Rex Brasher Collection
1997.0030

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Scope and Content
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Administrative Information
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Controlled Access Headings
Collection Inventory: Illustrations,

Summary Information

Repository: Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries
Creator: Brasher, Rex.
Title: Rex Brasher Collection
ID: 1997.0030
Date: undated
Extent: 549.0 Linear feet
Language
Abstract:: Rex Brasher (1869-1960) was one of America's greatest bird painters. He painted almost twice as many North American birds as Louis Aggasiz Fuertes or John James Audubon. He painted a total of 875 water color paintings of 1200 species or subspecies of birds in their natural habitats, based on American Ornithologists Union Checklist of North American Birds.

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[Item description, #:#], Rex Brasher Collection. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

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Biography

Rex Brasher was born in 1869 in Brooklyn, New York, into an old Huguenot family. His grandfather Philip was a member of the New York State Legislature and was reputed to have helped to obtain a city charter for Brooklyn. Rex became passionate about birds at an early age, due to the influence of his father, an avid naturalist and bird taxidermist. In his youth he had heard many times how his father had gone to John James Audubon to discuss birds, only to be snubbed. In 1878, at the age of eight, Brasher determined to paint all the birds of North America from life--and better than Audubon. He started painting birds seriously around age 16, but none of his early paintings has survived.

His determination to study birds in their natural surroundings took Brasher to all corners of North America. He financed his first trip, down the east coast from Maine to Florida, by working as a photoengraver. Most of his other trips were financed by betting on horse races. One of his most successful bets netted $10,000 and financed an extensive trip to the Midwest. At one point, after losing most of his money on a bad bet, he took a job on a fishing boat sailing out of Boston and Portland. He was then able to earn a living while studying and sketching sea birds. During his years of artistic work he often found it necessary to make financial ends meet by doing farm work, work with the town road crew, carpentry and housebuilding, including one fine stone house in Kent which is still used as a residence.

On his trips to the West, Midwest and Gulf Coast, Brasher traveled by train and on foot. Sometimes he walked the countryside for months at a time, stopping along the way to mail home his sketches and notes. Between trips he painted in an apartment in New York. His determination to make his bird paintings as lifelike as possible, led him twice to destroy all of the paintings he had done, a total of at least 700 works. In 1907, while studying the bird skin collection of the American Museum of Natural History, Brasher met the famous bird painter, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, who became his good friend and a major influence on his artistic techniques. It was during this time that he learned new techniques for painting feathers that satisfied his artistic standards.

In 1911, Rex spent a $700 commission received for illustrating a book to purchase a small farmhouse on 150-acres near Kent, Connecticut. He called his homestead Chickadee Valley. It was there in 1924, after 47 years of work, that he finished his task. His paintings included 1200 species and sub-species of birds listed on the American Ornithologists Union (AOU) Checklist of North American Birds. The numbers on many of the paintings are the AOU numbers assigned to the birds. Brasher's paintings included more than twice as many birds as Audubon's, who painted 489. Brasher worked from direct observation and portrayed the birds in natural activities and habitats, including associated plants whenever possible. He considered that his 874 paintings, which were placed on exhibition in 1932 at the English Book Shop in New York City, represented a completion of the work begun by John James Audubon.

In 1935, Brasher offered his paintings to the State of Connecticut, providing that a suitable repository could be found for them. Three years later he took the pictures back after various attempts to raise funds for a museum in which to display them had failed. The paintings were then sent to Washington, D. C. to be exhibited as Birds and Trees of North America in the Explorers Hall of the National Geographic Society.

Brasher wanted to see his paintings published but discovered that it would be far too expensive to print all 874 of his paintings in color. To solve this problem he had the Meriden Gravure Company make black and white reproductions, which he then hand-colored using stencils and an airbrush. The text was written by his niece Marie and printed by the New Milford Times. The covers were made by a bookbinder on Long Island, and the volumes were assembled in a renovated barn in Chickadee Valley. In all, 100 sets of 12 volumes of Birds and Trees of North America were produced, including almost 90,000 hand colored reproductions.

Rex Brasher worked until two years before his death, when his eyesight failed him. He died in 1960, in Gaylordsville, CT, at the age of 91. His monumental achievement has earned him a permanent place among noted American wildlife illustrators. It is unlikely that anyone will ever again attempt to repeat such a comprehensive series of paintings.

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Scope and Content

The collection contains original artwork and colored prints of Brasher's work.

