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BIRD COUNT INFORMATION (if used for Annual Bird Count) |
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E = |
Erratic, yearly status fluctuates widely |
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R = |
Rare, does not occur every year |
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U = |
Uncommon, low numbers occur each year |
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F = |
Frequent, often seen, but not in each trip |
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C = |
Common, readily observed within area |
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S = |
Small numbers in area |
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Transient, spring and / or fall migration |
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r = |
Resident, species occurs year-round |
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s = |
Summer resident (June - September) |
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Winter resident (December - March) |
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(L) = |
Restricted locally to small area(s) |
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!!! = |
Should not occur again, get a photograph |
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Gaviidae: Loons |
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Red-Throated Loon - Rt, Rw |
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Common Loon - S, Ut |
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Podicipedidae: Grebes |
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Pied-Billed Grebe - Ct, Uw |
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Horned Grebe - C, Ft, Rw |
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Red-necked Grebe - Rt |
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Phalacrocoracidicae: Cormorants |
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Double-Crested Cormorant - Ft |
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Ardeidiae: Herons and Egrets |
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American Bittern - Ut |
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Great Blue Heron - Fw, Ft, Us |
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Great Egret - Rt |
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Snowy Egret - Rt |
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Little Blue Heron - Rt |
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Tri-colored Heron - Rt |
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Cattle Egret - Rt |
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Green Heron - Rw, Ft, Us |
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Black-Crowned Night-Heron - R, Ut |
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Threskiornithidae: Ibises |
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Glossy Ibis - Rt |
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Ciconiidae: Storks |
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Wood Stork - Rt |
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Cathartidae: New World Vultures |
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Black Vulture - Fr |
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Turkey Vulture - Cr |
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Anatidae : Waterfowl |
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Greater White-fronted Goose - Rt |
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Snow Goose - Rt |
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Canada Goose - Cr |
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Mute Swan - S, Ut |
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Tundra Swan - Ft |
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Wood Duck - Cs, Ft, Rw |
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Gadwall - S, Ft, Uw |
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Eurasian Wigeon - Rw |
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American Wigeon - S, Ft, Uw |
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American Black Duck - Ct, Fw |
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Mallard - Ct, Fw, Cs |
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Blue-Winged Teal - Rs, Ft |
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Northern Shoveler - S, Ut, Uw |
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Northern Pintail - S, Uw, Ut |
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American Green-winged Teal- Ft, Uw |
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Canvasback - S, Ut, Uw |
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Redhead - S, Ut, Uw |
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Ring-necked Duck - S, Ft, Rw |
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Greater Scaup - S, Ut |
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Lesser Scaup - S, Ut |
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Surf Scoter - R |
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Black Scoter - R |
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White-winged Scoter - Rt |
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Long-tailed Duck - S, Uw, Ut |
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Bufflehead - S, Ft, Uw |
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Common Goldeneye - Ct, Fw |
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Hooded Merganser - S, Uw, Ut |
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Common Merganser - S, Uw, Ut |
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Red-breasted Merganser - S, Rw, Ut |
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Ruddy Duck - S, Ft, Rw |
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Accipitridae: Hawks and Eagles |
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Osprey - Rw, Ut |
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Bald Eagle - S, Ut, Rw |
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Northern Harrier - Ft, Uw |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk - Ft, Fr |
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Cooper’s Hawk - Ft, Ur |
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Northern Goshawk - Rw, Rt |
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Red Shouldered Hawk - S, Ft, Ur |
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Broad-Winged Hawk - R, Ct, Fs |
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Red-Tailed Hawk - Cw, Ct, Cr |
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Rough-legged Hawk - Uw |
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Golden Eagle - Rt |
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Falconidae: Falcons |
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American Kestrel - Cw, Ct, Cs |
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Merlin - R, Ut |
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Peregrine Falcon - Rt |
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Phasianidae: Pheasants |
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Ring-necked Pheasant - S, Ur |
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Ruffed Grouse - S, Ur |
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Wild Turkey - Ur |
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Odontophoridae: Quail |
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Northern Bobwhite - Cr |
