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Wilson's Warbler

by Joan Esmabe
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The Wilson's Warbler is a small New World warbler. It breeds across Canada and south through the western United States, and winters from Mexico south through much of Central America. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.
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Willow Flycatcher

by Joan Esmabe
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The Willow Flycatcher is a small insect-eating neotropical migrant bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It is one of the larger members of the Empidonax genus.
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Water Pipit

by Joan Esmabe
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The Water Pipit is a small passerine bird that breeds in the mountains of Southern Europe and the Palearctic eastwards to China.
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Warbling Vireo

by Joan Esmabe
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The Warbling Vireo is a small North American songbird. Its rich song is a common sound in many parts of central and northern North America during summer.
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Vesper Sparrow

by Joan Esmabe
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The Vesper Sparrow is a fairly large, drab, streaky sparrow with a chunky body, a fairly small conical bill and a long notched tail.
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Townsend's Solitaire

by Joan Esmabe
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The Townsend's Solitaire is a medium-sized thrush with an overall plumage of medium-gray, prominent white eyerings, buffy wing patches and white outer tail feathers that are often prominent in flight. It is the only solitaire native to America north of Mexico.
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Say's Phoebe

by Joan Esmabe
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The Say's Phoebe is a medium-sized flycatcher and a common and widespread species in the western United States.
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Rusty Blackbird

by Joan Esmabe
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The Rusty Blackbird is a medium-sized blackbird that breeds across northern Canada and migrates southeast to the United States during winter.
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Purple Martin

by Joan Esmabe
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The Purple Martin is the largest swallow of North America and one of the most popular birds. It is a long distance migrant, wintering in a large northern half of South America.
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Ovenbird

by Joan Esmabe
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The Ovenbird is a small migratory songbird that breeds in eastern North America and winters in Central America, many Caribbean islands, Florida and northern Venezuela.
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Olive-sided Flycatcher

by Joan Esmabe
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The Olive-sided Flycatcher is a compact, big-headed and barrel-chested flycatcher. It is most similar to pewees but it is larger and larger-billed with more contrasting vest.
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Louisiana Waterthrush

by Joan Esmabe
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The Louisiana Waterthrush is a relatively large member of the wood warbler family that breeds in eastern North America and winters in the West Indies and Central America.
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