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"Trip leaders and
participants kept a record of the birds sighted during the Wings Over the Rockies
Festival in
May 2010. This may not be a complete list, but it's a testimony of the impressive
variety of birds species found in the Columbia Valley. ..."
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
| Occassional Rare Sightings |
Seen
to date
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2010
14th Festival |
2011
15th Festival |
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| Loons | |||||||
| Common Loon | |
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| Grebes | |||||||
| Horned Grebe | |
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| Red-necked Grebe | |
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| Eared Grebe | |
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| Western Grebe |
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| Pie Billed Grebe | |||||||
| Pelicans | |||||||
| American White Pelican |
O
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| Cormorants | |||||||
| Double-crested Cormorant | |||||||
| Herons, Bitterns & Ibises | |||||||
| American Bittern | |
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| Great Blue Heron | |||||||
| Great egret |
O
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| Cattle Egret |
O
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| White-faced Ibis |
O
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| Swans & Geese | |||||||
| Tundra Swan | |||||||
| Trumpeter Swan |
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| Greater White-fronted Goose |
O |
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| Snow Goose |
R |
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| Ross' Goose |
RRR |
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| Canada Goose | |
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| Ducks | |||||||
| Wood Duck |
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| Green-winged Teal | |||||||
| Mallard |
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| Northern Pintail | |||||||
| Blue-winged Teal | |||||||
| Green-winged Teal |
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| Cinnamon Teal |
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| Northern Shoveller |
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| Gadwall |
R |
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| Eurasian Wigeon |
R |
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| American Widgeon |
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| Canvasback | |||||||
| Redhead | |||||||
| Ring-necked Duck |
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| Greater Scaup | |||||||
| Lesser Scaup |
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| Harlequin Duck |
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| Surf Scooter |
O |
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| White-winged Scooter |
R |
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| Common Goldeneye |
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| Barrow's Goldeneye |
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| Buffelhead |
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| Common Merganzer |
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| Red-breasted Merganzer |
R |
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| Hooded Merganzer |
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| Ruddy Duck |
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| Turkey Vulture |
R |
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| Hawks & Eagles | |||||||
| Osprey |
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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 |
O |
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| Swainson's Hawk |
O |
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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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| Marlin |
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| PerigrineFalcon |
O |
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| Prairie Falcon |
O |
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| Grouse & Ptarmigan | |||||||
| Spruce Grouse |
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| Blue Grouse |
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| White-tailed Ptarmigan | |||||||
| Ruffed Grouse |
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| Sharp-tailed Grouse |
RRR |
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| Wild Turkey |
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| Rails & Cranes | |||||||
| Virginia Rail |
R |
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| Sora |
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| American Coot |
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| Sandhill Crane |
O-R |
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| Plovers, Stilts & Avocet | |||||||
| Black-bellied Plover |
R |
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| Lesser Golden Plover |
R |
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| Semipalmated Plover |
R |
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| Kildeer |
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| Black-necked Stilt |
RRR |
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| American Avocet |
O |
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| Sandpipers | |||||||
| Greater Yellowlegs |
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| Lesser Yellowlegs |
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| Solitary Sandpiper |
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| Spotted Sandpiper | |||||||
| Whimbrel |
RRR |
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| Long-billed Curlew |
R |
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| Marbled Godwit |
RRR |
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| Sanderling |
O |
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| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
O |
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| Western Sandpiper |
O |
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| Least Sandpiper |
O |
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| Baird's Sandpiper |
R |
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| Pectoral Sandpiper | |||||||
| Stilt Sandpiper |
O |
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| Short-billed Dowitcher |
O |
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| Long-billed Dowitcher | |||||||
| Common Snipe |
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| Wilson's Phalarope |
R |
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| Red-necked Phalarope |
O |
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| Dunlin |
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| Gulls & Terns | |||||||
| Pomaine Haeger |
RRR |
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| Bonaparte's Gull |
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| Ring-billed Gull |
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| Red-billed Gull | |||||||
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| Herring Gull |
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| Common Tern | |||||||
| Arctic Tern |
RRR |
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| Foster's Tern |
RRR |
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| Black Tern | |||||||
| Doves | |||||||
| Rock Dove |
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| Band-tailed Pidgeon | |||||||
| Mourning Dove |
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| Eurasian Collared Dove |
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| Owls | |||||||
| Burrowing Owl |
R |
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| Flammulated Owl |
R |
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| Great-horned Owl |
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| Snowy Owl |
O |
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| Northern Hawk Owl |
R |
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| Northern Pigmy Owl | |||||||
| Barred Owl | |||||||
| Great Gray Owl |
R |
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| Long-eared Owl |
R |
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| Short-eared Owl |
O-R |
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| Boreal Owl |
R |
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| Northern Saw-whet Owl |
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| Nightjars & Swifts | |||||||
| Common Nighthawk | |||||||
| Common Poorwill |
O |
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| Black Swift | |||||||
| Vaux'sSwift | |||||||
| White-throated Swift |
R |
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| Hummingbirds | |||||||
| Black-chinned hummingbird |
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| Anna's hummingbird |
RRR |
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| Calliope hummingbird |
R |
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| Rufous hummingbird |
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| Kingfishers | |||||||
| Belted Kingfisher |
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| Woodpeckers | |||||||
| Lewis' Woodpecker |
R |
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| Yellow-bellied Woodpecker |
RRR |
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| Red-naped Sapsucker |
