Species
The YMOS team has surpassed 150 species found several times.
The checklist for this year’s WSOB competition is found here. Below are listed the species found over the last 5 competitions:
YMOS Cumulative Species List (2006 – 2010) – 217 species
| Swan, Mute |
| Goose, Canada |
| Goose, Snow |
| Brant |
| Bufflehead |
| Duck, American Black |
| Duck, Long-tailed |
| Duck, Ruddy |
| Duck, Wood |
| Gadwall |
| Mallard |
| Merganser, Red-breasted |
| Merganser, Hooded |
| Scaup, Lesser |
| Scoter, Black |
| Scoter, Surf |
| Scoter, White-winged |
| Shoveler, Northern |
| Teal, Blue-winged |
| Teal, Green-winged |
| Eider, Common |
| Bobwhite, Northern |
| Pheasant, Ring-necked |
| Turkey, Wild |
| Loon, Common |
| Loon, Red-throated |
| Gannet, Northern |
| Jaeger, Parasitic |
| Cormorant, Double-crested |
| Egret, Cattle |
| Egret, Great |
| Egret, Snowy |
| Heron, Black-crowned Night |
| Heron, Great Blue |
| Heron, Green |
| Heron, Little Blue |
| Heron, Tri-colored |
| Heron, Yellow-crowned |
| Bittern, Least |
| Ibis, Glossy |
| Blackbird, Red-winged |
| Blue Jay |
| Crow, American |
| Crow, Fish |
| Vulture, Black |
| Vulture, Turkey |
| Osprey |
| Kite, Mississippi |
| Kite, Swallow-tailed |
| Eagle, Bald |
| Harrier, Northern |
| Hawk, Broad-winged |
| Hawk, Cooper’s |
| Hawk, Red-shouldered |
| Hawk, Red-tailed |
| Hawk, Sharp-shinned |
| Kestrel, American |
| Merlin |
| Falcon, Peregrine |
| Rail, Clapper |
| Rail, King |
| Rail, Sora |
| Rail, Virgina |
| Plover, Black-bellied |
| Plover, Piping |
| Plover, Semipalmated |
| Killdeer |
| Coot, American |
| Oystercatcher, American |
| Sanderling |
| Sandpiper, Least |
| Sandpiper, Pectoral |
| Sandpiper, Purple |
| Sandpiper, Semipalmated |
| Sandpiper, Solitary |
| Sandpiper, Spotted |
| Sandpiper, Stilt |
| Sandpiper, Upland |
| Sandpiper, White-rumped |
| Yellowlegs, Greater |
| Yellowlegs, Lesser |
| Willet |
| Godwit, Marbled |
| Whimbrel |
| Turnstone, Ruddy |
| Knot, Red |
| Dunlin |
| Dowitcher, Short-billed |
| Gull, Great Black-Back |
| Gull, Herring |
| Gull, Laughing |
| Gull, Lesser Black-Back |
| Gull, Ring-billed |
| Tern, Common |
| Tern, Forster’s |
| Tern, Gull-billed |
| Tern, Least |
| Tern, Royal |
| Skimmer, Black |
| Snipe, Wilson’s |
| Woodcock, American |
| Phalarope , Wilson’s |
| Dove, Mourning |
| Pigeon, Rock |
| Cuckoo, Black-billed |
| Cuckoo, Yellow-billed |
| Owl, Barred |
| Owl, Eastern-Screech |
| Owl, Great Horned |
| Chuck-Wills-Widow |
| Nighthawk, Common |
| Whip-poor-will |
| Swift, Chimney |
| Hummingbird, Ruby-throated |
| Kingfisher, Belted |
| Woodpecker, Downy |
| Woodpecker, Hairy |
| Woodpecker, Red-bellied |
| Woodpecker, Red-headed |
| Flicker, Northern |
| Flycatcher, Acadian |
| Flycatcher, Great Crested |
| Flycatcher, Willow |
| Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed |
| Pewee, Eastern Wood |
| Phoebe, Eastern |
| Kingbird, Eastern |
| Lark, Horned |
| Swallow, Bank |
| Swallow, Barn |
| Swallow, Cliff |
| Swallow, Northern Rough-winged |
| Swallow, Tree |
| Martin, Purple |
| Chickadee, Carolina |
| Titmouse, Tufted |
| Nuthatch, White-breasted |
| Wren, Carolina |
| Wren, House |
| Wren, Marsh |
| Wren, Sedge |
| Gnatcatcher, Blue-Gray |
| Bluebird, Eastern |
| Thrush, Bicknell’s |
| Thrush, Gray-cheeked |
| Thrush, Hermit |
| Thrush, Swainson’s |
| Thrush, Wood |
| Veery |
| Robin, American |
| Mockingbird, Northern |
| Catbird, Gray |
| Thrasher, Brown |
| Waxwing, Cedar |
| Starling, European |
| Vireo, Blue-headed |
| Vireo, Red-eyed |
| Vireo, Warbling |
| Vireo, White-eyed |
| Vireo, Yellow-throated |
| Warbler, Bay-breasted |
| Warbler, Black and White |
| Warbler, Blackburnian |
| Warbler, Blackpoll |
| Warbler, Black-throated Blue |
| Warbler, Black-throated Green |
| Warbler, Blue-winged |
| Warbler, Cerulean |
| Warbler, Chestnut-sided |
| Warbler, Hooded |
| Warbler, Kentucky |
| Warbler, Magnolia |
| Warbler, Nashville |
| Warbler, Palm |
| Warbler, Pine |
| Warbler, Prairie |
| Warbler, Prothonotary |
| Warbler, Wilson’s |
| Warbler, Worm-eating |
| Warbler, Yellow |
| Warbler, Yellow-rumped |
| Warbler, Yellow-throated |
| Parula, Northern |
| Redstart, American |
| Ovenbird |
| Yellowthroat, Common |
| Chat, Yellow-breasted |
| Waterthrush, Lousiana |
| Waterthrush, Northern |
| Tanager, Scarlet |
| Tanager, Summer |
| Sparrow, Chipping |
| Sparrow, Field |
| Sparrow, Grasshopper |
| Sparrow, Nelson’s S-Tailed |
| Sparrow, Saltmarsh S-Tailed |
| Sparrow, Savannah |
| Sparrow, Seaside |
| Sparrow, Song |
| Sparrow, Swamp |
| Sparrow, White-crowned |
| Sparrow, White-throated |
| Towhee, Eastern |
| Cardinal, Northern |
| Grosbeak, Blue |
| Grosbeak, Rose-breasted |
| Bunting, Indigo |
| Bobolink |
| Meadowlark, Eastern |
| Grackle, Boat-tailed |
| Grackle, Common |
| Cowbird, Brown-headed |
| Oriole, Baltimore |
| Oriole, Orchard |
| Finch, House |
| Goldfinch, American |
| Sparrow, House |
