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Common
Name
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Scientific
Name
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Habitat
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Status
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LOONS AND GREBES:
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Common loon
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Gavia immer
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Ocean, bays
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MBTA, WSS
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Pacific loon
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Gavia pacifica
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Ocean
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MBTA
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Red-throated loon
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Gavia stellata
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Ocean, bays
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MBTA
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Horned grebe
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Podiceps auritus
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Ocean, bays
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MBTA
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Red-necked grebe
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Podiceps grisegena
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Coastal waters
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MBTA
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Western grebe
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Aechmophorus occidentalis
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Ocean, bays
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MBTA, WSC
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TUBENOSES:
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Black-footed albatross
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Diomedea nigripes
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Open ocean
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MBTA
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Laysan albatross
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Diomedea immutabilis
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Open ocean
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MBTA
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Buller's shearwater
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Puffinus bulleri
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Open ocean
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MBTA
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Flesh-footed shearwater
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Puffinus carneipes
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Open ocean
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MBTA
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Pink-footed shearwater
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Puffinus creatopus
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Open ocean
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MBTA
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Short-tailed shearwater
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Puffinus tenuirostris
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Open ocean
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MBTA
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Sooty shearwater
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Puffinus griseus
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Open ocean
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MBTA
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Northern fulmar
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Fulmaris glacialis
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Open ocean
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MBTA
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Fork-tailed storm petrel
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Oceanodroma furcata
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Open ocean
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MBTA
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Leach's storm petrel
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Oceanodroma leucorhoa
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Open ocean
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MBTA
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PELICANS and CORMORANTS:
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Brown pelican
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Pelecanus occidentalis
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Ocean, bays
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MBTA, FE, WSE*
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Brandt's cormorant
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Phalacrocorax penicillatu
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Ocean, coast
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MBTA, WSC
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Double-crested cormorant
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Phalacrocorax auritis
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Coast, bays
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MBTA
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Pelagic cormorant
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Phalacrocorax pelagicus
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Coast, cliffs
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MBTA
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GEESE AND DUCKS:
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Aleutian Canada goose
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Branta canadensis leucopareia
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Lakes, bays, marshes
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MBTA, FCo, WST
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Brant
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Branta bernicla
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Coastal waters
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MBTA
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Black scoter
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Melanitta nigra
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Coastal waters
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MBTA
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Surf scoter
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Melanitta perspicillata
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Ocean surf, bays
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MBTA
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White-winged scoter
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Melanitta fusca
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Bays, ocean
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MBTA
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Harlequin duck
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Histrionicus histrionicus
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Rough coastal water
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MBTA
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Oldsquaw
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Clangula hyemalis
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Ocean
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MBTA
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Bufflehead
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Bucephala albeola
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Bays
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MBTA
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Common goldeneye
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Bucephala clangula
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Bays, ocean
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MBTA
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Greater scaup
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Aythya marila
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Bays, estuaries
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MBTA
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Red-breasted merganser
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Mergus serrator
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Bays, ocean
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MBTA
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Common merganser
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Mergus merganse
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Estuaries
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MBTA
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EAGLES, OSPREYS AND FALCONS:
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Bald eagle
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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Coast, cliff
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MBTA, FT, WST*
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Osprey
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Pandion haliaetus
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Coast
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MBTA
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Peregrine falcon
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Falco peregrinus
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Coast, cliffs
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MBTA , FCo, WSS
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OYSTERCATCHERS:
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Black oystercatcher
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Haematopus bachmani
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Rocky coast and islands
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MBTA
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PLOVERS:
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Killdeer
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Charadrius vociferus
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Shore
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MBTA
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Semipalmated plover
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Charadrius semipalmatus
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Shore, tidelands
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MBTA
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Snowy plover
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Charadrius alexandrinu
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Beaches, sandflats
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MBTA, FT, WSE
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American golden plover
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Pluvialis dominicus
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Shores, mudflats
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MBTA
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Black-bellied plover
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Pluvialis squatarola
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Mudflats, marshes, shores
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MBTA
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SANDPIPERS, TURNSTONES, SURFBIRDS AND
PHALAROPES:
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Black turnstone
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Arenaria melanocephala
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Rocky shore and mudflats
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MBTA
