Seasonality S spring April - June Species compiled using NETN U.S. Department of the Interior S summer July - August forest breeding bird monitoring Acadia National Park Service data, eBird, and NPSpecies F fall September - November National Park W winter December - March information as of 10/2017. Maine For more about breeding bird * Detected during National Park Service monitoring in Acadia, see I&M Northeast Temperate Network https://www.nps.gov/im/netn/ (NETN) volunteer breeding bird surveys or breeding-landbirds.htm. other recent evidence of nesting in park. Bird Checklist † Expected to occur in park but no recent detections. Front image: Purple Finch by Ed Sharron Potential bird encounters in the park Chances of Detection: throughout the calendar year. A - Abundant: Occurs in moderate to large numbers and easily found in appropriate habitat. C - Common: Found in moderate numbers and usually easy to find in appropriate habitat. U - Uncommon: Small numbers and usually, but not always, found with some effort in appropriate habitat. R - Rare: Occurs annually in very small numbers or in restricted habitat. Can be difficult to find. O - Occasional: Observed some years but not detected every year. S - Sporadic: May be a single sighting, or years and even decades can pass without a detection. # Species S S F W Blank spaces either indicate species absence or seen # Species S S F W Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (cont.) insufficient data. seen Swifts Ring-billed Gull C C C A Chimney Swift* U U R # Species S S F W Herring Gull* A A A A seen Swans, Geese, and Ducks Hummingbirds Iceland Gull R U U Snow Goose S Ruby-throated Hummingbird* U C U Lesser Black-backed Gull R R Brant O Rails, Gallinules, and Coots Glaucous Gull R U Canada Goose* C C C R Virginia Rail O O O Great Black-backed Gull C C C C Wood Duck* R R R Sora O Caspian Tern R R † Gadwall O O O Purple Gallinule Black Tern S † Greater White-fronted Goose† Common Moorhen Roseate Tern O Eurasian Wigeon S American Coot O Common Tern R U R American Wigeon R R Cranes Arctic Tern O O American Black Duck* C U C A Sandhill Crane O Loons Mallard* C C C A Lapwings and Plovers Red-throated Loon U U C Blue-winged Teal* R O Black-bellied Plover R R R Pacific Loon O Northern Shoveler O American Golden Plover O Common Loon* C C C A Northern Pintail U U U Semipalmated Plover U U Shearwaters and Petrels Green-winged Teal* U R U Killdeer U R R Northern Fulmar S S Ring-necked Duck* U R U Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies Sooty Shearwater S S Greater Scaup O O O O Whimbrel R R R Great Shearwater S S Lesser Scaup O Ruddy Turnstone O O O Manx Shearwater S Canvasback† Red Knot O O Storm Petrels Redhead O Sanderling R R Wilson’s Storm-Petrel O O O King Eider S S S Dunlin O Leach’s Storm-Petrel O Common Eider* C U A C Purple Sandpiper U U C Boobies and Gannets Harlequin Duck R R U Least Sandpiper U U Northern Gannet R U C U Surf Scoter U R U C White-rumped Sandpiper R Cormorants White-winged Scoter U R C C Pectoral Sandpiper O Double-crested Cormorant C A C O Black Scoter U R C C Semipalmated Sandpiper R U U Great Cormorant U O R C Long-tailed Duck U R C Short-billed Dowitcher O Bitterns, Herons, and Allies Bufflehead R U C Wilson’s Snipe* R R R American Bittern* U R R Common Goldeneye O O U American Woodcock U R U Great Blue Heron C C C R Barrow’s Goldeneye S Spotted Sandpiper* U C U Great Egret U U R Hooded Merganser O R U U Solitary Sandpiper R U Snowy Egret R R R Common Merganser* C U R U Greater Yellowlegs C U C Little Blue Heron R R Red-breasted Merganser* R R U W Willet O Green Heron* R R Ruddy Duck S S Lesser Yellowlegs U U R Black-crowned Night-Heron O Grouse and Turkeys Red-necked Phalarope S New World Vultures Ruffed Grouse* R O U R Skuas and Jaegers Turkey Vulture C C C O Spruce Grouse* O O O O Pomarine Jaeger S Wild Turkey* U R C R Auks, Murres, and Puffins Grebes Dovekie O Pied-billed Grebe* Common Murre R R R Horned Grebe O O R Thick-billed Murre O R Red-necked Grebe U C C Razorbill R R R Pigeons and Doves Black Guillemot C C C A Rock Pigeon U C C U Atlantic Puffin R R Mourning Dove* C C C A Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers Cuckoos Black-legged Kittiwake R U C Yellow-billed Cuckoo O O O Bonaparte’s Gull R U U Black-billed Cuckoo* O O O Laughing Gull U C U Goatsuckers Common Nighthawk* R R R Eastern Whip-poor-will S S S Atlantic