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Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Aves - Birds

(May 31-June 1, 1996) Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens - BioBlitz

NOTE from Dan Roddy


Count = 76 species

Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 
Great Egret Casmerodius albus 
Green Heron Butorides virescens 
Black-crn. Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 
Canada Goose Branta canadensis 
Wood Duck Aix sponsa 
American Black Duck Anas rubripes 
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 
Osprey Pandion haliaetus 
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 
Rock Dove Columba livia 
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 
Barred Owl Strix varia 
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor 
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon 
Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus 
Yellow-shafted Flicker Colaptes auratus 
Eastern Wood-pewee Contopus virens 
Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens 
Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii 
Grt. Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 
N. Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 
Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus 
Carolina Chickadee Parus carolinensis 
Tufted Titmouse Parus bicolor 
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 
House Wren Troglodytes aedon 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 
American Robin Turdus migratorius 
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus 
Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 
Northern Parula Parula americana 
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia 
Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata 
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 
Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 
Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea 
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 
Rufous-sided Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus 
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus 
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 
House Sparrow Passer domesticus 

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