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West Virginia wildlife

Birds of West Virginia, with their seasons and habitats.

Type
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230 birds

  1. Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensSummer
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  2. Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer and migratory
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  3. American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer and migratory
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  4. American Black DuckAnas rubripesYear-round
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  5. American CootFulica americanaWinter and migratory
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  6. American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosYear-round
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  7. American GoldfinchCarduelis tristisYear-round
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  8. American KestrelFalco sparveriusYear-round
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  9. American PipitAnthus rubescensMigratory
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  10. American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer
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  11. American RobinTurdus migratoriusYear-round. 78 fruit and seed plants
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  12. American Tree SparrowSpizella arboreaWinter
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  13. American WigeonAnas americanaMigratory
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  14. American WoodcockScolopax minorSummer
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  15. Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusYear-round
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  16. Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer
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  17. Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaSummer and migratory
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  18. Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer
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  19. Barred OwlStrix variaYear-round
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  20. Bay-breasted WarblerDendroica castaneaMigratory
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  21. Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonYear-round
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  22. Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickiiSummer
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  23. Black TernChlidonias nigerMigratory
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  24. Black VultureCoragyps atratusYear-round
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  25. Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta variaSummer
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  26. Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer
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  27. Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusYear-round
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  28. Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer
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  29. Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescensSummer and migratory
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  30. Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virensSummer and migratory
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  31. Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fuscaSummer and migratory
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  32. Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striataMigratory
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  33. Blue GrosbeakPasserina caeruleaSummer
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  34. Blue JayCyanocitta cristataYear-round
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  35. Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaSummer
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  36. Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer and migratory
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  37. Blue-winged TealAnas discorsSummer and migratory
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  38. Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinusSummer and migratory
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  39. BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer and migratory
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  40. Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaMigratory
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  41. Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer
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  42. Brown CreeperCerthia americanaYear-round
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  43. Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufumSummer
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  44. Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus aterYear-round
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  45. BuffleheadBucephala albeolaWinter and migratory
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  46. Canada GooseBranta canadensisYear-round
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  47. Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensisSummer and migratory
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  48. CanvasbackAythya valisineriaMigratory
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  49. Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrinaMigratory
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  50. Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensisYear-round
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  51. Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusYear-round
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  52. Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaMigratory
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  53. Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumYear-round. 56 fruit and seed plants
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  54. Cerulean WarblerDendroica ceruleaSummer and migratory
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  55. Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanicaSummer and migratory
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  56. Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaSummer
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  57. Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer
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  58. Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensisSummer
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  59. Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaSummer and migratory
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  60. Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter
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  61. Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaYear-round
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  62. Common LoonGavia immerMigratory
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  63. Common NighthawkChordeiles minorSummer
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  64. Common RavenCorvus coraxYear-round
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  65. Common TernSterna hirundoMigratory
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  66. Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer
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  67. Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilisMigratory
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  68. Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiiYear-round
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  69. Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisYear-round
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  70. DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer
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  71. Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritusWinter and migratory
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  72. Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescensYear-round
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  73. DunlinCalidris alpinaMigratory
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  74. Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisYear-round. 27 fruit and seed plants
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  75. Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannusSummer
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  76. Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebeYear-round
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  77. Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioYear-round
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  78. Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmusYear-round
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  79. Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virensSummer
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  80. Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaoctoYear-round
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  81. Eurasian WigeonAnas penelopeWinter
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  82. European StarlingSturnus vulgarisYear-round
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  83. Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinusWinter
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  84. Field SparrowSpizella pusillaYear-round
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  85. Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusYear-round
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  86. Forster's TernSterna forsteriMigratory
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  87. Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter and migratory
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  88. GadwallAnas streperaWinter and migratory
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  89. Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter
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  90. Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaYear-round
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  91. Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraSummer
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  92. Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumSummer
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  93. Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer
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  94. Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasYear-round
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  95. Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer
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  96. Great EgretArdea albaMigratory
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  97. Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusYear-round
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  98. Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter and migratory
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  99. Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaMigratory
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  100. Green HeronButorides virescensSummer
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  101. Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosusYear-round
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  102. Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowiiSummer
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  103. Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusYear-round
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  104. Hoary RedpollCarduelis hornemanniWinter
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  105. Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusYear-round
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  106. Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrinaSummer
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  107. Horned GrebePodiceps auritusMigratory
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  108. Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisYear-round
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  109. House FinchCarpodacus mexicanusYear-round
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  110. House SparrowPasser domesticusYear-round
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  111. Indigo BuntingPasserina cyaneaSummer
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  112. Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosusSummer
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  113. KilldeerCharadrius vociferusYear-round
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  114. King RailRallus elegansSummer
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  115. Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter
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  116. Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer
