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Checklist of the Birds of Lee County IOWA ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION - Checklist of the Birds of Lee County - 276 Species This checklist is provided as a service of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union and is not officially sanctioned by any reviewing body. Date____________________ Time________________________ Locality___________________________________________________ Sky_______________ Wind_______________ Temp__________ Observers_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total Species_____________ Total Individuals______________ Ducks, Geese, Swans ___Yellow-billed Cuckoo ___Mew Gull ___Barred Owl Chickadees, Titmice Towhees, Sparrows ___Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ___Black-billed Cuckoo ___Ring-billed Gull ___Long-eared Owl ___Black-capped Chickadee ___Grasshopper Sparrow ___Snow Goose Goatsuckers ___California Gull ___Short-eared Owl ___Tufted Titmouse ___Lark Sparrow ___Ross's Goose ___Common Nighthawk ___Herring Gull Kingfishers Nuthatches ___Chipping Sparrow ___Greater White-fronted Goose ___Chuck-will's-widow ___Iceland Gull ___Belted Kingfisher ___Red-breasted Nuthatch ___Field Sparrow ___Brant ___Eastern Whip-poor-will ___Lesser Black-backed Gull Woodpeckers ___White-breasted Nuthatch ___Fox Sparrow ___Glaucous Gull ___Cackling Goose Swifts ___Red-headed Woodpecker Creepers ___American Tree Sparrow ___Great Black-backed Gull ___Canada Goose ___Chimney Swift ___Red-bellied Woodpecker ___Brown Creeper ___Dark-eyed Junco ___Mute Swan ___Caspian Tern ___White-crowned Sparrow Hummingbirds ___Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Wrens ___Trumpeter Swan ___Black Tern ___Harris's Sparrow ___Ruby-throated Hummingbird ___Downy Woodpecker ___House Wren ___Tundra Swan ___Common Tern ___White-throated Sparrow Rails, Gallinules, and Coots ___Hairy Woodpecker ___Winter Wren ___Wood Duck ___Forster's Tern ___Vesper Sparrow ___Virginia Rail ___Northern Flicker ___Sedge Wren ___Blue-winged Teal Loons ___Henslow's Sparrow ___Sora ___Pileated Woodpecker ___Marsh Wren ___Northern Shoveler ___Common Loon ___Savannah Sparrow ___Common Gallinule Caracaras and Falcons ___Carolina Wren ___Gadwall ___Song Sparrow ___American Coot Cormorants ___American Kestrel ___Bewick's Wren ___Lincoln's Sparrow ___American Wigeon ___Double-crested Cormorant ___Merlin ___Mallard Stilts and Avocets Gnatcatchers ___Swamp Sparrow Pelicans ___Peregrine Falcon ___Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ___American Black Duck ___American Avocet ___Eastern Towhee ___American White Pelican Flycatchers ___Northern Pintail Lapwings and Plovers Kinglets ___Brown Pelican ___Great Crested Flycatcher Chats ___Green-winged Teal ___Black-bellied Plover ___Golden-crowned Kinglet ___Yellow-breasted Chat Bitterns, Herons, and Allies ___Eastern Kingbird ___Canvasback ___American Golden-Plover ___Ruby-crowned Kinglet ___Great Blue Heron ___Olive-sided Flycatcher Blackbirds, Orioles ___Redhead ___Killdeer Thrushes ___Great Egret ___Eastern Wood-Pewee ___Bobolink ___Ring-necked Duck ___Semipalmated Plover ___Eastern Bluebird ___Snowy Egret ___Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ___Eastern Meadowlark ___Greater Scaup Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and ___Veery ___Little Blue Heron ___Acadian Flycatcher ___Western Meadowlark ___Lesser Scaup ___Gray-cheeked Thrush Allies ___Cattle Egret ___Alder Flycatcher ___Orchard Oriole ___Surf Scoter ___Swainson's Thrush ___Upland Sandpiper ___Green Heron ___Willow Flycatcher ___Baltimore Oriole ___White-winged Scoter ___Hermit Thrush ___Hudsonian Godwit ___Black-crowned Night-Heron ___Least Flycatcher ___Red-winged Blackbird ___Black Scoter ___Marbled Godwit ___Wood Thrush Ibises and Spoonbills ___Eastern Phoebe ___Brown-headed Cowbird ___Long-tailed Duck ___Ruddy Turnstone ___American Robin ___White-faced Ibis Shrikes ___Rusty Blackbird ___Bufflehead ___Stilt Sandpiper Mimids ___Brewer's Blackbird New World Vultures ___Loggerhead Shrike ___Common Goldeneye ___Sanderling ___Gray Catbird ___Common Grackle ___Turkey Vulture ___Northern Shrike ___Barrow's Goldeneye ___Dunlin ___Brown Thrasher ___Great-tailed Grackle ___Hooded Merganser ___Baird's Sandpiper Ospreys Vireos ___Northern Mockingbird ___White-eyed Vireo Wood-warblers ___Common Merganser ___Least Sandpiper ___Osprey Starlings ___Bell's Vireo ___Ovenbird ___Red-breasted Merganser ___White-rumped Sandpiper Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies ___European Starling ___Yellow-throated Vireo ___Worm-eating Warbler ___Ruddy Duck ___Pectoral Sandpiper ___Golden Eagle ___Blue-headed Vireo Waxwings ___Louisiana Waterthrush New World Quail ___Semipalmated Sandpiper ___Northern Harrier ___Philadelphia Vireo ___Cedar Waxwing ___Northern Waterthrush ___Northern Bobwhite ___Western Sandpiper ___Sharp-shinned Hawk ___Warbling Vireo Old World Sparrows ___Golden-winged Warbler Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, ___Short-billed Dowitcher ___Cooper's Hawk ___Red-eyed Vireo ___House Sparrow ___Blue-winged Warbler ___Long-billed Dowitcher ___Northern Goshawk and Old World Quail ___Eurasian Tree Sparrow ___Black-and-white Warbler ___American Woodcock ___Bald Eagle Jays, Magpies, Crows ___Wild Turkey ___Tennessee Warbler ___Wilson's Snipe ___Mississippi Kite ___Blue Jay Pipits ___Ring-necked Pheasant ___Orange-crowned Warbler ___American Crow ___American Pipit ___Spotted Sandpiper ___Red-shouldered Hawk ___Nashville Warbler Grebes Finches ___Solitary Sandpiper ___Broad-winged Hawk Larks ___Mourning Warbler ___Pied-billed Grebe ___House Finch ___Lesser Yellowlegs ___Red-tailed Hawk ___Horned Lark ___Kentucky Warbler ___Horned Grebe ___Purple Finch ___Willet ___Rough-legged Hawk Swallows ___Common Yellowthroat ___Western Grebe ___Common Redpoll ___Greater Yellowlegs Barn Owls ___Bank Swallow ___Hooded Warbler Pigeons, Doves ___Red Crossbill ___Red-necked Phalarope ___Barn Owl ___Tree Swallow ___American Redstart ___Rock Pigeon ___White-winged Crossbill Gulls, Terns, Skimmers Typical Owls ___Northern Rough-winged Swallow ___Cerulean Warbler ___Eurasian Collared-Dove ___Pine Siskin ___Black-legged Kittiwake ___Eastern Screech-Owl ___Purple Martin ___Northern Parula ___Passenger Pigeon ___American Goldfinch ___Bonaparte's Gull ___Great Horned Owl ___Barn Swallow ___Magnolia Warbler ___Mourning Dove ___Laughing Gull ___Snowy Owl ___Cliff Swallow Longspurs, Snow Bunting ___Bay-breasted Warbler Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis ___Franklin's Gull ___Lapland Longspur ___Blackburnian Warbler ___Yellow Warbler ___Chestnut-sided Warbler ___Blackpoll Warbler ___Palm Warbler ___Pine Warbler ___Yellow-rumped Warbler ___Yellow-throated Warbler ___Prairie Warbler ___Black-throated Green Warbler ___Canada Warbler ___Wilson's Warbler Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings ___Summer Tanager ___Scarlet Tanager ___Northern Cardinal ___Rose-breasted Grosbeak ___Blue Grosbeak ___Indigo Bunting ___Dickcissel The taxonomic sequence and nomenclature used in this list follow the Checklist of North American Birds, 7th Edition, American Ornithologists’ Union, 1998, updated through the 57th Supplement, 2016 (Auk 133(3):544-560, 2016). Iowa Ornithologists' Union (IOU) is a non-profit statewide organization devoted to the study, conservation, and enjoyment of Iowa's birds. IOU's activities include reviewing and archiving sightings of rare birds through the Iowa Records Committee, publishing Iowa Bird Life: The Iowa Ornithologists' Union quarterly journal, publishing IOU News, the quarterly newsletter, organizing field trips, and holding semi- annual weekends in various locations throughout the state. IOU also owns and manages IA-BIRD, the Iowa birding community's online mailing list as well as maintains a social media presence through Facebook and Twitter. To join the IOU, or for more information, visit us online at http://iowabirds.org/. IOU members maintain the list of species recorded in each county of the state from which this checklist is generated. Copyright Iowa Ornithologists' Union. 2021. All Rights Reserved..
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