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Birds & Conservation
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Minnesota's Birds of Conservation Concern
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Audubon Minnesota, with help from our IBA Technical Committee, has designated a list of “Minnesota’s birds of conservation concern.” This list is used in helping us evaluate Important Bird Areas, set priorities, and evaluate the impact of actions on our state birds. The list is split into two groups. Group one include species on the State of Minnesota Endangered, Threatened, or Special Concern list, the National Audubon Society (NAS) WatchList; (red for declining rapidly and of global conservation concern; yellow for slowly declining), and the Federal Endangered or Threatened list.
SPECIES
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Audubon Minnesota Ranking
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Water and Wetland
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Woodland
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Grassland
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Shrub
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Urban
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NOTES
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Horned Grebe
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1
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y
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State Threatened
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American White Pelican
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow, State Special Concern
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Trumpeter Swan
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1
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y
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State Threatened
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American Black Duck
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Swainson's Hawk
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Peregrine Falcon
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1
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y
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y
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State Threatened
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Bald Eagle
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1
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y
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State Special Concern, U.S. Threatened
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Greater Prairie-Chicken
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1
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y
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NAS Red, State Special Concern
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Common Moorhen
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1
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y
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State Special Concern
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King Rail
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1
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y
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State Endangered
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Yellow Rail
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow, State Special Concern
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Whooping Crane
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y
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NAS Red, U.S. Endangered
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Piping Plover
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1
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y
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NAS Red, State Endangered, U.S. Threatened
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American Golden-Plover
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Marbled Godwit
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow, State Special Concern
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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1
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y
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NAS Red
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American Woodcock
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Wilson's Phalarope
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow, State Threatened
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Franklin's Gull
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1
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y
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State Special Concern
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Common Tern
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1
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y
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Forster's Tern
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1
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y
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State Special Concern
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Short-eared Owl
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow, State Special Concern
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Burrowing Owl
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1
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y
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State Endangered
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Red-headed Woodpecker
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Acadian Flycatcher
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1
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y
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State Special Concern
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Olive-sided Flycatcher
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Willow Flycatcher
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Loggerhead Shrike
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1
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y
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State Threatened
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Bell's Vireo
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1
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y
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NAS Red
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Wood Thrush
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Sprague's Pipit
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1
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y
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NAS Red, State Endangered
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Cerulean Warbler
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1
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y
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NAS Red, State Special Concern
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Bay-breasted Warbler
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Blue-winged Warbler
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Golden-winged Warbler
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1
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y
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NAS Red
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Louisiana waterthrush
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1
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y
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State Special Concern
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Prothonotary Warbler
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1
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y
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Worm-eating Warbler
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Kentucky Warbler
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Hooded Warbler
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1
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y
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State Special Concern
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Canada Warbler
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Baird's Sparrow
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1
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y
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NAS Red, State Endangered
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Henslow's sparrow
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1
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y
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NAS Red, State Endangered
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Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
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1
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y
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NAS Red, State Special Concern
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Harris's Sparrow
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Chestnut-collared Longspur
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1
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y
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State Endangered
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Dickcissel
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Rusty Blackbird
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1
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y
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NAS Yellow
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Group 2 includes birds not listed above but whose population is declining or in need of special attention.
SPECIES
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Audubon Minnesota Ranking
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Water and Wetland
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Woodland
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Grassland
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Shrub
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Urban
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NOTES
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American Bittern
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2
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y
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Least Bittern
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2
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y
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Black-crowned Night-Heron
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2
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y
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Nortthern Pintail
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2
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y
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Canvasback
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2
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y
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Lesser Scaup
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2
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y
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Red-shouldered Hawk
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2
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y
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Northern Goshawk
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2
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y
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Northern Harrier
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2
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y
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Sharp-tailed Grouse
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2
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y
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Spruce Grouse
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2
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y
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Solitary Sandpiper
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2
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y
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Greater Yellowlegs
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2
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y
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Upland Sandpiper
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2
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y
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Whimbrel
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2
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y
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Hudsonian Godwit
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2
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y
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Sanderling
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2
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y
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Stilt Sandpiper
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2
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y
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White-rumped Sandpiper
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2
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y
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Red Knot
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2
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y
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Short-billed Dowitcher
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2
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y
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Black Tern
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2
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y
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Black-billed Cuckoo
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2
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y
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Great Gray Owl
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2
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y
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Boreal Owl
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2
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y
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Whip-poor-will
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2
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y
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Sedge Wren
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2
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y
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Cape May Warbler
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2
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y
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Black-throated Blue Warbler
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2
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y
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Connecticut Warbler
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2
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y
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Field Sparrow
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2
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y
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Le Conte's Sparrow
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2
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y
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Grasshopper Sparrow
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2
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y
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Smith's Longspur
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2
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y
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Bobolink
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2
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y
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Orchard Oriole
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2
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y
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