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Birds of Virginia, with their seasons and habitats.

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283 birds

  1. Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensSummer
    Birds
  2. Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer and migratory
    Birds
  3. American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaMigratory
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  4. American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusYear-round and migratory
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  5. American Black DuckAnas rubripesYear-round
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  6. American CootFulica americanaWinter
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  7. American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosYear-round
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  8. American GoldfinchCarduelis tristisYear-round
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  9. American KestrelFalco sparveriusYear-round
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  10. American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatusYear-round
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  11. American PipitAnthus rubescensWinter and migratory
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  12. American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer
    Birds
  13. American RobinTurdus migratoriusYear-round. 73 fruit and seed plants
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  14. American Tree SparrowSpizella arboreaWinter
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  15. American WigeonAnas americanaWinter and migratory
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  16. American WoodcockScolopax minorYear-round
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  17. Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalisYear-round
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  18. Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusYear-round
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  19. Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer and migratory
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  20. Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaSummer and migratory
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  21. Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer
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  22. Barred OwlStrix variaYear-round
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  23. Bay-breasted WarblerDendroica castaneaMigratory
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  24. Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonYear-round
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  25. Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelliMigratory
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  26. Black RailLaterallus jamaicensisYear-round
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  27. Black SkimmerRynchops nigerSummer
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  28. Black TernChlidonias nigerMigratory
    Birds
  29. Black VultureCoragyps atratusYear-round
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  30. Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta variaSummer
    Birds
  31. Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter
    Birds
  32. Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer and migratory
    Birds
  33. Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusYear-round
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  34. Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxYear-round
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  35. Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusSummer
    Birds
  36. Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescensSummer and migratory
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  37. Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virensSummer and migratory
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  38. Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fuscaSummer and migratory
    Birds
  39. Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striataMigratory
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  40. Blue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaSummer
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  41. Blue JayCyanocitta cristataYear-round
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  42. Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaYear-round
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  43. Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusYear-round and migratory
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  44. Blue-winged TealAnas discorsYear-round and migratory
    Birds
  45. Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinusSummer and migratory
    Birds
  46. Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus majorYear-round
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  47. BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer and migratory
    Birds
  48. Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter and migratory
    Birds
  49. BrantBranta berniclaWinter
    Birds
  50. Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusMigratory
    Birds
  51. Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer and migratory
    Birds
  52. Brown CreeperCerthia americanaYear-round
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  53. Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisYear-round
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  54. Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufumYear-round
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  55. Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus aterYear-round
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  56. Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusillaYear-round
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  57. BuffleheadBucephala albeolaWinter and migratory
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  58. Canada GooseBranta canadensisYear-round
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  59. Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensisSummer and migratory
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  60. CanvasbackAythya valisineriaWinter and migratory
    Birds
  61. Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrinaMigratory
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  62. Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensisYear-round
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  63. Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusYear-round
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  64. Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaSummer and migratory
    Birds
  65. Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumYear-round. 45 fruit and seed plants
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  66. Cerulean WarblerDendroica ceruleaSummer and migratory
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  67. Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanicaSummer and migratory
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  68. Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaSummer
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  69. Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaYear-round
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  70. Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensisSummer
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  71. Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaSummer and migratory
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  72. Common EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter
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  73. Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter
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  74. Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaYear-round
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  75. Common LoonGavia immerWinter and migratory
    Birds
  76. Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter
    Birds
  77. Common NighthawkChordeiles minorSummer and migratory
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  78. Common RavenCorvus coraxYear-round
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  79. Common TernSterna hirundoSummer and migratory
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  80. Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasYear-round
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  81. Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilisMigratory
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  82. Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiiYear-round
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  83. Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisYear-round
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  84. DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer and migratory
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  85. Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritusYear-round and migratory
    Birds
  86. DovekieAlle alleWinter
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  87. Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescensYear-round
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  88. DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter and migratory
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  89. Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisYear-round. 34 fruit and seed plants
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  90. Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensisYear-round
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  91. Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusSummer
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  92. Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebeYear-round
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  93. Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioYear-round
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  94. Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmusYear-round
