| Waterfowl |
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- American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganster)
- Canada Goose (Branta Canadensis)
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| Seabird |
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- Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
- Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
- Greater Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
- Black Headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
- Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
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| Shore Bird |
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- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius
semipalmatus)
- Common Snipe (Sapella gallinago)
- Willet (Catoptriohorus semipalmatus)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
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| Raptors |
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- Northern Harrier (Circus
cyaneus)
- Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
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| Song Birds |
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- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Tree Swallow (Iridoprocne bicolour)
- Black-Capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus)
- American) Robin (Turdus migratorius
- Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Denroica coronata)
- Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
- Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
- Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
- Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
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| Other |
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- Common Loon (Gavia immer)
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Greater Black-Backed Gull - (Larus marinus)
This is the largest species of gull. Throughout the year, the Great Black-backed Gull maintains a black back, pink legs and large yellow bill. Juveniles have grey-brown checkered back, pink legs and a grey-black bill with a light tip. When the adult Great Black-backed Gull is flying, they show a grey-black band of feathers with black tips on the edge of the upper wings. Great Black-backed gulls are known for preying on other birds, but also eat small mammals and fish. In our part of Canada, the Great Black-backed gull may be a threat to breeding puffins and terns.
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American Black Duck - (Anas rubripes)
The black duck is one of the most common ducks in Newfoundland, and one of the most popular with Newfoundland sportsmen. They are dark brown in colour, with a lighter brown head and a deep blue/purple “speculum” (small patch of wing feathers). In flight they have striking, white underwings. Black ducks breed at inland wetland areas; many overwinter at open coastal waters (in protected coves and estuaries). These birds are commonly seen “upending” as a method of feeding on aquatic vegetation and insects. They also eat small frogs, salamanders, snails, seeds, berries and grain. Their voice is a coarse “quack”.
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Common Loon - (Gavia immer)
The Common Loon spends summers on lakes and winters along coasts. The yodel-call is one of the easiest features of the Common Loon to identify. The call indicates territoriality or defense. Common Loons (known in Newfoundland as “loos”) have a black head and black bill; they have black and white bars on their necks and a checkered black and white pattern on their back. When they are flying, their large feet trail behind. Loons dive underwater for up to 3 minutes. Boats on lakes are a common source of disturbance for loons; eager canoers are known to accidentally separate young loons from parents.
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Canada Goose - (Branta Canadensis)
The Canada Goose is a most widely distributed goose in North America. Few other bird species occupy as many types of habitat as the Canada Goose – they have developed a “knack” for not only using natural habitats like meadows, boreal forest, praries but other areas where humans have changed the natural landscape, like parks and golf courses. Canada Goose are large birds with a black head and neck and an obvious white band running under the chin (“chinstrap”) and up its cheek. They have a light brown chest and the body and wings are a grayish brown colour. The lower belly is white and feathers on the under side of the tail are white while the top tail feathers are black. Canada Goose have a characteristic honking call. They are known to be highly aggressive during breeding, nesting and when they are raising their young. Not all Canada Geese in the North Atlantic migrate… many overwinter and have become “resident” populations; Canada Geese that do migrate can travel up to 1400 km in a single day.
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Greater Yellowlegs - (Tringa melanoleuca)
Greater Yellowlegs are large shorebirds with long yellow or yellow-orange legs. They are identified from other shorebirds by their height (up to 14” tall) and their black bill, which is 1 ½ times the length of the head. Feathers on their upper wings are a dark grey with whitish marks. The under parts are mostly white with dark grey mottling. In summer, grey marks turn black and black streaking along head and neck are more evident. They feed in water picking at the surface and skimming the surface for fish, insects and snails. They also eat worms and berries from the shoreline. Their voice is a “whew-whew-whew” and is often a key for identification.
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Green-winged Teal - (Anas crecca)
The Green-winged Teal is one of the smallest dabbling ducks in the province, and a commonly hunted species. Green-winged Teal are easily identified by their reddish-brown head and green patch extending behind the eye. The body is gray with a white stripe at the start of the wing and a green and brown speculum. The female is a mottled brown colour, with a green and brown speculum and a black streak running through the eye region. This duck is easy to identify from other common Newfoundland ducks because of its small size. The Green-winged Teal dabbles along with edges of ponds and lakes eating soft vegetation and seeds. They winter on rivers and sheltered coastal marshes down south.
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For further information contact:
Town of Come By Chance
P.O Box 89
Come By Chance, NL
A0B 1J0
Phone: 709-542-3240
Eastern Habitat Joint Venture
Department of Environment and Conservation
Wildlife Division
117 Riverside Drive
P.O Box 2007
Corner Brook, NL
A2H 7S1
Phone: 709-637-2013 / 637-2064 / 637-2027
Fax: 709-637-2032
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