Northern Waterthrush
Showy Lady's Slipper
Photographing orchids at Purdon Fen
Trail at Purdon Fen
Purdon Fen Wetland
Tuesday June 19:
Although
the weather seemed unsettling as we left Ottawa for the Purdon Fen, upon our
arrival, the rain completely stopped. Much to our delight, the glistening rain
droplets covered ever bloom of
Showy
Lady’s Slippers. It became an excellent day with calm conditions and endless
photo opportunities.
Regardless
of all the beautiful flowers surrounding us, we still located several
interesting birds, including a few wood-warblers on territory. We ended the day
with a list of 49 bird species.
Canada Goose
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Mallard
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Wild Turkey
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Great Blue Heron
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Great Egret
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Green Heron
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Turkey Vulture
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Cooper's Hawk
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Broad-winged Hawk
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American Kestrel
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Spotted Sandpiper
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Ring-billed Gull
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Rock Pigeon
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Mourning Dove
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Chimney Swift
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Northern Flicker
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Alder Flycatcher
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Eastern Kingbird
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Warbling Vireo
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Red-eyed Vireo
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Blue Jay
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American Crow
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Common Raven
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Tree Swallow
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Black-capped Chickadee
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American Robin
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European Starling
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Cedar Waxwing
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Ovenbird
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Black-and-white Warbler
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Nashville Warbler
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Common Yellowthroat
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Blackburnian Warbler
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Yellow Warbler
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Pine Warbler
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Black-thr. Green Warbler
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Clay-colored Sparrow
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Field Sparrow
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Savannah Sparrow
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Grasshopper Sparrow
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Song Sparrow
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Swamp Sparrow
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White-throated Sparrow
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Northern Cardinal
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Red-winged Blackbird
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Eastern Meadowlark
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Common Grackle
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American Goldfinch
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House Sparrow
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Group at Morris Island
Scenery at Morris Island
Hunting a Scarlet Tanager
Morris Island
Woodland Trail at Morris Island
Thursday June 21:
It was a
fantastic day to explore Morris Island’s Forest & Wetlands. Birds were
extremely active gathering food and defending territory. Some of the
interesting birds we had near the trail entrance included Scarlet Tanager and
Black-throated Green Warbler.
The ponds
were quiet but the forest was full of life. Veery and Ovenbirds were
everywhere. We encountered a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers having a territorial
dispute. And we could hear the faint trill of a male Pine Warbler echoing over
the wetlands.
We ended
the day with a list of 57 species.
Canada Goose
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Double-crested Cormorant
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Great Blue Heron
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Ardea
herodias
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Turkey Vulture
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Cathartes
aura
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Osprey
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American Kestrel
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Falco
sparverius
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Killdeer
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Spotted Sandpiper
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Actitis
macularius
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Upland Sandpiper
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Ring-billed Gull
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Larus
delawarensis
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Rock Pigeon
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Columba
livia
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Mourning Dove
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Zenaida
macroura
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Downy Woodpecker
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Hairy Woodpecker
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Pileated Woodpecker
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Eastern Wood-Pewee
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Eastern Phoebe
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Great Crested Flycatcher
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Warbling Vireo
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Vireo
gilvus
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Philadelphia Vireo
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Red-eyed Vireo
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Vireo
olivaceus
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Blue Jay
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Cyanocitta
cristata
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American Crow
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Corvus
brachyrhynchos
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Common Raven
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Corvus
corax
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Purple Martin
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Tree Swallow
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Tachycineta
bicolor
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Black-capped Chickadee
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Poecile
atricapillus
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
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White-breasted Nuthatch
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Winter Wren
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Veery
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American Robin
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Turdus
migratorius
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European Starling
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Sturnus
vulgaris
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Cedar Waxwing
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Bombycilla
cedrorum
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Ovenbird
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Seiurus
aurocapilla
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Northern Waterthrush
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Black-and-white Warbler
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Mniotilta
varia
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Common Yellowthroat
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Geothlypis
trichas
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Yellow Warbler
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Setophaga
petechia
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Pine Warbler
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Setophaga
pinus
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Setophaga
coronata
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Black-thr. Green Warbler
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Setophaga
virens
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Chipping Sparrow
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Field Sparrow
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Spizella
pusilla
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Song Sparrow
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Melospiza
melodia
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Swamp Sparrow
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Melospiza
georgiana
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White-throated Sparrow
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Scarlet Tanager
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Indigo Bunting
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Bobolink
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Red-winged Blackbird
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Agelaius
phoeniceus
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Eastern Meadowlark
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Sturnella
magna
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Common Grackle
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Quiscalus
quiscula
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Baltimore Oriole
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Purple Finch
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American Goldfinch
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Spinus
tristis
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Group at Bill Mason Center
Common Chicory
Saturday June 23:
The Bill
Mason Center started fairly quiet as the sun heated the morning. However, as
soon as we entered the tree-covered woodland trail, birds and sounds were many.