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  117. Least BitternIxobrychus exilisSummer
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  118. Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer and migratory
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  119. Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaMigratory
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  120. Lesser ScaupAythya affinisWinter and migratory
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  121. Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesMigratory
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  122. Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiMigratory
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  123. Little Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaMigratory
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  124. Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusYear-round
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  125. Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusMigratory
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  126. Long-eared OwlAsio otusYear-round
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  127. Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisMigratory
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  128. Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacillaSummer
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  129. Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnoliaSummer and migratory
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  130. MallardAnas platyrhynchosYear-round
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  131. Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer and migratory
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  132. MerlinFalco columbariusMigratory
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  133. Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraYear-round
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  134. Mourning WarblerOporornis philadelphiaSummer and migratory
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  135. Nashville WarblerVermivora ruficapillaSummer and migratory
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  136. Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusYear-round
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  137. Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisYear-round. 27 fruit and seed plants
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  138. Northern FlickerColaptes auratusYear-round
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  139. Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosYear-round
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  140. Northern ParulaParula americanaSummer
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  141. Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter and migratory
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  142. Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisSummer
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  143. Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusYear-round
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  144. Northern ShovelerAnas clypeataMigratory
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  145. Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensisSummer and migratory
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  146. Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperiSummer
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  147. Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celataMigratory
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  148. Orchard OrioleIcterus spuriusSummer
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  149. OspreyPandion haliaetusMigratory
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  150. OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer
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  151. Palm WarblerDendroica palmarumMigratory
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  152. Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer
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  153. Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusMigratory
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  154. Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsYear-round
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  155. Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusYear-round
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  156. Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleatorWinter
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  157. Pine SiskinCarduelis pinusWinter
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  158. Pine WarblerDendroica pinusSummer
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  159. Prairie WarblerDendroica discolorSummer
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  160. Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer and migratory
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  161. Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureusYear-round
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  162. Purple MartinProgne subisSummer
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  163. Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraYear-round
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  164. Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusYear-round
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  165. Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorMigratory
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  166. Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisYear-round
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  167. Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusYear-round
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  168. Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusYear-round
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  169. Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisYear-round
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  170. Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusYear-round
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  171. RedheadAythya americanaWinter and migratory
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  172. Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisMigratory
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  173. Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisWinter and migratory
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  174. Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusYear-round
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  175. Rock PigeonColumba liviaYear-round
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  176. Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer and migratory
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  177. Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter
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  178. Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendulaWinter
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  179. Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer
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  180. Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisMigratory
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  181. Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusYear-round
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  182. Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusWinter and migratory
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  183. Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisSummer
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  184. Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer
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  185. Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusMigratory
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  186. Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusYear-round
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  187. Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter
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  188. Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter
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  189. Snowy EgretEgretta thulaMigratory
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  190. Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter
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  191. Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaMigratory
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  192. Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaYear-round
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  193. SoraPorzana carolinaSummer and migratory
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  194. Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusSummer
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  195. Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusMigratory
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  196. Summer TanagerPiranga rubraSummer
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  197. Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataMigratory
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  198. Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer and migratory
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  199. Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsoniiSummer
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  200. Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaYear-round
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  201. Tennessee WarblerVermivora peregrinaMigratory
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  202. Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorSummer
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  203. Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorYear-round
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  204. Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusMigratory
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  205. Turkey VultureCathartes auraYear-round
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  206. Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer and migratory
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  207. VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer and migratory
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  208. Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer and migratory
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  209. Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer
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  210. Western SandpiperCalidris mauriMigratory
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  211. White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisYear-round
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  212. White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter and migratory
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  213. White-eyed VireoVireo griseusSummer
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  214. White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisWinter
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  215. White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucopteraWinter
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  216. Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoYear-round
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  217. Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer
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  218. Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataMigratory
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  219. Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusillaMigratory
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  220. Wood DuckAix sponsaYear-round
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  221. Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaSummer. 23 fruit and seed plants
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  222. Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorumSummer
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  223. Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisMigratory
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  224. Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer and migratory
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  225. Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusSummer
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  226. Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensSummer
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  227. Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violaceaMigratory
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  228. Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronataWinter and migratory
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  229. Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsSummer
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  230. 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.