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Habitat |
Snow Goose |
SNGO | / |
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Ross's Goose |
ROGO | / |
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Cackling Goose |
CACG | / |
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Tundra Swan |
TUSW | / |
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Blue-winged Teal |
BWTE | / |
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Northern Shoveler |
NSHO | / |
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Gadwall |
GADW | / |
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American Wigeon |
AMWI | / |
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American Black Duck |
ABDU | / |
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Northern Pintail |
NOPI | / |
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Green-winged Teal |
GWTE | / |
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Canvasback |
CANV | / |
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Redhead |
REDH | / |
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Ring-necked Duck |
RNDU | / |
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Greater Scaup |
GRSC | / |
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Lesser Scaup |
LESC | / |
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Surf Scoter |
SUSC | / |
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White-winged Scoter |
WWSC | / |
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Black Scoter |
BLSC | / |
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Long-tailed Duck |
LTDU | / |
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Bufflehead |
BUFF | / |
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Common Goldeneye |
COGO | / |
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Common Merganser |
COME | / |
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Red-breasted Merganser |
RBME | / |
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Ruddy Duck |
RUDU | / |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
PBGR | / |
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Horned Grebe |
HOGR | / |
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Red-necked Grebe |
RNGR | / |
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Eared Grebe |
EAGR | / |
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Western Grebe |
WEGR | / |
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Band-tailed Pigeon |
BTPI | / |
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Common Ground Dove |
CGDO | / |
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White-winged Dove |
WWDO | / |
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Black-chinned Hummingbird |
BCHU | / |
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Anna's Hummingbird |
ANHU | / |
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Calliope Hummingbird |
CAHU | / |
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Rufous Hummingbird |
RUHU | / |
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Clapper Rail |
CLRA | / |
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Virginia Rail |
VIRA | / |
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Sora |
SORA | / |
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Common Gallinule |
COGA | / |
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American Coot |
AMCO | / |
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Yellow Rail |
YERA | / |
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Black Rail |
BLRA | / |
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Sandhill Crane |
SACR | / |
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Black-bellied Plover |
BBPL | / |
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American Golden-Plover |
AMGP | / |
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Semipalmated Plover |
SEPL | / |
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Piping Plover |
PIPL | / |
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Upland Sandpiper |
UPSA | / |
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Whimbrel |
WHIM | / |
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Marbled Godwit |
MAGO | / |
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Ruddy Turnstone |
RUTU | / |
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Red Knot |
REKN | / |
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Stilt Sandpiper |
STSA | / |
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Sanderling |
SAND | / |
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Dunlin |
DUNL | / |
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Baird's Sandpiper |
BASA | / |
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Least Sandpiper |
LESA | / |
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White-rumped Sandpiper |
WRSA | / |
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
BBSA | / |
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Pectoral Sandpiper |
PESA | / |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper |
SESA | / |
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Western Sandpiper |
WESA | / |
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Short-billed Dowitcher |
SBDO | / |
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Wilson's Snipe |
WISN | / |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
SPSA | / |
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Solitary Sandpiper |
SOSA | / |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
LEYE | / |
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Willet |
WILL | / |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
GRYE | / |
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Wilson's Phalarope |
WIPH | / |
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Parasitic Jaeger |
PAJA | / |
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Long-tailed Jaeger |
LTJA | / |
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Sabine's Gull |
SAGU | / |
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Bonaparte's Gull |
BOGU | / |
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Laughing Gull |
LAGU | / |
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Franklin's Gull |
FRGU | / |
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Ring-billed Gull |
RBGU | / |
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Herring Gull |
HERG | / |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull |
LBBG | / |
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Brown Noddy |
BRNO | / |
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Bridled Tern |
BRTE | / |
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Caspian Tern |
CATE | / |
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Black Tern |
BLTE | / |
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Common Tern |
COTE | / |
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Forster's Tern |
FOTE | / |
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Royal Tern |
ROYT | / |
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Black Skimmer |
BLSK | / |
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Red-throated Loon |
RTLO | / |
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Common Loon |
COLO | / |
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Wood Stork |
WOST | / |
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Anhinga |