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Arrangement

The collection is presented alphabetically by illustration title (name of bird).

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries August 2004

University of Connecticut Libraries
405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut, 06269
860.486.2524
archives@uconn.edu

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

Custodial History

In 1941, the State of Connecticut bought the Brasher collection for $74,000, storing it in the basement of the State Capitol in Hartford. Twelve years later it began to exhibit the paintings in rotation in a large manor house bequeathed to the state by the widow of Edward S. Harkness at the Harkness Memorial State Park overlooking Block Island.

When decreasing funding at Harkness Memorial made it impractical to continue to exhibit the paintings there, a new home was sought for them at the University of Connecticut. Through the efforts of Carl Rettenmeyer, founder of the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and faculty member emeritus, ownership was transferred from the Department of Environmental Protection to the University, and the collection was deposited in the Homer Babbidge Library. Recently, the collection has been inventoried, stored in acid-free conservation boxes, and relocated to the Dodd Research Center in an environment designed to preserve this unique body of work for generations to come. The Museum of Natural History hopes one day to have an appropriate facility in which to exhibit selections from the collection on a permanent basis.

Acquisition Information

The collection was transferred to the Dodd Center in 1988.

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Related Materials

Related Material

Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of natural history books and manuscripts. Additional information and links to selected illustrations is available from the Connecticut Museum of Natural History. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

Artwork.
Drawings.
Illustrations.

Occupation(s)

Illustrator.

Personal Name(s)

Brasher, Rex, 1869-1960.

Subject(s)

Birds in art.
Birds--North America.
Illustration of books--Connecticut--20th century.
Illustrators--Connecticut.

