Summer Waterfowl
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American Merganser
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Common Loon
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Hooded Merganser
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Mallard
Waterfowl During Migration
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American Widgeon (Baldpate)
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Black Duck
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Blue & Snow Geese (Flying Over)
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Blue-Winged Teal
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Bufflehead
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Canada Goose
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Coot
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Double-crested Cormorant
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Gadwall
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Goldeneye
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Greater Scaup
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Green-winged Teal
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Lesser Scaup
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Pied-Billed Grebe
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Redhead
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Ring-necked Duck
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Shoveler
Birds of Prey
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Bald Eagle (common)
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Barred Owl (come to our hoots; 3 landed on the deck railing on 6-4-02)
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Broad-winged Hawk
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Coopers Hawk (only during migration)
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Goshawk (occasional in winter, juvenile 6-25-02)
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Great gray Owl (in winter)
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Great-horned Owl
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Kestrel (one seen on property 5-7-97)
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Merlin
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Northern Shrike (only in winter)
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Osprey (common)
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Rough-legged Hawk (during migration)
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Saw-whet Owl
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Sharp-shinned Hawk (abundant chasing blue jays in May and September)
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Turkey Vulture (common)
Woodpeckers
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Black-backed Woodpecker (uncommon)
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Downy Woodpeckers (common year-round)
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Flicker (common in summer)
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Hairy Woodpeckers (common year-round)
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Pileated Woodpeckers (common year-round)
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Red-bellied Woodpecker (once)
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (common in summer)
Corvids
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Blue Jay
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Crow (absent December to March)
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Gray Jay
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Raven
Vireos
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Blue-headed Vireo (9-3-95)
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Philadelphia Vireo (9-3-95)
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Red-eyed Vireo (common)
Warblers
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American Redstart
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Bay-breasted Warbler (nested in 1998)
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Black and White Warbler
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Blackburnian Warbler (common)
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Black-throated Blue Warbler (seen on 8-28-98)
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Black-throated Green Warbler (common)
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Canada warbler (only in migration)
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Cape May Warbler
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Chestnut-sided Warbler (common)
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Common Yellowthroat (common)
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Magnolia Warbler (common)
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Mourning Warbler (common)
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Nashville Warbler (common)
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Northern Waterthrush
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Orange-crowned Warbler (only in migration)
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Ovenbird (common)
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Palm Warbler (only in migration)
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Pine Warbler (common)
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Tennessee Warbler (only in migration)
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Wilson's Warbler (only in migration)
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Yellow Warbler
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Yellow-rumped Warbler (common)
Flycatchers
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Eastern Kingbird (only during migration)
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Eastern Phoebe (nests under the eaves of the garage each year)
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Least Flycatcher
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Olive-sided Flycatcher (only during migration)
Thrushes
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Bluebirds (4 stayed for a few days in May 2003 and left)
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Hermit Thrush
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Robin
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Swainson's Thrush
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Veery
Sparrows - common all summer
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Chipping Sparrow
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Song Sparrow
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Swamp Sparrow
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White-throated Sparrow
Sparrows - seen only during migration
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Dark-eyed Junco
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Fox Sparrow
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Harris Sparrow
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Tree Sparrow
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White-crowned Sparrow
Finches and Grosbeaks
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American Goldfinch
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Cardinal (a female at the feeder Nov-Dec 2001)
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Common Redpoll (occasional flocks in winters)
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Evening Grosbeak
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Hoary Redpoll (12/3&4/01 and 2/26/05)
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Pine Grosbeak (only in winter)
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Pine Siskin
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Purple Finch
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Other birds on the property
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American Bittern
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Black-billed Cuckoos (during tent caterpillar outbreaks)
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Black-capped Chickadee
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Brown Creeper
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Brown-headed Cowbird (uncommon)
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Cedar Waxwing
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Common Grackle (uncommon)
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European Starling (rare)
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Great Blue Heron
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Greater Yellowlegs (only during migration)
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Herring Gull
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Kingfisher
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Mourning Dove (rare)
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Northern Oriole (uncommon)
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Red Crossbill (only in winter so far)
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Red-winged Blackbird
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet Catbird (rare)
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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Ruffed Grouse
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Rusty Blackbird (only during migration)
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Snow Bunting (only in migration)
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Spotted Sandpiper
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Tree Swallow
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White-breasted Nuthatch
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White-winged Crossbill
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Winter Wren
44 bird species living nearby but not recorded on the property yet
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Alder Flycatcher
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American Pipit
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Bank Swallow
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Barn Swallow
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Bobolink
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Bohemian Waxwing
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Boreal Chickadee
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Boreal Owl
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Brewer's Blackbird
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Brown Thrasher
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Chimney Swift
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Cliff Swallow
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Common Nighthawk
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Common Pigeon (Rock Dove)
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Common Snipe
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Connecticut Warbler
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Eastern Wood Pewee
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Golden-winged Warbler
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Gray-cheeked Thrush (in migration)
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Great crested Flycatcher
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Harrier
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House Finch
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House Sparrow
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House Wren
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Indigo Bunting
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Killdeer
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Lapland Longspur
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LeConte's Sparrow
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Lincoln's Sparrow
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Long-eared Owl
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Marsh Wren
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Northern Parula Warbler
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Red-headed Woodpecker
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Savannah Sparrow
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Sedge Wren
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Spruce Grouse
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Three-toed Woodpecker
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Trumpeter Swan
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Vesper Sparrow
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Whip-poor-will
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Woodcock
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher