan and Manitoba defined by Amisk, Athapapuskow and Wekusko Lakes. It includes the communities of Flin Flon, Denare Beach, Snow Lake and Cranberry Portage.

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CODES

OBSERVATION
✔ -Seen
* - Breeding
# - Nest seen

STATUS
P - Passage Migrant
R - Year round resident
S - Seasonal resident

HABITAT
A - Aquatic (marsh, swamps, etc)
LS - Lakeshore
L - Lake
F - Forest
U - Urban
E - Everywhere
O - Open areas

SEASONAL FREQUENCY OF OBSERVATION
a - Abundant
c - Common
o - Occasional
u - Uncommon
r - Rare

LOONS & GREBES	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Red necked grebe* #	S	L	c	c	u
☐ Horned grebe*	S	L	u	u	u
☐ Pied-billed grebe*	S	L	u	u	u
✔ Common loon* #	S	L	c	c	c
GULLS & TERNS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Herring gull*	S	O	c	c	c
✔ Ring billed gull*	S	O,LS	c	c	c
✔ Franklin's gull*	S	O,LS	c	c	c
✔ Bonaparte's gull* #	S	LS	c	c	c
☐ Caspian tern	S	LS	u	u	u
✔ Forster's tern*	S	A	u	u	u
✔ Common tern* #	S	LS	c	c	c
☐ Black tern*	S	A	r	r	r
CORMORANTS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Double-crested cormorant*	S	L	c	c	c
PELICANS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ White pelican *	S	L	c	c	c
DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Merganser* #	S	A	c	c	c
☐ Red-breasted merganser*	S	L	u	u	u
✔ Hooded merganser*	S	A	u	u	u
✔ Mallard *	S	A	c	c	c
✔ Gadwall*	S	A	c	c	c
✔ American wigeon*	S	A	c	c	c
✔ Green-winged teal*	S	A	c	c	c
✔ Blue-winged teal*	S	A	c	c	c
✔ Northern shoveler*	S	A	c	c	c
✔ Northern pintail*	S	A	c	c	c
✔ Wood duck	S	A	u	u	u
☐ Redhead*	S	A	u	u	u
☐ Canvas-back*	S	A	u	u	u
✔ Lesser Scaup*	S	A	c	c	c
✔ Ring-necked duck	S	A	c	c	c
✔ Common golden-eye*	S	A	c	c	c
✔ Buffle-head*	S	A	c	c	c
☐ White-winged scoter	S	A	u	u	u
✔ Ruddy duck	S	A	u	u	u
✔ Snow goose	P	LS	c		c
✔ Canada goose* #	S	LS,O	a	a	a
✔ Tundra swan	P	LS	c		c
✔ Trumpeter swan	P	LS	r
BITTERNS & HERONS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
☐ American bittern*	S	A	u	u	u
✔ Great blue heron* #	S	LS	c	c	c
☐ Black-crowned night heron	S	LS	u	u
CRANES	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Sandhill crane	S	LS	c	u	c
RAILS & COOTS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
☐ Sora	S	A	u	u	u
☐ Yellow rail	S	A	u	u	u
☐ American coot	S	A	r	r	r
PHALAROPES & SANDPIPERS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
☐ Wilson's phalarope*	S	A	u	u	u
✔ Common snipe*	S	A	u	u	u
✔ Stilt sandpiper	P	LS	u		u
✔ Baird's sandpiper	P	LS	u		u
✔ Least sandpiper	P	LS	c		c
✔ Semipalmated sandpiper	P	LS	c		c
☐ Marbled godwit	S	A	r	r	r
✔ Greater yellow-legs	S	O,LS	c	u	c
✔ Lesser yellow-legs	S	O,LS	c	u	c
✔ Solitary sandpiper	S	A	u	u	u
☐ Willet	S	A	r	r	r
✔ Spotted sandpiper	S	LS	u	u	u
PLOVERS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
☐ Black-bellied plover	P	O,LS	u		u
☐ American golden plover	P	O	u
✔ Killdeer* #	S	O,LS	c	c	c
✔ Semipalmated plover	P	LS	c		c
GROUSE	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Ruffed grouse*	R	F	c	c	c	c
✔ Rock ptarmigan	S	F	r		r	c
✔ Sharp-tailed grouse*	R	O	u	u	u	u
VULTURES	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Turkey vulture	S	O	u	u	u	r
HAWKS, KITES & EAGLES	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
☐ Northern harrier	R	O	u	u	u	r
☐ Sharp-shinned hawk	S	F	u	u	u
✔ Northern goshawk*	R	O,F	u	u	u	u
✔ Red-tailed hawk	S	F	c	c	c
✔ Bald eagle* #	S	LS,F	c	c	c
☐ Gyrfalcon	S	O				r
☐ Peregrine falcon	P	LS,O	u		u
✔ Merlin*	S	F	u	u	u
✔ American kestrel* #	S	O	u	u	u
✔ Osprey* #	S	LS	u	u	u
DOVES	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Rock dove*	R	U	c	c	c	c
OWLS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
☐ Long-eared owl	S	F	u	u	u
☐ Short-eared owl	S	O	u	u	u
☐ Barred owl	R	F	c	c	c	c
☐ Boreal owl	R	F	u	u	u	u
✔ Great gray owl*	R	F	u	u	u	u
☐ Saw-whet owl	R	F	r	r	r	r
☐ Great horned owl	R	F	u	u	u	u
☐ Snowy owl	R	O	u	u	u	u
✔ Northern hawk owl*	R	O	c	c	c	c
HUMMINGBIRDS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Ruby-throated hummingbird*	S	F,U	u	c	u
KINGFISHERS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Belted kingfisher * #	S	LS	c	c	c
WOODPECKERS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Hairy woodpecker*	R	F	c	c	c	r
✔ Downy woodpecker*	R	F	c	c	c	r