ANHI | / |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
DCCO | / |
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American White Pelican |
AWPE | / |
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Brown Pelican |
BRPE | / |
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American Bittern |
AMBI | / |
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Least Bittern |
LEBI | / |
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Great Egret |
GREG | / |
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Snowy Egret |
SNEG | / |
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Little Blue Heron |
LBHE | / |
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Tricolored Heron |
TRHE | / |
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Reddish Egret |
REEG | / |
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Cattle Egret |
CAEG | / |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron |
BCNH | / |
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White Ibis |
WHIB | / |
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Glossy Ibis |
GLIB | / |
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Swallow-tailed Kite |
STKI | / |
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Golden Eagle |
GOEA | / |
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Northern Harrier |
NOHA | / |
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Rough-legged Hawk |
RLHA | / |
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Snowy Owl |
SNOW | / |
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Short-eared Owl |
SEOW | / |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl |
NSWO | / |
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
YBSA | / |
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Merlin |
MERL | / |
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Peregrine Falcon |
PEFA | / |
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Olive-sided Flycatcher |
OSFL | / |
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
YBFL | / |
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Alder Flycatcher |
ALFL | / |
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Least Flycatcher |
LEFL | / |
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Philadelphia Vireo |
PHVI | / |
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Bank Swallow |
BANS | / |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
RCKI | / |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet |
GCKI | / |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
RBNU | / |
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Brown Creeper |
BRCR | / |
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Bewick's Wren |
BEWR | / |
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unid. Pacific Wren / Winter Wren |
UPWW | / |
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Sedge Wren |
SEWR | / |
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Marsh Wren |
MAWR | / |
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Veery |
VEER | / |
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Gray-cheeked Thrush |
GCTH | / |
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Swainson's Thrush |
SWTH | / |
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Hermit Thrush |
HETH | / |
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American Pipit |
AMPI | / |
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Evening Grosbeak |
EVGR | / |
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Purple Finch |
PUFI | / |
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Common Redpoll |
CORE | / |
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Red Crossbill |
RECR | / |
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Pine Siskin |
PISI | / |
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Lapland Longspur |
LALO | / |
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Lark Sparrow |
LASP | / |
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Clay-colored Sparrow |
CCSP | / |
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Fox Sparrow |
FOSP | / |
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(Slate-colored Junco) Dark-eyed Junco |
SCJU | / |
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White-crowned Sparrow |
WCSP | / |
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White-throated Sparrow |
WTSP | / |
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Vesper Sparrow |
VESP | / |
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LeConte's Sparrow |
LCSP | / |
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Nelson's Sparrow |
NESP | / |
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Savannah Sparrow |
SAVS | / |
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Lincoln's Sparrow |
LISP | / |
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Swamp Sparrow |
SWSP | / |
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Bobolink |
BOBO | / |
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Baltimore Oriole |
BAOR | / |
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Rusty Blackbird |
RUBL | / |
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Brewer's Blackbird |
BRBL | / |
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Northern Waterthrush |
NOWA | / |
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Golden-winged Warbler |
GWWA | / |
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Blue-winged Warbler |
BWWA | / |
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Tennessee Warbler |
TEWA | / |
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Orange-crowned Warbler |
OCWA | / |
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Nashville Warbler |
NAWA | / |
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Connecticut Warbler |
CONW | / |
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Mourning Warbler |
MOWA | / |
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Kirtland's Warbler |
KIWA | / |
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Cape May Warbler |
CMWA | / |
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Cerulean Warbler |
CERW | / |
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Magnolia Warbler |
MAWA | / |
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Bay-breasted Warbler |
BBWA | / |
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Blackburnian Warbler |
BLBW | / |
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Chestnut-sided Warbler |
CSWA | / |
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Blackpoll Warbler |
BLPW | / |
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Black-throated Blue Warbler |
BTBW | / |
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Palm Warbler |
PAWA | / |
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(Myrtle Warbler) Yellow-rumped Warbler |
MYWA | / |
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Black-throated Green Warbler |
BTNW | / |
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Canada Warbler |
CAWA | / |
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Wilson's Warbler |
WIWA | / |
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Western Tanager |
WETA | / |
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
RBGR | / |
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Painted Bunting |
PABU | / |
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Dickcissel |
DICK | / |
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Canada Goose |
