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| Birds
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forested uplands) as a migratory stopover site. Compiled by Janet Green, |
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| Minnesota Ornithologists
Union. |
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| Common Name |
Latin Name |
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| Common Loon |
Gavia immer |
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| Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus podiceps |
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| Horned Grebe |
Podiceps auritus |
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| Red-necked Grebe |
Podiceps grisegna |
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| Double-crested Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax auritus |
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| American Bittern |
Botaurus lentiginosus |
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| Great Blue Heron |
Ardea herodias |
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| Green Heron |
Butorides virescens |
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| Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes aura |
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| Snow Goose |
Chen caerulescens |
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| Canada Goose |
Branta canadensis |
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| Tundra Swan |
Cygnus columbianus |
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| Wood Duck |
Aix sponsa |
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| Gadwall |
Anas strepera |
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| American Wigeon |
Anas americana |
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| American Black Duck |
Anas rubripes |
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| Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
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| Blue-winged Teal |
Anas discors |
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| Northern Shoveler |
Anas clypeata |
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| Northern Pintail |
Anas acuta |
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| Green-winged Teal |
Anas crecca |
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| Canvasback |
Aythya valisineria |
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| Redhead |
Aythya americana |
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| Ring-necked Duck |
Aythya collaris |
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| Greater Scaup |
Aythya marila |
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| Lesser Scaup |
Aythya affinis |
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| Surf Scoter |
Melanitta perspicallata |
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| White-winged Scoter |
Melanitta deglandi |
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| Black Scoter |
Melanitta nigra |
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| Bufflehead |
Bucephala albeola |
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| Common Goldeneye |
Bucephala clangula |
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| Hooded Merganser |
Lophodytes cucullatus |
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| Common Merganser |
Mergus merganser |
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| Red-breasted Merganser |
Mergus serrator |
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| Ruddy Duck |
Oxyura jamaicensis |
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| Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
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| Bald Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
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| Northern Harrier |
Circus cyaneus |
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| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Accipiter striatus |
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| Cooper’s Hawk |
Accipiter cooperii |
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| Northern Goshawk |
Accipiter gentilis |
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| Broad-winged Hawk |
Buteo platypterus |
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| Red-tailed Hawk |
Buteo jamaicensis |
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| Rough-legged Hawk |
Buteo lagopus |
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| American Kestrel |
Falco sparverius |
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| Merlin |
Falco columbarius |
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| Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
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| Ruffed Grouse |
Bonasa umbellus |
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| Virginia Rail |
Rallus limicola |
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| Sora |
Porzana carolina |
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| American Coot |
Fulica americana |
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| Black-bellied Plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
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| American Golden-Plover |
Pluvialis dominica |
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| Semipalmated Plover |
Charadrius semipalmatus |
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| Piping Plover |
Charadrius melodus |
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| Killdeer |
Charadrius vociferus |
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| Greater Yellowlegs |
Tringa melanoleuca |
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| Lesser Yellowlegs |
Tringa flavipes |
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| Solitary Sandpiper |
Tringa solitaria |
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| Willet |
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
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| Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis macularia |
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| Ruddy Turnstone |
Aernaria interpres |
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| Red Knot |
Calidris canutus |
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| Sanderling |
Calidris alba |
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| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
Calidris pusillus |
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| Least Sandpiper |
Calidris minutilla |
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| White-rumped Sandpiper |
Calidris fusicollis |
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| Baird's Sandpiper |
Calidris bairdii |
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| Pectoral Sandpiper |
Calidris melanotos |
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| Dunlin |
Calidris alpina |
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| Stilt Sandpiper |
Calidris himantopis |
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| Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
Tryngites subruficollis |
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| Short-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus griseus |
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| Long-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus scolopaceus |
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| Common Snipe |
Gallinago gallinago |
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| American Woodcock |
Scolopax minor |
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| Bonaparte's Gull |
Larus philadelphia |
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| Ring-billed Gull |
Larus delawarensis |
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| Herring Gull |
Larus argentatus |
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| Thayer's Gull |
Larus thayeri |
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| Glaucous Gull |
Larus hyperboreus |
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| Caspian Tern |
Sterna caspia |
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| Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
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| Forster's Tern |
Sterna forsteri |
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| Black Tern |
Chlidonias niger |
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| Rock Dove |
Columba livia |
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| Mourning Dove |
Zenaida macroura |
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| Black-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
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| Great Horned Owl |
Bubo virginianus |
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| Snowy Owl |
Nyctea scandiaca |
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| Barred Owl |
Strix varia |
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| Northern Saw-whet Owl |
Aegolius acadicus |
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| Common Nighthawk |
Chordeiles minor |
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| Chimney Swift |
Chaetura pelagica |
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Archilochus colubris |
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| Belted Kingfisher |
Ceryle alcyon |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Sphyrapicus varius |
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| Downy Woodpecker |
Picoides pubescens |
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| Hairy Woodpecker |
Picoides villosus |
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| Three-toed Woodpecker |
Picoides tridactylus |
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| Northern Flicker |
Colaptes auratus |
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| Pileated Woodpecker |
Dryocopus pileatus |
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| Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Contopus cooperi |
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| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Contopus virens |
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| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
Empidonax flaviventris |
