The birds I have identified...
The bird names are taken from Roger Tory Peterson's
"Field Guide to Birds of Eastern America"
Click on a bird's name to see its brief description - scientific name,
Page and Map numbers in field guide, and spots of sightings.
Locations I have first spotted a species:
- BYBR - Bay Bridge, Annapolis, Maryland
- CCOD - Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- CENT - Centennial State Park, Columbia, Maryland
- GRSF - Green Ridge State Forest, Maryland
- HOOK - Bombay Hook Wildlife Reserve, Delaware
- LTCR - Little Creek, Delaware
- PWRC - Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland.
- SHNP - Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
- UMBC - University of Maryland Baltimore County campus,
Baltimore, Maryland.
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Common Loon PWRC
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Pied-billed Grebe HOOK
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Double-crested Cormorant HOOK
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Great Blue Heron PWRC
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Green Heron PWRC
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Little Blue Heron HOOK
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Great Egret PWRC
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Snowy Egret HOOK
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Black-crowned Night Heron HOOK
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Glossy Ibis HOOK
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Mute Swan CENT
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Canada Goose UMBC
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White-fronted Goose CENT
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Snow Goose HOOK
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Mallard UMBC
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American Black Duck UMBC
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Common Pintail HOOK
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Green-winged Teal HOOK
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Blue-winged Teal HOOK
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American Wigeon HOOK
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Northern Shoveler HOOK
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Wood Duck UMBC
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Ring-necked Duck PWRC
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Lesser Scaup CENT
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Bufflehead CENT
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Ruddy Duck HOOK
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Red-breasted Merganser CCOD
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Turkey Vulture UMBC
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Black Vulture BYBR
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Sharp-shinned Hawk HOOK
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Cooper's Hawk PWRC
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Red-tailed Hawk PWRC
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Red-shouldered Hawk PWRC
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Bald Eagle HOOK
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Northern Harrier HOOK
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American Kestrel UMBC
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Ruffed Grouse GRSF
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Common Bobwhite PWRC
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Wild Turkey GRSF
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American Coot CENT
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Killdeer UMBC
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Greater Yellowlegs PWRC
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Lesser Yellowlegs PWRC
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Spotted Sandpiper UMBC
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Ruddy Turnstone LTCR
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Common Snipe PWRC
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Short-billed Dowitcher HOOK
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Least Sandpiper PWRC
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Pectoral Sandpiper HOOK
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Dunlin HOOK
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Great Black-backed Gull LTCR
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Herring Gull LTCR
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Ring-billed Gull UMBC
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Laughing Gull LTCR
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Forster's Tern LTCR
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Little Tern PWRC
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Rock Dove UMBC
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Mourning Dove UMBC
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Whip-poor-will PWRC
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Chimney Swift UMBC
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird UMBC
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Belted Kingfisher PWRC
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Common Flicker UMBC
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Pileated Woodpecker GRSF
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Red-bellied Woodpecker UMBC
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Red-headed Woodpecker PWRC
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Hairy Woodpecker HOOK
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Downy Woodpecker UMBC
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Eastern Kingbird UMBC
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Great Crested Flycatcher SHNP
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Eastern Phoebe UMBC
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Acadian Flycatcher UMBC
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Eastern Pewee UMBC
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Tree Swallow UMBC
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Barn Swallow UMBC
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Purple Martin PWRC
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Blue Jay UMBC
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Northern Raven SHNP
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American Crow UMBC
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Fish Crow UMBC
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Black-capped Chickadee UMBC
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Carolina Chickadee UMBC
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Tufted Titmouse PWRC
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White-breasted Nuthatch PWRC
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House Wren UMBC
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Carolina Wren UMBC
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Marsh Wren GRSF
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Northern Mockingbird UMBC
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Gray Catbird UMBC
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Brown Thrasher UMBC
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American Robin UMBC
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Wood Thrush PWRC
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Hermit Thrush UMBC
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Gray-cheeked Thrush PWRC
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Eastern Bluebird UMBC
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher UMBC
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Golden-crowned Kinglet PWRC
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet UMBC
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Cedar Waxwing UMBC
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European Starling UMBC
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White-eyed Vireo UMBC
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Red-eyed Vireo UMBC
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Black-and-white Warbler PWRC
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Prothonotary Warbler PWRC
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Palm Warbler UMBC
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Yellow Warbler UMBC
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Yellow-rumped Warbler UMBC
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Prairie Warbler UMBC
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Common Yellowthroat UMBC
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Yellow-breasted Chat UMBC
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American Redstart UMBC
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House Sparrow UMBC
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Bobolink PWRC
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Red-winged Blackbird UMBC
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Orchard Oriole UMBC
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Baltimore Oriole UMBC
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Rusty Blackbird UMBC
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Boat-tailed Grackle LTCR
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Common Grackle UMBC
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Brown-headed Cowbird UMBC
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Scarlet Tanager PWRC
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Summer Tanager PWRC
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Northern Cardinal UMBC
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Blue Grosbeak PWRC
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Indigo Bunting PWRC
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House Finch UMBC
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American Goldfinch UMBC
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Rufous-sided Towhee UMBC
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Savannah Sparrow HOOK
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Grasshopper Sparrow PWRC
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Northern Junco UMBC
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Field Sparrow PWRC
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White-throated Sparrow PWRC
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Swamp Sparrow PWRC
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Song Sparrow PWRC
More info on these birds ||
UMBC's Bird List
Nature page ||
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Last updated: April 09, 2000
Comments, suggestions, additions:
Sanjay Joshi