My Favorite Bird Photos of 2025
These are my favorite photos of 2025. The photos are arranged here in date order. Click the photo to enlarge.
All these and other bird photos are published to my gallery pages. See the latest gallery page.
These photos are © 2025 Phil Thompson, all rights reserved.
January 2: Townsend's Warbler (male)
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January 5: Wood Thrush
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January 5: Wood Thrush
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January 5: Wood Thrush
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January 17: Anna's Hummingbird (male)
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January 17: Anna's Hummingbird (male)
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January 17: Anna's Hummingbird (male)
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January 17: Anna's Hummingbird (male)
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January 17: Anna's Hummingbird (male)
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January 17: Anna's Hummingbird (male)
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January 17: Anna's Hummingbird (male)
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January 17: Anna's Hummingbird (male)
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January 17: Anna's Hummingbird (male)
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January 17: Anna's Hummingbird (male)
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January 19: Eared Grebe
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January 20: Common Loon
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January 20: Common Loon
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January 24: Burrowing Owl
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January 24: Burrowing Owl
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January 30: Costa's Hummingbird (male)
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January 30: Costa's Hummingbird (male)
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January 30: Hammond's Flycatcher
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January 30: Hammond's Flycatcher
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January 30: Hammond's Flycatcher
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January 31: Barred Owl
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February 3: Northern Harrier
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February 4: Great Egret
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February 4: Double-crested Cormorant
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February 20: Wilson's Snipe
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February 20: Wilson's Snipe
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February 21: Pacific Wren
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February 21: Pacific Wren
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February 21: Pacific Wren
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February 21: Golden-crowned Kinglet (male)
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February 25: Black Phoebe
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February 25: Black Phoebe
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February 27: Harris's Sparrow
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February 27: Harris's Sparrow
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March 12: Bushtit
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March 14: Western Bluebird (male)
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March 14: Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) (male)
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March 14: Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) (male)
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March 14: Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) (male)
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March 14: Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) (male)
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March 14: Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) (male)
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March 14: Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) (male)
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March 14: Western Bluebird (male)
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March 14: Western Bluebird (male)
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March 14: Western Bluebird (male)
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March 14: Western Bluebird (male)
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March 14: Western Bluebird (male)
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March 14: Western Bluebird (male)
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March 14: Western Bluebird (male)
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March 21: Townsend's Warbler (male)
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April 2: Townsend's Warbler (male)
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April 2: Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted) (male)
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April 2: Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) (female)
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April 2: Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) (female)
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April 4: Wood Duck (female)
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April 4: Wood Duck (male)
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April 4: Wood Duck (male)
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April 4: Orange-crowned Warbler
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April 4: Orange-crowned Warbler
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April 7: Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (male)
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April 7: Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle x Audubon's) (male)
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April 7: Violet-green Swallow
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April 7: American Bittern
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April 7: American White Pelican
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April 9: Rufous Hummingbird (male)
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April 9: Rufous Hummingbird (male)
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April 9: Rufous Hummingbird (male)
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April 9: Rufous Hummingbird (male)
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April 9: Rufous Hummingbird (male)
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April 9: Rufous Hummingbird (male)
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April 9: Rufous Hummingbird (male)
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April 9: Rufous Hummingbird (male)
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April 9: Rufous Hummingbird (male)
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April 9: Chipping Sparrow
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April 9: Chipping Sparrow
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April 9: Chipping Sparrow
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April 9: Chipping Sparrow
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April 9: Chipping Sparrow
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April 9: Chipping Sparrow
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April 9: Lesser Goldfinch (male)
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April 18: Double-crested Cormorant
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April 23: MacGillivray's Warbler
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April 27: Evening Grosbeak (male)
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April 28: Osprey
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April 28: Osprey
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April 28: Osprey
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April 28: Red-necked Grebe
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May 2: Red-breasted Sapsucker
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May 2: Red-breasted Sapsucker
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May 2: Black-headed Grosbeak (male)
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May 2: Black-headed Grosbeak (male)
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May 2: Ring-necked Pheasant (male)
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May 5: Semipalmated Plover
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May 5: Semipalmated Plover
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May 5: Semipalmated Plover
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May 5: Peregrine Falcon
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May 5: Peregrine Falcon
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May 6: Common Yellowthroat (male)
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May 6: Common Yellowthroat (male)
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May 8: Tree Swallow
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May 8: Black-headed Grosbeak (male)
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May 8: Black-headed Grosbeak (male)