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Collection Inventory

Illustrations, undated
				Box
Albatross, Blackfoot				102
Albatross, Laysan				100
Albatross, Shorttail				102
Ani, Groovebill				125
Auk, Razorbilled				87
Auklet, Cassin				62
Auklet, Crested				62
Auklet, Least				124
Auklet, Paroquet				62
Auklet, Rhinoceros				61
Auklet, Whiskered				61
Avocet				103
Baldpate				87
Bittern				124
Bittern, Cory Least				61
Bittern, Least				129
Blackbird, Brewer				126
Blackbird, Redwing				127
Blackbird, Rusty				127
Blackbird, Tricolor				126
Blackbird, Yellowhead				127
Bluebird				127
Bluebird, Azure				130
Bluebird, Chestnut-backed				127
Bluebird, Mountain				123
Bluebird, San Pedro				130
Bluebird, Western				124
Bluethroat, Siberian Red Spotted				18
Bobolink				141
Bobwhite				100, 140
Bobwhite, Florida				132
Bobwhite, Masked				129
Bobwhite, Texas				129
Booby				86
Booby Bluefooted				100
Booby, Bluefaced				103
Booby, Brewster				99
Booby, Redfooted				99
Brant				101
Brant, Black				101
Bufflehead				102
Bunting, Indigo				18
Bunting, Lazul				18
Bunting, Painted				18
Bunting, Whitewing				18
Bunting; Varied, Beautiful				18
Bush-tit; California, Grinda				15
Bush-tit; Lead-colored, Lloyd				15
Canvasback				104
Caracara, Audubon				129
Cardinal				135
Cardinal; Arizona, San Lucas				132
Cardinal; Florida, Graytail				132
Catbird				131
Chachalaca				102
Chat; Longtailed, Yellowbreast				134
Chickadee, Alaska				16
Chickadee, Longtailed				16
Chickadee, Mexican				16
Chickadee; Bailey, Mountain				16
Chickadee; Carolina, Plumbeous, Florida				16
Chickadee; Chestnut-backed, California, Barlow				18
Chickadee; Hudsonian, Acadian				18
Chickadee; Oregon, Yukon				16
Chuckwill's Widow				134
Coot; American				100
Cormorant				101
Cormorant, Brandt				103
Cormorant, Mexican				103
Cormorant, Redfaced				100
Cormorant; Doublecrested, Florida				105
Cormorant; Pelagic, Violetgreen, Baird				102
Cormorant; Whitecreast, Farallon				103
Cowbird				134
Cowbird, Bronze				139
Cowbird, Dwarf				139
Cowbird, Redeye				139
Crake, Spotted				132
Crane, Little Brown				104
Crane, Sandhill				105
Crane, Whooping				105
Creeper; Brown, Mexican				23
Creeper; California, Sierra				23
Crossbill, Mexican				22
Crossbill, Whitewing				22
Crow				106
Crow, Fish				105
Crow, Northwest				104
Crow; Florida, Western				104
Cuckoo, Blackbill				132
Cuckoo, Yellowbill				131
Cuckoo; Mangrove, Maynard				132
Cuckoo; Yellowbill, California				136
Curlew, Bristlethigh				54
Curlew, Eskimo				54
Curlew, Hudsonian				72
Curlew, Longbill				54
Dicksissel				23
Dipper				137
Dove Zenaida				63
Dove, Bluehead Quail				59
Dove, Ground				60
Dove, Inca				57
Dove, Key West Quail				60
Dove, Mourning				62
Dove, Whitefront				63
Dove, Whitewing				63
Dove; Mexican Ground, Bermuda Ground				57
Dovekie				57
Dowitcher				57
Duck, Canvas-backed				141
Duck, Harlequin				107
Duck, Lesser Scaup				96
Duck, Masked				106
Duck, Ringneck				97
Duck, Ruddy				106
Duck, Scaup				96
Duck, Wood				111
Duck; Black, Redleg Black				106
Duck; Florida, Mottled				107
Eagle, Bald				104
Eagle, Golden				106
Egret				107
Egret, Reddish				105
Eider				109
Eider, King				95
Eider, Northern				96
Eider, Pacific				107
Eider, Spectacled				96
Eider, Stellar				95
Falcon, Aplomado				110
Falcon, Prairie				107
Finch Browncap Rosy				55
Finch, Aleutian Rosy				53
Finch, Black Rosy				53
Finch, Cassin Purple				23
Finch, Guadalupe House				22
Finch, McGregor House				22
Finch; Graycrown Rosy, Hepburn Rosy				60
Finch; House, San Lucas, San Clemente				22
Finch; Purple, California Purple				23
Flamingo				109
Flicker				59
Flicker, Gilded				53
Flicker, Guadalupe				54
Flicker; Redshaft, Northwestern				54
Flycatcher, Acadian				22
Flycatcher, Beardless				19
Flycatcher, Buffbreast				19
Flycatcher, Coues				19
Flycatcher, Crested				19
Flycatcher, Derby				124
Flycatcher, Gray				19
Flycatcher, Hammond				19
Flycatcher, Least				19
Flycatcher, Olivaceous				19
Flycatcher, Olivesided				24
Flycatcher, Scissortail				124
Flycatcher, Sulphurbelly				24
Flycatcher, Traill, Alder				22
Flycatcher, Vermillion				24
Flycatcher, Wright				19
Flycatcher, Yellowbelly				24
Flycatcher; Arizona Crested, Mexican Crested				20
Flycatcher; Ashthroat, Lower California				20
Flycatcher; Western, San Lucas				19
Fulmar, Pacific				108
Fulmar, Roger				108
Fulmar, Slenderbilled				108
Gadwall				116
Gallinule, Florida				115
Gallinule, Purple				116
Gannet				115
Gnatcatcher; Blacktailed Plumbeous				10
Gnatcatcher; Blue-gray, Western				10
Godwit, Hudsonian				58
Godwit, Marbled				58
Godwit, Pacific				58
Goldeneye, American				115
Goldeneye, Barrows				93
Goldfinch				9
Goldfinch, Lawrence				9
Goldfinch; Arkansas, Greenback				9
Goldfinch; Pale, Willow				9
Goose, Barnacle				92
Goose, Blue				92
Goose, Cackling				93
Goose, Emperor				91
Goose, Ross				91
Goose, Snow				90
Goose, Whitecheek				90
Goose, Whitefronted				90
Goose; Canada, Hutchins				91
Goshawk, American				100, 334
Goshawk, Mexican				115
Goshawk, Western				114
Grackle, Boattail				58
Grackle, Great Tail				59
Grackle, Purple				59
Grackle; Florida, Bronze				59
Grebe, American Eared				123
Grebe, Holboell				93
Grebe, Horned				123
Grebe, Mexican				123
Grebe, Piedbill				124
Grebe, Western				95
Grosbeak, Alaska Pine				63
Grosbeak, Blackhead				58
Grosbeak, Pine				123
Grosbeak, Rosebreasted				126
Grosbeak; Blue, Western Blue				125
Grosbeak; Evening, Western Evening				126
Grosbeak; Kodiak Pine				126
Grosbeak; Rocky Mt. Pine, California Pine				63
Grouse Hudsonian Spruce				129
Grouse, Alaska Spruce				128
Grouse, Dusky				128
Grouse, Franklin				129
Grouse, Ruffed				93
Grouse, Sharptailed				94
Grouse; Canada Ruffed, Gray Ruffed				94
Grouse; Columbian Sharptail, Prairie				94
Grouse; Richardson, Sierra				94
Guillemot, Black				90
Guillemot, Mandt				128
Guillemot, Pigeon				90
Gull, Bonaparte				130
Gull, California				100
Gull, Franklin				130
Gull, Glaucous				98
Gull, Glaucouswing				130
Gull, Great Blackbacked				97
Gull, Heermann				97
Gull, Herring				99
Gull, Iceland				98
Gull, Ivory				98
Gull, Kumlien				126
Gull, Laughing				94
Gull, Little				128
Gull, Mew				131
Gull, Nelson				134
Gull, Ringbilled				99
Gull, Ross				130
Gull, Sabine				128
Gull, Shortbilled				123
Gull, Slatyback				98
Gull, Vega				128
Gull, Western				99
Gyrfalcon, Black				91
Gyrfalcon, White				92
Gyrfalcon,Gray				95
Hawk, American Roughlegged				119
Hawk, Black Pigeon				138
Hawk, Broadwing				138
Hawk, Coopers				68
Hawk, Cuban Sparrow				137
Hawk, Desert Sparrow				68
Hawk, Duck ( Pearle's Falcon)				114
Hawk, Ferruginous Roughlegged				114
Hawk, Harris				117
Hawk, Marsh				141
Hawk, Mexican Black				119
Hawk, Pigeon				137
Hawk, Redshoulder				28
Hawk, Redtail				119
Hawk, Richardson Pigeon				141
Hawk, Sennet Whitetail				119
Hawk, Sharpshin				138
Hawk, Shorttail				116
Hawk, Sparrow				82
Hawk, Swainsons				116
Hawk, Zonetail				117
Hawk; Florida, Redshoulder, Redbellied				117
Hawk; Harlan, Alaska Redtail				117
Hawk; Krider, Western Redtail				120
Hawk; San Lucas Sparrow, Little				28
Heath, Hen				125
Heron, Blackcrowned Night				140
Heron, Great Blue				94
Heron, Great White				92
Heron, Green				141
Heron, Little Blue				141
Heron, Louisiana				67
Heron, Snowy				96
Heron, Yellowcrowned Night				141
Heron; Anthony Green, Frazar				67
