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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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Kentucky Warbler

by Joan Esmabe
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The Kentucky Warbler is a small species of New World warbler. It is a sluggish and heavy warbler with a unique appearance, it is mostly olive-green in color on back and nape, and a brilliant yellow below from its throat to its belly.
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Horned Lark

by Joan Esmabe
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The Horned Lark is a small, long-bodied songbird with short thin bill, short neck and rounded head. It has a unique black and yellow markings on its head.
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Henslow's Sparrow

by Joan Esmabe
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The Henslow's Sparrow is a large-headed and thick-billed sparrow that can be distinguished from other sparrows by its distinctive color combination of olive-green nape, rufous wings, and crisp black streaks below.
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Green-tailed Towhee

by Joan Esmabe
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The Green-tailed Towhee is the smallest towhee, but is still one of the larger members of the American sparrow family Passerillidae. It is a grayish bird with olive-yellow wings, back and tail.
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Eastern Wood Pewee

by Joan Esmabe
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The Eastern Wood Pewee is a medium-sized flycatcher with long wings and tail. It is drab grayish-brown and can be distinguished most easily by their calls.
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Eastern Towhee

by Joan Esmabe
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The Eastern Towhee is a fairly large, bulky, long-tailed, strong-billed, finch-like bird that breeds in brushy areas across eastern North America.
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Eastern Meadowlark

by Joan Esmabe
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The Eastern Meadowlark is a stocky medium-sized icterid bird, with long bill, short tail, strong legs, and pointed tail feathers. It is streaked brown above with a distinctive black "V" on its breast and yellow below. It occurs from eastern North America to South America.
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Eastern Kingbird

by Joan Esmabe
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The Eastern Kingbird is a large tyrant flycatcher that are often seen on tops of tall trees, snags on forest edges, fences, and utility lines. It is predominantly dark gray bird with white underbelly and pointed wings. It is a native to the Americas.
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American Dipper

by Joan Esmabe
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The American Dipper is a distinctive songbird that is locally common along rushing streams in the west. It is a stocky gray bird, with white eyelids and a head that is sometimes tinged with brown. In is the only truly aquatic songbird of North America.
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Connecticut Warbler

by Joan Esmabe
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The Connecticut Warbler is a small songbird and one of the least known wood warblers in North America.
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Common Yellowthroat

by Joan Esmabe
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The Common Yellowthroat is a New World warbler. It is a small songbird that is an abundant breeder in North America, ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico.
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