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Ruddy turnstone
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Arenaria interpres
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Beaches, rocks
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MBTA
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Marbled godwit
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Limosa fedoa
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Beaches, tideflats
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MBTA
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Greater yellowlegs
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Tringa melanoleuca
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Marshes, mudflats
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MBTA
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Lesser yellowlegs
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Tringa flavipes
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Marshes, mudflats
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MBTA
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Spotted sandpiper
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Actitis macularia
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Shore
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MBTA
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Whimbrel
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Numenius phaeopus
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Shores, marshes
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MBTA
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Wandering tattler
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Heteroscelus incanus
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Rocky coasts, beaches
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MBTA
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Long-billed dowitcher
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Limnodromus scolopaceus
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Mudflats
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MBTA
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Short-billed dowitcher
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Limnodromus griseus
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Mudflats
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MBTA
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Rock sandpiper
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Calidris ptilocnemis
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Rocky shores
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MBTA
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Baird's sandpiper
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Calidris bairdii
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Mudflats, shores
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MBTA
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Least sandpiper
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Calidris minutilla
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Tideflats, shores
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MBTA
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Sanderling
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Calidris alba
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Outer beaches, tideflats
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MBTA
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Western sandpiper
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Calidris mauri
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Beaches, marshes
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MBTA
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Red phalarope
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Phalaropus fulicaria
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Ocean, estuaries
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MBTA
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Red-necked phalarope
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Phalaropus lobatus
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Ocean, bays
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MBTA
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JAEGERS and SKUAS:
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Long-tailed jaeger
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Stercorarius longicaudus
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Ocean
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MBTA
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Parasitic jaeger
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Stercorarius parasiticus
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Ocean, bays
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MBTA
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Pomarine jaeger
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Stercorarius pomarinus
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Ocean, bays
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MBTA
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South polar skua
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Catharacta mccormicki
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Ocean, bays
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MBTA
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GULLS AND TERNS:
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Bonaparte's gull
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Larus philadelphia
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Ocean, bays
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MBTA
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California gull
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Larus californicus
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Coast, beaches
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MBTA
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Glaucous-winged gull
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Larus glaucescens
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Coast, ocean, bays
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MBTA
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Heerman's gull
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Larus heermanni
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Coast and nearby ocean
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MBTA
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Herring gull
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Larus argentatus
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Coast, ocean, bays
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MBTA
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Mew gull
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Larus brachyrhynchos
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Coastal waters
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MBTA
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Thayer's gull
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Larus thayeri
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Ocean
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MBTA
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Western gull
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Larus thayeri
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Ocean
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MBTA
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Black-legged kittiwake
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Rissa tridactyla
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Ocean
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MBTA
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Caspian tern
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Sterna caspia
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Coast, bays
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MBTA
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Common tern
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Sterna hirundo
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Ocean, bays, beaches
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MBTA
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Forster's tern
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Sterna forsteri
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Ocean, bays, marshes
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MBTA
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Artic tern
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Sterna paradisaea
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Ocean, coast
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MBTA
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ALCIDS:
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Ancient murrelet
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Synthliboramphus antiquum
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Ocean
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MBTA
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Cassin's auklet
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Ptychoramphus aleuticus
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Ocean
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MBTA, FCo, WSC
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Common murre
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Uria aalge
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Ocean, bays
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MBTA, WSC
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Marbled murrelet
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Brachyramphus marmoratus
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Coastal waters, bays
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MBTA, FT, WST*
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Pigeon guillemot
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Cepphus columba
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Ocean, rocky coast
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MBTA
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Rhinoceros auklet
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Cerorhinca monocerata
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Ocean
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MBTA
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Tufted puffin
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Lunda cirrhata
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Ocean
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MBTA, FCo, WSC
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KINGFISHERS and HERONS:
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Belted kingfisher
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Ceryle alcyon
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Marshes, shores, tideflats
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MBTA
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Great blue heron
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Ardea herodias
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Marshes, tideflats
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MBTA
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FT - Federally Threatened, under the Endangered Species
Act
FE - Federally Endangered, under the Endangered Species
Act
FCo - Federal Species of Concern
WST - Washington State Threatened
WSE - Washington State Endangered
WSS - Washington State Sensitive
WSC - Washington State Candidate
MBTA - Migratory Bird Treaty Act
R- resident (present all year, but could be far out at sea and not visible
from shore)
W - winter
Sp - spring
S - summer
F - fall
* Indicates the species is under review for a change of status at the
Washington State level.
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