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May 10: Blue-winged Teal (male)
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May 10: Blue-winged Teal (female), Blue-winged Teal (male), Northern Pintail (male)
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May 10: Ruddy Turnstone
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May 10: Killdeer, Ruddy Turnstone
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May 10: Killdeer
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May 10: Killdeer
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May 10: Ruddy Turnstone
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May 10: Ruddy Turnstone
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May 10: Ruddy Turnstone
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May 10: Turkey Vulture
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May 10: Turkey Vulture
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May 15: MacGillivray's Warbler (male)
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May 16: Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) (male)
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May 16: Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) (male)
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May 16: Lazuli Bunting (male)
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May 18: Anna's Hummingbird
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May 20: Yellow-breasted Chat (male)
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May 20: Yellow-breasted Chat (male)
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May 20: Yellow-breasted Chat (male)
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May 20: Yellow-breasted Chat (male)
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May 20: Yellow Warbler (male)
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May 20: Yellow Warbler (male)
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May 21: Violet-green Swallow (male)
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May 21: Violet-green Swallow (male)
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May 21: Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)(Juvenile)
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May 21: Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)(Juvenile)
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May 22: Brown-headed Cowbird (male)
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May 22: Brown-headed Cowbird (male)
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May 22: Brown-headed Cowbird (male)
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May 22: Brown-headed Cowbird (male)
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May 22: Brown-headed Cowbird (female)
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May 22: Cedar Waxwing
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May 22: Osprey
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May 22: Chipping Sparrow
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May 25: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (male)
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May 25: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (male)
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May 25: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (male)
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May 27: American Robin (Juvenile)
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June 11: Purple Martin (male)
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June 11: Pied-billed Grebe (Juvenile)
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June 11: Yellow-headed Blackbird (male)
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June 11: Yellow-headed Blackbird (male)
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June 11: Tree Swallow
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June 11: Black Tern
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June 11: Black Tern
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June 11: Black Tern
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June 11: Black Tern
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June 11: Black Tern
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June 11: American White Pelican
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June 13: Wood Duck (Juvenile), Wood Duck (male)
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June 13: Wood Duck (Juvenile), Wood Duck (male)
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June 22: American Bittern
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June 22: American Bittern
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June 22: Marsh Wren (Juvenile)
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June 22: Marsh Wren (Juvenile)
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June 22: Black Tern
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June 22: American Bittern
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June 22: American Bittern
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June 29: Least Tern
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June 29: Least Tern
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June 29: Least Tern
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June 29: Killdeer, Least Tern
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June 29: Killdeer, Least Tern
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June 29: Virginia Rail (Juvenile)
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June 29: Virginia Rail (Juvenile)
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June 29: American Coot, American Coot (Juvenile)
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June 30: Wilson's Phalarope (male)
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June 30: Wilson's Phalarope (male)
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June 30: Wilson's Phalarope (male)
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June 30: Northern Harrier
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July 9: California Gull
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July 9: California Gull
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July 11: American White Pelican
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July 11: Black-crowned Night Heron, Purple Martin
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July 11: Virginia Rail
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July 11: Virginia Rail
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July 11: Black-crowned Night Heron
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July 11: Black-crowned Night Heron
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July 11: Greater Yellowlegs
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July 11: American Bittern
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July 11: American Bittern
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July 11: Northern Harrier (Juvenile) (female)
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July 11: Northern Harrier (Juvenile) (female)
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July 15: Turkey Vulture
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July 17: Wild Turkey
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July 17: Wild Turkey (Juvenile)
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July 17: Wild Turkey (Juvenile)
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July 17: Wild Turkey (Juvenile)
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July 17: Wild Turkey
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July 17: Wild Turkey, Wild Turkey (Juvenile)
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July 19: Brewer's Blackbird (male)
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July 19: Purple Martin
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July 21: Bushtit
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July 21: Pileated Woodpecker (male)
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July 21: Pileated Woodpecker (male)
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July 24: Lesser Yellowlegs
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July 24: Lesser Yellowlegs
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July 30: Pied-billed Grebe
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July 30: Pied-billed Grebe
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July 30: Wilson's Snipe
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July 30: Wilson's Snipe
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July 30: Wilson's Snipe
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July 30: Wilson's Snipe
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July 30: Virginia Rail (Juvenile)
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August 2: Laughing Gull
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August 2: Marbled Godwit
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August 2: Willet
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August 3: White Ibis
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August 3: White Ibis
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August 3: Mourning Dove
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August 4: Magnificent Frigatebird (male)