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  95. Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virensSummer
    Birds
  96. Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaoctoYear-round
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  97. Eurasian WigeonAnas penelopeWinter
    Birds
  98. European StarlingSturnus vulgarisYear-round
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  99. Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinusWinter
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  100. Field SparrowSpizella pusillaYear-round
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  101. Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusYear-round
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  102. Forster's TernSterna forsteriYear-round and migratory
    Birds
  103. Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter
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  104. GadwallAnas streperaYear-round and migratory
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  105. Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter
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  106. Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusYear-round
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  107. Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter
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  108. Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaYear-round
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  109. Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraSummer and migratory
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  110. Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumYear-round
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  111. Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisYear-round
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  112. Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusYear-round
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  113. Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasYear-round
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  114. Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter
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  115. Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer
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  116. Great EgretArdea albaYear-round and migratory
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  117. Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusYear-round
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  118. Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter and migratory
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  119. Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter and migratory
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  120. Green HeronButorides virescensSummer
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  121. Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer
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  122. Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosusYear-round
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  123. Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicusWinter
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  124. Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowiiSummer
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  125. Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusYear-round
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  126. Hoary RedpollCarduelis hornemanniWinter
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  127. Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusYear-round
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  128. Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrinaSummer
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  129. Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter and migratory
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  130. Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisYear-round
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  131. House FinchCarpodacus mexicanusYear-round
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  132. House SparrowPasser domesticusYear-round
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  133. Indigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaSummer
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  134. Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosusSummer
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  135. KilldeerCharadrius vociferusYear-round
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  136. King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter
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  137. King RailRallus elegansYear-round
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  138. Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter
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  139. Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricillaYear-round
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  140. Leach's Storm-petrelOceanodroma leucorhoaWinter
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  141. Least BitternIxobrychus exilisSummer
    Birds
  142. Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer and migratory
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  143. Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaMigratory
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  144. Least TernSternula antillarumSummer
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  145. Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter
    Birds
  146. Lesser ScaupAythya affinisWinter and migratory
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  147. Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter and migratory
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  148. Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiMigratory
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  149. Little Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaYear-round and migratory
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  150. Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter
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  151. Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusYear-round
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  152. Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusMigratory
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  153. Long-eared OwlAsio otusYear-round
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  154. Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter and migratory
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  155. Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacillaSummer
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  156. Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnoliaSummer and migratory
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  157. MallardAnas platyrhynchosYear-round
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  158. Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusWinter
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  159. Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter
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  160. Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisYear-round and migratory
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  161. MerlinFalco columbariusMigratory
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  162. Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusYear-round
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  163. Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraYear-round
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  164. Mourning WarblerOporornis philadelphiaSummer and migratory
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  165. Mute SwanCygnus olorYear-round
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  166. Nashville WarblerVermivora ruficapillaMigratory
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  167. Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoniWinter
    Birds
  168. Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusYear-round
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  169. Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisYear-round. 21 fruit and seed plants
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  170. Northern FlickerColaptes auratusYear-round
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  171. Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosYear-round
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  172. Northern ParulaParula americanaSummer
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  173. Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter and migratory
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  174. Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisSummer
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  175. Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusYear-round
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  176. Northern ShovelerAnas clypeataWinter and migratory
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  177. Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensisSummer and migratory
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  178. Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperiSummer
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  179. Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celataWinter and migratory
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  180. Orchard OrioleIcterus spuriusSummer
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  181. OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer and migratory
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  182. OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer
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  183. Palm WarblerDendroica palmarumWinter and migratory
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  184. Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusMigratory
