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August 2013 Summary (Pied-billed Grebe, shorebirds)

The following is the August 2013 summary of bird species seen in Salem

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Number of species: 84
Highlights include: Pectoral Sandpipers, Pied-billed Grebe, other migrants)

Canada Goose
Muscovy Duck (domestic) - still at Hedgehog
Buff Orpington Duck (domestic) - new bird at Hedgehog with Muscovy
Wood Duck
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Virginia Rail
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Flycatcher
American Kestrel
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler (unconfirmed)
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

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