Birds of Dutchess County

Welcome to our Birds of Dutchess County page.  Here you will find blog posted about the general biology and vocal behavior of birds in (you guessed it!) Dutchess County.  These posts are contributed by students in Biology 105: The Singing Life of Birds at Vassar College. Species for which we have created blog posts are in red text in the chart below and most have a picture next to them. The chart will be updated each semester in which the class is taught.  Check back soon for information on more species!

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WATERFOWL
 
 
 
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 Gr. White-fronted Goose
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 Snow Goose
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 Brant
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 Canada Goose
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 Mute Swan
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 Tundra Swan
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 Wood Duck
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 Gadwall
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 American Wigeon
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 American Black Duck
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 Mallard
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 Blue-winged Teal
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 Northern Shoveler
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 Northern Pintail
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 Green-winged Teal
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 Canvasback
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 Redhead
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 Ring-necked Duck
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 Greater Scaup
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 Lesser Scaup
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 Surf Scoter
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 White-winged Scoter
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 Black Scoter
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 Long-tailed Duck
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 Bufflehead
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 Common Goldeneye
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 Hooded Merganser
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 Common Merganser
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 Red-breasted Merganser
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 Ruddy Duck
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GALLINACEOUS BIRDS
 
 
 
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 Northern Bobwhite
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 Ring-necked Pheasant
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 Ruffed Grouse
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 Wild Turkey
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LOONS
 
 
 
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 Red-throated Loon
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 Common Loon
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GREBES
 
 
 
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 Pied-billed Grebe
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 Horned Grebe
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 Red-necked Grebe
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CORMORANTS
 
 
 
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 Dbl.-crested Cormorant
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 Great Cormorant
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HERONS and Allies
 
 
 
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 American Bittern
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 Least Bittern
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 Great Blue Heron
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 Great Egret
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 Snowy Egret
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 Little Blue Heron
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 Cattle Egret
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 Green Heron
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 Black-crwnd Night-Heron
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 Yellow-crwnd Night-Heron
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 Glossy Ibis
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DIURNAL RAPTORS
 
 
 
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 Black Vulture
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 Turkey Vulture
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 Osprey
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Retrieved from: http://animal-unique.blogspot.com/2012/06/bald-eagle.html

Retrieved from: http://animal-unique.blogspot.com/2012/06/bald-eagle.html

 Bald Eagle
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 Northern Harrier
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 Sharp-shinned Hawk
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 Cooper’s Hawk
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 Northern Goshawk
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 Red-shouldered Hawk
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 Broad-winged Hawk
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 Red-tailed Hawk
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 Rough-legged Hawk
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 Golden Eagle
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RAILS, GALLINULES, and COOTS
 
 
 
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 King Rail
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 Virginia Rail
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 Sora
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 Common Gallinule
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 American Coot
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SHOREBIRDS and GULLS
 
 
 
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 Black-bellied Plover
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 American Golden-Plover
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 Semipalmated Plover
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 Killdeer
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 Spotted Sandpiper
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 Solitary Sandpiper
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 Greater Yellowlegs
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 Lesser Yellowlegs
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 Upland Sandpiper
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 Dunlin
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 Least Sandpiper
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 Pectoral Sandpiper
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 Semipalmated Sandpiper
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 Short-billed Dowitcher
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 Wilson’s Snipe
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 American Woodcock
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 Bonaparte’s Gull
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 Laughing Gull
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 Ring-billed Gull
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 Herring Gull
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 Iceland Gull
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 Great Black-backed Gull
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 Black Tern
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 Common Tern
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PIGEONS and DOVES
 
 
 
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 Rock Pigeon
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 Mourning Dove
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CUCKOOS
 
 
 
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 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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 Black-billed Cuckoo
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OWLS
 
 
 
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 Barn Owl
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 Eastern Screech-Owl
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 Great Horned Owl
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 Snowy Owl
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 Barred Owl
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 Long-eared Owl
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 Short-eared Owl
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 Northern Saw-whet Owl
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GOATSUCKERS
 
 
 
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 Common Nighthawk
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 Eastern Whip-poor-will
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SWIFTS and HUMMINGBIRDS
 
 
 
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 Chimney Swift
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male ruby-throated hummingbird

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 Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
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KINGFISHERS
 
 
 
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 Belted Kingfisher
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WOODPECKERS
 
 
 
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 Red-headed Woodpecker
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 Red-bellied Woodpecker
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 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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 Downy Woodpecker
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 Hairy Woodpecker
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 Northern Flicker
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 Pileated Woodpecker
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FALCONS
 
 
 
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 American Kestrel
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 Merlin
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 Peregrine Falcon
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PASSERINES
 
