An ongoing inventory of birds has documented more than 128 species since 2001. The following is a list of birds that have either been observed by park staff or identified in the park by National Capital Region Inventory and Monitoring personnel.
- Key: x = breeding has been recorded in the region, W = winter resident, or M = migrant. In some cases Pr = probable occurrence or Po = possible occurrence.
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Great Blue Heron
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x
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Po
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Green Heron
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x
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Po
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Canada Goose
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x
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Po
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Wood Duck
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x
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Po
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Mallard
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x
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Po
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Turkey Vulture
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x
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M
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Sharp-shinned Hawk
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W
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Cooper's Hawk
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x
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W
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Red-shouldered Hawk
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x
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M
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Broad-winged Hawk
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x
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M
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Red-tailed Hawk
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x
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M
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American Kestrel
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x
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Po
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Merlin
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M
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Peregrine Falcon
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M
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Killdeer
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x
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Po
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Solitary Sandpiper
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M
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Common Snipe
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M
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American Woodcock
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x
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M
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Ring-billed Gull
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W
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Rock Dove
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x
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Pr
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Mourning Dove
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x
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Pr
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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x
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Po
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Eastern Screech-Owl
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x
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Po
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Great Horned Owl
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x
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Po
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Barred Owl
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x
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Po
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Common Nighthawk
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x
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M
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Chimney Swift
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x
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Po
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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x
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Po
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Red-headed Woodpecker
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x
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M
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
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x
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Pr
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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W
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Downy Woodpecker
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x
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Pr
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Hairy Woodpecker
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x
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Po
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Northern Flicker
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x
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Pr
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Pileated Woodpecker
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x
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Po
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Eastern Wood-Pewee
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x
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Pr
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
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M
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Acadian Flycatcher
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x
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Po
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Alder Flycatcher
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M
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Willow Flycatcher
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x
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M
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Least Flycatcher
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x
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M
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Eastern Phoebe
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x
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Pr
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Great Crested Flycatcher
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x
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Po
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Eastern Kingbird
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x
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Po
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Purple Martin
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x
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Po
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Barn Swallow
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x
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Po
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Blue Jay
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x
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Pr
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American Crow
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x
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Po
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Fish Crow
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x
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Po
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Carolina Chickadee
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x
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Pr
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Tufted Titmouse
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x
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Pr
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White-breasted Nuthatch
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x
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Pr
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Brown Creeper
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x
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W
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Carolina Wren
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x
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Pr
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House Wren
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x
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Po
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Winter Wren
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W
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
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W
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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M
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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x
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Pr
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Eastern Bluebird
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x
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Pr
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Veery
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x
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M
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Gray-cheeked Thrush
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M
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Swainson's Thrush
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M
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Hermit Thrush
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W
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Wood Thrush
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x
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Pr
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American Robin
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x
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Pr
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Gray Catbird
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x
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Pr
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Northern Mockingbird
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x
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Pr
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Brown Thrasher
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x
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Po
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Cedar Waxwing
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x
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Po
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European Starling
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x
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Pr
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White-eyed Vireo
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x
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Po
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Blue-headed Vireo (Solitary)
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M
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Yellow-throated Vireo
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x
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Po
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Philadelphia Vireo
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M
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Red-eyed Vireo
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x
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Pr
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Blue-winged Warbler
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x
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M
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Golden-winged Warbler
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x
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M
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Tennessee Warbler
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M
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Orange-crowned Warbler
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M
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Nashville Warbler
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M
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Northern Parula
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x
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Po
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Yellow Warbler
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x
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Po
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Chestnut-sided Warbler
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x
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M
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Magnolia Warbler
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M
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Cape May Warbler
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M
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Black-throated Blue Warbler
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M
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
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W
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Black-throated Green Warbler
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x
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M
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Blackburnian Warbler
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x
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M
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Palm Warbler
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M
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Bay-breasted Warbler
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M
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Blackpoll Warbler
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M
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Cerulean Warbler
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x
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M
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Black-and-white Warbler
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x
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M
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American Redstart
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x
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M
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Ovenbird
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x
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Po
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Northern Waterthrush
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M
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Louisiana Waterthrush
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x
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Po
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Kentucky Warbler
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x
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Po
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Connecticut Warbler
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M
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Mourning Warbler
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M
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Common Yellowthroat
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x
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Pr
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Hooded Warbler
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x
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M
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Wilson's Warbler
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M
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Canada Warbler
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M
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Yellow-breasted Chat
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x
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Po
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Scarlet Tanager
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x
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Po
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Northern Cardinal
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x
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Pr
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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x
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M
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Blue Grosbeak
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x
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Po
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Indigo Bunting
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x
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Pr
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Eastern Towhee
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x
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Po
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Chipping Sparrow
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x
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Po
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Fox Sparrow
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W
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Song Sparrow
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x
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Pr
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Lincoln's Sparrow
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M
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White-throated Sparrow
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W
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Dark-eyed Junco
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W
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Red-winged Blackbird
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x
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Po
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Common Grackle
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x
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Pr
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Brown-headed Cowbird
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x
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Pr
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Orchard Oriole
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x
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Po
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Baltimore Oriole
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x
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Po
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Purple Finch
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M
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House Finch
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x
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Pr
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American Goldfinch
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x
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Pr
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House Sparrow
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x
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Pr
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Total Species
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128
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Total Species Breeding
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91
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