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 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

Download Documentation Form (Word file)
Save to your computer BEFORE filling out the form!
PLEASE SEND FORMS ELECTRONICALLY.
Graphics may be emailed or snail-mailed with the form.

Email electronic forms to: Julie Nicholson

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
Clay-colored Sparrow 4D-10C

Species that always require documentation, but do not breed in Vermont

Any species NOT on the Vermont field card, plus....

Arctic/Pacific Loon
Little Blue Heron 4D-5C 7D-9B
Ross' Goose (areas other than Dead Creek)
Harlequin Duck 11A-5B
Gyrfalcon 11C-4A
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 8B-9D
Wilson's Phalarope 5C-5D 7D-8D (outside Champlain Valley)
Pomarine Jaegar (away from L. Champ)
Parasitic Jaegar (away from Lake Champ)
Long-tailed Jaegar
Black-headed Gull 10B-11A (away from L. Champ)
Sabine's Gull 9B-10A (away from L. Champ)
Black-legged Kittiwake 8C-11C (away from L.Champ)
Northern Hawk Owl 11B-4A
Gray-cheecked Thrush 5C-6A 9C-10A
Orange-crowned Warbler 5B-5D 9C-10C
--(spring only)
Connecticut Warbler 9A-9C (not Sept.)
Yellow-breasted Chat 5A-6B 8C-10B
Hoary Redpoll 11B-4D

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.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 10D-5C
Black-backed Woodpecker P.R. (outside NEK)
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
Grasshopper Sparrow 5B-9A
Rusty Blackbird 3B-11A *
Orchard Oriole 5B-7B
Red Crossbill 1A-12D
White-winged Crossbill 1A-12D