Checklist of the Birds of Delaware County - 330 Species |
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Seasonal Status |
Abundance Codes |
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SP - March thru May |
C - Common: certain to be seen in suitable habitat in proper season |
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U - Uncommon: present, but not certain to be seen |
S - June thru July |
O - Occasional: seen
annually, but only a few times during a season |
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R - Rare: not seen
annually |
F - August thru November |
X - Accidental; less than three records |
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W - December thru February |
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Species |
SP |
S |
F |
W |
Species |
SP |
S |
F |
W |
Greater White-fronted Goose |
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X |
Common Loon |
U |
X |
U |
R |
Snow Goose |
O |
R |
O |
O |
Pied-billed Grebe |
U |
R |
U |
U |
Ross's Goose |
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X |
Horned Grebe |
O |
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O |
O |
Brant |
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R |
R |
Red-necked Grebe |
R |
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R |
R |
Cackling Goose |
R |
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R |
R |
Eared Grebe |
X |
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Canada Goose |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Leach's Storm-Petrel |
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X |
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Mute Swan |
R |
R |
R |
R |
Northern Gannet |
X |
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X |
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Tundra Swan |
O |
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O |
O |
Double-crested Cormorant |
C |
U |
C |
O |
Wood Duck |
C |
C |
C |
R |
Great Cormorant |
R |
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R |
Gadwall |
U |
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U |
R |
Anhinga |
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X |
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Eurasian Wigeon |
X |
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American Bittern |
R |
R |
R |
R |
American Wigeon |
U |
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U |
O |
Least Bittern |
O |
O |
O |
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American Black Duck |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Great Blue Heron |
C |
C |
C |
U |
Mallard |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Great Egret |
C |
C |
C |
R |
Blue-winged Teal |
U |
R |
U |
R |
Snowy Egret |
U |
U |
U |
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Northern Shoveler |
C |
R |
C |
U |
Little Blue Heron |
R |
U |
U |
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Northern Pintail |
C |
R |
C |
U |
Tricolored Heron |
X |
R |
R |
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Green-winged Teal |
C |
R |
C |
U |
Cattle Egret |
R |
R |
R |
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Canvasback |
R |
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R |
R |
Green Heron |
C |
C |
C |
R |
Redhead |
R |
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R |
R |
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
U |
U |
U |
O |
Ring-necked Duck |
U |
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U |
O |
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
R |
R |
R |
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Greater Scaup |
O |
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O |
O |
White Ibis |
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R |
R |
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Lesser Scaup |
R |
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R |
R |
Glossy Ibis |
R |
R |
R |
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Surf Scoter |
X |
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X |
X |
Black Vulture |
U |
U |
U |
U |
White-winged Scoter |
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R |
X |
Turkey Vulture |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Black Scoter |
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R |
X |
Osprey |
U |
R |
U |
X |
Long-tailed Duck |
R |
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R |
R |
Swallow-tailed Kite |
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X |
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Bufflehead |
U |
X |
U |
U |
Golden Eagle |
X |
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R |
R |
Common Goldeneye |
O |
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O |
O |
Mississippi Kite |
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X |
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Hooded Merganser |
U |
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U |
U |
Northern Harrier |
U |
R |
U |
O |
Common Merganser |
C |
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U |
C |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
U |
R |
C |
U |
Red-breasted Merganser |
R |
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R |
Cooper's Hawk |
U |
O |
U |
U |
Ruddy Duck |
U |
R |
U |
U |
Northern Goshawk |
R |
R |
O |
R |
Ring-necked
Pheasant |
O |
O |
O |
O |
Bald Eagle |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Wild Turkey |
O |
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O |
O |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
U |
R |
U |
R |
Northern
Bobwhite |
O |
O |
O |
R |
Broad-winged Hawk |
C |
U |
C |
X |
Red-throated Loon |
R |
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R |
R |
Swainson's Hawk |
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X |
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Species |
SP |
S |
F |
W |
Species |
SP |
S |
F |
W |
Red-tailed Hawk |
C |
U |
C |
C |
Red Phalarope |
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X |
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Rough-legged
Hawk |
R |
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R |
R |
Black-legged Kittiwake |
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X |
Yellow Rail |
X |
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X |
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Sabine's Gull |
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X |
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Black Rail |
X |
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R |
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Bonaparte's Gull |
O |
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O |
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King Rail |
R |
R |
R |
X |
Little Gull |
X |
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Virginia Rail |
O |
O |
O |
R |
Laughing Gull |
C |
U |
C |
R |
Sora |
R |
R |
R |
R |
Ring-billed Gull |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Common Gallinule |
O |
O |
O |
R |
Herring Gull |
U |
U |
U |
U |
American Coot |
U |
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U |
U |
Iceland Gull |
R |
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R |
R |