Heron; Northwest Coast, Wards				93
Hummingbird, Allen				10
Hummingbird, Anna				9
Hummingbird, Blackchin				20
Hummingbird, Bluethroat				20
Hummingbird, Broadbil				20
Hummingbird, Broadtail				6
Hummingbird, Buffbelly				6
Hummingbird, Calliope				142
Hummingbird, Costa				6
Hummingbird, Floresi				2
Hummingbird, Lucifer				142
Hummingbird, Morcom				10
Hummingbird, Reiffer				142
Hummingbird, Rivoli				6
Hummingbird, Rubythroat				13
Hummingbird, Rufous				142
Hummingbird, White-ear				142
Hummingbird, Xantus				142
Ibis, Glossy				131
Ibis, White				125
Ibis, Whiteface Glossy				131
Ibis, Wood				131
Jacana, Mexican				67
Jaeger, Longtail				122
Jaeger, Parasitic				122
Jaeger, Pomarine				122
Jay, Blue				66
Jay, Blue Ear				68
Jay, California				65
Jay, Florida				65
Jay, Florida Blue				69
Jay, Green				73
Jay, Pinon				72
Jay, Santa Cruz				72
Jay, Woodhouse				72
Jay; Alaska, Labrador				66
Jay; Arizona, Couch				66
Jay; Canada, Rocky Mountain				69
Jay; Longcrest, Blackhead				68
Jay; Oregon, Gray				65
Jay; Queen Charlotte, Coast				67
ay; Stellar, Bluefront				69
Jay; Xantus, Belding				66
Junco, Arizona				1
Junco, Slatecolored				1
Junco, Whitewing				1
Junco; Baird, Guadalupe				1
Junco; California, Mountain				1
Junco; Oregon, Shufeldt				1
Junco; Pinkside, Ridgway, Townsend				1
Junco; Redback, Grayhead				1
Junco; Thurber, Point Pinos				1
Killdeer				68
Kingbird				72
Kingbird, Arkansas				70
Kingbird, Cassin				65
Kingbird, Couch				73
Kingbird, Gray				73
Kingfisher, Belted				69
Kingfisher, Texas				67
Kinglet, Dusky				2
Kinglet, Golden-crowned				8
Kinglet, Ruby-crowned				2
Kinglet, Sitka				2
Kinglet, Western Golden-crowned				2
Kite, Everglade				118
Kite, Mississippi				120
Kite, Swallowtail				118
Kite, Whitetail				118
Kittiwake, Pacific				70
Kittiwake, Redleg				70
Knot				66
Lark, Horned				6
Lark; California Horned, Ruddy Horned				6
Lark; Desert Horned, Texas Horned				6
Lark; Dusky Horned, Sonora Horned				6
Lark; Hoyt Horned				6
Lark; Montezuma Horned, Island Horned				14
Lark; Pallid Horned, Prairie Horned				14
Lark; Streaked Horned, Scorched				14
Limpkin				70
Longspur, Chestnut Collar				14
Longspur, Lapland				14
Longspur, McCown				14
Longspur, Smith				14
Loon				119
Loon, Blackthroat				120
Loon, Pacific				116
Loon, Redthroat				118
Loon, Yellowbill				118
Magpie				120
Magpie, Yellowbill				120
Mallard				121
Man-O'War-Bird				121
Martin, Cuban				5
Martin, Graybreast				5
Martin; Purple, Western				5
Meadowlark				74
Meadowlark, Western				77
Meadowlark; Rio Grande, Southern				73
Merganser				98
Merganser, Hooded				122
Merganser, Redbreasted				97
Mockingbird				71
Murre, California				96
Murre; Brunnich, Pallas				121
Murrelet Kittlitz				76
Murrelet, Ancient				71
Murrelet, Craveri				76
Murrelet, Marbled				76
Murrelet, Xantus				69
Nighthawk				71
Nighthawk, Texas				74
Nighthawk; Pacific, Sennet				74
Nighthawk; Western, Florida				73
Noddy				97
Nutcracker				71
Nuthatch, Brownheaded				10
Nuthatch, Redbreasted				11
Nuthatch; Pygmy, White-naped				10
Nuthatch; Rocky Mt., San Lucas				10
Nuthatch; Whitebreasted, Slenderbill, Florida				11
Old Squaw				108
Oriole, Arizona Hooded				10
Oriole, Audubon				11
Oriole, Baltimore				11
Oriole, Bullocks				11
Oriole, Orchard				10
Oriole, Scott				11
Oriole, Sennet				11
Osprey				111
Ovenbird				3
Owl, American Barn				76
Owl, American Hawk				71
Owl, Artic Horned				121
Owl, Barred				76
Owl, California Pygmy				13
Owl, Elf				14
Owl, Ferruginous				75
Owl, Flammulated				75
Owl, Great Gray				108
Owl, Hoskin Pigmy				80
Owl, Longeared				78
Owl, Pygmy				78
Owl, Richardson				78
Owl, Saw Whet				79
Owl, Screech				78
