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20 Cards in this Set
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Gaviiformes
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Loons
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Podicipediformes
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Grebes
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Procellariiformes
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Tubenoses (Fulmars, Petrels, Shearwaters), Albatrosses (elaborate mating, dynamic soaring, can't fly without wind): high levels of rhodopsin, forage and scavenge, well-developed olfactory bulbs
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Pelecaniformes
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Pelicans (big, graceful, colonial), Tropic Birds (foragers, usu. solitary, unknown migr. patterns), Boobies (plunge dive, need wind, sexual dimorphic), Cormorants (coastal/inland), and Anhingas (wettable feathers, dense bones, long neck for rapid stab,strong flyers, sun to dry), Frigatebird (fat red thing, pirates)
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Ciconiiformes
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Herons (colonial, territorial), Ibises (long legs, curved bill, like marshes/wetlands), Storks, Vultures (solitary, scavengers, some hunters; condors highly endangered, social, gliders)
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Anseriformes
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Swans (largest NA waterfowl, slow pop. growth), Geese (size dependent on environment, monogamous, territorial, sexual imprinting) & Ducks
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Falconiformes
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Osprey (eats mostly fish, from top meter of water, affected by DDT), Hawks (secretive, short round wings and long tail mean if flies fast), Falcons (live many places, not always migratory)
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Galliformes
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Turkey, Grouse, Chicken, Pheasants, Quail
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Gruiformes
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Cranes, Rails & Allies
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Charadriiformes
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Shorebirds, Gulls, Auks & Allies
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Columbiformes
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Pigeons & Doves
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Psittaciformes
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Parrots & Allies
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Cuculiformes
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Cuckoos & Allies
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Strigiformes
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Owls
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Caprimulgiformes
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Goatsuckers, Nighthawks, and Nightjars
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Apodiformes
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Swifts, Treeswifts, & Hummingbirds
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Trogoniformes
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Trogons, Quetzals: gnaw holes in trees for nests
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Coraciiformes
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Kingfishers & Allies
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Piciformes
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Woodpeckers, Sapsuckers, Flickers: elongated hyoid bone enclosed by muscles; contraction causes projection of tongue; some have three toes instead of two
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Passeriformes
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Perching Birds (dickie birds): shrikes, warblers, jays, crows, ravens, chickadee, bushtit, meadowlark, sparrow, crossbill (for cracking nuts)
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