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Here are suggested lists of forty common species for the east coast, mid west and west coast. You'll have to adjust them
for your locale. Most are commonly seen, but some are also chosen to illustrate different families or easy to recognize calls.
You'll have to tweak them for the season or specific habit in which you'll run the class.
If you don't have a local checklist to start from, check www.enature.com. This website will make lists of common species
for a given zipcode. Just enter your zipcode and email address and ask for a local list.
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East Coast Beginner Birds
Double Crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Mallard
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Red-Tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey
Killdeer
Sanderling
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Common Tern
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned
Owl
Eastern Screech Owl
Downy Woodpecker
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Tree Swallow
Blue
Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Red-Eyed Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Cardinal
White-Throated
sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-Eyed Junco
Red-Winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
European Starling
Mid West Beginner Birds
Here is a list for the Mid-west based on one developed by Warren Jones for llinois:
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Canada Goose
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Red-tailed Hawk
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American Kestrel
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Great Horned Owl (evening, early morning)
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Barred Owl (evening, early morning)
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Mourning Dove
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Belted Kingfisher
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Red-headed Woodpecker
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Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
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Downy Woodpecker
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Common Crow
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Blue Jay
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Black-capped Chickadee
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Tufted Titmouse
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White-breasted Nuthatch
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Brown Creeper
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Robin
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Cedar Waxwing
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Brown-headed Cowbird
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Red-winged Blackbird
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Common Grackle
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Eastern Meadowlark
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Starling
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House (English) Sparrow
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[Eurasian Tree Sparrow is possible.]
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Cardinal
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House Finch
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American Goldfinch
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Song Sparrow
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Wood Duck
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Great Blue Heron
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Green Heron
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Killdeer
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Turkey Vulture
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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Common Nighthawk
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Eastern Kingbird
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Eastern Phoebe
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Eastern Pewee
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Purple Martin
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Barn Swallow
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Chimney Swift
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House Wren
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Brown Thrasher
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Catbird
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Eastern Bluebird
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American Redstart
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Yellow Warbler
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Common Yellowthroat
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Northern (Baltimore) Oriole
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Indigo Bunting
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Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
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Chipping Sparrow
West Coast Beginner Birds
Here's a list for the mid Pacific Coast, developed by Jay Withgott
| Pacific Loon |
| Western
Grebe |
| Brown
Pelican |
| Double-crested
Cormorant |
| Brandt's
Cormorant |
| Mallard |
| Surf Scoter
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| Red-shouldered
Hawk |
| Red-tailed
Hawk |
| California
Quail |
| American
Coot |
| Killdeer |
| Black-necked
Stilt |
| American
Avocet |
| Willet |
| Marbled
Godwit |
| Western
Sandpiper |
| Least
Sandpiper |
| Heermann's
Gull |
| California
Gull |
| Western
Gull |
| Glaucous-winged
Gull |
| Forster's
Tern |
| Rock Dove
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| Mourning
Dove |
| Anna's
Hummingbird |
| Black Phoebe
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| Western
Kingbird |
| Western
Scrub-Jay |
| American
Crow |
| Common
Raven |
| Cliff
Swallow |
| Chestnut-backed
Chickadee |
| Bushtit |
| Pygmy
Nuthatch |
| Bewick's
Wren |
| Ruby-crowned
Kinglet |
| American
Robin |
| European
Starling |
| Yellow
Warbler |
| Yellow-rumped
Warbler |
| Townsend's
Warbler |
| Wilson's
Warbler |
| Western
Tanager |
| California
Towhee |
| Song Sparrow
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White-crowned Sparrow |
| Dark-eyed
Junco |
| Brewer's
Blackbird |
| House Finch
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| Lesser
Goldfinch |
| House
Sparrow |
Planning Considerations
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