Sandhill Crane |
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X |
X |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull |
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R |
R |
Black-bellied Plover |
R |
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O |
X |
Glaucous Gull |
R |
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R |
R |
American Golden-Plover |
X |
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R |
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Great Black-backed Gull |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Wilson's Plover |
X |
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Sooty Tern |
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X |
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Semipalmated Plover |
U |
O |
U |
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Least Tern |
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R |
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Piping Plover |
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X |
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Gull-billed Tern |
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X |
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Killdeer |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Caspian Tern |
O |
O |
U |
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American
Oystercatcher |
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X |
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Black Tern |
R |
R |
R |
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Black-necked Stilt |
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X |
X |
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Common Tern |
R |
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R |
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American Avocet |
X |
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X |
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Arctic Tern |
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X |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
U |
U |
U |
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Forster's Tern |
U |
U |
C |
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Solitary Sandpiper |
U |
O |
U |
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Royal Tern |
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X |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
U |
R |
U |
R |
Black Skimmer |
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X |
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Willet |
X |
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X |
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Pomarine Jaeger |
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X |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
U |
R |
U |
R |
Parasitic Jaeger |
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X |
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Upland Sandpiper |
R |
R |
R |
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Dovekie |
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X |
Whimbrel |
X |
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X |
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Rock Pigeon |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Black-tailed Godwit |
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X |
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Mourning Dove |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Hudsonian Godwit |
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R |
R |
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
O |
O |
O |
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Marbled Godwit |
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R |
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Black-billed Cuckoo |
O |
O |
O |
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Ruddy Turnstone |
R |
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X |
Barn Owl |
R |
R |
R |
R |
Red Knot |
R |
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X |
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Eastern Screech-Owl |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Sanderling |
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R |
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Great Horned Owl |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Semipalmated Sandpiper |
U |
O |
C |
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Snowy Owl |
R |
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R |
Western Sandpiper |
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O |
O |
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Barred Owl |
R |
R |
R |
R |
Least Sandpiper |
U |
O |
C |
X |
Long-eared Owl |
R |
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R |
R |
White-rumped Sandpiper |
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O |
O |
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Short-eared Owl |
R |
R |
R |
R |
Baird's Sandpiper |
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O |
O |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl |
R |
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R |
R |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
U |
O |
U |
X |
Common Nighthawk |
O |
O |
U |
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Dunlin |
O |
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O |
R |
Eastern Whip-poor-will |
R |
R |
R |
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Curlew Sandpiper |
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X |
X |
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Chimney Swift |
C |
C |
C |
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Stilt Sandpiper |
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O |
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
U |
C |
U |
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
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R |
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Rufous Hummingbird |
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X |
X |
Ruff |
R |
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R |
X |
Belted Kingfisher |
U |
U |
U |
O |
Short-billed Dowitcher |
O |
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O |
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Red-headed Woodpecker |
R |
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R |
R |
Long-billed Dowitcher |
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R |
R |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Wilson's Snipe |
U |
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U |
U |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
O |
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O |
O |
American
Woodcock |
O |
O |
O |
R |
Downy Woodpecker |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Wilson's Phalarope |
R |
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R |
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Hairy Woodpecker |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Red-necked Phalarope |
X |
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R |
