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The Big Sit! 2006: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	Iowa
Country:	United States

1. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
2. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
3. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
4. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
5. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
6. American Wigeon Anas americana
7. Gadwall Anas strepera
8. American Coot Fulica americana
9. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
10. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
11. Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
12. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
13. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
14. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
15. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
16. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
17. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
18. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
19. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
20. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
21. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
22. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
23. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
24. American Robin Turdus migratorius
25. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
26. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
27. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
28. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
29. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
30. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
31. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
32. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
33. Great Egret Ardea alba
34. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
35. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
36. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
37. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
38. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
39. Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
40. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
41. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
42. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
43. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
44. Wilson's (common) Snipe Gallinago delicata
45. Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
46. Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia
47. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
48. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
49. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
50. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
51. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
52. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
53. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
54. Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
55. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
56. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
57. House Sparrow Passer domesticus