Species
Requiring Documentation
Scroll to table below for a list of species needing a documentation
form. Median arrival and departure dates, or dates of occurence, are indicated
by numbers for the months,and by A, B, C, D, for the weeks of each month
(e.g., the 3rd week of March = 3D).
Any species more than 1 month outside of its expected dates
require documentation, EXCEPT waterbirds seen at Lake Champlain when the
lake is not frozen. See the Vermont
field card (be patient, download takes a minute
depending on connection) for dates of all species that occur in the state.
NEK = Northeast Kingdom
P.R. = Permanent Resident
* Occasionally present other times
Email electronic forms to: VBRC |
Species that always require documentation,
and potentially breed in Vermont
Three-toed Woodpecker 1A-12D
Loggerhead Shrike 3D-5D 7D-9D
Fish Crow 5A-7B (outside of Burlington area)
Sedge Wren 5D-9B
Species that always require documentation,
but do not breed in Vermont
Any species NOT on the Vermont
field card (except
Greater White-fronted Goose, Ross's Goose, Cackling Goose, Black Vulture, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, and Hoary Redpoll) plus....
Tufted Duck (away from L Champlain)
Harlequin Duck 11A-5B (away from L Champlain)
Arctic/Pacific Loon
Northern Gannet (outside Champlain Valley)
Little Blue Heron 4D-5C 7D-9B
Gyrfalcon 11C-4A
American Golden Plover (spring only)
Wilson's Phalarope 5C-5D 7D-8D (outside Champlain Valley)
Pomarine Jaegar (away from L Champlain)
Parasitic Jaegar (away from L Champlain)
Long-tailed Jaegar (away from L Champlain)
Black-headed Gull 10B-11A (away from L Champlain)
Sabine's Gull 9B-10A (away from L Champlain)
Black-legged Kittiwake 8C-11C (away from L Champlain)
Northern Hawk Owl 11B-4A
Gray-cheeked Thrush 5C-6A 9C-10A
Orange-crowned Warbler 5B-5D 9C-10C
--(spring only)
Connecticut Warbler 9A-9C
Yellow-breasted Chat 5A-6B 8C-10B
|
Species that require documentation ONLY
if you have evidence of nesting
Pied-billed Grebe 3D-11D
Least Bittern 5C-8D
Great Egret 4D-10B
Snowy Egret 4D-5D 7C-9B
Mute Swan 1A-12D
Gadwall 3C-12C
American Wigeon 3B-11D
Northern Pintail 3B-12C *
Green-winged Teal 3D-12B
Ring-necked Duck 3B-12B *
Bufflehead 3A-5C 10C-1D *
Red-breasted Merganser 3D-5C 10C-1A *
Bald Eagle 1A-12D
Peregrine Falcon 3D-10D *
Ring-necked Pheasant P.R.
Spruce Grouse P.R. (outside of NEK)
Sora 4C-10A
American Coot 3D-5C 10A-12C *
Upland Sandpiper 4D-8D
Caspian Tern 4C-5D 7B-10A
Common Tern 5A-9C
Black Tern 5A-8A
Long-eared Owl P.R.
Short-eared Owl P.R.
Common Nighthawk 5C-9B
Whip-poor-will 5A-9A
Red-headed Woodpecker P.R.
Philadelphia Vireo 5B-9D
Gray Jay P.R.
Tennessee Warbler 5B-10A
Palm Warbler 4B-5B 9B-10C *
Bay-breasted Warbler 5B-9D
Cerulean Warbler 5C-8B
Wilson's Warbler 5B-9D
Clay-colored Sparrow 6A-8A
Grasshopper Sparrow 5B-9A
Rusty Blackbird 3B-11A *
Red Crossbill 1A-12D |
Last updated 4 May 2009