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Black-backed Woodpecker |
X |
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X |
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Species |
SP |
S |
F |
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Species |
SP |
S |
F |
W |
Northern Flicker |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Carolina Wren |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Pileated Woodpecker |
O |
O |
O |
O |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
C |
C |
C |
R |
American Kestrel |
U |
U |
C |
U |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
U |
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U |
O |
Merlin |
R |
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O |
R |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
C |
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C |
O |
Peregrine Falcon |
R |
R |
O |
R |
Eastern Bluebird |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
O |
R |
O |
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Veery |
C |
C |
C |
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Eastern Wood-Pewee |
C |
C |
C |
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Gray-cheeked Thrush |
O |
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O |
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
O |
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O |
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Swainson's Thrush |
U |
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U |
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Acadian Flycatcher |
C |
C |
C |
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Hermit Thrush |
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U |
O |
Alder Flycatcher |
R |
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R |
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Wood Thrush |
U |
U |
U |
X |
Willow Flycatcher |
U |
C |
U |
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American Robin |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Least Flycatcher |
O |
X |
O |
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Varied Thrush |
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X |
Eastern Phoebe |
U |
U |
U |
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Gray Catbird |
C |
C |
C |
R |
Say's Phoebe |
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X |
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Northern Mockingbird |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Great Crested Flycatcher |
U |
U |
U |
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Brown Thrasher |
O |
O |
O |
R |
Western Kingbird |
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R |
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European Starling |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Eastern Kingbird |
C |
C |
C |
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American Pipit |
O |
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O |
R |
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
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X |
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Cedar Waxwing |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Loggerhead Shrike |
R |
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R |
R |
Lapland Longspur |
R |
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R |
R |
Northern Shrike |
X |
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X |
X |
Snow Bunting |
O |
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O |
O |
White-eyed Vireo |
C |
C |
C |
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Ovenbird |
C |
C |
C |
R |
Yellow-throated Vireo |
O |
O |
O |
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Worm-eating Warbler |
O |
R |
O |
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Blue-headed Vireo |
O |
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O |
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Louisiana Waterthrush |
O |
O |
O |
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Warbling Vireo |
U |
U |
U |
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Northern Waterthrush |
O |
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O |
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Philadelphia Vireo |
X |
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O |
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Blue-winged Warbler |
U |
U |
U |
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Red-eyed Vireo |
C |
C |
C |
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Golden-winged Warbler |
R |
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R |
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Blue Jay |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Black-and-white Warbler |
U |
R |
U |
X |
American Crow |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Prothonotary Warbler |
R |
R |
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Fish Crow |
O |
O |
O |
O |
Swainson's Warbler |
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X |
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Common Raven |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Tennessee Warbler |
O |
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O |
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Horned Lark |
R |
R |
R |
R |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
R |
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R |
R |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
U |
U |
U |
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Nashville Warbler |
O |
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O |
X |
Purple Martin |
U |
U |
U |
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Connecticut Warbler |
X |
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R |
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Tree Swallow |
C |
C |
C |
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Mourning Warbler |
R |
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R |
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Bank Swallow |
U |
R |
U |
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Kentucky Warbler |
O |
O |
O |
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Barn Swallow |
C |
C |
C |
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Common Yellowthroat |
C |
C |
C |
R |
Cliff Swallow |
O |
O |
O |
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Hooded Warbler |
O |
O |
O |
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Cave Swallow |
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X |
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American Redstart |
C |
U |
C |
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Carolina Chickadee |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Cape May Warbler |
O |
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O |
X |
Black-capped Chickadee |
R |
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R |
O |
Cerulean Warbler |
R |
R |
R |
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Boreal Chickadee |
X |
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X |
X |
Northern Parula |
U |
U |
U |
