The following is a list of birds seen or reported around Vinalhaven over the past twenty years.
Common Loon (Gavia immer) Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) Woodcock (Scolopax minor)N Red Necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena) Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritime) Pie- billed Grebe (Poilymbus podiceps)N? Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Yellow-nosed albatross (Diomedi chlororhynchos) Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) Sanderling (Calidris alba) Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) Greater Shearwater (Puffinus gravis) Western Sandpiper (Calidrs mauri) Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) Least Sandpiper (Calsidris minuttla) Wilson’s Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) Leach’s Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)N Baird’s Snadpiper (Calidris bairdii) White Pelican (Pelecanus erthrorhynchos) Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melnotos) Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) Gannet (Sula bassanus) Pomarine Jaeger (Stoecorarius pomarinus) Great Cormorant (Phalocrocorax carbo)N Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) Double -breasted cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)N Little Gull (Larus minutus) Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)N Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Herring Gull (Larus argenatatusN Green Heron (Butorides striatus) Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus) Yellow Crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerula) Black-backed Gull (Laurus marinus)N Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Lesser Black Back Gull (Larus fuscus) Snowy Egret (Egreatta thula) Kittewake (Rissa tridactyla) Great Egret (Casmerodius albus) Ivory Gull (Pagophila ebunea) Great Blue Heron (Ardea heroidas)N? Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)N Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisea)N Canada Goose (Branta Canadensis)N? Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)N Brant (Branta bernicla) Black Tern (Childonias niger) Mallard (Anas platyrhychos) Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) Black Duck (Anas rubripes) Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) Pintail (Anas acuta) Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) Razorbill (Alca torda) Blue-winged Teal (Aanas discors) Common Murre (Uria aalge) Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) Dovkie (Alle alle) Eider (Somateria mollissima)N Black Guillemot (Cepphus grille)N King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) Puffin (Fratercula arctica)N Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) Black Vulture (Caragyps altratus) Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata ) Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)N Oldsquaw (Clagnula hyemalis) Harrier (Circus cyaneus)N Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangua) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipter stiatus)N Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) Cooper’s Hawk (Accipter coopere) Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) Goshawk (Accipter gentiles)N Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Virginia Rail Rrallus limicola) Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)N? Sora (Porzana carolina) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Coot Fulica americana) Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) American Oystercatcher Haematopus pallaitus) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)N Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) Kestrel (Falco sparverius)N? Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) Merlin (Falco columarius)N Killdeer (Charadrius vociferous)N? Peregrine (Falco peregrinus) Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) Golden Plover (Pluvialus dominica) Ruffled Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) Bob White (Colinus virginiamus)N Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasiamus colchicus)N Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) Pigeon (Columba livia)N Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)N Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)N Budgerigar (melopsittacus undulates) Wilson’s Phalerope (Phalaropus tricolor) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccuzus americanus) Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) Black-billed cuckoo (Coccuzus erythropthalmus0 Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria) Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) Short-billed Dowitcher (Linnodromus) Long-eared owl Asio otus) Great-horned Owl (Bubo virginiamus)N Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina) Barred Owl (Strix varia) Orange-crowned Warbler (Verivora celata) Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)N Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) Parula Warbler (Parula Americana)N Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)N Black and White Warbler (Mniotilta varia)N Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens)N? Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferous)N? Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)N Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica)N Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia)N Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle aclyon)N Myrtle Warbler (Dendroica coronata)N Flicker (Colaptes auratus)N Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)N Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erthrocephalus) Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor) Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)N? Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea) Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescences)N Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata) Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)N Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus) Red-Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum) Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)N Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopuspileatus) Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)N Canada Warbler (Wilsonia Canadensis)N? Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis)N? Wilson’s Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) Eastern Woodpewee (Contopus pertinax) Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina) Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)N Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus)N Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)N? Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis) Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)N? Yellowthroat (Geothylpis trichas)N Yellow-bellied flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris)N? Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)N Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)N Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)N? Purple Martin (Progne subis) Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)N Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)N Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Cliff Swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota)N Rufus-sided Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)N Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)N Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)N Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)N Raven (Corvus corax)N Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)N Jackdaw Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Black-capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus)N Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) Boreal Chickadee (Parus hudsonicus)N Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) Brown Creeper (Certhia Americana)N Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)N? White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)N Junco (Junco hyemalis)N Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta Canadensis)iN White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)N House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)N Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) Marsh Wren (Troglodytes palustri) Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)N? Blue Grey Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza Georgiana)N? Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)N Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)N Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Dickcissel (Spiza Americana) Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)N? Bobolink (Dolichonyx orysivorus) Veery (Catharus fuscescens) Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) Olive-backed Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)N Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)N Grey-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)N Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Robin (Turdus migratorius)N Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)N? House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)N Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)N Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)N Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) Red Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)N Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) Starling (Sturnus vulgarus)N Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) Solitary Vireo (Vireo solitarius)N? Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)N Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)N? House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)N? Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)N? Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) Blue-Winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus) Golden-Winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) Compiled by John Drury