Drawing 10,000 Birds: My Life Dream
My dream is to meet and paint 10,000 species of birds over my lifetime. This page documents my progress towards that goal, and serves as a gallery of all of my bird art since I started this quest.
Adding to this page is a work in progress! I have a lot of art to go through and upload. Check back often to see more and more birds!
All of these images are available as prints in various sizes. Not everything is available in my online store for space reasons, but if you see an image you like that is not available in the store just email me and I will make it available for you!
TOTAL BIRDS PAINTED (and uploaded): 267
DUCKS, Geese, and Swans: 26/10,000 Species of Birds
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American Black Duck
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American Wigeon
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Blue-winged Teal
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Canada Goose
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Brant
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Canvasback and Redhead
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Bufflehead
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Common Goldeneye
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Common Merganser
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Eurasian Wigeon
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Gadwall
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Greater Scaup
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Green-winged Teal
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Hooded Merganser
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Lesser Scaup
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Long-tailed Duck
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Mallard
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Mottled Duck
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Mute Swan
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Northern Pintail
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Northern Shoveler
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Redhead
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Red-breasted Merganser
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Ring-necked Duck
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Ruddy Duck
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Wood Duck
Upland Game Birds: 6/10,000 species of birds
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Gray Partridge
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Greater Prairie-chicken
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Heath Hen
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Ring-necked Pheasant
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Ruffed Grouse
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Ruffed Grouse
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Wild Turkey
Loons and grebes: 4/10,000 species of birds
Shearwaters, Petrels, Jaegers: 3/10,000 species of birds
Pelicans, Frigatebirds, tropicbirds : 5/10,000 species of birds
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American White Pelican
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Brown Pelican
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Red-billed Tropicbird, Magnificent Frigatebird, Greater Frigatebird
Cormorants and Anhinga : 6/10,000 species of birds
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Anhinga
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Brandt's Cormorant
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Double-crested Cormorant
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Great Cormorant
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Neotropic Cormorant
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Pelagic Cormorant
ShorebirdS: 18/10,000 Species of birds
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Semipalmated Sandpiper
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American Avocet
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American Oystercatcher
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American Woodcock
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Black-bellied Plover
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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Curlew Sandpiper
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Eskimo Curlew
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Bristle-thighed Curlew
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Greater Yellowlegs
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Killdeer
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Red Phalarope
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Ruddy Turnstone
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Semipalmated Plover
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Spotted Sandpiper
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Whimbrel
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Willet
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Wilson's Snipe
Gulls and Terns: 8/10,000 Species of birds
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Black Skimmer
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Herring Gull
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Common Tern
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Laughing Gull
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Great Black-backed Gull
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Least Tern
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Ring-billed Gull
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Sandwich Tern
Alcids: 5/10,000 species of birds
Pigeons, Doves, Cuckoos: 8/10,000 species of birds
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Common Cuckoo
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Eurasian Collared-dove
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Greater Roadrunner
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Mourning Dove
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Passenger Pigeon
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Oriental Turtle-dove
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Rock Pigeon
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Herons and Waders: 13/10,000 species of birds
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American Bittern
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Black-crowned Night-heron
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Glossy Ibis
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Great Blue Heron
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Great Egret
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Green Heron
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Least Bittern
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Little Blue Heron
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Reddish Egret
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Roseate Spoonbill
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Snowy Egret
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White-faced Ibis
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Yellow Bittern
Rails, Coots, Gallinules, Cranes: 8/10,000 species of birds
Raptors: 15/10,000 species of birds
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American Kestrel
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Aplomado Falcon
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Bald Eagle
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Broad-winged Hawk
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Cooper's Hawk
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Crested Caracara
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Golden Eagle
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Gyrfalcon
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Merlin
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Mississippi Kite
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Northern Harrier
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Osprey
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Rough-legged Hawk
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Sharp-shinned Hawk
Vultures: 5/10,000 species of birds
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Andean Condor
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Black Vulture
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California Condor
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King Vulture
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Turkey Vulture
Owls: 11/10,000 SPecies of birds
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Barn Owl
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Barred Owl
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Burrowing Owl
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Eastern Screech Owl
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Galápagos Short-eared Owl
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Great Gray Owl
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Great Horned Owl
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Northern Pygmy-owl
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Northern Saw-whet Owl
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Short-eared Owl
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Snowy Owl
hummingbirds and swifts: 6/10,000 species of birds
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Allen's Hummingbird
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird
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Chimney Swift
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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Snowcap
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Rufous Hummingbird
Woodpeckers: 10/10,000 Species of Birds
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Black-backed Woodpecker
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Downy Woodpecker
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Hairy Woodpecker
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Ivory-billed Woodpecker
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Northern Flicker
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Pileated Woodpecker
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
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Red-cockaded Woodpecker
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Red-headed Woodpecker
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Parrots and Parakeets: 1/10,000 species of birds
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Carolina Parakeet
Flycatchers: 11/10,000 species of birds
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Blue-and-white Flycatcher
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Dusky Flycatcher
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Eastern Kingbird
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Eastern Phoebe
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Eastern Pe-wee
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Great Crested Flycatcher
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Great Kiskadee
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Japanese Paradise-flycatcher
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Say's Pheobe
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Vermillion Flycatcher
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White-crested Elaenia
Magpies, Jays, Crows, Ravens: 11/10,000 species of birds
Swallows and Larks: 6/10,000 species of birds
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Barn Swallow
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Cliff Swallow
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Horned Lark
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow
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Tree Swallow
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Violet-green Swallow
Thrushes: 4/10,000 species of birds
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American Robin
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Eastern Bluebird
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Mountain Bluebird
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Varied Thrush
VIreos and Shrikes: 5/10,000 species of birds
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Black-capped Vireo
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Loggerhead Shrike
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Northern Shrike
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Red-eyed Vireo
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White-eyed Vireo
Wrens: 5/10,000 species of birds
Cardinals, Tanagers, Grosbeaks, Buntings: 8/10,000 species of birds
Chickadees, titmice, tits: 3/10,000 Species of birds
Nuthatches and Creepers: 5/10,000 Species of birds
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Brown Creeper
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Brown-headed Nuthatch
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Pygmy Nuthatch
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
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White-breasted Nuthatch
Gnatcatchers, kinglets, dippers: 4/10,000 species of birds
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American Dipper
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
WarblerS: 31/10,000 Species of birds
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American Redstart
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Bay-breasted Warbler
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Black-and-white Warbler
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Blackburnian Warbler
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Black-throated Blue Warbler
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Black-throated Green Warbler
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Blue-winged Warbler
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Cape May Warbler
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Cerulean Warbler
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Chestnut-sided Warbler
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Brewster's Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Berket's Warbler, Lawrence's Warbler
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Common Yellowthroat
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Galápagos Yellow Warbler
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Golden-winged Warbler
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Kentucky Warbler
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Kirtland's Warbler
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Lawrence's Warbler
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Magnolia Warbler
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Nashville Warbler
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Northern Parula
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Orange-crowned Warbler
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Pine Warbler
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Prothonotary Warbler
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Red-faced Warbler
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Swainson's Warbler
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Tennessee Warbler
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Yellow Warbler
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Yellow-breasted Chat
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Yellow-throated Warbler
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Wilson's Warbler
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Worm-eating Warbler
Sparrows: 9/10,000 Species of birds
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American Tree Sparrow
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Brewer's Sparrow
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Clay-colored Sparrow
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Fox Sparrow
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House Sparrow
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Lark Bunting
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Lincoln's Sparrow
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Saltmarsh Sparrow
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Savannah Sparrow
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White-throated Sparrow