Owl, Shortear				79
Owl, Snowy				95
Owl, Spotted Screech				79
Owl, Xantus Screech				79
Owl; Aiken Screech, McFarlane				74
Owl; Burrowing, Florida Burrowing				75
Owl; California Screech, Kennicott				75
Owl; Dusky Horned, Pacific Horned				121
Owl; Dwarf Horned, Labrador Horned, St.				109
Owl; Florida Barred, Texas Barred				75
Owl; Great Horned, Western				109
Owl; Rocky Mt. Screech, Mexican				78
Owl; Spotted, Northern Spotted				110
Owl; Texas Screech, Florida Screech				70
Oystercatcher, American				81
Oystercatcher, Black				77
Oystercatcher, Frazier				81
Parauque, Merrill				74
Paroquet, Carolina				84
Parrot, Thickbill				77
Pelican, Brown				109
Pelican, White				110
Petrel, Ashy				80
Petrel, Black				80
Petrel, Bulwer				77
Petrel, Forktailed				79
Petrel, Guadalupe				77
Petrel, Hawaiian				82
Petrel, Kaeding				83
Petrel, Leaches				81
Petrel, Least				83
Petrel, Pintado				83
Petrel, Socorro				83
Petrel, Stromy				82
Petrel, Whitebellied				84
Petrel, Whitefaced				81
Petrel, Wilson's				81
Pewee, Wood				7
Pewee; Western Wood, Largebilled				7
Phainopepla				60
Phalarope, Northern				64
Phalarope, Red				60
Phoebe				7
Phoebe, Black				13
Phoebe, Says				7
Pigeon, Bandtail				125
Pigeon, Passenger				111
Pigeon, Redbilled				125
Pigeon, Viosca				64
Pigeon, Whitecrowned				61
Pintail				110
Pipit				117
Pipit, Spragurs				64
Plover, American Golden				55
Plover, Blackbellied				50
Plover, Lesser Ringed				50
Plover, Pacific Golden				55
Plover, Piping				49
Plover, Prairie				127
Plover, Ringed				62
Plover, Semipalmated				55
Plover, Snowy				64
Plover, Upland				50
Plover, Wilsons				55
Poorwill; Dusky, Frosted				56
Prairie Chicken				56
Prairie Chicken, Lesser				57
Ptarmigan, Evermans				56
Ptarmigan, Reinhardt, Nelson, rock				56
Ptarmigan, Turner, Townsend				49
Ptarmigan, Welch				50
Ptarmigan, Whitetailed				51
Ptarmigan, Willow				51
Ptarmigan; Adak, Dixon				61
Ptarmigan; Allens, Alexander				56
Puffin, Horned				111
Puffin, Largebilled				122
Puffin, Tufted				113
Pyrrhuloxia, Arizona				51
Pyrrhuloxia; Texas, San Lucas				51
Quail, California				52
Quail, Chestnutbellied				52
Quail, Gambels				53
Quail, Mearns				52
Quail, Scaled				52
Quail, Valley				50
Quail; Plume, San Pedro				52
Rail, Belding				137
Rail, Black				135
Rail, California Clapper				139
Rail, Caribian Clapper				135
Rail, Clapper				139
Rail, Florida Clapper, Wayne				135
Rail, King				51
Rail, Lightfooted				137
Rail, Louisiana Clapper				139
Rail, Virginia				137
Rail,Yellow				137
Raven				112
Raven, Northern				112
Raven, Whitenecked				110
Redhead				112
Redpoll				13
Redpoll; Greenland, Hoary				7
Redpoll; Hoebells, Greater				7
Redshank				43
Redstart				7
Redstart, Painted				8
Redwing, Bicolored				136
Redwing; Northwestern, Vera Cruz				133
Redwing; Sonora, Bahama, Florida				136
Redwing; Thickbilled, San Diego				133
Roadrunner				133
Robin				46
Robin, San Lucas				133
Sage Hen				92
Sanderling				46
Sandpiper, Aleutian				133
Sandpiper, Baird				46
Sandpiper, Buffbreasted				136
Sandpiper, Curlew				46
Sandpiper, Least				136
Sandpiper, Pectoral				134
Sandpiper, Pribilof				134
Sandpiper, Purple				135
Sandpiper, Redbacked				136
Sandpiper, Semipalmated				138
Sandpiper, Sharptailed				48
Sandpiper, Solitary				135
Sandpiper, Spoonbill				49
Sandpiper, Spotted				48
Sandpiper, Stilt				49
Sandpiper, Western				138
Sandpiper, Western Solitary				138
Sandpiper, Whiterumped				133
Sapsucker, Rednaped				80
Sapsucker, Williamson				80
Sapsucker, Yellowbellied				84
Sapsucker; Redbreasted, Northern				84
Scoter				112
Scoter, Surf				113
Scoter, Whitewinged				113
Seedeater, Sharp				7
Shearwater, Alled				140
