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The Big Sit! 2006: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	Virginia
Country:	United States

1. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
2. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
3. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
4. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
5. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
6. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
7. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
8. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
9. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
10. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
11. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
12. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
13. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
14. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
15. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
16. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
17. Merlin Falco columbarius
18. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
19. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
20. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
21. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
22. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
23. Barred Owl Strix varia
24. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
25. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
26. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
27. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
28. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
29. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
30. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
31. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
32. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
33. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
34. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
35. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
36. Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
37. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
38. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
39. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
40. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
41. Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
42. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
43. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
44. American Robin Turdus migratorius
45. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
46. Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina
47. Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
48. Northern Parula Parula americana
49. Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
50. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
51. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
52. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
53. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
54. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
55. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
56. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
57. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
58. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
59. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
60. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
61. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
62. Common Raven Corvus corax
63. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
64. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
65. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
66. Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
67. Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
68. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
69. Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
70. Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
71. Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
72. Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
73. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
74. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
75. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
76. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
77. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
78. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
79. Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
80. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
81. Common Loon Gavia imme
82. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
83. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
84. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
85. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
86. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
87. Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
88. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
89. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
90. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
91. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
92. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
93. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
94. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
95. Royal Tern Sterna maxima
96. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
97. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
98. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
99. Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
100. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
101. Veery Catharus fuscescens
102. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
103. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
104. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
105. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
106. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
107. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
108. Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
109. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
110. Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
111. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
112. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
113. Great Egret Ardea alba
114. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
115. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
116. Gadwall Anas strepera
117. Wilson's (common) Snipe Gallinago delicata
118. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
119. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
120. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
121. Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
122. Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
123. Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
124. Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea