r= Rare: May be present every year, but is encountered only a few times per season or in very specific locations
o= Occasional Observations are very infrequent as occurrences are generally far from the species' typical geographical or seasonal range
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Double-crested Cormorant |
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Great egret |
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Cattle Egret |
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White-faced Ibis |
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Tundra Swan |
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Trumpeter Swan |
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Greater White-fronted Goose |
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Snow Goose |
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Ross' Goose |
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Canada Goose |
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Wood Duck |
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Mallard |
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Cinnamon Teal |
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Gadwall |
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Eurasian Wigeon |
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Canvasback |
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Redhead |
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Harlequin Duck |
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Surf Scooter |
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White-winged Scooter |
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Common Goldeneye |
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Barrow's Goldeneye |
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Buffelhead |
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Red-breasted Merganzer |
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Ruddy Duck |
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Turkey Vulture |
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Bald Eagle |
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Northern Harrier |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
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Cooper's Hawk |
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Northern Goshawk |
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Broad-winged Hawk |
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Swainson's Hawk |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
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Rough-legged Hawk |
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Golden Eagle |
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American Kestrel |
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Merlin |
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Perigrine Falcon |
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Prairie Falcon |
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Spruce Grouse |
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Blue Grouse |
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White-tailed Ptarmigan |
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Ruffed Grouse |
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Sharp-tailed Grouse |
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Wild Turkey |
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Rails & Cranes |
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Virginia Rail |
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Sora |
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American Coot |
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Sandhill Crane |
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Plovers, Stilts & Avocet |
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Black-bellied Plover |
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Lesser Golden Plover |
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Semipalmated Plover |
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Kildeer |
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Black-necked Stilt |
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American Avocet |
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Sandpipers |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
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Solitary Sandpiper |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
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Whimbrel |
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Long-billed Curlew |
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Marbled Godwit |
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Sanderling |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper |
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Western Sandpiper |
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Least Sandpiper |
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Baird's Sandpiper |
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Pectoral Sandpiper |
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Stilt Sandpiper |
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Short-billed Dowitcher |
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Long-billed Dowitcher |
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Common Snipe |
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Wilson's Phalarope |
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Red-necked Phalarope |
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Pomaine Haeger |
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Red-billed Gull |
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Common Tern |
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Arctic Tern |
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Foster's Tern |
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Black Tern |
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Rock Dove |
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Mourning Dove |
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Burrowing Owl |
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Flammulated Owl |
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Snowy Owl |
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Northern Hawk Owl |
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Barred Owl |
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Great Gray Owl |
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Long-eared Owl |
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Short-eared Owl |
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Boreal Owl |
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Common Poorwill |
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Black Swift |
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White-throated Swift |
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Anna's hummingbird |
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Calliope hummingbird |
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Lewis' Woodpecker |
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Black-backed Woodpecker |
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Pileated Woodpecker |
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Western Kingbird |
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Tree Swallow |
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Bank Swallow |
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Cliff Swallow |
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Blue Jay |
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Clarck's Nutcracker |
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Common Raven |
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Boreal Chickadee |
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
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Pygmy Nuthatch |
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Rock Wren |
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House Wren |
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Winter Wren |
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Marsh Wren |
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Western Bluebird |
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Mountain Bluebird |
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Townsend's Solitaire |
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Veery |
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Varied Thrush |
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Gray Catbird |
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Northern Mockingbird |
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Brown Thrasher |
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Loggerhead Shrike |
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Tennessee Warbler |
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Orange-crowned Warbler |
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Yellow Warbler |
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Magnolia Warbler |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Townsend's Warbler |
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Palm Warbler |
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Blackpoll Warbler |
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Black-and-white Warbler |
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American Redstart |
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Ovenbird |
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Mourning Warbler |
RRR |
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MacGillvray's Warbler |
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Common Yellowthroat |
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Wilson's Warbler |
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Yellow-breasted Chat |
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
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Lazuli Bunting |
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Indigo Bunting |
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Rufous-side Towhee |
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American Tree Sparrow |
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Chipping Sparrow |
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Clay-colored Sparrow |
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Brewer's Sparrow |
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Vesper Sparrow |
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Lark Sparrow |
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LeConte's Sparrow |
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Fox Sparrow |
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Song Sparrow |
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White-throated Sparrow |
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Golden-crowned Sparrow |
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White-crowned Sparrow |
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Harris' Sparrow |
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Dark-eyed Junco |
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Snow Bunting |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
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Western Meadowlark |
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Yellow-headed Blackbird |
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Rusty Blackbird |
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Brewer's Blackbird |
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Common Grackle |
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Brown-headed Cowbird |
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Northern Oriole |
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Pine Grosbeak |
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Purple Finch |
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Cassin's Finch |
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House Finch |
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Red Crossbill |
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White-winged Crossbill |
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Common Redpoll |
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Hoary Redpoll |
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Pine Siskin |
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American Goldfinch |
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Evening Grosbeak |
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House Sparrow |
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