 
 
Tyrant Flycatchers
 
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 Olive-sided Flycatcher
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 Eastern Wood-Pewee
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 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
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 Acadian Flycatcher
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 Alder Flycatcher
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 Willow Flycatcher
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 Least Flycatcher
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 Eastern Phoebe
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 Great Crested Flycatcher
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 Eastern Kingbird
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Shrikes
 
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 Loggerhead Shrike
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 Northern Shrike
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Vireos
 
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 White-eyed Vireo
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 Yellow-throated Vireo
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 Blue-headed Vireo
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 Warbling Vireo
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 Philadelphia Vireo
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 Red-eyed Vireo
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Jays and Crows
 
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 American Crow
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 Fish Crow
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 Common Raven
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Larks
 
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 Horned Lark
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Swallows
 
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 Purple Martin
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 Tree Swallow
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 N. Rough-winged Swallow
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 Bank Swallow
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 Cliff Swallow
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 Barn Swallow
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Chickadees
 
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 Boreal Chickadee
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Figure 1

Tufted Titmouse

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Nuthatches
 

Male (right) and female (left) Red breasted Nuthatch

Male (right) and female (left) Red breasted Nuthatch

 Red-breasted Nuthatch
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 White-breasted Nuthatch
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Creepers
 
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 Brown Creeper
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Wrens
 

Retrieved from: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/380/galleries/photos/HOWR_Rendell_3/image_popup_view

Retrieved from: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/380/galleries/photos/HOWR_Rendell_3/image_popup_view

 House Wren
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 Winter Wren
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 Marsh Wren
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 Carolina Wren
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Gnatcatchers
 
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 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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Kinglets
 
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 Golden-crowned Kinglet
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 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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Thrushes
 

(Gowaty and Plissner 1998)

(Gowaty and Plissner 1998)

 Eastern Bluebird
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 Veery
 
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 Gray-cheeked Thrush
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 Swainson’s Thrush
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 Hermit Thrush
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 Wood Thrush
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 American Robin
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Mimics
 
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 Gray Catbird
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 Brown Thrasher
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 Northern Mockingbird
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Starlings
 
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 European Starling
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Pipits
 
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 American Pipit
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Waxwings
 
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 Cedar Waxwing
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Longspurs and Snow Buntings
 
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 Lapland Longspur
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 Snow Bunting
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Wood-Warblers
 
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 Ovenbird
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 Worm-eating Warbler
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 Louisiana Waterthrush
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 Northern Waterthrush
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 Golden-winged Warbler
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 Blue-winged Warbler
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 Brewster’s W. (hybrid)
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 Lawrence’s W. (hybrid)
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 Black-and-white Warbler
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 Prothonotary Warbler
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 Tennessee Warbler
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 Orange-crowned Warbler
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 Nashville Warbler
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 Connecticut Warbler
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 Mourning Warbler
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 Kentucky Warbler
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 Common Yellowthroat
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 Hooded Warbler
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 American Redstart
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 Cape May Warbler
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 Cerulean Warbler
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 Northern Parula
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 Magnolia Warbler
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 Bay-breasted Warbler
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 Blackburnian Warbler
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 Yellow Warbler
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 Chestnut-sided Warbler
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 Blackpoll Warbler
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 Black-throated Blue W.
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 Palm Warbler
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 Pine Warbler
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 Yellow-rumped Warbler
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 Prairie Warbler
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 Black-throated Green W.
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 Canada Warbler
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 Wilson’s Warbler
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 Yellow-breasted Chat
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Sparrows and Allies
 
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 Eastern Towhee
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 American Tree Sparrow
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 Chipping Sparrow
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 Field Sparrow
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 Vesper Sparrow
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 Savannah Sparrow
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 Grasshopper Sparrow
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 Fox Sparrow
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 Song Sparrow
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 Lincoln’s Sparrow
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 Swamp Sparrow
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 White-throated Sparrow
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 White-crowned Sparrow
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 Dark-eyed Junco
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Tanagers, Cardinals and Allies
 
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 Northern Cardinal
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 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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 Indigo Bunting
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 Dickcissel
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Blackbirds
 
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 Bobolink
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 Red-winged Blackbird
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 Eastern Meadowlark
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 Rusty Blackbird
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 Common Grackle
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 Brown-headed Cowbird
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 Orchard Oriole
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 Baltimore Oriole
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Finches and Crossbills
 
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 Pine Grosbeak
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 House Finch
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 Purple Finch
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 Red Crossbill
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 White-winged Crossbill
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 Common Redpoll
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 Pine Siskin
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 American Goldfinch
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 Evening Grosbeak
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Old World Sparrows
 
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