CANG | 3 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Parks, golf courses, lawns, ponds, lakes, rivers |
Wood Duck |
WODU | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Wooded swamps, marshes, streams, rivers |
Mallard |
MALL | 3 / 15 |
6 / 30 | All wetlands and adjacent yards, etc. |
Hooded Merganser |
HOME | 5 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Wooded swamps, marshes, streams, rivers |
Mourning Dove |
MODO | 3 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Suburbs, woodlots, farmlands |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
YBCU | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Forested habitats, edge |
Black-billed Cuckoo |
BBCU | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Forested habitats, edge |
Common Nighthawk |
CONI | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Tops of buildings |
Chuck-will's-widow |
CWWI | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Open oak woodlands |
Chimney Swift |
CHSW | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Urban chimneys |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
RTHU | 5 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Open woodland, rural and suburban gardens, edge |
King Rail |
KIRA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Reedy ponds, or marshes |
Killdeer |
KILL | 3 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Open, sparsely vegetated areas; flat rooftops |
American Woodcock |
AMWO | 1 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Forest edges, wet fields |
Great Blue Heron |
GBHE | 1 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Wooded swamps, beaver ponds, river islands |
Green Heron |
GRHE | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Woody growth near marshes or open water |
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
YCNH | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Pine trees in older neighborhoods with adjacent streams |
Black Vulture |
BLVU | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Woods, rocky outcrops, abandoned buildings |
Turkey Vulture |
TUVU | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Woods, rocky outcrops, abandoned buildings |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
SSHA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Conifers in mature woodlands |
Cooper's Hawk |
COHA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Mixed woodlands, groves, copses |
Bald Eagle |
BAEA | 1 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Tall trees along large lake and river margins |
Mississippi Kite |
MIKI | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Tall trees along stream bottomland |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
RSHA | 3 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Wet mixed pine-hardwood forests, swamps |
Broad-winged Hawk |
BWHA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Mature mixed woodlands |
Red-tailed Hawk |
RTHA | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Mature woodlands often near edges |
Eastern Screech-Owl |
EASO | 12 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Cavities in open deciduous forests, woodlots, residential areas |
Great Horned Owl |
GHOW | 12 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Wide variety of habitats from forest to farmland |
Barred Owl |
BADO | 12 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Moist woods, wooded swamps, bottomlands |
Belted Kingfisher |
BEKI | 4 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Stream, river, or lake shore with banks |
Red-headed Woodpecker |
RHWO | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Open country with scattered trees |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
RBWO | 3 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Older-growth forests and wood lots |
Downy Woodpecker |
DOWO | 3 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Forests, copses, suburbs |
Hairy Woodpecker |
HAWO | 3 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Forests |
(Yellow-shafted Flicker) Northern Flicker |
YSFL | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Forest, park lands |
Pileated Woodpecker |
PIWO | 3 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Mature forest, especially bottomlands |
American Kestrel |
AMKE | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Open country, scattered trees, edge, nest boxes |
Great Crested Flycatcher |
GCFL | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Mature forest edge, nest boxes |
Eastern Kingbird |
EAKI | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Open habitats, including edge, copses, often near water |
Eastern Wood-Pewee |
EAWP | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Mature forest |
Acadian Flycatcher |
ACFL | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Bottomland forest, forested floodplain and stream edges |
Willow Flycatcher |
WIFL | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Willow shrub swamps |
Eastern Phoebe |
EAPH | 4 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Ledges, bridges, porch sills, etc. usually near water |
White-eyed Vireo |
WEVI | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Moist area thickets, tangles of vines, or briers |
Yellow-throated Vireo |
YTVI | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Open deciduous and mixed forest and riparian woodlands |
Blue-headed Vireo |
BHVI | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Mature coniferous or mixed pine-hardwood forests |
Warbling Vireo |
WAVI | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Open groves of deciduous trees often adjacent to rivers |
Red-eyed Vireo |
REVI | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Mixed and deciduous forests |
Loggerhead Shrike |
LOSH | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Farmland and other open habitats |
American Crow |
AMCR | 4 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Conifers in forested areas, woodlots, yards, parks |
Fish Crow |
FICR | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Mixed woods, woodlots, yards, parks |
Common Raven |
CORA | 3 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Rock ledges in local rock quarry sites |
Carolina Chickadee |
CACH | 3 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Woodlands, orchards, shade trees, yards, and city parks |
Tufted Titmouse |
TUTI | 3 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Deciduous oak forests, riparian woodlands, and residential areas |
Horned Lark |
HOLA | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Abandoned agricultural fields, sparsely vegetated areas, airports |
Tree Swallow |
TRES | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Open areas near wetlands, in nest boxes |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
NRWS | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Often near water, in cavity, pipe, or excavated burrow |
Purple Martin |
PUMA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Farms, large yards, and golf courses in artificial nest boxes |
Barn Swallow |
BARS | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Structures - eves of barns, garages, sheds, bridges |
Cliff Swallow |
CLSW | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Eves and sides of bridges |
Cedar Waxwing |
