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| Prospect Park Clay colored Sparrow at Maryland Monument , photo by Jennifer Kepler |
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Brooklyn XMas Count Annual Report:
2014
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Bold = All time high / low
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Italic = 10-year high/low
IRR-Irregular less 7 x over
last ten years
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Low count stats exclude miss years
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Species Total:
123
Count Total
#:
42,247
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Species
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#
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Snow Goose
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11
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Brant
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12252
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Canada Goose
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1819
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Mute Swan
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58
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10-yr low
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Gadwall
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93
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Eurasian Wigeon
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2
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IRR
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American Wigeon
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106
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American Black Duck
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1006
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10-yr hi
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Mallard
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1011
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10-yr hi
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Northern Shoveler
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458
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Northern Pintail
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6
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Green-winged Teal
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82
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10-yr low
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Greater Scaup
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3810
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Lesser Scaup
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165
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Common Eider
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12
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IRR
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Surf Scoter
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16
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White-winged Scoter
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22
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Black Scoter
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574
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Scoter (sp.)
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590
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Long-tailed Duck
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376
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Bufflehead
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1231
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Common Goldeneye
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3
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All-time low
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Hooded Merganser
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76
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Common Merganser
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4
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IRR
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Red-breasted Merganser
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2328
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All-time hi
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Ruddy Duck
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382
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Ring-necked Pheasant
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1
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Red-throated Loon
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137
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All-time hi
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Common Loon
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53
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Pied-billed Grebe
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9
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Horned Grebe
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182
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Red-necked Grebe
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7
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Northern Gannet
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24
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Double-crested Cormorant
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76
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10-yr low
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Great Cormorant
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106
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Great Blue Heron
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17
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Black-crowned Night-Heron
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2
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Northern Harrier
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15
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Sharp-shinned Hawk
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9
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Cooper's Hawk
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16
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Red-shouldered Hawk
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2
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IRR
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Red-tailed Hawk
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24
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Rough-legged Hawk
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1
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IRR
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American Kestrel
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7
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Merlin
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5
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Peregrine Falcon
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7
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Clapper Rail
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2
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IRR
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American Coot
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51
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Black-bellied Plover
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44
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Killdeer
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22
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10-yr hi
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Greater Yellowlegs
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1
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10-yr low
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Sanderling
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195
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Purple Sandpiper
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18
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Dunlin
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66
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Wilson's Snipe
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1
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IRR
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American Woodcock
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1
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Bonaparte's Gull
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cw
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Ring-billed Gull
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5415
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Herring Gull
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1901
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Lesser Black-backed Gull
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cw
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IRR
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Great Black-backed Gull
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288
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Rock Pigeon
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1079
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Mourning Dove
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341
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Monk Parakeet
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24
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Barn Owl
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1
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IRR
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Great Horned Owl
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2
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RARE
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Snowy Owl
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5
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IRR
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Short-eared Owl
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1
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IRR
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Northern Saw-whet Owl
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2
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RARE
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Belted Kingfisher
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2
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
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33
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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15
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Downy Woodpecker
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87
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10-yr hi
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Hairy Woodpecker
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12
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All-time hi
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Northern Flicker
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102
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10-yr hi
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Eastern Phoebe
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2
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RARE
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Cassin's Kingbird
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cw
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RARE
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Blue Jay
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199
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American Crow
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113
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Fish Crow
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87
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IRR
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Common Raven
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1
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RARE
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Horned Lark
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66
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Tree Swallow
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6
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IRR
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Black-capped Chickadee
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178
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Tufted Titmouse
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33
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
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10
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White-breasted Nuthatch
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44
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Brown Creeper
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2
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Carolina Wren
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31
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Winter Wren
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4
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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8
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Hermit Thrush
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21
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American Robin
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172
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Gray Catbird
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3
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10-yr low
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Northern Mockingbird
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76
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European Starling
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1380
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American Pipit
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3
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Cedar Waxwing
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3
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10-yr low
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Orange-crowned Warbler
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1
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IRR
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
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220
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Palm Warbler
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1
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Common Yellowthroat
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1
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IRR
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Eastern Towhee
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4
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American Tree Sparrow
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128
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Chipping Sparrow
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8
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Clay-colored Sparrow
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1
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RARE
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Field Sparrow
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15
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10-yr hi
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Vesper Sparrow
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1
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RARE
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Savannah Sparrow
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34
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Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
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2
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RARE
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Seaside Sparrow
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1
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IRR
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Fox Sparrow
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28
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Song Sparrow
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416
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Swamp Sparrow
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51
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White-throated Sparrow
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603
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White-crowned Sparrow
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1
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IRR
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Dark-eyed Junco
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203
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Northern Cardinal
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198
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Red-winged Blackbird
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67
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Eastern Meadowlark
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5
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Rusty Blackbird
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cw
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IRR
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Common Grackle
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cw
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Boat-tailed Grackle
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4
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Brown-headed Cowbird
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5
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10-yr low
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Purple Finch
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2
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RARE
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House Finch
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205
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Pine Siskin
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7
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IRR
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American Goldfinch
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153
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House Sparrow
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536
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