Shearwater, Audubon				48
Shearwater, Blacktailed				48
Shearwater, Blackvented				140
Shearwater, Cory				140
Shearwater, Darkbodied				47
Shearwater, Greater				49
Shearwater, Manx				46
Shearwater, Pinkfooted				48
Shearwater, Slenderbilled				47
Shearwater, Sooty				47
Shearwater, Townsend				47
Shearwater, Wedgetailed				47
Shoveler				114
Shrike, Loggerhead				85
Shrike, Northern				85
Shrike; Island, Migrant				85
Shrike; Whiterumped, California				85
Siskin, Pine				8
Skimmer, Black				83
Skua				113
Snipe, Brownbacked				57
Snipe, European				84
Snipe, Western Brownbacked				85
Snipe, Wilson				84
Snowflake				8
Snowflake, McKay				7
Snowflake, Pribilof				7
Solitaire, Townsend				30
Sora				85
Sparrow, Baird				20
Sparrow, Belding				20
Sparrow, Bells				8
Sparrow, Black Chin				9
Sparrow, Botteri				9
Sparrow, Brewer				9
Sparrow, Cassin				12
Sparrow, Clay Colored				12
Sparrow, Goldencrowned				25
Sparrow, Harris				25
Sparrow, Ipswitch				25
Sparrow, Leconte				142
Sparrow, Northern				142
Sparrow, Rufouswing				5
Sparrow, Scott Seaside, Texas Seaside				13
Sparrow, Seaside				13
Sparrow, Song				5
Sparrow, Swamp				13
Sparrow, Texas				5
Sparrow, Whitethroated				5
Sparrow; Acadian Shaptail, Nelson				8
Sparrow; Aleutian Song, Bischoff, Mendicino Song, Suisin Song				8
Sparrow; Aleutian, Savannah				8
Sparrow; Almeda Song, Dakota, Merrill				8
Sparrow; Blackthroated, Desert				9
Sparrow; Brown Song, San Clemente, Santa Barbara				9
Sparrow; Chipping, Western Chipping				12
Sparrow; Desert Song, Mountain Song				12
Sparrow; Dusty Seaside, Heermann Song				6
Sparrow; Field, Western Field				12
Sparrow; Fox, Shumigin				13
Sparrow; Grasshopper, Western, Florida				26
Sparrow; Gray Sage, California Sage				12
Sparrow; Henslow, Western				25
Sparrow; Kodiak Fox, Townsend				142
Sparrow; La. Seaside, Magillivary				142
Sparrow; Largebilled, San Lucas, San Benito				26
Sparrow; Lark, Western Lark				25
Sparrow; Lincoln, Forbush				12
Sparrow; Pinewoods, Bachman				20
Sparrow; Rock, Laguna				25
Sparrow; Rufouscrowned, Scott				142
Sparrow; Samuel Song, Rusty, Sooty				13
Sparrow; San Diego Song, Yakutat, Kenai				25
Sparrow; Sharptail				5
Sparrow; Stephen Fox, Sooty Fox				142
Sparrow; Thickbill Fox, Slatecolored				5
Sparrow; Tree, Western Tree				13
Sparrow; Veaper, Western, Oregon				25
Sparrow; Western, Savannah, Bryant				12
Sparrow; Whitecrowned, Gambells Nutall				8
Spoonbill				111
Stilt, Blacknecked				112
Surfbird				82
Swallow, Bank				25
Swallow, Barn				4
Swallow, Ruffwinged				5
Swallow, Tree				12
Swallow; Cliff, Lesser Cliff, Mexican				12
Swallow; Northern Violetgreen, San Lucas				12
Swan, Trumpeter				113
Swan, Whistling				114
Swift, Black				11
Swift, Chimney				11
Swift, Vaux				25
Swift, Whitethroated				24
Tanager, Hepatic				11
Tanager, Western				25
Tanager; Cooper, Summer				29
Tattler, Wandering				82
Teal, Bluewinged				86
Teal, Cinnamon				88
Teal, Greenwinged				88
Tern, Aleutian				29
Tern, Arctic				29
Tern, Black				29
Tern, Bridled				29
Tern, Cabot				31
Tern, Caspian				88
Tern, Common				31
Tern, Elegant				31
Tern, Forster				32
Tern, Gullbilled				30
Tern, Least				31
Tern, Roseate				31
Tern, Royal				88
Tern, Sooty				32
Tern, Trudeau				32
Tern, Whitewinged Black				28
Thrasher, Bendire				30
Thrasher, Brown				33
Thrasher, California				28
Thrasher, Crissal				34
Thrasher, Curvebilled, Palmer				35
Thrasher, Sage				35
Thrasher, Sennet				28
Thrasher; Leconte, Desert				30
Thrasher; San Lucas, Mearn				30
Thrush, Alaska Hermit				33
Thrush, Audubon Hermit				33
Thrush, Hermit				32
Thrush, Northern Varied				34
Thrush, Olivebacked				34
Thrush, Russetbacked (W. Olivebacked)				39
