The Friends of
Birds of
To double your chances in adding to your list of birds
observed in the Moraine Hills State park, it is suggested that you join one of
the many FREE scheduled bird walks led by two of our excellent volunteer bird
watching guides, Karen Lund & Rob Gough.
The Bird walks are scheduled for all 12 months of the year, and all you
have to do is check this website or call Volo Bog at (815) 344-7294 to
register.
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CHECK LIST
KEY |
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M |
MIGRANT |
Traveling
through area to summer or winter habitat |
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P |
PERMANENT
RESIDENT |
likely
to be found in good numbers in suitable habitats |
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C |
COMMON |
possible
to be found in suitable habitats |
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U |
UNCOMMON |
unlikely
(but not impossible!) to be found, even in suitable habitat |
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R |
RARE |
only
one or two recorded observations |
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(kn) |
KNOWN NESTER |
occupied
nest, flightless young, feeding behavior, etc. confirmed nesting |
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(ln) |
LIKELY NESTER |
Some signs of nesting
behavior observed, but nesting not confirmed |
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(pn) |
POSSIBLE NESTER |
Within nesting range and
correct habitat, but nesting behavior not observed |
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S |
SUMMER |
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W |
WINTER |
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WATERFOWL |
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SHORE BIRDS |
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Canada Goose (kn) |
PC |
Black-billed Plover |
MR |
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Mute Swan (kn |
SC |
Lesser Golden Plover |
MU |
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Tundra Swan |
MR |
Semipalmated Plover |
MR |
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American Black Duck |
MR |
Killdeer (kn) |
SC |
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American Wigeon |
MU |
Greater Yellowlegs |
MC |
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Blue-winged Teal |
SU |
Lesser Yellowlegs |
MC |
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Canvasback |
MR |
Solitary Sandpiper |
MU |
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Gadwall |
MU |
Spotted Sandpiper |
SU |
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Green-winged Teal |
MU |
Ruddy Turnstone |
MR |
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Mallard (kn) |
SC |
Semipalimated Sandpiper |
MU |
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Northern Pintail |
MU |
Baird"s Sandpiper |
MR |
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Northern Shoveler |
MU |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
MR |
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Redhead |
MR |
Dunlin |
MR |
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Ring-necked Duck |
MU |
Least Sandpiper |
MC |
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Wood Duck (kn) |
SC |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
MC |
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Lesser Scaup |
MU |
Stilt Sandpiper |
MR |
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Greater Scaup |
MU |
Wester Sandpiper |
MU |
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Bufflehead |
MU |
White-rumped Sandpiper |
MR |
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Common Goldeneye |
MU |
Short-billed Dowitcher |
MR |
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Hooded Merganser (ln) |
SU |
Common Snipe (kn) |
SU |
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Common Merganser |
MU |
American Woodcock (kn) |
SU |
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Red-breasted Merganser |
MU |
Wilson's Phalarope |
MR |
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Ruddy Duck |
MR |
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Common Loon |
MU |
RAILS & CRANES |
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Pied-billed Grebe (kn) |
SU |
King Rail |
MR |
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Horned Grebe |
MU |
Virginia Rail (ln) |
SC |
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Sora (ln) |
SC |
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Double‑crested Cormorant |
SU |
Common Moorhen (pn) |
SU |
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American Coot |
SC |
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GULLS & TERNS |
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Sandhill Crane (kn) |
SU |
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Bonapart's Gull |
MR |
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Herring Gull |
PC |
BITTERNS & HERONS |
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Ring-billed Gull |
PC |
American Bittern |
MR |
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Black Tern |
SU |
Least Bittern |
SU |
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Common Tern |
MR |
Great Blue Heron (kn) |
SU |
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Forester's Tern |
MR |
Great Egret (pn) |
SU |
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Snowy Egret |
MR |
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RAPTORS |
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Black-crowned Night‑Heron |
SU |
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Osprey |
MR |
Green Heron (ln) |
SU |
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Bald Eagle |
WR |
Little Blue Heron |
MR |
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Northern Harrier |
SR |
Yellow-crowned Night‑Heron |
SR |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
PR |
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Cooper's Hawk (ln) |
PU |
KINGFISHER |
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Northern Goshawk |
R |
Belted Kingfisher |
SU |
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Red-shouldered Hawk |
MR |
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Broad-winged Hawk |
MR |
VULTURES |
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Red-tailed Hawk (kn) |
PC |
Turkey Vulture |
SU |
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Rough-legged Hawk |
MR |
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American Kestrel (ln) |
PR |
OWLS |
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Merlin |
MR |
Barred Owl |
PU |
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Peregrine Falcon |
SR |
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PU |
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Great Horned (kn) |
PU |
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DOVES |
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Long-eared Owl |
MR |
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Rock Dove |
PU |
Northern Saw-whet Owl |
MR |
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Mourning Dove (kn) |
PC |
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WOODPECKERS |
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CUCKOOS |
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Downy Woodpecker (kn) |
PC |
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Black-billed Cuckoo |
SU |
Hairy Woodpecker (kn) |
PU |
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
SU |
Northern Flicker (kn) |
