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Birds

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Birds of the Refuge and Surrounding Areas

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Acadian Flycatcher   Empidonax virescens
Alder Flycatcher   Empidonax alnorum
American Avocet   Recurvirostra americana
American Bittern   Botaurus lentiginosus
American Black Duck   Anas rubripes
American Coot   Fulica americana
American Crow   Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Goldfinch   Carduelis tristis
American Kestrel   Falco sparverius
American Oystercatcher   Haematopus palliatus
American Pipit (Buff-bellied Pipit)   Anthus rubescens
American Redstart   Setophaga ruticilla
American Robin   Turdus migratorius
American Tree Sparrow   Spizella arborea
American White Pelican   Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Wigeon   Anas americana
American Woodcock   Scolopax minor
Bald Eagle   Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Baltimore Oriole   Icterus galbula
Bank Swallow (Sand Martin)   Riparia riparia
Barn Owl   Tyto alba
Barn Swallow   Hirundo rustica
Bay-breasted Warbler   Dendroica castanea
Belted Kingfisher   Ceryle alcyon
Black billed Cuckoo   Coccyzus erythrophthalmus
Black Rail   Laterallus jamaicensis
Black Scoter   Melanitta nigra
Black Skimmer   Rynchops niger
Black Tern   Chlidonias niger
Black Vulture   Coragyps atratus
Black-and-white Warbler   Mniotilta varia
Black-bellied Plover   Pluvialis squatarola
Blackburnian Warbler   Dendroica fusca
Black-crowned Night-Heron   Nycticorax nycticorax
Blackpoll Warbler   Dendroica striata
Black-throated Blue Warbler   Dendroica caerulescens
Black-throated Green Warbler   Dendroica virens
Blue Grosbeak   Guiraca caerulea
Blue Jay   Cyanocitta cristata
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher   Polioptila caerulea
Blue-winged Teal   Anas discors
Blue-winged Warbler   Vermivora pinus
Boat-tailed Grackle   Quiscalus major
Bobolink   Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bonaparte's Gull   Larus philadelphia
Brant   Branta bernicla
Brewer's Blackbird   Euphagus cyanocephalus
Broad-winged Hawk   Buteo platypterus
Brown Creeper (Brown Treecreeper)   Certhia americana
Brown Pelican   Pelecanus occidentalis
Brown Thrasher   Toxostoma rufum
Brown-headed Cowbird   Molothrus ater
Brown-headed Nuthatch   Sitta pusilla
Buff-breasted Sandpiper   Tryngite subruficollis
Bufflehead   Bucephala albeola
Canada Goose   Branta canadensis
Canada Warbler   Wilsonia canadensis
Canvasback   Aythya valisineria
Cape May Warbler   Dendroica tigrina
Carolina Chickadee   Parus carolinensis
Carolina Wren   Thryothorus ludovicianus
Caspian Tern   Sterna caspia
Cattle Egret   Bubulcus ibis
Cedar Waxwing   Bombycilla cedrorum
Cerulean Warbler   Dendroica cerulea
Chestnut-sided Warbler   Dendroica pensylvanica
Chimney Swift   Chaetura pelagica
Chipping Sparrow   Spizella passerina
Chuck-will's-widow   Caprimulgus carolinensis
Clapper Rail   Rallus longirostris
Clay-colored Sparrow   Spizella pallida
Cliff Swallow   Hirundo pyrrhonota
Common Eider   Somateria mollissima
Common Goldeneye   Bucephala clangula
Common Grackle   Quiscalus quiscula
Common Loon (Great Northern)   Gavia immer
Common Merganser   Mergus merganser
Common Moorhen   Gallinula chloropus
Common Nighthawk   Chordeiles minor
Common Redpoll   Carduelis flammea
Common Snipe   Gallinago gallinago
Common Tern   Sterna hirundo
Common Yellowthroat   Geothlypis trichas
Connecticut Warbler   Oporornis agilis
Cooper's Hawk   Accipiter cooperii
Dark-eyed Junco   Junco hyemalis
Dickcissel   Spiza americana
Double-crested Cormorant   Phalacrocorax auritus
Downy Woodpecker   Dendrocopos pubescens
Dunlin   Calidris alpina
Eastern Bluebird   Sialia sialis
Eastern Kingbird   Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Meadowlark   Sturnella magna
Eastern Phoebe   Sayornis phoebe
Eastern Screech-Owl   Otus asio