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Rallidae: Rails |
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Virginia Rail - Rt |
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Common Moorhen - Rt |
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American Coot - Ft |
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Charadriidae : Plovers |
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Black-bellied Plover - Rt |
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Semipalmated Plover - Rt |
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Killdeer - Cs, Uw |
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Scolopacidae: Sandpipers |
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Greater Yellowlegs - R, Ft |
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Lesser Yellowlegs - R, Ft |
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Solitary Sandpiper - Ft |
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Spotted Sandpiper - Ft, Us |
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Upland Sandpiper - S, Ut, Us |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper - S, Ut |
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Western Sandpiper - Rt |
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Least Sandpiper - Ft |
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White-rumped Sandpiper - Rt |
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Pectoral Sandpiper - R, Ut |
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Short-billed Dowitcher - Rt |
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Common Snipe - Fw, Ft |
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American Woodcock - Fs, Rw |
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Red-necked Phalarope - Rt |
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Laridae: Gulls and Terns |
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Bonaparte’s Gull - Rt |
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Ring-billed Gull - Ut |
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Herring Gull - Ut |
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Common Tern - Rt |
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Foster's Tern - Rt |
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Black Tern - Rt |
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Columbidae: Doves |
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Rock Dove - Cr |
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Mourning Dove - Cr |
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Cuculidae: Cuckoos |
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Black-billed Cuckoo - S, Us |
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Us |
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Tytonidae: Barn Owls |
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Barn Owl - S, Ur |
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Strigidae: Typical Owls |
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Eastern Screech Owl - Cr |
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Great Horned Owl - Fr |
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Snowy Owl - Rw |
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Barred Owl - Fr |
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Long-Eared Owl - S, Uw |
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Short-Eared Owl - Rt |
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Northern Saw-Whet Owl - Rt |
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Caprimulgidae: Goatsuckers |
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Common Nighthawk - Ct, Cs, (L) |
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Whip-Poor-Will - Us |
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Apodidae: Swifts |
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Chimney Swift - Ct, Cs |
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Trochilidae: Hummingbirds |
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Fs, Ft |
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Alcedinidae: Kingfishers |
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Belted Kingfisher - Fr |
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Picidae: Woodpeckers |
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Red-headed Woodpecker - S, Ur |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker - Cr |
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Ft, Uw |
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Downy Woodpecker - Cr |
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Hairy Woodpecker - Fr |
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Northern Flicker - Cr |
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Pileated Woodpecker - Fr |
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Tyrannidae: Tyrant Flycatchers |
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Olive-sided Flycatcher - Rt |
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Eastern Wood Pewee - Ft, Fs |
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - S, Ut |
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Acadian Flycatcher - Ft, Us |
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Alder Flycatcher - Ut |
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Willow Flycatcher - S, Ut |
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Least Flycatcher - Fs, Ut |
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Eastern Phoebe - Uw, Cs |
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Great Crested Flycatcher - Cs, Ct |
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Eastern Kingbird - Fs, Ft |
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Laniidae: Shrikes |
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Loggerhead Shrike - S, Ft, Ur |
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Northern Shrike - Rw |
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Vireonidae: Vireos |
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White-eyed Vireo - S, Ut, Us |
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Yellow-throated Vireo - S, Ut, Us |
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Blue-headed Vireo - Rw, Us, Ut |
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Warbling Vireo - Ct, (L), Cs |
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Philadelphia Vireo - Ut |
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Red-eyed Vireo - Ct, Cs |
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Corvidae: Jays and Crows |
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Blue Jay - Ct, Fr |
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American Crow - Cr |
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Fish Crow - Ft, Uw, Rs |
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Common Raven - S, Fr |
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Alaudidae: Larks |
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Horned Lark - Fw, Us |
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Hirundinidae: Swallows |
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Purple Martin - Ft, Fs |
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Tree Swallow - Cs |
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Ft |
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Bank Swallow - S, Ut |
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Cliff Swallow - S, Ut, Rs |
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Barn Swallow - Ct, Cs |