CEDW | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Second-growth forests, parks, margins of waterways |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
WBNU | 3 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Deciduous forest |
Brown-headed Nuthatch |
BHNU | 3 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Natural or artificial nest cavities in open pine woods |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
BGGN | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Wooded edges along ponds, rivers, streams, swamps |
Carolina Wren |
CARW | 3 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Wet woods, stream edges, thickets, brush piles suburban yards |
House Wren |
HOWR | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Open forests, wood edges, farms, suburbs, parks |
Gray Catbird |
GRCA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Dense tangles and thickets |
Brown Thrasher |
BRTH | 5 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Dry second-growth; powerlines, overgrown pastures, thickets |
Northern Mockingbird |
NOMO | 4 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Suburban or semi-rural habitats with thickets, brushy edges |
European Starling |
EUST | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Everywhere except remote rural areas |
Eastern Bluebird |
EABL | 4 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Natural or artificial nest cavities in fields with scattered trees |
Wood Thrush |
WOTH | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Mature forest |
American Robin |
AMRO | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Almost anywhere except the most open habitats |
House Finch |
HOFI | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Scattered trees, especially conifers - usually in residential areas |
Bachman's Sparrow |
BACS | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Open, park-like pine stands with grassy ground cover maintained by fire |
Grasshopper Sparrow |
GRSP | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Grasslands, hayfields, possibly airport areas |
Chipping Sparrow |
CHSP | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Open mixed forest, suburbs, parks, cemeteries |
Field Sparrow |
FISP | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Brushy areas, weedy fields, utility corridors |
Henslow's Sparrow |
HESP | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Weedy fields, wet meadows |
Song Sparrow |
SOSP | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Forest edge, brushy areas, marsh edges, suburbs |
Eastern Towhee |
EATO | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Dry, open forest, edge, brushy habitats including thickets and utility corridors |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
YBCH | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Thickets in fields, pastures, utility corridors |
Eastern Meadowlark |
EAME | 5 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Extensive grasslands, hayfields, possibly airport areas |
Orchard Oriole |
OROR | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Open patchy forest, copses, often near river, stream, or pond |
Red-winged Blackbird |
RWBL | 5 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Wide variety of densely vegetated wet habitats |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
BHCO | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Virtually all habitats |
Common Grackle |
COGR | 4 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Wide variety of urban and rural habitats |
Ovenbird |
OVEN | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Open forests with little or no understory vegetation and ample lleaf litter |
Worm-eating Warbler |
WEWA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Brushy undergrowth of rocky wooded hillsides and ravines |
Louisiana Waterthrush |
LOWA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Rocky streams in forest areas |
Black-and-white Warbler |
BAWW | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Primarily deciduous forest |
Prothonotary Warbler |
PROW | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Wooded swamps, nest cavities over water |
Swainson's Warbler |
SWWA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Dense shrub thickets, vine tangles, privet hedges in forest wetlands |
Kentucky Warbler |
KEWA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Wet thickets, dense understory in moist or wet deciduous forest bottomlands |
Common Yellowthroat |
COYE | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Brushy areas, thickets, powerline cuts, preferably wet |
Hooded Warbler |
HOWA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Moist thickets in woodlands |
American Redstart |
AMRE | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Secondary forest, copses |
Northern Parula |
NOPA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Woodlands with Usnea lichen |
Yellow Warbler |
YEWA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Marsh margins, wet brushy areas, farmlands |
Pine Warbler |
PIWA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Variety of pine forests |
Yellow-throated Warbler |
YTWA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Pine woods, or swamps and bottomlands -esp. in conifers |
Prairie Warbler |
PRAW | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Brushy fields, powerline cuts, edges |
Summer Tanager |
SUTA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Variety of forests - most often in open pines |
Scarlet Tanager |
SCTA | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Mature deciduous forests |
Northern Cardinal |
NOCA | 4 / 1 |
6 / 30 | Suburban or semi-rural areas; forest edge, woodlots, thickets, parks, gardens |
Blue Grosbeak |
BLGR | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Brushy habitats, woodland edge, fields, pastures, overgrown fields, utility corridors |
Indigo Bunting |
INBU | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Brushy habitats including forest edge, overgrown fields, utility corridors |
unid. Mexican / Eastern Whip-poor-will |
WPWI | 5 / 15 |
6 / 30 | Secondary forest, copses, scrub pine-oak, edge |
Blue Jay |
BLJA | 5 / 15 |
7 / 15 | Varied; most forest types, thickets, yards, parks |
Osprey |
OSPR | 4 / 15 |
7 / 31 | Tall trees or towers along river edges |
American Goldfinch |
AMGO | 6 / 1 |
8 / 30 | Forest edge, copses, brushy areas, residential areas |
Northern Bobwhite |
NOBO | 3 / 15 |
9 / 30 | Open fields, pastures, scrub |
Wild Turkey |
WITU | 3 / 15 |
9 / 30 | Mature deciduous woods, edge |
Rock Pigeon |
ROPI | 1 / 1 |
12 / 31 | Buildings, bridges, towers in urban areas, farms |
Eurasian Collared-Dove |
EUCD | 1 / 1 |
12 / 31 | Buildings, bridges, towers in urban areas, farms |
Barn Owl |
BANO | 1 / 1 |
12 / 31 | Farm barns, silos, out buildings near large open habitats |
House Sparrow |
HOSP | 1 / 1 |
12 / 31 | Residential areas, farms |
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* Alpha Codes are also known as 'banding codes' (not AOU codes, which are numeric)
** Safe dates represent a window when a singing male is assumed not to be in migration, and
therefore on territory. Some atlases do not use safe dates, because they prefer
(given present knowledge) not to assume migration or territorial status of all individuals.
Safe dates generally apply to the Possible breeding category only when used.
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