Part 4

Avocet 7 .. .. .... .... .. Blackbird, 20 .. ... Yellow-headed Bobwhite 5 oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo Chat, 19 oooo oooo oooo .... .... . Yellow-breasted Duck, Ruddy 4 .... .... ..oo oooo o... ...o oooo .... Egret, Snowy 1 .. .... . Flicker, 9 oooo oooo oooo XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX oooo oooo oooo Yellow-shafted Flycatcher, 11 .o oooo oooo oooo oooo .. Crested Gnatcatcher, 15 .ooo oooo oooo oo.. .... Blue-gray Goose, Canada 2 .... .... .ooo oo.. ... .... .... Grackle, Bronzed 21 .... .... oXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXoo oo.. .... Grosbeak, Blue 21 .... .... .... Gull, Ring-billed 8 .... .... .ooo oooo o. .... .ooo oo.. .... Hawk, Marsh 5 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX oooo oooo oooo XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Heron, Green 2 . ..oo XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX oooo .. Kinglet, 16 .... .... ...o oooo oo. .oo oooo .... .... Ruby-crowned Longspur, Lapland, 25 oooo oooo oo.. ..oo oooo Merganser, 4 XXXX XXXX XXXo oo.. . . ..oX XXXX American Nuthatch, 13 .... .... .... .... .... . . .... .... White-breasted Oriole, Baltimore 20 .o XXXX XXXX XXXX oooo o. Owl, Great-horned 9 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXoo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo ooXX XXXX Pelican, White 1 ..oo oo.. .... .. .. oooo oo.. Pewee, Eastern 11 .ooo oooo oooo oooo .... Wood Phalarope, 8 .. oo. . ... Wilson’s Pintail, American 3 oooX XXXX XXXo oooo .. . .... .ooo XXXX oooo Plover, Upland 6 ... oooo oooo oooo oooo . Siskin, Pine 22 .... .... .... oooo o. .... .... Snipe, Wilson’s 6 .. ...o oooo . .. .... .... Sparrow, Chipping 24 . oooo XXXX XXXX XXXX oooo .... .. Sparrow, Lark 23 . .ooo XXXX XXXX XXXX ooo. Sparrow, Song 25 XXXX XXXX XXXX Xoo. ... ooXX XXXX XXXX Sparrow, Vesper 23 .... .... .... .XXX . oooo .... .... Sparrow, 24 .... .... .... ..oo Xo.. .... .... .... White-crowned Swallow, Cliff 12 .oo XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXo .... .. Swallow, Tree 12 oooo o.. . .... ... Teal, Blue-winged 3 ..oo XXXX XXXX oo.. .o XXXX XXXo .. Thrasher, Brown 14 .... .... .... oXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX oooo oooo oo.. .... .... Thrush, 15 .o XXXo . ... .. Olive-backed Thrush, Wood 14 . oXXX XXXX Xo.. .... .... . Towhee, Red-eyed 22 .... .... .... oooo oooo oooo oo.. .... .... .... .... .... Vireo, Warbling 17 .o XXXX XXXX oo.. .... .... Warbler, Black 17 .o oooo .. .. and White Warbler, Wilson’s 19 .oo. .... Warbler, Yellow 18 .o XXXX XXoo oo.. ... .. Water-thrush, 18 . oooo . ... ... Northern Waxwing, Cedar 16 oooo XXXX oo.. .... .... .... .. .... ..oo oooo Woodpecker, 10 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Red-bellied Woodpecker, 10 .... .... .... ..oo XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXo .... .... .... Red-headed Wren, Carolina 13 oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo Yellow-legs, 7 .oo XXXX Xo. . oooo oooo oo.. . Greater

. The dot or period indicates the bird is seen occasionally. o The small o shows the bird is seen more frequently. X The capital X shows the bird is seen commonly.

For example, during January and February, the Bronzed Grackle is seen rarely. The first week in March, it is seen more frequently, after which it is seen commonly until the middle of October. The table is based on bird census figures collected within a radius of 50 miles of Topeka, Kansas. Your area may show different results.

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Transcriber’s Notes

—Silently corrected a few typos.

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—In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.