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Birds

Scientific Name Common Name
Accipiter striatus Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Aimophila aestivalis Bachman's Sparrow
Ammodramus henslowii Henslow's Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow
Anas acuta Northern Pintail
Anas rubripes American Black Duck
Ardea alba Great Egret
Asio flammeus Short-Eared Owl
Asio otus Long-Eared Owl
Bartramia longicauda Upland Sandpiper
Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern
Calidris alba Sanderling
Calidris alpina Dunlin
Calidris himantopus Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris mauri Western Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla Semipalmated Sandpiper
Certhia americana Brown Creeper
Charadrius melodus Piping Plover
Chlidonias niger Black Tern
Chondestes grammacus Lark Sparrow
Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier
Cistothorus platensis Sedge Wren
Colinus virginianus Northern Bobwhite
Corvus corax Common Raven
Coturnicops noveboracensis Yellow Rail
Cygnus buccinator Trumpeter Swan
Dendroica cerulea Cerulean Warbler
Dendroica discolor Prairie Warbler
Dendroica fusca Blackburnian Warbler
Dolichonyx oryzivorus Bobolink
Egretta caerulea Little Blue Heron
Elanoides forficatus Swallow-Tailed Kite
Empidonax minimus Least Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii Willow Flycatcher
Euphagus carolinus Rusty Blackbird
Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon
Gallinago delicata Wilson'S Snipe
Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen
Grus americana Whooping Crane
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle
Helmitheros vermivorus Worm-Eating Warbler
Hylocichla mustelina Wood Thrush
Ictinia mississippiensis Mississippi Kite
Ixobrychus exilis Least Bittern
Lanius ludovicianus Loggerhead Shrike
Limnodromus griseus Short-Billed Dowitcher
Limnothlypis swainsonii Swainson's Warbler
Lophodytes cucullatus Hooded Merganser
Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-Headed Woodpecker
Nyctanassa violacea Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax Black-Crowned Night-Heron
Oporornis formosus Kentucky Warbler
Pandion haliaetus Osprey
Passerculus sandwichensis Savannah Sparrow
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos American White Pelican
Phalaropus tricolor Wilson's Phalarope
Pheucticus ludovicianus Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Picoides borealis Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
Pluvialis dominica American Golden-Plover
Podilymbus podiceps Pied-Billed Grebe
Pooecetes gramineus Vesper Sparrow
Protonotaria citrea Prothonotary Warbler
Rallus elegans King Rail
Riparia riparia Bank Swallow
Scolopax minor American Woodcock
Seiurus motacilla Louisiana Waterthrush
Sitta canadensis Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Spiza americana Dickcissel
Sterna antillarum athalassos Interior Least Tern
Sterna hirundo Common Tern
Thryomanes bewickii Bewick's Wren
Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa solitaria Solitary Sandpiper
Tryngites subruficollis Buff-Breasted Sandpiper
Tympanuchus cupido Greater Prairie-Chicken
Tyto alba Barn Owl
Vermivora chrysoptera Golden-Winged Warbler
Vermivora pinus Blue-Winged Warbler
Vireo bellii Bell's Vireo
Wilsonia canadensis Canada Warbler

 

 

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