Puffin by Bill Lynch Northern Parula Entered into ? by Iaasac Sanchez # Species S S F W Acadia has been setup as several “hotspots” in eBird. seen Ospreys By entering your checklist on their website, you’ll Osprey* C C U give the park a more complete picture of bird usage Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies within its borders. See more at www.ebird.org. Bald Eagle* C C C C Northern Harrier* R R C U Name Sharp-shinned Hawk* U U C Cooper's Hawk* U U C R Date Time Northern Goshawk* R R U Red-shouldered Hawk R R Broad-winged Hawk* U U C # Species S S F W seen Red-tailed Hawk* C U C U Chickadees and Titmice Rough-legged Hawk O O Black-capped Chickadee* A A A A Golden Eagle O Boreal Chickadee* O O O Typical Owls Tufted Titmouse R U R R # Species S S F W seen Eastern Screech-Owl† Nuthatches Wood-Warblers (cont.) Great Horned Owl* R R R Red-breasted Nuthatch* C A A A Orange-crowned Warbler O Snowy Owl U U U White-breasted Nuthatch* U U U C Nashville Warbler* C U R Northern Hawk Owl† Creepers Mourning Warbler* O O Barred Owl* U U R U Brown Creeper* C C U C Common Yellowthroat* A A U Great Gray Owl O Wrens American Redstart* A C U Long-eared Owl† House Wren* O O Cape May Warbler* R R R Short-eared Owl O O Winter Wren* C C R Northern Parula* A C U † Northern Saw-whet Owl* O O O Sedge Wren Magnolia Warbler* A U R Kingfishers Marsh Wren S Bay-breasted Warbler* R R R Belted Kingfisher* C U C R Carolina Wren O O Blackburnian Warbler* C U R Woodpeckers and Allies Gnatcatchers Yellow Warbler C U R Red-bellied Woodpecker* R R R Blue-gray Gnatcatcher O O Chestnut-sided Warbler* C U Yellow-bellied Sapsucker* R U R Kinglets Blackpoll Warbler* U R U Downy Woodpecker* C C C C Golden-crowned Kinglet* C C A A Black-throated Blue Warbler* C U R Hairy Woodpecker* C C C C Ruby-crowned Kinglet* C U C Palm Warbler* U C C Black-backed Woodpecker* U U U U Thrushes Pine Warbler* U U U Northern Flicker* C C C R Eastern Bluebird* R R Yellow-rumped Warbler* A C A U Pileated Woodpecker* C U C U Veery* O O Prairie Warbler O Falcons Gray-cheeked/Bicknell’s Thrush O O Black-throated Green Warbler* A A U American Kestrel* R U C Swainson’s Thrush* U C U Canada Warbler* R R Merlin* U R C R Hermit Thrush* A A C Wilson's Warbler* R R Peregrine Falcon* U U U U Wood Thrush* R O Yellow-breasted Chat O Tyrant Flycatchers American Robin* A A A C Emberizids Olive-sided Flycatcher* R R Mockingbirds and Thrashers Eastern Towhee* U C U Eastern Wood-Pewee* C C R Gray Catbird* C C U American Tree Sparrow R R R Yellow-bellied Flycatcher* U U R Brown Thrasher* R R R Chipping Sparrow* C C R Alder Flycatcher* U C Northern Mockingbird O O O Clay-colored Sparrow O Willow Flycatcher O Starlings Field Sparrow O O Least Flycatcher* U U European Starling* U U C U Vesper Sparrow R Eastern Phoebe* C C U Waxwings Lark Sparrow O Great Crested Flycatcher* U U Bohemian Waxwing R U Lark Bunting O Eastern Kingbird* U U Cedar Waxwing* C A U U Savannah Sparrow C R U Shrikes Old World Sparrows Nelson’s Sparrow U U R Northern Shrike R R R House Sparrow* U U U R Fox Sparrow R R Vireos Wagtails and Pipits Song Sparrow* A A C U White-eyed Vireo S American Pipit R Lincoln's Sparrow R R R Blue-headed Vireo* C C U Fringilline and Cardueline Finches Swamp Sparrow* C U U Philadelphia Vireo R R R Pine Grosbeak O O White-throated Sparrow* A C U U Warbling Vireo* U R House Finch* U U R U White-crowned Sparrow R U Red-eyed Vireo* U A R Purple Finch* C U C C Dark-eyed Junco* A A C C Jays and Crows Red Crossbill* R R U U Cardinals, Piranga Tanagers and Allies Gray Jay S White-winged Crossbill* U U C U Summer Tanager O Blue Jay* C C A C Common Redpoll O Scarlet Tanager* U R R American Crow* C C C A Pine Siskin* U U C C Northern Cardinal* O O O R Common Raven* R R R U American Goldfinch* A A C C Rose-breasted Grosbeak* U R R Larks Evening Grosbeak* O O O O Indigo Bunting R R Horned Lark O O Longspurs and Snow Buntings Dickcissel O Swallows Lapland Longspur O Blackbirds Purple Martin* O Snow Bunting O R O Bobolink* R R Tree Swallow* U U R Wood-Warblers Red-winged Blackbird* C U R Northern Rough-winged O O O Ovenbird* A C R Eastern Meadowlark* O O swallow* Northern Waterthrush* R U R Rusty Blackbird O Cliff Swallow* O O Blue-winged Warbler O Common Grackle* C U U R Bank Swallow* R R Black-and-white Warbler* A A U Brown-headed Cowbird* U R R Barn Swallow* U U Tennessee Warbler* U R R Baltimore Oriole* U R R