In 2010, I birded in Arkansas, California, Louisiana, North Carolina, Maryland, Tennessee, and Virginia, enjoying 244 species, and netting a whopping 18 lifers (shown below in bold). The Mexican Whippoorwill is one of two birds on my ABA life list that I've only heard, and did not see. But damn it! The thing was calling like crazy and I only missed seeing it by t-h-i-s much!
1. Black-bellied Whistling Duck
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2. Snow Goose
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3. Canada Goose
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4. Cackling Goose
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5. Brant
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6. Tundra Swan
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7. Mute Swan
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8. Wood Duck
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9. Gadwall
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10. American Widgeon
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11. American Black Duck
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12. Mallard
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13. Blue-winged Teal
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14. Cinnamon Teal
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15. Northern Shoveler
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16. Northern Pintail
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17. Green-winged Teal
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18. Ring-necked Duck
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19. Greater Scaup
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20. Surf Scoter
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21. Bufflehead
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22. Common Goldeneye
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23. Hooded Merganser
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24. Red-breasted Merganser
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25. Wild Turkey
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26. California Quail
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27. Northern Bobwhite
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28. Red-throated Loon
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29. Common Loon
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30. Pied-billed Grebe
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31. Eared Grebe
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32. Western Grebe
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33. Laysan Albatross
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34. Black-footed Albatross
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35. Pink-footed Shearwater
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36. Sooty Shearwater
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37. Northern Gannet
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38. American White Pelican
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39. Brown Pelican
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40. Double-crested Cormorant
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41. Anhinga
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42. Least Bittern
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43. Great Blue Heron
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44. Great Egret
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45. Snowy Egret
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46. Little Blue Heron
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47. Cattle Egret
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48. Green Heron
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49. White Ibis
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50. White-faced Ibis
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51. Black Vulture
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52. Turkey Vulture
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53. Osprey
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54. White-tailed Kite
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55. Mississippi Kite
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56. Bald Eagle
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57. Northern Harrier
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58. Cooper's Hawk
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59. Red Shouldered Hawk
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60. Broad-winged Hawk
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61. Swainson's Hawk
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62. Red-tailed Hawk
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63. Rough-legged Hawk
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64. American Kestrel
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65. Peregrine Falcon
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66. Common Moorhen
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67. American Coot
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68. Black-bellied Plover
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69. Pacific Golden Plover
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70. Semipalmated Plover
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71. Killdeer
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72. Black Oystercatcher
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73. Black-necked Stilt
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74. American Avocet
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75. Greater Yellowlegs
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76. Lesser Yellowlegs
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77. Solitary Sandpiper
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78. Spotted Sandpiper
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79. Whimbrel
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80. Semipalmated Sandpiper
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81. Long-billed Curlew
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82. Western Sandpiper
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83. White-rumped Sandpiper
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84. Baird’s Sandpiper
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85. Pectoral Sandpiper
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86. Dunlin
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87. Long-billed Dowitcher
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88. Wilson’s Snipe
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89. Wilson’s Phalarope
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90. Red Phalarope
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91. Great Skua
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92. Parasitic Jaeger
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93. Long-tailed Jaeger
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94. Little Gull
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95. Bonaparte’s Gull
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96. Heerman’s Gull
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97. Ring-billed Gull
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98. California Gull
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99. Lesser Black-backed Gull
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100. Western Gull
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101. Greater Black-backed Gull
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102. Sabine’s Gull
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103. Dovkie
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104. Common Murre
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105. Razorbill
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106. Pigeon Guillemot
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107. Rock Pigeon
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108. Band-tailed Pigeon
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109. Mourning Dove
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110. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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111. Great-horned Owl
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112. Northern Pygmy Owl
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113. Barn Owl
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114. Burrowing Owl
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115. Barred Owl (H)
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116. Long-eared Owl
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117. Common Nighthawk
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118. Common Poorwill
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119. Mexican Whippoorwill (H)
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120. Black Swift
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121. Chimney Swift
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122. White-throated Swift
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123. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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124. Black-chinned Hummingbird
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125. Anna’s Hummingbird
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126. Costa’s Hummingbird
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127. Rufous Hummingbird
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128. Belted Kingfisher
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129. Red-headed Woodpecker
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130. Acorn Woodpecker
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131. Red-bellied Woodpecker
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132. Williamson’s Sapsucker
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133. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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134. Red-naped Sapsucker
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135. Downy Woodpecker
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136. Hairy Woodpecker
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137. Red-cockaded Woodpecker
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138. Northern Flicker
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139. Pileated Woodpecker
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140. Eastern Pewee
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141. Acadian Flycatcher
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142. Black Phoebe
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143. Eastern Phoebe
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144. Great Crested Flycatcher
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145. Western Kingbird
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146. Eastern Kingbird
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147. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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148. Loggerhead Shrike
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149. White-eyed Vireo
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150. Yellow-throated Vireo
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151. Red-eyed Vireo
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152. Steller’s Jay
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153. Blue Jay
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154. Western Scrub Jay
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155. Clark’s Nutcracker
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156. Black-billed Magpye
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157. Yellow-billed Magpye
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158. American Crow
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159. Fish Crow
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160. Common Raven
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161. Horned Lark
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162. Tree Swallow
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163. Violet-green Swallow
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164. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
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165. Cliff Swallow
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166. Barn Swallow
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167. Carolina Chickadee
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168. Mountain Chickadee
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169. Oak Titmouse
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170. Juniper Titmouse
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171. Tufted Titmouse
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172. Bushtit
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173. Red-breasted Nuthatch
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174. White-breasted Nuthatch
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175. Pygmy Nuthatch
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176. Brown-headed Nuthatch
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177. Brown Creeper
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178. Carolina Wren
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179. Marsh Wren
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180. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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181. Eastern Bluebird
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182. Western Bluebird
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183. Mountain Bluebird
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184. Townsend’s Solitaire
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185. Wood Thrush
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186. American Robin
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187. Varied Thrush
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188. Gray Catbird
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189. Northern Mockingbird
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190. Sage Thrasher
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191. European Starling
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192. American Pipit
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193. Cedar Waxwing
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194. Northern Parula
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195. Yellow-rumped Warbler
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196. Townsend’s Warbler
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197. Yellow-throated Warbler
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198. Cerulean Warbler
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199. Prothonotary Warbler
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200. Swainson’s Warbler
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201. Kentucky Warbler
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202. Hooded Warbler
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203. Summer Tanager
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204. Western Tanager
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205. Green-tailed Towhee
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206. Spotted Towhee
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207. California Towhee
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208. Field Sparrow (H)
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209. Lark Sparrow
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210. Savannah Sparrow
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211. Fox Sparrow
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212. Song Sparrow
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213. Swamp Sparrow
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214. White-throated Sparrow
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215. Golden-crowned Sparrow
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216. Dark-eyed Junco
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217. Northern Cardinal
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218. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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219. Blue Grosbeak
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220. Indigo Bunting
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221. Painted Bunting
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222. Dickcissel
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223. Bobolink
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224. Red-winged Blackbird
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225. Tricolor Blackbird
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226. Eastern Meadowlark
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227. Western Meadowlark
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228. Yellow-headed Blackbird
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229. Brewer’s Blackbird
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230. Common Grackle
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231. Boat-tailed Grackle
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232. Great-tailed Grackle
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233. Brown-headed Cowbird
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234. Orchard Oriole
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235. Bullock’s Oriole
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236. Baltimore Oriole
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237. Purple Finch
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238. Cassin’s Finch
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239. House Finch
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240. Pine Siskin
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241. Lesser Goldfinch
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242. American Goldfinch
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243. Evening Grosbeak
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| Kentucky Warbler, TN |
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| Brown-headed Nuthatch, AK |
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| Dickcissel, TN |
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| Prothonatary Warbler, TN |
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| Dovkie, NC |
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| Razorbill, NC |