We had
Green Heron and Wilson’s Snipe flying over the wetlands. We found Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, Chestnut-sided Warbler and Black & White Warbler at the forest
edge. Inside the forest, we heard Veery, Hermit and Wood Thrush, just to
mention just a few.
Later in
the morning, the heat became more bearable with the arrival of overcast
conditions. We were delighted to have tallied 63 species of birds by the end of
the morning.
Canada Goose
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Wood Duck
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Mallard
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Anas
platyrhynchos
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Hooded Merganser
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Least Bittern
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Great Blue Heron
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Ardea
herodias
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Green Heron
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Butorides
virescens
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Turkey Vulture
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Cathartes
aura
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Osprey
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Pandion
haliaetus
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Broad-winged Hawk
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Buteo
platypterus
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Virginia Rail
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Killdeer
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Charadrius
vociferus
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Spotted Sandpiper
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Actitis
macularius
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Wilson's Snipe
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Ring-billed Gull
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Larus
delawarensis
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Common Tern
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Rock Pigeon
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Columba
livia
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Mourning Dove
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Zenaida
macroura
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Belted Kingfisher
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Sphyrapicus
varius
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Downy Woodpecker
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Picoides
pubescens
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Hairy Woodpecker
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Picoides
villosus
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Northern Flicker
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Colaptes
auratus
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Eastern Wood-Pewee
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Contopus
virens
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Alder Flycatcher
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Empidonax
alnorum
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Willow Flycatcher
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Eastern Phoebe
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Sayornis
phoebe
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Great Crested Flycatcher
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Myiarchus
crinitus
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Eastern Kingbird
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Tyrannus
tyrannus
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Warbling Vireo
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Vireo
gilvus
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Red-eyed Vireo
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Vireo
olivaceus
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Blue Jay
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Cyanocitta
cristata
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American Crow
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Corvus
brachyrhynchos
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Common Raven
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Corvus
corax
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Purple Martin
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Progne
subis
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Barn Swallow
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Hirundo
rustica
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Black-capped Chickadee
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Poecile
atricapillus
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Sitta
canadensis
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White-breasted Nuthatch
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Sitta
carolinensis
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Veery
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Catharus
fuscescens
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Hermit Thrush
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Wood Thrush
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American Robin
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Turdus
migratorius
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Gray Catbird
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European Starling
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Sturnus
vulgaris
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Cedar Waxwing
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Bombycilla
cedrorum
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Ovenbird
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Seiurus
aurocapilla
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Black-and-white Warbler
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Mniotilta
varia
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Common Yellowthroat
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Geothlypis
trichas
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Yellow Warbler
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Setophaga
petechia
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Chestnut-sided Warbler
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Setophaga
pensylvanica
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Chipping Sparrow
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Spizella
passerina
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Field Sparrow
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Spizella
pusilla
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Song Sparrow
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Melospiza
melodia
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Swamp Sparrow
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Melospiza
georgiana
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White-throated Sparrow
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Northern Cardinal
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Cardinalis
cardinalis
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Pheucticus
ludovicianus
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Bobolink
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Red-winged Blackbird
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Agelaius
phoeniceus
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Common Grackle
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Quiscalus
quiscula
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American Goldfinch
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Spinus
tristis
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Showy Lady's Slipper
Photographing flowers
Sunday June 24:
The weather
was absolutely amazing today! Good for birders. But unfortunately, not so great
for birds. Nevertheless, we had a wonderful day birding the Larose Forest area.