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| Alder Flycatcher |
Empidonax alnorum |
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| Least Flycatcher |
Empidonax minimus |
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| Eastern Phoebe |
Sayornis phoebe |
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| Great Crested Flycatcher |
Myiarchus crinitus |
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| Eastern Kingbird |
Tyrannus tyrannus |
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| Northern Shrike |
Lanius excubitor |
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| Blue-headed Vireo |
Vireo solitarius |
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| Warbling Vireo |
Vireo gilvus |
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| Philadelphia Vireo |
Vireo philadelphicus |
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| Red-eyed Vireo |
Vireo olivaceus |
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| Gray Jay |
Perisoreus canadensis |
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| Blue Jay |
Cyanocitta cristata |
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| American Crow |
Corvus brachyrhynchos |
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| Common Raven |
Corvus corax |
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| Horned Lark |
Eremophila alpestris |
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| Purple Martin |
Progne subis |
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| Tree Swallow |
Tachycineta bicolor |
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| Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
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| Bank Swallow |
Riparia riparia |
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| Cliff Swallow |
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
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| Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
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| Black-capped Chickadee |
Parus atricapillus |
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| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
Sitta carolinensis |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
Sitta canadensis |
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| Brown Creeper |
Certhia americana |
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| House Wren |
Troglodytes aedon |
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| Winter Wren |
Troglodytes troglodytes |
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| Sedge Wren |
Cistothorus platensis |
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| Marsh Wren |
Cistothorus palustris |
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| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
Regulus satrapa |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Regulus calendula |
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| Eastern Bluebird |
Sialia sialis |
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| Veery |
Catharus fuscescens |
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| Gray-cheeked Thrush |
Catharus minimus |
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| Swainson’s Thrush |
Catharus ustulatus |
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| Hermit Thrush |
Catharus guttatus |
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| Wood Thrush |
Hylocichla mustelina |
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| American Robin |
Turdus migratorius |
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| Gray Catbird |
Dumetella carolinensis |
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| Brown Thrasher |
Toxostoma rufum |
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| European Starling |
Sturnus vulgaris |
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| American Pipit |
Anthus rubescens |
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| Bohemian Waxwing |
Bombycilla garrulus |
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| Cedar Waxwing |
Bombycilla cedrorum |
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| Golden-winged Warbler |
Vermivora chrysoptera |
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| Tennessee Warbler |
Vermivora peregrina |
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| Orange-crowned Warbler |
Vermivora celata |
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| Nashville Warbler |
Vermivora ruficapilla |
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| Northern Parula |
Parula americana |
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| Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
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| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Dendroica pensylvanica |
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| Magnolia Warbler |
Dendroica magnolia |
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| Cape May Warbler |
Dendroica tigrina |
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| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Dendroica caerulescens |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Dendroica coronata |
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| Black-throated Green Warbler |
Dendroica virens |
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| Blackburnian Warbler |
Dendroica fusca |
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| Pine Warbler |
Dendroica pinus |
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| Palm Warbler |
Dendroica palmarum |
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| Bay-breasted Warbler |
Dendroica castanea |
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| Blackpoll Warbler |
Dendroica striata |
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| Black-and-white Warbler |
Mniotilta varia |
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| American Redstart |
Setophaga ruticilla |
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| Ovenbird |
Seiurus aurocapillus |
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| Northern Waterthrush |
Seiurus noveboracensis |
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| Connecticut Warbler |
Oporornis agilis |
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| Mourning Warbler |
Oporornis philadelphia |
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| Common Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis trichas |
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| Wilson’s Warbler |
Wilsonia pusilla |
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| Canada Warbler |
Wilsonia canadensis |
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| Scarlet Tanager |
Piranga olivacea |
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| American Tree Sparrow |
Spizella arborea |
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| Chipping Sparrow |
Spizella passerina |
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| Clay-colored Sparrow |
Spizella pallida |
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| Savannah Sparrow |
Passerculus sandwichensis |
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| Le Conte’s Sparrow |
Ammodramus leconteii |
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| Fox Sparrow |
Passerella iliaca |
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| Song Sparrow |
Melospiza melodia |
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| Lincoln’s Sparrow |
Melospiza lincolnii |
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| Swamp Sparrow |
Melospiza georgiana |
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| White-throated Sparrow |
Zonotrichia albicollis |
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| Harris’s Sparrow |
Zonotrichia querula |
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| White-crowned Sparrow |
Zonotrichia leucophrys |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
Junco hyemalis |
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| Lapland Longspur |
Calcarius lapponicus |
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| Snow Bunting |
Plectrophenax nivalis |
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| Northern Cardinal |
Cardinalus cardinalus |
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| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Pheucticus ludovicianus |
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| Indigo Bunting |
Passerina cyanea |
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| Bobolink |
Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
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| Red-winged Blackbird |
Agelaius phoeniceus |
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| Eastern Meadowlark |
Sturnella magna |
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| Rusty Blackbird |
Euphagus carolinus |
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| Brewer’s Blackbird |
Euphagus cyanocephalus |
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| Common Grackle |
Quiscalus quiscula |
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| Brown-headed Cowbird |
Molothrus ater |
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| Baltimore Oriole |
Icterus galbula |
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| Pine Grosbeak |
Pinicola enucleator |
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| Purple Finch |
Carpodacus purpureus |
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| House Finch |
Carpodacus mexicanus |
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| Red Crossbill |
Loxia curvitrostra |
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| White-winged Crossbill |
Loxia leucoptera |
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| Common Redpoll |
Carduelis flammea |
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| Hoary Redpoll |
Carduelis hornemanni |
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| Pine Siskin |
Carduelis pinus |
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| Evening Grosbeak |
Coccothraustes vespertinus |
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| American Goldfinch |
Carduelis tristis |
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| House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
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