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| Downy Woodpecker |
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| Hairy Woodpecker |
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| White-headed Woodpecker |
RRR |
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| Three-toed Woodpecker |
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| Black-backed Woodpecker |
R |
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| Northern Flicker |
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| Pileated Woodpecker |
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| Flycatchers | |||||||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | |||||||
| Western Wood-Pewee | |||||||
| Alder Flycatcher | |||||||
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| Least Flycatcher |
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| Dusky Flycatcher |
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| Pacific-slope Flycatcher | |||||||
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O |
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| Say's Phobe |
O |
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| Western Kingbird |
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| Eastern Kingbird |
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| Larks | |||||||
| Horned Lark | |||||||
| Swallows | |||||||
| Tree Swallow |
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| Violet-green Swallow |
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| Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
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| Bank Swallow |
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| Cliff Swallow |
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| Barn Swallow |
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| Jays & Crows | |||||||
| Gray Jay |
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| Steller's Jay |
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| Blue Jay |
R |
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| Clark's Nutcracker |
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| Black-billed Magpie |
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| American Crow |
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| Common Raven |
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| Chickadees | |||||||
| Black-capped Chickadee |
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| Mountain Chickadee |
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| Boreal Chickadee |
R |
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| Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
R |
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| Nuthatches | |||||||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch |
R |
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| Pygmy Nuthatch |
RRR |
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| Creepers | |||||||
| Brown Creeper |
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| Wrens | |||||||
| Rock Wren |
R |
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| House Wren |
R |
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| Winter Wren |
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| Marsh Wren |
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| Dippers | |||||||
| American Dipper |
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| Kinglets | |||||||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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| Thrushes | |||||||
| Western Bluebird |
O |
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| Mountain Bluebird |
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| Townsend's Solitaire |
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| Varied Thrush |
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| Swainson's Thrush | |||||||
| Hermit Thrush | |||||||
| American Robin |
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| Mimic Thrushes | |||||||
| Gray Catbird | |||||||
| Northern Mockingbird |
O |
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| Brown Thrasher |
RRR |
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| Pipits | |||||||
| American Pipet |
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| Waxwings | |||||||
| Bohemian Waxwing |
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| Cedar Waxwing | |||||||
| Shrikes | |||||||
| Northern Shrike | |||||||
| Loggerhead Shrike |
O |
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| Starlings | |||||||
| European Starling |
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| Vireos | |||||||
| Solitary Vireo | |||||||
| Warbling Vireo | |||||||
| Red-eyed Vireo | |||||||
| Cassins Vireo |
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| Wood Warblers | |||||||
| Tennessee Warbler |
R |
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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 |
RRR |
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| Blackpoll Warbler |
R |
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| Black-and-white Warbler |
RRR |
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| American Redstart | |||||||
| Ovenbird |
O |
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| Mourning Warbler |
RRR |
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| MacGillvray's Warbler | |||||||
| Common Yellowthroat | |||||||
| Wilson's Warbler | |||||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat |
RRR |
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| Tanagers, Buntings & Sparrows | |||||||
| Western Tanager |
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| Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
O |
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| Black-headed Grosbeak | |||||||
| Evening Grosbeak |
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| Lazuli Bunting | |||||||
| Indigo Bunting |
O |
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| Rufus-side Towhee |
R |
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| American Tree Sparrow |
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| Chipping Sparrow | |||||||
| Clay-colored Sparrow |
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| Brewer's Sparrow | |||||||
| Vesper Sparrow | |||||||
| Lark Sparrow |
O |
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| LeConte's Sparrow |
R |
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| Fox Sparrow |
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| Song Sparrow |
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| White-throated Sparrow |
O |
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| Golden-crowned Sparrow |
RRR |
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| White-crowned Sparrow |
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| Harris' Sparrow |
RRR |
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| Dark-eyed Junco |
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O |
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| Snow Bunting | |||||||
| Blackbirds & Orioles | |||||||
| Bobolink | |||||||
| Red-winged Blackbird |
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| Western Meadowlark |
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| Yellow-headed Blackbird | |||||||
| Rusty Blackbird |
O-R |
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| Brewer's Blackbird |
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| Common Grackle |
O |
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| Brown-headed Cowbird |
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| Northern Oriole | |||||||
| Finches | |||||||
| Grey-crowned Rosy-Finch |
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| Pine Grosbeak |
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| Red Grosbeak |
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| Purple Finch |
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| Cassin's Finch |
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| House Finch |
O |
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| Red Crossbill |
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| White-winged Crossbill | |||||||
| Common Redpoll | |||||||
| Hoary Redpoll |
O |
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| Pine Siskin |
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| American Goldfinch |
O |
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| Evening Grosbeak |
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| House Sparrow |
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Date
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Comments
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| June 01, 2011 | If in error I have missed a bird that you saw this year, please contact me at avrilb@telus.net. Also if I have made a spelling error feel free to let me know. Thank you, Avril B, |
| Some of my favourite web sites: | |
| Wikipedia: Native birds of Western Canada | |
| Hinterland Whos Who : Bird Facts | |
| The Birds of British Columbia: Canada: A Bird Watching Guide. | |
| FotoSearch: Birds western canada stock photos and images | |
| Macauly Library: Some good video and audio files | |
| 2011 | http://avrils-place.com/Birds/UCV-2011.html
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| 2010 | http://avrils-place.com/Birds/UCV-2010.html
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