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| Species |
Common Name |
Taxon |
Source |
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Source |
| Anas crecca |
Green-winged Teal |
Transient |
67 |
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Rowell 73 |
| Bonasa umbellus |
Ruffed Grouse |
Nesting |
20,60,69 |
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Simpson 92; Phillips 79; Ganier 36 |
| Meleagris gallopavo |
Wild Turkey |
Nesting |
62 |
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Rhoads 1895; |
| Alectoris chukar |
Chukar |
Introduced- Historical |
73 |
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Solyom 40 |
| Colinus virginianus |
Northern Bobwhite |
Nesting |
19,20 |
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eller/wallace 84; Ganier 36 |
| Phalacrocorax auritus |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Transient |
44 |
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Lewis 03c |
| Ardea herodias |
Great Blue Heron |
?Nesting |
41,50 |
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Lewis 01a; Lewis 04 |
| Ardea alba |
Great Egret |
Transient |
40 |
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Lewis 01b |
| Cathartes aura |
Turkey Vulture |
?Nesting |
19,20 |
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eller/wallace 84; Ganier 36 |
| Coragyps atratus |
Black Vulture |
?Nesting |
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| Pandion haliaetus |
Osprey |
Transient |
44 |
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Lewis 03c |
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
Bald Eagle |
Transient |
41,44 |
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Lewis 03c; Lewis 01a |
| Aquila chrysaetos |
Golden Eagle |
Winter Visitor |
12,28 |
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Knight 94; Dubke 64 |
| Accipiter gentilis |
Goshawk |
Transient/Winter Visitor |
28,44,60,69 |
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Knight 1994; Simpson 92; Phillips 79; Lewis 03c |
| Accipiter striatus |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
?Nesting |
19,60 |
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eller/wallace 84; Phillips 79 |
| Accipiter cooperi |
Cooper's Hawk |
?Nesting |
19,60 |
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eller/wallace 84; Phillips 79 |
| Buteo platypterus |
Broad-winged Hawk |
Nesting |
13 |
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Eller 73 |
| Buteo lineatus |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
?Nesting |
51 |
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Lewis 05a |
| Buteo jamaicensis |
Red-tailed Hawk |
Nesting |
20,60 |
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Phillips 79; Ganier 36 |
| Buteo lagopus |
Rough-legged Hawk |
Winter Visitor |
28 |
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Knight 94 |
| Circus cyaneus |
Northern Harrier |
?Nesting |
28,35 |
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Lewis 00d; Knight 94 |
| Falco sparverius |
American Kestrel |
?Nesting |
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| Falco peregrinus |
Peregrine Falcon |
Nesting |
20,37,51 |
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Lewis 00b; Ganier 36; Lewis 05a |
| Falco columbarius |
Merlin |
Winter Visitor |
44 |
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Lewis 03c |
| Porzana carolina |
Sora |
Transient |
28 |
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Knight 94 |
| Coturnicops noveboracensis |
Yellow Rail |
Transient |
44 |
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Lewis 03c |
| Rallus limicola |
Virginia Rail |
Transient |
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| Grus canadensis |
Sandhill Crane |
Transient |
28 |
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Knight 94 |
| Charadrius vociferus |
Killdeer |
?Nesting |
28,63 |
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Knight 94; Robinson 90 |
| Tringa solitaria |
Solitary Sandpiper |
Transient |
31 |
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Lewis 92 |
| Tringa melanoleuca |
Greater Yellowlegs |
Transient |
34,44 |
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Lewis 03c; Lewis 98 |
| Numenius phaeopus |
Whimbrel |
Transient |
28,69 |
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Knight 94; Simpson 92 |
| Gallinago delicata |
Wilson Snipe |
Transient |
34 |
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Lewis 98 |
| Scolopax minor |
American Woodcock |
Nesting |
44,45,69 |
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Simpson 1992; Lewis 03b; Lewis 03c |
| Columba livia |
Rock Pigeon |
?Nesting |
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| Zenaida macroura |
Mourning Dove |
Nesting |
49 |
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Lewis 04b |
| Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
Black-billed Cuckoo |
?Nesting |
45,49 |
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Lewis 04b; Lewis 03b |
| Coccyzus americanus |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Nesting |
44 |
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Lewis 03c |
| Megascops asio |
Eastern Screech-Owl |
Nesting |
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| Asio flammeus |
Short-eared Owl |
?Transient |
44 |
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Lewis 03c |
| Bubo virginianus |
Great Horned Owl |
Nesting |
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| Strix varia |
Barred Owl |
Nesting |
64,72 |
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Rowell 70; Smith 65b |
| Aegolius acadicus |
Northern Saw-whet Owl |
Nesting |
28 |
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Knight 94 |
| Chordeiles minor |
Common Nighthawk |
?Nesting |
18,44 |
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Lewis 03c; Eller 89 |
| Caprimulgus vociferus |
Whip-poor-will |
?Nesting |
8 |
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Bierly 80 |
| Chaetura pelagica |
Chimney Swift |
Nesting |
20,60,62,69 |
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Simpson 92; Phillips 79; Rhoads 1895; Ganier 36 |
| Archilochus colubris |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Nesting |
8,20,60 |
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Bierly 80; Phillips 79; Ganier 36 |
| Selasphorus rufus |
Rufous Hummingbird |
Winter Visitor |
44 |
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Lewis 03c |
| Ceryle alcyon |
Belted Kingfisher |
?Nesting |
8 |
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Bierly 80 |
| Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
Red-headed Woodpecker |
?Nesting |
44,51,60 |
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Lewis 03c; Phillips 79; Lewis 05a |
| Melanerpes carolinus |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Nesting |
44,51 |
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Lewis 03c; Lewis 05a |
| Sphyrapicus varius |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
?Nesting |
52,62 |
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Rhoads 1895a; Lewis 05b |
| Picoides pubescens |
Downy Woodpecker |
Nesting |
20,69 |
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Simpson 92; Ganier 36 |
| Picoides villosus |
Hairy Woodpecker |
Nesting |
20,69 |
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Simpson 92; Ganier 36 |
| Colaptes auratus |
Northern Flicker |
Nesting |
20,44,61,69 |
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Simpson 92; Ganier 36; Lewis 03c; Potter and LeGrand 80 |
| Dryocopus pileatus |
Pileated Woodpecker |
Nesting |
69 |
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Simpson 92 |
| Contopus borealis |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
?Nesting |
44,60,62 |
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Rhoads 1895a; Phillips 79; Lewis 03c |
| Contopus virens |
Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Nesting |
69 |
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Simpson 92 |
| Empidonax virescens |
Acadian Flycatcher |
Nesting |
63,69 |
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robinson90; Simpson 92 |
| Empidonax alnorum |
Alder Flycatcher |
Nesting |
26,53,56,59 |
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Lura 79; Hull 90; Lura, Schell, and Wallac 1979; Nicholson 97 |
| Empidonax traillii |
Willow Flycatcher |
Nesting |
46 |
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Lewis 03a |
| Empidonax flaviventris |
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
Transient |
44 |
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Lewis 03c |
| Empidonax minimus |
Least Flycatcher |
Nesting |
28,43,62,63 |
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Lewis 02a; Rhoads 1895a; Robinson 90; Knight 94 |
| Sayornis phoebe |
Eastern Phoebe |
Nesting |
38 |
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Lewis 00a |
| Myiarchus crinitus |
Great Crested Flycatcher |
?Nesting |
69 |
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Simpson 92 |
| Tyrannus tyrannus |
Eastern Kingbird |
?Nesting |
44 |
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Lewis 03c |
| Vireo griseus |
White-eyed Vireo |
Nesting |
32 |
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Lewis 93 |
| Vireo flavifrons |
Yellow-throated Vireo |
?Nesting |
8,44 |
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Bierly 80; Lewis 03c |
| Vireo solitarius |
Blue-headed Vireo |
Nesting |
4,20,60,69 |
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Ganier 36; Simpson 92; Phillips 79; Behrend 63 |
| Vireo philadelphicus |
Philadelphia Vireo |
Transient |
51,66 |
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Lewis 05a; Rowell 72b |
| Vireo olivaceous |
Red-eyed Vireo |
Nesting |
69 |
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Simpson 92 |
| Cyanocitta cristata |
Blue Jay |
Nesting |
20,60,69 |
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Simpson 92; Phillips 79; Ganier 36 |
| Corvus brachyrhynchos |
American Crow |
Nesting |
62,63,69 |
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Rhoads 1895a;Robinson 90; Simpson 92 |
| Corvus corax |
Common Raven |
Nesting |
20,28,60,62,69 |
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Rhoads 1895a; Ganier 1936; Knight 94; Simpson 92; Phillips 79 |
| Eremophilla alpestris |
Horned Lark |
Nesting |
20,28,69,77 |
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Tyler 36; Knight 1994; Simpson 92; Ganier 36 |
| Tachycineta bicolor |
Tree Swallow |
Nesting |
41 |
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Lewis 01a |
| Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
?Nesting |
60,69 |
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Simpson 92; Phillips 79 |
| Riparia riparia |
Bank Swallow |
?Nesting |
42 |
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Lewis 02b |
| Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
Cliff Swallow |
?Nesting |
51 |
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Lewis 05a |
| Hirundo rustica |
Barn Swallow |
Nesting |
9,15,19,22,28,60,63,68,69 |
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Robinson 90; Eller 80; Simpson 92; Knight 94; Sennett 1887; Bruner and
Field 1912; Eller and Wallace 84; Hale 80; Phillips 79 |
| Poecile carolinensis |
Carolina Chickadee |
Nesting |
28,69 |
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Knight 94; Simpson 92 |
| Poecile atricapillus |
Black-capped Chickadee |
Historical Nesting |
14,15,55 |
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Eller 78; Lura 81; Eller 80 |
| Baeolophus bicolor |
Tufted Titmouse |
Nesting |
19,69 |
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eller/wallace 84; Simpson 92 |
| Sitta canadensis |
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
Nesting |
20,28,43,57,60,62,69 |
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Rhoads 1895a; Lyle and Tyler 1934; Lewis 02a; Knight 94; Simpson 92;
Phillips 79; Ganier 36 |
| Sitta carolinensis |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
Nesting |
63,69 |
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Simpson 92; Robinson 90 |
| Certhia americana |
Brown Creeper |
Nesting |
28,60,63,69 |
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Knight 94; Simpson 92; Robinson 90; Phillips 79 |
| Thryothorus ludovicianus |
Carolina Wren |
Nesting |
69 |
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Simpson 92 |
| Thryomanes bewickii |
Bewick's Wren |
Historical Nesting |
62,70,71 |
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Rhoads 1895; Smith 64; Smith 65 |
| Troglodytes aedon |
House Wren |
Nesting |
10,24,57,69 |
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Lyle and Tyler 34; Simpson 92; Coffey 42; Herndon 54 |
| Troglodytes troglodytes |
Winter Wren |
Nesting |
4,8,10,20,60,63,69 |
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Simpson 92; Bierly 80; Robinson 90; Phillips 79; Behrend 63; Coffey 42;
Ganier 36 |
| Regulus satrapa |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
Nesting |
9,15,19,22,28,60,63,68,69 |
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Robinson 90; Eller 80; Simpson 92; Knight 94; Sennett 1887; Bruner and
Field 1912; Eller and Wallace 84; Hale 80; Phillips 79 |
| Regulus calendula |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Winter Visitor |
28,63 |
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Knight 94; Robinson 90 |
| Polioptila caerulea |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Nesting |
33 |
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Lewis 94 |
| Sialia sialis |
Eastern Bluebird |
Nesting |
8,20,28,62 |
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Knight 94; Bierly 80; Rhoads 1895; Ganier 36 |
| Catharus fuscescens |
Veery |
Nesting |
4,20,60,62,63,69 |
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Robinson 90; Ganier 36; Knight 94; Simpson 92; Rhoads 1895; Phillips 79;
Behrend 63 |
| Catharus guttatus |
Hermit Thrush |
Nesting |
28,46,59,69 |
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Lewis
03a; Knight 1994; Simpson 92; Nicholson 97 |
| Catharus ustulatus |
Swainson's Thrush |
Transient |
39 |
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Lewis 01c |
| Hylocichla mustelina |
Wood Thrush |
Nesting |
59,69 |
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Simpson 92; Nicholson 97 |
| Turdus migratorius |
Americna Robin |
Nesting |
4,20,60,63,69 |
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Robinson 90; Simpson 92; Phillips 79; Behrend 63; Ganier 36 |
| Dumetella carolinensis |
Gray Catbird |
Nesting |
20,60,63,69 |
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Robinson 90; Simpson 92; Phillips 79; Ganier 36 |
| Mimus polyglottos |
Northern Mockingbird |
Nesting |
8 |
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Bierly 80 |
| Toxostoma rufum |
Brown Thrasher |
Nesting |
44,69 |
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Simpson 92; Lewis 03c |
| Sturnus vulgaris |
European Starling |
Nesting |
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| Anthus spragueii |
Sprague's Pipit |
Transient |
27 |
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Knight 92 |
| Anthus rubescens |
American Pipit |
Winter Visitor |
28,63 |
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Robinson 90; Knight 94; |
| Bombycilla cedrorum |
Cedar Waxwing |
Nesting |
4,20,60,69 |
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Simpson 92; Phillips 79; Behrend 63; Ganier 36 |
| Vermivora chrysoptera |
Golden-winged Warbler |
Nesting |
28,75 |
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Knight 94; Trently 2002 |
| Vermivora pinus x chrysoptera |
Brewster's Warbler |
Nesting |
38,41 |
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Lewis 01a; Lewis 00a |
| Vermivor peregrina |
Tennessee Warbler |
Transient |
42,47 |
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Lewis 04d; Lewis 02b |
| Vermivora celata |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
Transient |
44 |
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Lewis 03c |
| Vermivora ruficapilla |
Nashville Warbler |
Transient |
16 |
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Eller 84 |
| Parula americana |
Northern Parula |
Nesting |
17,69 |
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Simpson 92; Eller 87 |
| Dendroica pensylvanica |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Nesting |
4,20,60,62,63,69 |
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Robinson 90; Simpson 92; Rhoads 1895; Phillips 79; Behrend 63; Ganier 36 |
| Dendroica petechia |
Yellow Warbler |
Nesting |
19,69 |
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Simpson 92; Eller and Wallace 84 |
| Dendroica tigrina |
Cap May Warbler |
Transient |
15,28 |
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Knight 94; Eller 80 |
| Dendroica magnolia |
Magnolia Warbler |
?Nesting |
25,28,46,63,69 |
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Lewis 03a; Robinson 90; Herndon 77; Robinson 90; Knight 94; Simpson 92 |
| Dendroica coronata |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
?Nesting |
44,47,63 |
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Robinson 90; Lewis 04d; Lewis 03c |
| Dendroica caerulescens |
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Nesting |
4,60,69 |
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Simpson 92; Phillips 79; Behrend 63 |
| Dendroica virens |
Black-throated Green Warbler |
Nesting |
8,60,63 |
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Bierly 80; Robinson 90; Phillips 79 |
| Dendroica fusca |
Blackburnian Warbler |
?Nesting |
60,62 |
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Rhoads 1895; Phillips 79 |
| Dendroica discolor |
Prairie Warbler |
Transient |
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| Dendroica palmarum |
Palm Warbler |
Transient |
47 |
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Lewis 04d |
| Dendroica striata |
Blackpoll Warbler |
Transient |
47 |
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Lewis 04d |
| Dendroica cerulea |
Cerulean Warbler |
Transient |
30 |
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Lewis 91b |
| Mniotilta varia |
Black-and-White Warbler |
Nesting |
62 |
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Rhoads 1895 |
| Setophaga ruticilla |
American Redstart |
Nesting |
62 |
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Rhoads 1895 |
| Protonotaria citrea |
Prothonotary Warbler |
Transient |
15,28 |
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Eller 80; Knight 94 |
| Helmitheros vermivorus |
Worm-eating Warbler |
Nesting |
69 |
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Simpson 92 |
| Limnothlypis swainsonii |
Swainson's Warbler |
?Nesting |
42 |
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Lewis 02b |
| Seiurus aurocapillus |
Ovenbird |
Nesting |
69 |
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Simpson 92 |
| Seiurus |
Northern Waterthrush |
Transient |
32 |
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Lewis 93 |
| Seiurus motacilla |
Louisiana Waterthrush |
Nesting |
64,69 |
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Simpson 92; Rowell 70 |
| Oporornis formosus |
Kentucky Warbler |
Nesting |
65,69 |
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Simpson 92; Rowell 72 |
| Oporornis agilis |
Connecticut Warbler |
Transient |
47 |
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Lewis 04d |
| Oporornis philadelphia |
Mourning Warbler |
?Nesting/Transient |
41,76 |
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Trently 03; Lewis 01a |
| Geothlypis trichas |
Common Yellowthroat |
Nesting |
28,62,69 |
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Knight 94; Simpson 1992; Rhoads 1895 |
| Wilsonia citrina |
Hooded Warbler |
Nesting |
69 |
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Simpson 92 |
| Wilsonia canadensis |
Canada Warbler |
Nesting |
4,20,60,62,69 |
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Ganier 36; Simpson 92; Rhoads 1895; Phillips 79; Behrend 63 |
| Wilsonia pusilla |
Wilson's Warbler |
Transient |
44 |
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Lewis 03c |
| Icteria virens |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
Nesting |
8 |
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Bierly 80 |
| Piranga rubra |
Summer Tanager |
Transient |
44 |
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Lewis 03c |
| Piranga olivacea |
Scarlet Tanager |
Nesting |
69 |
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Simpson 92 |
| Pipilo erythropthalmus |
Eastern Towhee |
Nesting |
20,69 |
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Simpson 92; Ganier 36 |
| Spizella passerina |
Chipping Sparrow |
Nesting |
48 |
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Lewis 04c |
| Spizella pusilla |
Field Sparrow |
Nesting |
45,46 |
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Lewis 03a; Lewis 03b |
| Pooecetes gramineus |
Vesper Sparrow |
Nesting |
17,20,23,63,69 |
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Robinson 90; Simpson 92; Ganier 36; Herndon 50b; Eller 87 |
| Ammodramus henslowii |
Henslow's Sparrow |
Transient |
28 |
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Knight 94 |
| Ammodramus savannarum |
Grasshopper Sparrow |
?Nesting |
47 |
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Lewis 04d |
| Passerella iliaca |
Fox Sparrow |
Winter Visitor |
4,47 |
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Behrend 63; Lewis 04d |
| Melospiza lincolnii |
Lincoln's Sparrow |
Transient |
47,49 |
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Lewis 04b; Lewis 04d |
| Melospiza melodia |
Song Sparrow |
Nesting |
20,60,62 |
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Rhoads 1895; Phillips 79; Ganier 36 |
| Melospiza georgiana |
Swamp Sparrow |
Winter Visitor |
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| Zonotrichia albicollis |
White-throated Sparrow |
Winter Visitor |
4,51 |
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Lewis 05a; Behrend 63 |
| Junco hyemalis |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Nesting |
20,28,60,62,69,74 |
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Ganier 36; Simpson 92; Knight 94; Rhoads 1895; Tanner 58; Phillips 79 |
| Calcarius lapponicus |
Lapland Longspur |
Winter Visitor |
28 |
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Knight 94 |
| Plectrophenax nivalis |
Snow Bunting |
Winter Visitor |
1,3,7,28,42,63,69 |
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Robinson 1990; Lewis 02b; Knight 94; Behrend 71; Behrend 48; Behrend 63c;
Smith 65 |
| Cardinalis cardinalis |
Northern Cardinal |
Nesting |
19,62,69 |
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Eller and Wallace 84; Simpson 92; Rhoads 1895 |
| Pheucticus ludovicianus |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Nesting |
20,63,69 |
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Robinson 90; Simpson 92; Ganier 36 |
| Passerina caerulea |
Blue Grosbeak |
Transient |
15,28,29 |
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Knight 94; Eller 80; Lewis 91 |
| Passerina cyanea |
Indigo Bunting |
Nesting |
20,62,63,69 |
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Robinson 90; Simpson 92; Rhoads 1895; Ganier 36 |
| Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
Bobolink |
Transient |
44 |
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Lewis 03c |
| Agelaius phoeniceus |
Red-winged Blackbird |
Nesting |
8,47 |
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Bierly 1980; Lewis 04d |
| Sturnella magna |
Eastern Meadowlark |
?Nesting |
19,21,47,59 |
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Ganier and Tyler 34; Eller and Wallace 84; Nicholson 97; Lewis 04d |
| Quiscalus quiscula |
Common Grackle |
?Nesting |
38,47 |
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Lewis 04d; Lewis 00a |
| Molothrus ater |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
Nesting |
75 |
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Trently 02 |
| Carpodacus mexicanus |
House Finch |
?Nesting |
34 |
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Lewis 98 |
| Carpodacus purpureus |
Purple Finch |
Winter Visitor |
2,4,60,63 |
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Robinson 1990; Behrend 1962; Behrend 1963; Phillips 79 |
| Loxia curvirostra |
Red Crossbill |
?Nesting |
25,58,60 |
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Phillips 79; Herndon 77; McNair 88 |
| Loxia leucoptera |
White-winged Crossbill |
Winter Visitor |
5,6,11,28,36,63,64 |
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Lewis 00c; Robinson 1990; Rowell 70; Knight 94; Dubke 64; Behrend 63b;
Behrend 66 |
| Carduelis flammea |
Common Redpoll |
Winter Visitor |
54,63 |
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Robinson 90; Lura 79 |
| Carduelis tristis |
American Goldfinch |
Nesting |
20,60,62,63,69 |
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Robinson 1990; Simpson 92; Rhoads 1895; Phillips 79; Ganier 36 |
| Carduelis pinus |
Pine Siskin |
Nesting |
2,4,6,25,28,58,60,63 |
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McNair 1988b; Robinson 1990; Knight 94; Phillips 79; Herndon
77; Behrend 62; ; Behrend 66; Behrend 63 |
| Coccothraustes vespertinus |
Evening Grosbeak |
Winter Visitor |
6,28,36,43 |
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Knight 94; Lewis 02; Lewis 00c; Behrend 66 |
| Passer domesticus |
House Sparrow |
Nesting |
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