SC |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker (kn) |
PC |
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GOATSUCKERS |
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Red-headed Woodpecker (kn) |
PU |
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Common Nighthawk |
MU |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
MU |
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Whip-poor-will |
R |
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FLYCATCHERS |
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SWIFTS & SWALLOWS |
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SC |
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Chimney Swift |
SU |
Alder Flycatcher (ln) |
MR |
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Purple Martin |
SC |
Eastern Kingbird (ln) |
SC |
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Tree Swallow (kn) |
SC |
Eastern Phoebe (kn) |
SC |
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SU |
Great Crested Flycatcher (kn) |
SC |
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Bank Swallow |
SU |
Least Flycatcher |
SC |
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Cliff Swallow |
SU |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
MU |
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Barn Swallow (kn) |
SC |
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SC |
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
MC |
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HUMMINGBIRDS |
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (kn) |
SU |
STRIKES |
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Northern Shrike |
WR |
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JAYS & CROWS |
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Blue Jay (kn) |
PC |
VIREOS |
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American Crow (kn) |
PC |
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MU |
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Red-eyed Vireo (kn) |
SC |
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CHICKADEE, NUTHATCH
& |
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Warbling Vireo (kn) |
SC |
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CREEPER |
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Yellow-throated Vireo |
SU |
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Black-capped Chickadee (kn) |
PC |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
WU |
WRENS |
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White-breasted Nuthatch (kn) |
PC |
House Wren (Kn) |
SC |
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Brown Creeper |
PC |
Marsh Wren (Kn) |
SC |
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Sedge Wren |
SR |
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KINGLETS &
GNATCATCHERS |
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Winter Wren |
SU |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet |
MU |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
MC |
MIMICS |
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (kn) |
SC |
Gray Catbird (kn) |
SC |
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Northern Mockingbird |
MR |
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WARBLERS |
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Brown Thrasher (kn) |
SC |
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American Redstart (ln) |
SC |
European Starling (kn) |
PC |
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Bay-breasted Warbler |
MC |
Cedar Waxwing (kn) |
PU |
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Black-and-white Warbler |
MC |
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Blackburnian Warbler |
MC |
THRUSHERS |
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Blackpoll Warbler |
MU |
Eastern Bluebird (kn) |
SC |
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Black-throated Blue Warbler |
MR |
American Robin (kn) |
MC |
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Black-throated Green
Warbler |
MC |
Gray‑cheeked Thrush |
MU |
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Blue-winged Warbler (pn) |
SU |
Hermit Thrush |
MC |
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MU |
Swainson's Thrush |
MU |
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MC |
Veery (kn) |
MR |
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Cerulean Warbler |
MR |
Wood Thrush (kn) |
MC |
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Chestnut-sided Warbler |
MC |
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Common Yellowthroat (kn) |
SC |
TANAGERS |
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MC |
Scarlet Tanager |
SU |
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Golden-winged Warbler (pn) |
MR |
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Hooded Warbler |
MR |
SPARROWS |
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MR |
American Tree Sparrow |
WC |
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MR |
Chipping Sparrow (kn) |
SC |
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Magnolia Warbler |
MC |
Clay-colored Sparrow |
MR |
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Mourning Warbler |
MU |
Field Sparrow (kn) |
SC |
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MC |
Fox Sparrow |
MU |
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MU |
Grasshopper Sparrow |
MR |
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Orange-crowned Warbler |
MU |
Henslow's |
SU |
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Ovenbird |
MR |
House Sparrow |
PC |
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Palm Warbler |
MC |
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MU |
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Pine Warbler |
MR |
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SC |
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Prothonotary Warbler (pn) |
SU |
Song Sparrow (kn) |
PC |
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Tennessee Warbler |
MC |
Swamp Sparrow |
PC |
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Wilson's Warbler |
MC |
White-crowned Sparrow |
WC |
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Yellow Warbler (kn) |
SC |
White-throated Sparrow |
WU |
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Yellow-breasted Chat |
MR |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler |
MC |
FINCH & FINCHLIKE |
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Dark-eyed Junco |
WC |
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ICTERIDS |
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American Goldfinch (kn) |
PC |
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Red-winged Blackbird (kn) |
SC |
Bobolink (kn) |
MR |
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Eastern Meadowlark (kn) |
SC |
Dickcissel |
MR |
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Yellow‑headed Blackbird |
SU |
Eastern Towhee (kn) |
SC |
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Rusty Blackbird |
MR |
House Finch (kn) |
PU |
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Brewer's Blackbird |
R |
Indigo Bunting (kn) |
SC |
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Common Grackle (kn) |
SC |
Northern Cardinal (kn) |
PC |
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Brown‑headed Cowbird |
SC |
Purple Finch (pn) |
SU |
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Orchard Oriole (pn) |
MR |
Pine Siskin |
MR |
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Baltimore Oriole (kn) |
SC |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (ln) |
SU |