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	* Northern Flicker (Calaptes auratus)		* Northern Flicker (Calaptes auratus)
	* Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)		* Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
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−	== Shrike ==
−	[[File:Shrike.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) - © David Malak]]
−	* Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
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−	== Vireo ==
−	* Yellow-Throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
−	* Blue-Headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
−	* Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
−	* Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
−	* Red-Eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
	== Crows & Jays ==		== Crows & Jays ==

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Revision as of 20:26, 18 January 2011

BIRDS Birds of Prey Eagles • Falcons • Hawks • Osprey • Owls Waterfowl Ducks • Geese • Swans • Cormorants • Loons • Grebes Near Shore Birds Bitterns • Cranes • Egrets • Herons • Plovers • Rails • Kingfisher • Phalaropes • Sandpipers Galliforms Grouse • Pheasants • Turkeys Corvids Crows • Jays Other Birds Blackbirds • Cardinals • Chickadees • Creepers • Cuckoos • Doves • Finches • Grosbeaks • Gulls • Hummingbirds • Kinglets • Larks • Night Jars • Nuthatches • Orioles • Pigeons • Pipits • Shrike • Sparrows • Starlings • Swifts • Swallows • Terns • Tanagers • Thrashers • Thrushes • Titmice • Towhees • Tyrant Flycatchers • Warblers • Waxwings • Woodpeckers • Wrens • Vireo • Vultures

Note: The information from a brochure of the INWR's bird populations (circa 2009) was modified by Dave Malak, who added the Latin names.[1] Dave's photos are not linked in the document, but included throughout the page(s) on birds here. Some images may have gender identifyers in their descriptions using the symbols ♀ and ♂

Swans, Geese, & Ducks

• Greater White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
• Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
• Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
• Brant (Branta bernicla)
• Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
• Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
• Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
• Gadwell (Anas strepera)
• American Wigeon (Anas americana)
• American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
• Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos)
• Blue-Winged Teal (Anas discors)
• Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
• Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
• Green Winged Teal (Anas crecca)
• Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
• Redhead (Aytha americana)
• Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
• Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
• Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
• Surf Scooter (Melanitta perspicillata)
• White-Winged Scooter (Melanitta fusca)
• Black Scooter (Melanitta nigra)
• Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
• Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
• Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
• Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
• Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
• Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
• Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) - © David Malak	Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos) ♂(r.)/♀(l.) - © David Malak	Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) - © David Malak
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) - © David Malak	Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris) - © David Malak	Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) - © David Malak
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) ♂ - © David Malak	Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) - © David Malak	Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) - © David Malak

Woodpeckers

• Red-Headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
• Red-Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
• Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
• Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
• Hairy Woodpecker (Piciodes villosus)
• Northern Flicker (Calaptes auratus)
• Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Crows & Jays

• Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
• American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) - © David Malak

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) - © David Malak

Larks

• Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)

Swallows

• Purple Martin (Progne subis)
• Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
• Northern Rough-Winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
• Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
• Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
• Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Titmice & Chickadees

• Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapilla)
• Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)

Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapilla) - © David Malak

Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) - © David Malak

Nuthatches

• Red-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
• White-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

Creepers

• Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)

Wrens

• Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
• House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
• Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
• Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)
• Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)

House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) - © David Malak

Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) - © David Malak

Kinglets

• Golden-Crowned Kinglet (Regulas satrapa)
• Ruby-Crowned Kinglet (Regulus calenula)

Old World Warblers

• Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)

Thrushes

• Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) ♀ - © David Malak

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) ♂ - © David Malak

• Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
• Gray-Cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
• Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
• Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
• Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
• American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Veery (Catharus fuscescens) - © David Malak

American Robin (Turdus migratorius) ♂ - © David Malak

Mimic Thrasher

• Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
• Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
• Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)

Starlings

• European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Pipits

• American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)

Waxwings

• Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
• Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

Wood Warblers

• Blue-Winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus)
• Golden-Winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
• Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina)
• Orange-Crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
• Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
• Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
• Chestnut-Sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica)
• Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia)
• Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina)
• Black-Throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
• Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
• Black-Throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens)
• Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)
• Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus)
• Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum)
• Bay-Breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea)
• Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
• Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
• Black-And-White Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
• American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
• Prothonotary Warbler (Protonataria citrea)
• Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus)
• Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
• Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia)
• Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
• Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina)
• Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
• Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)
• Yellow-Breasted Chat (Icteria virens)

Tanagers

• Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)

Sparrows & Towhees

• Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
• American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
• Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
• Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
• Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
• Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
• Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
• Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii)
• Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
• Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
• Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
• White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
• White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
• Dark-Eyed Junko (Junko hyemalis)
• Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
• Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

Cardinals, Grosbeaks & Allies

• Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
• Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
• Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)

Blackbirds & Orioles

• Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
• Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
• Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
• Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
• Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
• Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
• Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)

Finches

• Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
• Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
• House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
• Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
• Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
• American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
• Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)

Old World Sparrows

• House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)