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August 4: Black Skimmer
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August 4: Black Skimmer
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August 4: Black Skimmer
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August 4: Black Skimmer
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August 4: Sanderling
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August 4: Sanderling
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August 4: Ruddy Turnstone
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August 4: Ruddy Turnstone
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August 4: Sanderling
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August 4: Willet
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August 4: Willet
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August 4: Willet
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August 4: Willet
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August 4: Willet
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August 4: Willet
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August 4: Nanday Parakeet
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August 4: Nanday Parakeet
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August 5: Long-billed Curlew
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August 5: Wilson's Snipe
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August 6: Clark's Nutcracker
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August 14: Western Grebe, Western Grebe (Juvenile)
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August 14: Western Grebe, Western Grebe (Juvenile)
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August 16: Western Grebe (Juvenile)
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August 16: Western Grebe, Western Grebe (Juvenile)
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August 16: Western Grebe, Western Grebe (Juvenile)
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August 16: Western Grebe, Western Grebe (Juvenile)
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August 16: Western Grebe, Western Grebe (Juvenile)
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August 16: Western Grebe, Western Grebe (Juvenile)
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August 16: Western Grebe, Western Grebe (Juvenile)
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August 21: Wrentit
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August 21: Wrentit
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August 22: White-breasted Nuthatch (male)
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August 22: White-breasted Nuthatch (male)
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August 22: Belted Kingfisher (male)
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August 31: Belted Kingfisher (female)
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September 1: Solitary Sandpiper
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September 1: Solitary Sandpiper
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September 1: Solitary Sandpiper
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September 1: Solitary Sandpiper
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September 1: Solitary Sandpiper
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September 1: Sabine's Gull (Juvenile)
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September 1: Sabine's Gull (Juvenile)
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September 11: Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow
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September 11: Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow
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September 11: Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow
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September 11: Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow
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September 12: Western Wood-Pewee
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September 12: Western Wood-Pewee
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September 19: Purple Finch
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September 30: Cackling Goose
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October 2: Sanderling
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October 2: Sanderling
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October 2: Brandt's Cormorant
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October 2: Brandt's Cormorant
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October 2: Brandt's Cormorant
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October 2: Pelagic Cormorant
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October 6: Clay-colored Sparrow
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October 6: Clay-colored Sparrow
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October 9: Wrentit
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October 9: Wrentit
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October 14: Bald Eagle
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October 14: Sanderling
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October 14: Sanderling
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October 14: Sanderling
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October 18: Red-breasted Nuthatch (male)
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October 18: Red-breasted Nuthatch (male)
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October 20: Fox Sparrow (Sooty)
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October 20: Fox Sparrow (Sooty)
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October 20: Fox Sparrow (Sooty)
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October 23: Western Bluebird (male)
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October 23: Western Bluebird (male)
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October 23: Western Bluebird (male)
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October 23: Western Bluebird (male)
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October 23: Western Bluebird (male)
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October 23: Western Bluebird
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October 23: Western Bluebird
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October 23: Western Bluebird
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November 3: Acorn Woodpecker (male), Golden-crowned Sparrow, Steller's Jay (Coastal)
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November 6: Mourning Dove, Northern Shrike
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November 6: Mourning Dove, Northern Shrike
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November 9: Ring-billed Gull
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November 9: Black-crowned Night Heron
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November 9: Black-crowned Night Heron
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November 20: Barred Owl
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November 20: Barred Owl
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November 23: Cactus Wren
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November 23: Cactus Wren
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November 23: Cactus Wren
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November 23: Verdin
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November 23: Phainopepla (male)
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November 23: Curve-billed Thrasher
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November 23: Costa's Hummingbird (female)
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November 23: Costa's Hummingbird (female)
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November 23: Gila Woodpecker (male)
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November 23: Gila Woodpecker (male)
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November 24: Yellow-eyed Junco
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November 24: Yellow-eyed Junco
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November 25: Greater Roadrunner
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November 25: Greater Roadrunner
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November 25: Greater Roadrunner
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November 25: Greater Roadrunner
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November 25: Greater Roadrunner
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November 25: Greater Roadrunner
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November 25: Vermilion Flycatcher (male)
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November 25: Vermilion Flycatcher (male)
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November 25: Vermilion Flycatcher (male)
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November 25: Ladder-backed Woodpecker (male)
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December 1: Hooded Warbler (male)
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December 2: Swamp Sparrow
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December 16: American White Pelican
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