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| ANSERIFORMES |
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Canada Goose
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4
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feeding in a field
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Wood Duck
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2
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flushed from the flooded forest
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| PELICANIFORMES |
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Double-crested Cormorant
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2
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on Jordan Lake
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| CICONIIFORMES |
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Great Blue Heron
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2
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flying overhead
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| FALCONIFORMES |
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Turkey Vulture
|
8
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| CHARADRIIFORMES |
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Ring-billed Gull
|
20
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scattered over the lake
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| COLUMBIFORMES |
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Rock Pigeon
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?
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near bridges and in town
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Mourning Dove
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4
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| STRIGIFORMES |
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Barred Owl
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1
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glimpsed flying away through the swamp
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| CORACIIFORMES |
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Belted Kingfisher
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1
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fishing in New Hope Creek
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PICIFORMES |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
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2
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calling
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Downy Woodpecker
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1
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whinnying
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| PASSERIFORMES |
| FLYCATCHER FAMILY |
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Eastern Phoebe
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1
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calling briefly
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| VIREO FAMILY |
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Red-eyed Vireo
|
1
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singing briefly in the distance
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Yellow-throated Vireo
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1
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singing persistently and responding to playback --
nice looks in the top of a tall tree
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| JAY AND CROW FAMILY |
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Blue Jay
|
1
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calling
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American Crow
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8
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near Nash Lot and scattered elsewhere
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| SWALLOW FAMILY |
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Purple Martin
|
60
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at the spectacular colony on Martha's Chapel Road
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Barn Swallow
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none
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at the bridges over Jordan Lake
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| CHICKADEE FAMILY |
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Carolina Chickadee
|
1
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singing an unusual song
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Tufted Titmouse
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4
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singing a lot
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| WREN FAMILY |
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Carolina Wren
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4
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singing a lot -- many patterns
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| KINGLET FAMILY |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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1
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singing beside the Nash Lot on campus
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| THRUSH FAMILY |
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American Robin
|
10
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singing on campus and elsewhere
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Eastern Bluebird
|
2
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on power lines along country roads
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| MIMIC FAMILY |
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Northern Mockingbird
|
6
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singing on campus and scattered elsewhere
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| WAXWING FAMILY |
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Cedar Waxwing
|
20
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in several small flocks swooping over Nash Lot on campus
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| WOOD-WARBLER FAMILY |
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Yellow-throated Warbler
|
1
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singing and approaching playback
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
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none
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after being around all winter!
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American Redstart
|
1
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singing intermittently
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Prothonotary Warbler
|
1
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singing but then silent and not responding to playback
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Ovenbird
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3
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including one persistent singer that responded
quickly to playback -- great looks including its orange crest!
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| TANAGER FAMILY |
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Summer Tanager
|
1
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in clear view singing steadily from the tops of trees
-- no doubt just arrived and proclaiming his territory
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| NEW-WORLD SPARROW FAMILY |
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Eastern Towhee
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2
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along roadsides but not singing
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Chipping Sparrow
|
1
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singing near the Nash Lot
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White-throated Sparrow
|
8
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singing frequently before they head north
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| CARDINAL FAMILY |
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Northern Cardinal
|
6
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including lots of singing
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| BLACKBIRD FAMILY |
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Common Grackle
|
8
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singles and pairs flying overhead
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Red-winged Blackbird
|
15
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females in a flock in the treetops
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Brown-headed Cowbird
|
4
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including several males (flight whistles, bubbling songs) and
females (flight rattle)
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| FINCH FAMILY |
|
American Goldfinch
|
4
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flew over (triplet calls)
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House Finch
|
2
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(a pair) flew over the Nash Lot
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