In fact, it was so good, we didn’t have time to visit any of the eastern sewage
lagoons.
Some of the
birds we came across this morning included Northern Harrier, Broad-winged Hawk,
Blue-headed Vireo, Golden-crowned Kinglet and Mourning Warbler.
We ended
the morning with a respectable 60 species:
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Wood Duck
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Aix
sponsa
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Mallard
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Anas
platyrhynchos
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Wild Turkey
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Meleagris
gallopavo
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American Bittern
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Great Blue Heron
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Ardea
herodias
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Turkey Vulture
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Cathartes
aura
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Northern Harrier
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Broad-winged Hawk
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Buteo
platypterus
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Virginia Rail
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Rallus
limicola
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Killdeer
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Charadrius
vociferus
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Wilson's Snipe
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Gallinago
delicata
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Ring-billed Gull
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Larus
delawarensis
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Rock Pigeon
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Columba
livia
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Mourning Dove
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Zenaida
macroura
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Black-billed Cuckoo
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Belted Kingfisher
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Megaceryle
alcyon
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Sphyrapicus
varius
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Northern Flicker
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Colaptes
auratus
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Alder Flycatcher
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Empidonax
alnorum
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Eastern Phoebe
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Sayornis
phoebe
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Eastern Kingbird
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Tyrannus
tyrannus
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Blue-headed Vireo
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Warbling Vireo
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Vireo
gilvus
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Red-eyed Vireo
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Vireo
olivaceus
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Blue Jay
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Cyanocitta
cristata
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American Crow
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Corvus
brachyrhynchos
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Common Raven
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Corvus
corax
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Tree Swallow
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Tachycineta
bicolor
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Barn Swallow
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Hirundo
rustica
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Black-capped Chickadee
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Poecile
atricapillus
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
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Sitta
canadensis
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White-breasted Nuthatch
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Sitta
carolinensis
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Marsh Wren
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Veery
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Catharus
fuscescens
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American Robin
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Turdus
migratorius
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European Starling
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Sturnus
vulgaris
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Cedar Waxwing
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Bombycilla
cedrorum
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Ovenbird
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Seiurus
aurocapilla
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Black-and-white Warbler
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Mniotilta
varia
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Mourning Warbler
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Common Yellowthroat
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Geothlypis
trichas
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Blackburnian Warbler
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Setophaga
fusca
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Yellow Warbler
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Setophaga
petechia
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Chestnut-sided Warbler
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Setophaga
pensylvanica
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Pine Warbler
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Setophaga
pinus
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Setophaga
coronata
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Savannah Sparrow
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Passerculus
sandwichensis
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Song Sparrow
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Melospiza
melodia
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Swamp Sparrow
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Melospiza
georgiana
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White-throated Sparrow
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Northern Cardinal
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Cardinalis
cardinalis
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Pheucticus
ludovicianus
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Indigo Bunting
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Passerina
cyanea
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Bobolink
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Dolichonyx
oryzivorus
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Red-winged Blackbird
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Agelaius
phoeniceus
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Common Grackle
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Quiscalus
quiscula
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Purple Finch
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Carpodacus
purpureus
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American Goldfinch
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Spinus
tristis
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House Sparrow
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Passer
domesticus
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