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Moundville Birding Checklist Birding Checklist Date Date Seen Common Name Scientific Name Seen Common Name Scientific Name Canada goose Branta cabadebsus Red-bellied woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Snow goose Chen caerulescens Yellow-bellied sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Ross’s goose Chen rossii Downy woodpecker Picoides pubescens Wood duck Aix sponsa Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus Gadwell duck Anas strepera Red-cockaded woodpecker Leuconotopicus borealis Mallard Anas platyrhynchosI Northern flicker Colaptes auratus Blue-winged teal duck Anas discors Pileated woodpecker Hylatomus pileatus Canvasback Aythya valisineria American kestrel Falco sparverius Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Merlin Falco columbarius Common goldeneye Bucephala clangula Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus Hooded merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Olive-sided flycatcher Contopus cooperi Northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo Yellow-bellied flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Wood stork Mycteria americana Great crested flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Great blue heron Ardea Herodias Eastern kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Little blue heron Egretta caerulea Scissor-tailed flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Tricolored heron Egretta tricolor Loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis White-eyed vireo Vireo griseus Green heron Bubulcus virescens Blue jay Cyanocitta cristata Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax Horned lark Eremophila alpestris Black vulture Coragyps atratus Purple martin Progne subis Turkey vulture Cathartes aura Barn swallow Hirundo rustica Osprey Pandion haliaetus Carolina chickadee Poecile carolinensis Swallow-tailed kite Elanoides forficatus Tufted titmouse Baeolophus bicolor Mississippi kite Ictinia mississippiensis Red-breasted nuthatch Sitta canadensis Bald eagle Haliaeetus Brown creeper Certhia americana leucocephalus Rock wren Salpinctes obsoletus Northern harrier Circus cyaneus House wren Troglodytes aedon Sharp-shinned hawk Accipiter striatus Blue-gray gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Cooper’s hawk Accipiter cooperii Eastern bluebird Sialia sialis Red-shouldered hawk Buteo lineatus Wood thrush Hylocichla mustelina Broad-winged hawk Buteo platypterus American robin Turdus migratorius Red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis Gray catbird Dumetella Rough-legged hawk Buteo lagopus carolinensis Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Brown thrasher Toxostoma rufum Purple gallinule Porphyrio martinicus Northern mockingbird Mimus polyglottos American coot Fulica americana European starling Sturnus vulgaris Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Cedar waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum American woodcock Scolopax minor Golden-winged warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto Blue-winged warbler Vermivora cyanoptera Mourning dove Zenaida macroura Black-and-white warbler Mniotilta varia Barn owl Tyto alba Prothonotary warbler Protonotaria citrea Eastern screech owl Megascops asio Swainson’s warbler Limnothlypis Great horned owl Bubo virginianus swainsonii Eastern whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus Tennessee warbler Oreothlypis peregrina Chimney swift Chaetura pelagica Orange-crowned warbler Oreothlypis celata Ruby-throated hummingbird Archilochus colubris Nashville warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla Rufous hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Kentucky warbler Geothlypis formosus Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Common yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Red-headed woodpecker Melanerpes Hooded warbler Geothlypis nelsoni erythrocephalus American redstart Setophaga ruticilla Birding Checklist Date Date Seen Common Name Scientific Name Seen Common Name Scientific Name Magnolia warbler Setophaga magnolia Dickcissel Spiza americana Bay-breasted warbler Setophaga castanea Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Blackburnian warbler Setophaga fusca Red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus American yellow warbler Setophaga petechial Eastern meadowlark Sturnella magna Chestnut-sided warbler Setophaga Common grackle Quiscalus quiscul pennsylvanica Bronzed cowbird Molothrus aeneus Blackpoll warbler Setophaga striata Orchard oriole Icterus spurius Black-throated blue warbler Setophaga Baltimore oriole Icterus galbula caerulescens House finch Haemorhous mexicanus Palm warbler Setophaga palmarum Purple finch Haemorhous purpureus Pine warbler Setophaga pinus Pine siskin Carduelis pinus Yellow-rumped warbler Setophaga coronata American goldfinch Spinus tristis Yellow-throated warbler Setophaga dominica Evening grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus Prairie warbler Setophaga discolor House sparrow Passer domesticus Black-throated gray warbler Setophaga nigrescens Black-throated green warbler Setophaga virens Canada warbler Cardellina canadensis Wilson’s warbler Cardellina pusilla Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Bachman’s sparrow Peucaea aestivalis American tree sparrow Spizella arborea Chipping sparrow Spizella passerina Lark bunting Calamospiza melanocorys Savannah sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Grasshopper sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Henslow’s sparrow Ammodramus henslowii Le Conte’s sparrow Ammodramus leconteii Nelson’s sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni Seaside sparrow Ammodramus maritimus Fox sparrow Passerella iliaca Song sparrow Melospiza melodia Lincoln’s sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Swamp sparrow Melospiza georgiana White-throated sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Harris’s sparrow Zonotrichia querula White-crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Dark-eyed junco Junco hyemalis Summer tanager Piranga rubra Scarlet tanager Piranga olivacea Northern cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Rose-breasted grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Blue grosbeak Passerina caerulea Indigo bunting Passerina cyanea .
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