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Birds of the United States (and Provinces) of (North) America

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Wilsons’s Snipes , and Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs connect me to most of Canada, while Long-billed Curlews , Marbled Godwits , Willets , and Wilson’s Phalaropes remind me that the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains are an integral part of my world. After all, for migratory birds, all states are fly-over states.

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Becards

10,000 Birds

One of the reasons Mexico is such a great birding area is that, while it shares all sorts of bird groups with the United States and Canada, it also is home to some of the northernmost representatives of neotropical and genera that do not (or just barely) reach that far north, such as Woodcreepers, Tityras, and Trogons.

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In Defense of Bad Photos

10,000 Birds

The Olive-sided Flycatcher breeds in Canada and the western United States, and winters mostly in northern South America. But previous experience with Ejido Triquillo taught me that another species might turn up during the spring. They may even fear you.

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Ground-Sparrows and Brush-Finches

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A hyphen in a bird’s “first” name can occur pretty much anywhere, which is why the United States has a good supply of birds like White-crowned Sparrows and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Ground-Sparrows may or may not share a genus with the brownish Towhees of the southwestern United States.

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The “Rufa” Red Knot is now protected under the Endangered Species Act

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One of the two sub-species of Red Knot occurring in North America, the Rufa subspecies breeds in the Canadian Artic Region and migrates along the east or Atlantic coast of the United States. migration corridors from Argentina in the Southern tip of South America to Canada.

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Watch for Shorebirds with Colored Flags!

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As I write this note, probably hundreds if not thousands of shorebirds are heading south to the wintering grounds. Some make stopovers along Florida’s coast, others fly straight from stopovers in the northern states to the coast of South America. Notice the green flag indicating this birds was banded in the United States.

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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Kingbirds and Myiarchus: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Sixteen species that have been recorded in the United States are covered: six Myiarchus flycatchers and ten Kingbird ( Tyrannus ) flycatchers. There is also a section on Hybrids. The spectrograms are much easier to read in this volume, larger and darker.