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Note: The information from a brochure of the [[INWR|INWR's]] bird populations (circa 2009) was modified by [[User:Dave|Dave Malak]], who added the Latin names.[http://www.wnywildlife.com/docs/Birds%20of%20the%20Iroquois%20National%20Wildlife%20Refuge.pdf]  Dave's photos are not linked in the document, but included throughout the page(s) on [[Birds|birds]] here.  Some images may have gender identifyers in their descriptions using the symbols '''♀''' and '''♂'''
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All the original photographs on these pages were taken by [[Dave Malak]], who borrowed the original bird list from a brochure for the [[Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (INWR)]], adding the latin names himself.  Some images may have gender identifyers in their descriptions using the symbols '''♀''' and '''♂'''
  
 
[[File:HeaderOriole.jpg|400px|thumb|center|Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) - © David Malak]]
 
[[File:HeaderOriole.jpg|400px|thumb|center|Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) - © David Malak]]
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== Swans, Geese, & Ducks ==
 
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* Greater White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)   
 
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* Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)     
 
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* Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 
 
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* Brant (Branta bernicla)     
 
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* Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)     
 
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* Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)   
 
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* Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)   
 
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* Gadwell (Anas strepera)     
 
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* American Wigeon (Anas americana)     
 
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* American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)   
 
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* Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos) 
 
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* Blue-Winged Teal (Anas discors)     
 
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* Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)   
 
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* Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) 
 
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* Green Winged Teal (Anas crecca)   
 
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* Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)     
 
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* Redhead (Aytha americana)     
 
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* Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris)   
 
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* Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
 
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* Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)     
 
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* Surf Scooter (Melanitta perspicillata)         
 
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* White-Winged Scooter (Melanitta fusca)     
 
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* Black Scooter (Melanitta nigra)         
 
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* Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)   
 
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* Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)     
 
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* Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)   
 
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* Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 
 
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* Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)   
 
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* Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)     
 
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* Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
 
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| [[File:Goose.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) - © David Malak]]
 
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| [[File:Mallard.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos) ♂(r.)/♀(l.) - © David Malak]]
 
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| [[File:Shoveler.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) - © David Malak]]
 
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| [[File:Pintail.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) - © David Malak]]
 
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| [[File:Ringneck.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris) - © David Malak]]
 
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| [[File:Long-tailed.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) - © David Malak]]
 
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| [[File:Goldeneye.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) ♂ - © David Malak]]
 
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| [[File:Merganser.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) - © David Malak]]
 
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| [[File:Cmerganser.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) - © David Malak]]
 
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== Tanagers ==  
 
== Tanagers ==  

Revision as of 03:54, 20 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

All the original photographs on these pages were taken by Dave Malak, who borrowed the original bird list from a brochure for the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (INWR), adding the latin names himself. Some images may have gender identifyers in their descriptions using the symbols ♀ and ♂

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) - © David Malak

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)
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