Eastern Towhee   Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern Wood-Pewee   Contopus virens
Eurasian Wigeon   Anas penelope
European Starling (Commmon Starling)   Sturnus vulgaris
Evening Grosbeak   Coccothraustes vespertinus
Field Sparrow   Spizella pusilla
Fish Crow   Corvus ossifragus
Forster's Tern   Sterna forsteri
Fox Sparrow   Passerella iliaca
Gadwall   Anas strepera
Glossy Ibis   Plegadis falcinellus
Golden Eagle   Aquila chrysaetos
Golden-crowned Kinglet   Regulus satrapa
Golden-winged Warbler   Vermivora chrysoptera
Grasshopper Sparrow   Ammodramus savannarum
Great Black-backed Gull   Larus marinus
Great Blue Heron   Ardea herodias
Great Cormorant   Phalacrocorax carbo
Great Crested Flycatcher   Myiarchus crinitus
Great Egret   Ardea albus
Great Horned Owl   Bubo virginianus
Greater Scaup   Aythya marila
Greater Yellowlegs   Tringa melanoleuca
Green Heron   Butorides virescens (B. striatus)
Green-winged Teal   Anas (crecca) carolinensis
Grey Catbird   Dumetella carolinensis
Grey-cheeked Thrush   Catharus minimus
Gull-billed Tern   Sterna nilotica
Hairy Woodpecker   Dendrocopos villosus
Harlequin Duck   Histrionicus histrionicus
Henslow's Sparrow   Ammodramus henslowii
Hermit Thrush   Catharus guttatus
Herring Gull   Larus argentatus
Hooded Merganser   Lophodytes cucullatus
Hooded Warbler   Wilsonia citrina
Horned Grebe   Podiceps auritus
Horned Lark   Eremophila alpestris
House Finch   Carpodacus mexicanus
House Sparrow   Passer domesticus
House Wren   Troglodytes aedon
Indigo Bunting   Passerina cyanea
Kentucky Warbler   Oporornis formosus
Killdeer   Charadrius vociferus
King Eider   Somateria spectabilis
King Rail   Rallus elegans
Lapland Longspur   Calcarius lapponicus
Lark Sparrow   Chondestes grammacus
Laughing Gull   Larus atricilla
Least Bittern   Ixobrychus exilis
Least Flycatcher   Empidonax minimus
Least Sandpiper   Calidris minutilla
Least Tern   Sterna antillarum
Lesser Black-backed Gull   Larus fuscus
Lesser Golden Plover   Pluvialis dominica
Lesser Scaup   Aythya affinis Lesser Yellowlegs   Tringa flavipes
Lincoln's Sparrow   Melospiza lincolnii
Little Blue Heron   Egretta caerulea 
Loggerhead Shrike   Lanius ludovicianus
Long-billed Dowitcher   Limnodromus scolopaceus
Long-eared Owl   Asio otus
Louisiana Waterthrush   Seiurus motacilla
Magnolia Warbler   Dendroica magnolia
Mallard   Anas platyrhynchos
Marbled Godwit   Limosa fedoa
Marsh Wren   Cistothorus palustris
Merlin   Falco columbarius
Mississippi Kite   Ictinia mississippiensis
Mourning Dove   Zenaida macroura
Mourning Warbler   Oporornis philadelphia
Mute Swan   Cygnus olor
Nashville Warbler   Vermivora ruficapilla
Northern Bobwhite   Colinus virginianus
Northern Cardinal   Cardinalis cardinalis
Northern Flicker   Colaptes auratus
Northern Gannet   Morus bassanus
Northern Goshawk   Accipiter gentilis
Northern Harrier   Circus cyaneus
Northern Mockingbird   Mimus polyglottos
Northern Parula   Parula americana
Northern Pintail   Anas acuta
Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Northern Saw-whet Owl   Aegolius acadicus
Northern Shoveler   Anas clypeata
Northern Waterthrush   Seiurus noveboracensis
Oldsquaw (Long-tailed Duck)   Clangula hyemalis
Olive-sided Flycatcher   Contopus borealis
Orange-crowned Warbler   Vermivora celata
Orchard Oriole   Icterus spurius
Osprey   Pandion haliaetus
Ovenbird   Seiurus aurocapillus
Palm Warbler   Dendroica palmarum
Pectoral Sandpiper   Calidris melanotos
Peregrine Falcon   Falco peregrinus
Philadelphia Vireo   Vireo philadelphicus
Pied-billed Grebe   Podilymbus podiceps
Pileated Woodpecker   Dryocopus pileatus
Pine Siskin   Carduelis pinus
Pine Warbler   Dendroica pinus
Piping Plover   Charadrius melodus
Prairie Warbler   Dendroica discolor
Prothonotary Warbler   Protonotaria citrea
Purple Finch   Carpodacus purpureus
Purple Martin   Progne subis
Red Crossbill (Common Crossbill)   Loxia curvirostra
Red Knot   Calidris canutus
Red-bellied Woodpecker   Melanerpes carolinus
