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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Classification of Birds | |
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| Learning to Identify Birds | |
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| Variation in Appearance | |
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| Learning Songs and Calls | |
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| Finding Rare Birds | |
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| Ethics | |
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| Extinct Species | |
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| Bird Topography | |
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| Parts of a Passerine | |
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| Head Feathers | |
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| Body Feathers | |
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| Wing Feathers | |
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| Parts of a Shorebird | |
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| Parts of a Duck | |
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| Parts of a Gull | |
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| Molt and Plumage | |
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| North American Birds Species Accounts | |
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| Loons | |
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| Grebes | |
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| Albatrosses, Petrels, and Shearwaters | |
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| Storm-Petrels | |
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| Pelecaniformes | |
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| Anhinga | |
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| Boobies | |
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| Cormorants | |
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| Frigatebirds | |
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| Gannets | |
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| Pelicans | |
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| Tropicbirds | |
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| Cormorants and Anhinga | |
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| Identification of Sulids | |
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| Wading Birds | |
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| Bitterns | |
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| Egrets | |
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| Flamingos | |
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| Herons | |
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| Ibises | |
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| Spoonbills | |
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| Storks | |
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| Identification of White Herons | |
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| Identification of Dark Ibises | |
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| Swans, Geese, and Ducks | |
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| Identification of Swans | |
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| Geese Head and Bill Shapes | |
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| Domestic Waterfowl | |
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| Exotic Waterfowl | |
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| Identification of Scaup | |
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| Identification of Eiders | |
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| Diving Motions | |
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| Identification of Scoters | |
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| Identification of Goldeneyes | |
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| Diurnal Raptors | |
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| Eagles | |
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| Falcons | |
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| Hawks | |
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| Vultures | |
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| Harrier Flight Shapes | |
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| Raptor Hunting Techniques | |
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| Identification of Accipiters | |
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| Identification of Buteos | |
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| Identification of Falcons | |
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| Upland Game Birds | |
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| Chachalacas | |
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| Grouse | |
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| Partridges | |
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| Pheasants | |
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| Prairie-Chickens | |
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| Ptarmigan | |
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| Quail | |
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| Turkeys | |
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| Exotic Game Birds | |
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| Gruiformes | |
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| Coots | |
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| Cranes | |
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| Limpkin | |
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| Moorthens | |
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| Rails | |
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| Habits of Rails | |
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| Shorebirds | |
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| Avocets | |
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| Curlews | |
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| Dowitchers | |
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| Godwits | |
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| Jacanas | |
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| Lapwings | |
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| Oystercatchers | |
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| Phalaropes | |
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| Plovers | |
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| Ruff | |
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| Sandpipers | |
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| Snipe | |
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| Stilts | |
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| Turnstones | |
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| Willet | |
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| Woodcocks | |
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| Yellowlegs | |
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| Rare Shorebirds | |
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| Aging and Identification of Shorebirds | |
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| Identification of Peeps | |
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| Aerial Displays of Snipe and Woodcock | |
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| Identification of Phalaropes | |
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| Jaegers and Skuas | |
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| Jaeger Bill Shapes | |
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| Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers | |
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| Hybrid Gulls | |
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| Identification of Gulls | |
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| Alcids | |
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| Auklets | |
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| Dovekie | |
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| Guillemots | |
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| Murrelets | |
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| Murres | |
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| Puffins | |
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| Identification of Murres | |
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| Pigeons and Doves | |
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| Parrots and Their Allies | |
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| Cuckoos and Their Allies | |
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| Anis | |
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| Cuckoos | |
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| Roadrunners | |
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| Owls | |
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| Goatsuckers and Swifts | |
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| Hummingbirds | |
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| Identification of Hummingbirds | |
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| Trogons | |
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| Kingfishers | |
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| Woodpeckers | |
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| Drumming Sounds | |
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| Tyrant Flycatchers | |
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| Flycatchers | |
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| Kingbirds | |
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| Pewees | |
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| Phoebes | |
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| Wood-Pewees | |
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| Shrikes and Vireos | |
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| Jays, Crows, and Their Allies | |
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| Crows | |
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| Jays | |
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| Magpies | |
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| Ravens | |
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| Scrub-Jays | |
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| Larks | |
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| Open-Ground Birds | |
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| Swallows | |
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| Molt in Swallows | |
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| Chickadees and Their Allies | |
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| Bushtit | |
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| Chickadees | |
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| Titmice | |
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| Verdin | |
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| Drab Gray Birds of the Arid Southwest | |
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| Nuthatches and Creepers | |
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| Wrens | |
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| Scold Notes | |
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| Sedge Wren and Grass Sparrows | |
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| Old World Warblers, Thrushes, and Their Allies | |
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| Bluebirds | |
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| Dippers | |
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| Gnatcatchers | |
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| Kinglets | |
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| Robins | |
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| Thrushes | |
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| Warblers | |
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| Wrentit | |
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| Identification of Gnatcatchers | |
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| Typical Thrushes | |
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| Robinlike Songs | |
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| Mimids | |
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| Catbirds | |
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| Mockingbirds | |
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| Thrashers | |
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| Starlings and Mynas | |
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| Wagtails and Pipits | |
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| Silky-Flycatchers and Bulbuls | |
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| Waxwings | |
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| Wood-Warblers | |
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| Parulas | |
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| Redstarts | |
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| Warblers | |
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| Waterthrushes | |
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| Blue-winger [times] Golden-winged Hybrids | |
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| Warbler Plumages | |
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| Identification of Fall Warblers | |
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| Identifying Songs | |
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| Aberrant Passerines | |
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| Tanagers, Cardinals, and Their Allies | |
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| Bananaquit | |
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| Cardinaline Buntings | |
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| Cardinals | |
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| Dickcissel | |
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| Grosbeaks | |
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| Tanagers | |
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| Identification of Tanagers | |
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| Identification of Grosbeaks | |
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| Identification of Cardinaline Buntings | |
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| Emberizine Sparrows and Their Allies | |
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| Emberizine Buntings | |
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| Juncos | |
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| Longspurs | |
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| Sparrows | |
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| Towhees | |
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| Identification of Spizella Sparrows | |
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| Sparrowlike Birds | |
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| Identification of Emberizine Buntings | |
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| Icterids | |
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| Blackbirds | |
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| Bobolink | |
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| Cowbirds | |
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| Grackles | |
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| Meadowlarks | |
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| Orioles | |
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| Identification of Meadowlarks | |
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| Identification of Orioles | |
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| Finches and Old World Sparrows | |
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| Crossbills | |
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| Finches | |
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| Goldfinches | |
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| Grosbeaks | |
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| Old World Sparrows | |
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| Redpolls | |
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| Siskins | |
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| Red Crossbill Types | |
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| Identification of Red Crossbills | |
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| Exotic Finches | |
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| Species Index | |