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The Big Sit! 2008: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	Iowa
Country:	United States

1. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
2. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
3. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
4. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
5. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
6. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
7. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
8. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
9. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
10. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
11. Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
12. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
13. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
14. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
15. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
16. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
17. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
18. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
19. Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla
20. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
21. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
22. American Robin Turdus migratorius
23. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
24. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
25. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
26. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
27. Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia
28. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
29. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
30. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
31. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
32. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
33. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
34. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
35. Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
36. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
37. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
38. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
39. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
40. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
41. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
42. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
43. Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
44. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
45. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
46. Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
47. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
48. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
49. American Coot Fulica americana
50. Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
51. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
52. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
53. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
54. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
55. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
56. Great Egret Ardea alba
57. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
58. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
59. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
60. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
61. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
62. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
63. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
64. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
65. Bank Swallow Riparia riparia