Red-breasted Merganser   Mergus serrator
Red-breasted Nuthatch   Sitta canadensis
Red-eyed Vireo   Vireo olivaceus
Redhead   Aythya americana
Red-headed Woodpecker   Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Red-necked Grebe   Podiceps grisegena
Red-shouldered Hawk   Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis
Red-throated Loon   Gavia stellata
Red-winged Blackbird   Agelaius phoeniceus
Ring-billed Gull   Larus delawarensis
Ring-necked Duck   Aythya collaris
Ring-necked Pheasant   Phasianus colchicus
Rock Dove   Columba livia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak   Pheucticus ludovicianus
Rough-legged Hawk   Buteo lagopus
Royal Tern   Sterna maxima
Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Regulus calendula
Ruby-throated Hummingbird   Archilochus colubris
Ruddy Duck   Oxyura jamaicensis
Ruddy Turnstone   Arenaria interpres
Rusty Blackbird   Euphagus carolinensis
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow   Ammodramus caudacutus
Sanderling   Calidris alba
Sandhill Crane   Grus canadensis
Sandwich Tern   Sterna sandvicensis
Savannah Sparrow   Passerculus sandwichensis
Say's Phoebe   Sayornis saya
Scarlet Tanager   Piranga olivacea
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher   Tyrannus forficatus
Seaside Sparrow   Ammodramus maritimus
Sedge Wren   Cistothorus platensis
Semipalmated Plover   Charadrius semipalmatus
Semipalmated Sandpiper   Calidris pusilla
Sharp-shinned Hawk   Accipiter striatus
Short-billed Dowitcher   Limnodromus griseus
Short-eared Owl   Asio flammeus
Snow Bunting   Plectrophenax nivalis
Snow Goose   Chen caerulescens
Snowy Egret   Egretta thula
Solitary Sandpiper   Tringa solitaria
Solitary Vireo (Blue-headed form)   Vireo solitarius
Song Sparrow   Melospiza melodia
Sora   Porzana carolina
Spotted Sandpiper   Actitis macularia
Stilt Sandpiper   Micropalama himantopus
Summer Tanager   Piranga rubra
Surf Scoter   Melanitta perspicillata
Swainson's Hawk   Buteo swainsoni
Swainson's Thrush   Catharus ustulatus
Swamp Sparrow   Melospiza georgiana
Tennessee Warbler   Vermivora peregrina
Tree Swallow   Tachycineta bicolor
Tricolored Heron   Egretta tricolor
Tufted Titmouse   Parus bicolor
Tundra Swan   Cygnus columbianus
Turkey Vulture   Cathartes aura
Upland Sandpiper   Bartramia longicauda
Veery   Catharus fuscescens
Vesper Sparrow   Pooecetes gramineus
Virginia Rail   Rallus limicola
Warbling Vireo   Vireo gilvus
Western Kingbird   Tyrannus verticalis
Western Sandpiper   Calidris mauri
Whimbrel   Numenius phaeopus
Whip-poor-will   Caprimulgus vociferus
White Ibis   Eudocimus albus
White-breasted Nuthatch   Sitta carolinensis
White-crowned Sparrow   Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-eyed Vireo   Vireo griseus
White-rumped Sandpiper   Calidris fuscicollis
White-throated Sparrow   Zonotrichia albicollis
White-winged Crossbill   Loxia leucoptera
White-winged Scoter   Melanitta (fusca) deglandi
Wild Turkey   Meleagris gallopavo
Willet   Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Willow Flycatcher   Empidonax traillii
Wilson's Phalarope   Phalaropus tricolor
Wilson's Storm-Petrel   Oceanites oceanicus
Wilson's Warbler   Wilsonia pusilla
Winter Wren   Troglodytes troglodytes
Wood Duck   Aix sponsa
Wood Thrush   Hylocichla mustelina
Worm-eating Warbler   Helmitheros vermivorus
Yellow Rail   Coturnicops noveboracensis
Yellow Warbler   Dendroica petechia
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher   Empidonax flaviventris
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   Sphyrapicus varius
Yellow-billed Cuckoo   Coccyzus americanus
Yellow-breasted Chat   Icteria virens
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron   Nyctanassa violacea
Yellow-rumped Warbler   Dendroica coronata
Yellow-throated Vireo   Vireo flavifrons
Yellow-throated Warbler   Dendroica dominica

Updated: March 13, 2008

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