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Red-throated Loon 1
Gavia stellata
Common Loon 2
Gavia immer
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Podilymbus podiceps
Horned Grebe 4
Podiceps auritus
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel 5
Oceanodroma castro
American White Pelican 6
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Phalacrocorax auritus
American Bittern 4
Botaurus lentiginosus
Great Blue Heron 8
Ardea herodias
Great Egret 8
Ardea alba
Little Blue Heron 9
Egretta caerulea
Green Heron 10
Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron 11
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 12
Nyctanassa violacea
Snow Goose 13
Chen caerulescens
Brant 14
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose 15
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 16
Aix sponsa
Green-winged Teal 17
Anas crecca
American Black Duck 10
Anas rubripes
Mallard 18
Anas platyrhynchos
Gadwall 19
Anas strepera
Northern Pintail 20
Anas acuta
Blue-winged Teal 13
Anas discors
Northern Shoveler 13
Anas clypeata
American Wigeon 21
Anas americana
Redhead
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 13
Aythya collaris
Lesser Scaup 22
Aythya affinis
Harlequin Duck 4
Histrionicus histrionicus
White-winged Scoter 13
Melanitta fusca
Common Goldeneye 23
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 13
Bucephala albeola
Hooded Merganser 10
Lophodytes cucullatus
Common Merganser 19
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 24
Mergus serrator
Ruddy Duck 25
Oxyura jamaicensis
Osprey 8
Pandion haliaetus
Swallow-tailed Kite 2
Elanoides forficatus
Mississippi Kite 26
Ictinia mississippiensis
Bald Eagle 27
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern Harrier 28
Circus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned Hawk 29
Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 30
Accipiter gentilis
Red-shouldered Hawk 31
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 32
Buteo platypterus
Red-tailed Hawk 33
Buteo jamaicensis
Golden Eagle 2
Aquila chrysaetos
American Kestrel 7
Falco sparverius
Merlin 34
Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon 35
Falco peregrinus
Ruffed Grouse 36
Bonasa umbellus
Wild Turkey 37
Meleagris gallopavo
Northern Bobwhite 38
Colinus virginianus
King Rail 39
Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail 7
Rallus limicola
Sora 8
Porzana carolina
Common Moorhen 40
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 41
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane
Antigone canadensis
Black Vulture 42
Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture 43
Cathartes aura
American Golden Plover 2
Pluvialis dominica
Semipalmated Plover 31
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 44
Charadrius vociferus
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 45
Tringa flavipes
Solitary Sandpiper 4
Tringa solitaria
Willet 2
Tringa semipalmata
Spotted Sandpiper 46
Actitis macularius
Least Sandpiper 47
Calidris minutilla
Ruff 48
Calidris pugnax
Short-billed Dowitcher 49
Limnodromus griseus
Common Snipe 50
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 2
Scolopax minor
Red-necked Phalarope 8
Phalaropus lobatus
Red Phalarope 51
Phalaropus fulicarius
Laughing Gull 2
Leucophaeus atricilla
Bonaparte's Gull 4
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Ring-billed Gull 52
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 53
Larus argentatus
Rock Dove 54
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 55
Zenaida macroura
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 56
Coccyzus americanus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Long-eared Owl 2
Asio otus
Short-eared Owl 13
Asio flammeus
Eastern Screech-Owl 57
Megascops asio
Great Horned Owl 58
Bubo virginianus
Barred Owl 36
Strix varia
Northern Saw-whet Owl 13
Aegolius acadicus
Common Nighthawk 2
Chordeiles minor
Chuck-will's-widow 59
Antrostomus carolinensis
Whip-poor-will 60
Caprimulgus vociferus
Chimney Swift 61
Chaetura pelagica
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 62
Archilochus colubris
Belted Kingfisher 63
Megaceryle alcyon
Red-headed Woodpecker 64
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

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