✔ Black-backed woodpecker*	R	F	u	u	u	u
☐ Three-toed woodpecker	R	F	r	r	r	r
✔ Yellow-bellied sapsucker*	S	F	u	u	u
✔ Pileated woodpecker*	R	F	c	c	c	c
✔ Flicker*	S	F,U	c	c	c
NIGHTJARS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Common nighthawk	S	O	u	u	u
KINGBIRDS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Eastern kingbird*	S	U,O	u	u	u
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Eastern phoebe*	S	U,F	c	c	c
☐ Olive sided flycatcher*	S	F,O	c	c	c
☐ Yellow-bellied flycatcher*	S	F	c	c	c
☐ Least flycatcher*	S	F	c	c	c
LARKS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Horned lark	P	O	c	c	c
MAGPIES, JAYS & CROWS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Black-billed magpie*	R	E	c	c	c	c
☐ Blue jay	R	U,F	u	u	u	u
✔ Gray jay*	R	E	c	c	c	c
✔ Common raven* #	R	E	c	c	c	c
✔ American Crow* #	S	E	c	c	c
STARLINGS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Starling	S	U,O	u	u	u
BLACKBIRDS & GRACKLES	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Red-winged blackbird	S	A,O	u	u	u
✔ Rusty blackbird	S	F,A	u	u	u
✔ Common grackle* #	S	E	c	c	c
GROSBEAKS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Evening grosbeak	R	F	c	c	c	c
✔ Pine grosbeak	R	F,O,U	c	u	c	c
FINCHES	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Purple finch	S	F	u	u	u
☐ Red Crossbill	R	F	u	u	u
☐ American Goldfinch	S	O	r	r	r
☐ White winged crossbill	R	F	u	u	u
✔ Common Redpoll	S	U,F	c		r	c
✔ Pine siskin*	S	U,F	c	c	c	r
SPARROWS & ALLIES	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Snow bunting	P	O,LS	c		c	r
✔ Lapland longspur	P	O	c		c
✔ Savannah sparrow*	S	O	u	u	u
✔ "Harris's Sparrow"	S	O	u	u	u
☐ White crowned sparrow*	S	O	c	c	c
✔ White-throated sparrow*	S	F	c	c	c
✔ Chipping sparrow* #	S	O,U,F	c	c	c
✔ Dark-eyed junco*	S	O,F	c	c	c	r
✔ Song sparrow*	S	O	c	c	c
☐ Lincoln's sparrow*	S	O	c	c	c
☐ Swamp sparrow*	S	A	u	u	u
✔ Fox sparrow*	S	F	c	c	c
☐ Rose-breasted grosbeak*	S	F	u	u	u
SWALLOWS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Cliff swallow * #	S	U,O	c	c	c
✔ Barn swallow* #	S	U,O	u	u	u
✔ Tree swallow * #	S	O	c	c	c
☐ Bank swallow	S	O,LS	u	u	u
WAXWINGS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Bohemian waxwing*	R	U,F,O	c	u	c	c
✔ Cedar waxwing*	S	E	c	c	c	r
SHRIKES	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Northern shrike	P	O,F	r		r	u
VIREOS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Warbling vireo*
☐ Red-eyed vireo*	S	F	c	c	c
✔ Red-eyed vireo* #	S	O,F	u	u	u
WOOD-WARBLERS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Black and white warbler*	S	F	c	c	c
☐ Orange-crowned warbler*	S	F	c	c	c
✔ Tennessee warbler*	S	U,F	c	c	c
✔ Cape May warbler*	S	F	c	c	c
✔ Yellow warbler*	S	U,O,LS	u	u	u
✔ Yellow-rumped warbler*	S	U,O,F	c	c	c
✔ Magnolia warbler*	S	O,F	c	c	c
☐ Black-poll warbler*	S	F	c	c	c
☐ Palm warbler*	S	F	c	c	c
☐ Oven bird*	S	F	u	u	u
✔ Northern waterthrush*	S	F,A	c	c	c
☐ Connecticut warbler*	S	F,A	u	u	u
☐ Mourning warbler*	S	F	u	u	u
☐ Common yellow-throat*	S	A	u	u	u
☐ Wilson's warbler*	S	A	u	u	u
☐ Canada warbler*	S	F	c	c	c
✔ American redstart*	S	F	u	u	u
PIPITS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ American Pipit	P	LS	c		c
CREEPERS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
☐ Brown creeper	S	F	u	u	u	r
NUTHATCHES	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Red-breasted nuthatch*	S	F	c	c	c	r
CHICKADEES	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Black-capped chickadee*	R	F,U	c	c	c	c
☐ Boreal chickadee*	R	F	u	u	u	u
KINGLETS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ Golden-crowned kinglet*	S	F	c	c	c
✔ Ruby-crowned kinglet*	S	F	c	c	c
THRUSHES	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
☐ Swainson's thrush*	S	F	c	c	c
✔ Hermit thrush*	S	F	u	u	u
✔ American robin* #	S	U,O	c	c	c
OLD WORLD SPARROWS	STATUS	HABITAT	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
✔ House sparrow*	R	U	c	c	c	c
POSSIBLE SPECIES
☐ Eastern bluebird
☐ Western grebe
☐ Pectoral sandpiper
☐ White-rumped sandpiper
☐ Sanderling
☐ Buff-breasted sandpiper
☐ Ruddy turnstone
☐ Rough-legged hawk
☐ Golden eagle
☐ Brown-headed Cowbird
☐ Vesper sparrow

☐ Rustic Bunting SINGLE OCCURRENCE - DECEMBER 2009 - B & H SCHMIDT

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