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Paridae: Chickadees |
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Carolina Chickadee - Cr |
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Black-capped Chickadee - S, Ft, Uw, Rs |
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Tufted Titmouse - Cr |
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Sittidae: Nuthatches |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch - Ft, Uw |
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White-breasted Nuthatch - Fr |
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Certhiidae: Creepers |
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Brown Creeper - Ft, Uw |
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Troglodytidae: Wrens |
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Carolina Wren - Fr |
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Bewick's Wren - S, Ut, Rs, !!! |
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House Wren - Rw, Cs |
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Winter Wren - S, Ut, Uw |
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Marsh Wren - Rt |
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Regulidae: Kinglets |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet - Ft, Fw |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Ct, Fw |
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Sylviidae: Gnatcatchers |
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Fs |
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Turdidae: Thrushes |
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Eastern Bluebird - Ft, Fs, Uw |
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Veery - Ft, Fs |
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Gray-checked Thrush - S, Ut |
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Swainson's Thrush - R, Ft |
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Hermit Thrush - S, Ft, Uw |
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Wood Thrush - Ft, Fs |
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American Robin - Cs, Uw |
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Varied Thrush - R |
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Mimidae: Mimic Thrushes |
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Gray Catbird - S, Cs |
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Northern Mockingbird - Cr |
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Brown Thrasher - S, Cs, Rw |
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Sturnidae: Starling |
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European Starling - Cr |
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Motacillidae: Pipits |
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Water Pipit - S, Ft, Rw |
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Bombycillidae: Waxwings |
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Cedar Waxwing - Ft, Er |
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Parulidae: Wood Warblers |
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Blue-winged Warbler - Rs, Ut |
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Golden-winged Warbler - Rs, Ut |
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Tennessee Warbler - Ft |
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Orange Crowned Warbler - R, Ut |
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Nashville Warbler - Ft |
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Northern Parula - Ft, Fr |
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Yellow Warbler - Ft, Us |
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Chestnut-sided Warbler - R, Ft, Fs |
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Magnolia Warbler - Ft |
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Cape May Warbler - R, Ft |
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Black-throated Blue Warbler - S, Ft, Us |
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Yellow rumped Warbler - Ct, Uw |
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Black-throated Green Warbler - S, Ft, Us |
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Blackburnian Warbler - Ft, Fs |
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Yellow-Throated Warbler - Ft, Us |
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Pine Warbler - Ft, Us, Rw |
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Prairie Warbler - R, Fs, Ft |
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Palm Warbler - R, Ct |
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Bay-Breasted Warbler - R, Ft |
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Blackpoll Warbler - Ct |
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Cerulean Warbler - R, Ut, Us |
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Black & White Warbler - R, Ft, Fs |
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American Redstart - Fs, Ft |
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Prothonotary Warbler - R, Ut, Rs |
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Worm-eating Warbler - Ut, Us |
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Swainson's Warbler - Rt !!! |
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Ovenbird - Cs, Ct |
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Northern Waterthrush - Ut |
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Louisiana Waterthrush - Ft, Us |
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Kentucky Warbler - Us, Ut |
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Connecticut Warbler - Rt |
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Mourning Warbler - Rt |
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Common Yellowthroat - Fs, Ft |
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Hooded Warbler - Us, Ut |
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Wilson’s Warbler - Ut |
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Canada Warbler - Ut |
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Yellow-breasted Chat - S, Us, Ut |
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Thraupidae: Tanagers |
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Summer Tanager - Rt |
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Scarlet Tanager - Fs, Ft |
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Emberizidae: Sparrows |
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Chipping Sparrow - Rw, Cs |
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Fox Sparrow - S, Ft, Uw |
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Song Sparrow - Cr |
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Swamp Sparrow - S, Ut, Uw |
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Snow Bunting - S, Uw, Rt |
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Northern Cardinal - Cr |
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Blue Grosbeak - S, Us, Ut |
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Indigo Bunting - Cs |
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Dickcissel - Rw, Rt |
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House Finch - Cr |
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Red Crossbill - R, E, Ut |
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Bird List (birds found in the northern Shenandoah Valley) updated 04/2001 by Dave Carr, Director, State Arboretum of VA
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