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Tufted Titmouse |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Magnolia Warbler |
U |
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U |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
U |
R |
U |
U |
Bay-breasted Warbler |
O |
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O |
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Blackburnian Warbler |
O |
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O |
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Brown Creeper |
O |
X |
O |
O |
Yellow Warbler |
C |
C |
C |
X |
House Wren |
C |
C |
C |
R |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
U |
U |
U |
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Winter Wren |
O |
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O |
O |
Blackpoll Warbler |
U |
R |
U |
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Sedge Wren |
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R |
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Black-throated Blue Warbler |
U |
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U |
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Marsh Wren |
U |
U |
U |
R |
Pine Warbler |
O |
R |
O |
R |
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Species |
SP |
S |
F |
W |
Species |
SP |
S |
F |
W |
Palm Warbler |
U |
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U |
R |
Rusty Blackbird |
O |
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O |
O |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
C |
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C |
O |
Brewer's Blackbird |
X |
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X |
Yellow-throated Warbler |
O |
R |
R |
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Common Grackle |
C |
C |
C |
U |
Prairie Warbler |
U |
U |
U |
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Brown-headed Cowbird |
C |
C |
C |
U |
Black-throated Gray Warbler |
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X |
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Orchard Oriole |
O |
O |
O |
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Townsend's Warbler |
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X |
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Baltimore Oriole |
C |
C |
C |
R |
Black-throated Green Warbler |
U |
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U |
X |
Pine Grosbeak |
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X |
X |
Canada Warbler |
O |
R |
O |
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Purple Finch |
O |
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O |
O |
Wilson's Warbler |
O |
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O |
R |
House Finch |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
O |
O |
O |
R |
Red Crossbill |
R |
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R |
R |
Eastern Towhee |
U |
U |
U |
O |
White-winged Crossbill |
R |
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R |
R |
American Tree Sparrow |
O |
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O |
O |
Common Redpoll |
R |
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R |
R |
Chipping Sparrow |
C |
C |
C |
R |
Pine Siskin |
R |
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R |
R |
Clay-colored Sparrow |
R |
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R |
X |
American Goldfinch |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Field Sparrow |
U |
U |
U |
O |
Evening Grosbeak |
R |
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R |
R |
Vesper Sparrow |
R |
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O |
R |
House Sparrow |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Lark Sparrow |
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X |
X |
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Savannah Sparrow |
O |
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O |
R |
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Grasshopper Sparrow |
R |
R |
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Total
Species 330 |
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LeConte's Sparrow |
X |
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X |
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Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow |
X |
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X |
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Seaside Sparrow |
X |
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Fox Sparrow |
O |
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O |
O |
Additional
Species |
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Song Sparrow |
C |
C |
C |
C |
Hypothetical:
may have occurred |
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Lincoln's Sparrow |
O |
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O |
X |
King Eider |
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Swamp Sparrow |
U |
U |
U |
O |
Ruffed Grouse |
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White-throated Sparrow |
C |
R |
C |
C |
Audubon's Shearwater |
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White-crowned Sparrow |
O |
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O |
R |
Clapper Rail |
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Golden-crowned
Sparrow |
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X |
Black Guillemot |
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Dark-eyed Junco |
C |
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C |
C |
Atlantic Puffin |
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Summer Tanager |
R |
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X |
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Bewick's Wren |
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Scarlet Tanager |
U |
U |
U |
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Western Tanager |
X |
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Northern Cardinal |
C |
C |
C |
C |
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
U |
R |
U |
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Extirpated:
formerly occurred |
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Black-headed Grosbeak |
X |
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Whooping Crane |
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Blue Grosbeak |
O |
O |
O |
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Red-cockaded Woodpecker |
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Indigo Bunting |
C |
C |
C |
X |
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Painted Bunting |
X |
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X |
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Dickcissel |
R |
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R |
R |
Extinct |
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Bobolink |
O |
O |
U |
X |
Passenger Pigeon |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
C |
C |
C |
U |
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Eastern Meadowlark |
O |
R |
O |
R |
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Yellow-headed Blackbird |
R |
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R |
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