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  185. Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusYear-round
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  186. Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusMigratory
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  187. Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsYear-round
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  188. Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusYear-round
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  189. Pine SiskinCarduelis pinusWinter
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  190. Pine WarblerDendroica pinusYear-round
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  191. Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer
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  192. Prairie WarblerDendroica discolorSummer
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  193. Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer and migratory
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  194. Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureusYear-round
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  195. Purple MartinProgne subisSummer
    Birds
  196. Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter
    Birds
  197. RazorbillAlca tordaWinter
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  198. Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraYear-round
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  199. Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter
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  200. Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusYear-round
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  201. Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter and migratory
    Birds
  202. Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisYear-round
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  203. Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealisYear-round
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  204. Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusYear-round
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  205. Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter
    Birds
  206. Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusYear-round
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  207. Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisYear-round
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  208. Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter
    Birds
  209. Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusYear-round
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  210. RedheadAythya americanaWinter and migratory
    Birds
  211. Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter and migratory
    Birds
  212. Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisWinter and migratory
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  213. Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusYear-round
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  214. Rock PigeonColumba liviaYear-round
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  215. Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer and migratory
    Birds
  216. Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter
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  217. Royal TernThalasseus maximusSummer
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  218. Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendulaWinter
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  219. Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer
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  220. Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter and migratory
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  221. Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter
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  222. Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusYear-round
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  223. Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusWinter
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  224. Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus caudacutusYear-round
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  225. SanderlingCalidris albaWinter
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  226. Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer
    Birds
  227. Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisYear-round and migratory
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  228. Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer
    Birds
  229. Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimusSummer
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  230. Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter and migratory
    Birds
  231. Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusYear-round
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  232. Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter and migratory
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  233. Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter
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  234. Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter
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  235. Snow GooseChen caerulescensWinter
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  236. Snowy EgretEgretta thulaYear-round and migratory
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  237. Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter
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  238. Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaMigratory
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  239. Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaYear-round
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  240. SoraPorzana carolinaYear-round and migratory
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  241. Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusSummer and migratory
    Birds
  242. Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusMigratory
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  243. Summer TanagerPiranga rubraSummer
    Birds
  244. Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter and migratory
    Birds
  245. Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer and migratory
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  246. Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsoniiSummer
    Birds
  247. Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaYear-round
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  248. Tennessee WarblerVermivora peregrinaMigratory
    Birds
  249. Thayer's GullLarus thayeriWinter
    Birds
  250. Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorYear-round and migratory
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  251. Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolorYear-round
    Birds
  252. Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorYear-round
    Birds
  253. Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter and migratory
    Birds
  254. Turkey VultureCathartes auraYear-round
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  255. Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer and migratory
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  256. VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer and migratory
    Birds
  257. Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer and migratory
    Birds
  258. Virginia RailRallus limicolaYear-round
    Birds
  259. Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter and migratory
    Birds
  260. White IbisEudocimus albusYear-round
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  261. White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisYear-round
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  262. White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter
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  263. White-eyed VireoVireo griseusYear-round
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  264. White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisWinter
    Birds
  265. White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucopteraWinter
    Birds
  266. Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoYear-round
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  267. WilletTringa semipalmataYear-round
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  268. Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer and migratory
    Birds
  269. Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsoniaSummer
    Birds
  270. Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataWinter and migratory
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  271. Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusillaMigratory
    Birds
  272. Wood DuckAix sponsaYear-round
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  273. Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaSummer. 31 fruit and seed plants
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  274. Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorumSummer
    Birds
  275. Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensisWinter
    Birds
  276. Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisMigratory
    Birds
  277. Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusYear-round and migratory
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  278. Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusSummer
    Birds
  279. Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensSummer
    Birds
  280. Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violaceaSummer and migratory
    Birds
  281. Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronataWinter and migratory
    Birds
  282. Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsSummer
    Birds
  283. Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominicaSummer
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Seasons and counties: known range in the USGS range maps (2001), not sighting records. Summer and winter include year-round birds.