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    Image of a male American redstart

    American Redstart

    Setophaga ruticilla
    american robin in water

    American Robin

    Turdus migratorius
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    Black Vulture

    Coragyps atratus
    Black-capped chickadee image showing characters for identification.

    Black-Capped Chickadee and Carolina Chickadee

    Poecile atricapillus and P. carolinensis
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    Blue Jay

    Cyanocitta cristata
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    Brown Creeper

    Certhia americana
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    Cedar Waxwing

    Bombycilla cedrorum
    large gray and white bird perching on a black branch

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    Accipiter cooperii
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    Dark-Eyed Junco

    Junco hyemalis
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    Tyrannus tyrannus
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    Sayornis phoebe
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    Eastern Wood-Pewee

    Contopus virens
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    Coccothraustes vespertinus
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    Gray Catbird

    Dumetella carolinensis
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    Northern Flicker

    Colaptes auratus
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    Mimus polyglottos
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    Northern Saw-Whet Owl

    Aegolius acadicus
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    Icterus spurius
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    Melanerpes carolinus
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    Accipiter striatus
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    Melospiza melodia
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    Baeolophus bicolor
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    Cathartes aura
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    Vireo gilvus
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    Sitta carolinensis
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    Aix sponsa
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    Hylocichla mustelina

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