Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment - Town of Guilford
Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment - Town of Guilford
Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment - Town of Guilford
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Appendix<br />
D-1b<br />
Page 2 - Birds <strong>of</strong> <strong>Guilford</strong>, Connecticut, 40 year record <strong>of</strong> Noble S. Proctor<br />
Wood Duck - Aix sponsa<br />
Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata<br />
Blue-winged Teal - Anas discors<br />
Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca carolinensis<br />
White-winged Scoter - Melanitta fusca- numbers have dropped dramatically over past 15 years<br />
Surf Scoter - Melanitta perspicillata- numbers have dropped dramatically over past 15 years<br />
Black Scoter - Melanitta nigra<br />
Long-tailed Duck - Clangula hymalis<br />
King Eider - Somateria spectabilis - 3 records<br />
Common Eider - Somateria mollissima - 3 records<br />
Canvasback - Aythya valisineria - dramatic decline in numbers in last ten years<br />
Redhead - Aythya americana - still rare<br />
Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris<br />
Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis<br />
Greater Scaup - Aythya marila - dramatic drop in numbers in last 15 years<br />
Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula<br />
Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola<br />
Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis - dramatic rise in number 1995 to 2002<br />
Common Merganser - Mergus merganser<br />
Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator<br />
Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus<br />
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura - great increase in numbers <strong>and</strong> wintering birds from 1980.<br />
Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus - increasing in numbers throughout the state. Now seen yearly.<br />
Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus<br />
Cooper’s Hawk - Accipiter cooperii- rapid increase in numbers in last five years. Now yearly nester.<br />
Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis<br />
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis<br />
Swainson’s Hawk - Buteo swainsoni, one record<br />
Rough-legged Hawk - Buteo lagopus<br />
Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus<br />
Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus<br />
Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus<br />
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus<br />
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos<br />
Osprey - P<strong>and</strong>ion haliaetus - the dramatic recovery <strong>of</strong> this species continues<br />
American Kestrel - Falco sparverius - widespread plunge in numbers <strong>of</strong> this species throughout the state<br />
over last 15 years<br />
Merlin - Falco columbarius<br />
Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus - numbers continue to increase over last 10 years<br />
Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo - an explosion <strong>of</strong> this species over last 10 years<br />
Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus - once common, it has all but disappeared from the woodl<strong>and</strong>s over<br />
past 15 years<br />
Ring-necked Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus<br />
Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus - now rare<br />
American Coot - Fulica americana<br />
Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus - now rare<br />
Virginia Rail - Rallus limicola<br />
King Rail - Rallus elegans - numbers have dropped with loss <strong>of</strong> cattail marshes<br />
<strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Inventory</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Guilford</strong>, CT