Thrush, Varied				33
Thrush, Willow				33
Thrush, Wood				32
Thrush; Dwarf Hermit, Monterray, Sierra				34
Thrush; Gray Cheek, Bicknells				34
Titmouse, Bridled				4
Titmouse, Tufted				4
Titmouse; Black Crested, Sennet				15
Titmouse; Plain, Gray, Ashy				10
Towhee, Albert				38
Towhee, Greentailed				37
Towhee, Guadalupe				36
Towhee, Redeyed				35
Towhee; Artic, Spurred				36
Towhee; California, Anthony				38
Towhee; Canon, San Lucas				37
Towhee; Oregon, San Clemente				36
Towhee; San Diego, Largebilled				36
Tree Duck, Balckbellied				89
Tree Duck, Fulvous				89
Trogon, Copppertailed				36
Tropicbird, Redbilled				89
Tropicbird, Redtailed				89
Tropicbird, Yellowbilled				86
Turkey, Water				87
Turkey, Wild				87
Turkey; Florida, Rio Grande				101
Turnstone				40
Turnstone, Black				38
Turnstone, Ruddy				41
Veery (Thrush)				40
Verdin; Cape				17
Vireo, Bell				15
Vireo, Blackcapped				26
Vireo, Blackwhiskered				14
Vireo, Blueheaded				14
Vireo, Gray				15
Vireo, Philadelphia				26
Vireo, Redeyed				142
Vireo, Warbling, Western Warbling				26
Vireo, White-eyed				26
Vireo, Yellowgreen				15
Vireo, Yellowthroated				26
Vireo; Anthony, Frazar				15
Vireo; Cassin, Plumbeous				26
Vireo; Hutton, Stephen				142
Vireo; Key West, Bermuda, Small, White-eyed				15
Vireo; Least, Texas				15
Vireo; Mountain, San Lucas				15
Vulture, Black				89
Vulture, California				86
Vulture, Turkey				87
Wagtail, Alaska Yellow				18
Warbler, Bachman				4
Warbler, Baybreast				4
Warbler, Black and White				4
Warbler, Blackburnian				4
Warbler, Blackpoll				3
Warbler, Blackthroated Gray				142
Warbler, Blackthroated Green				4
Warbler, Bluewing				17
Warbler, Brook, Grinnel Water Thrush				4
Warbler, Cape May				21
Warbler, Cerulian				142
Warbler, Chestnutsided				16
Warbler, Connecticut				142
Warbler, Golden Swamp				142
Warbler, Goldencheek				16
Warbler, Goldenwing				3
Warbler, Grace				26
Warbler, Hermit				26
Warbler, Hooded				23
Warbler, Kennicott Willow				22
Warbler, Kentucky				22
Warbler, Kirtland				23
Warbler, Lucy				26
Warbler, Magnolia				26
Warbler, Mangrove				22
Warbler, Mourning				21
Warbler, Myrtle				21
Warbler, Necklace ( Canada)				21
Warbler, Olive				21
Warbler, Orangecrown				23
Warbler, Pine				23
Warbler, Prairie				23
Warbler, Redfaced				3
Warbler, Sennet				2
Warbler, Swainson				2
Warbler, Tennessee				3
Warbler, Tolmie				3
Warbler, Townsend				3
Warbler, Virginia				3
Warbler, Wilson (See Pileolate)				142
Warbler, Wormeating				2
Warbler, Yellow				3
Warbler; Audubon, Blackfront				17
Warbler; Blackthroated Blue, Cairns				3
Warbler; Lutescent, Dusky				17
Warbler; Nashville, Calaveras				17
Warbler; Palm, Yellow Palm				4
Warbler; Parula, Northern Parula				16
Warbler; Pileolate, Golden Pileolate				142
Warbler; Sonora Yellow, Alaska, California				18
Warbler; Yellowthroated, Sycamore				16
Waterthrush, Grinnel, Brook Warbler				4
Waterthrush, Louisiana				21
Waxwing, Bohemian				39
Waxwing, Cedar				40
Wheatear; Flying, Greenland				39
Whippoorwill				35
Whippoorwill, Stephens				35
Widgeon, European				101
Willet				37
Willet, Western				37
Woodcock, American				43
Woodcock, European				39
Woodpecker, Anteating				37
Woodpecker, Arctic Threetoed				38
Woodpecker, Arizona				38
Woodpecker, Gila				42
Woodpecker, Golden Fronted				42
Woodpecker, Ivorybilled				42
Woodpecker, Lewis				43
Woodpecker, Nuttall				45
Woodpecker, Pileated				86
Woodpecker, Pileated (Northern)				45
Woodpecker, Redbellied				45
Woodpecker, Redcockaded				44
Woodpecker, Redheaded				45
Woodpecker, Texas, San Lucas				41
Woodpecker, Threetoed				44
Woodpecker, Whiteheaded				45
Woodpecker; Alaska Threetoed, Alpine				41
Woodpecker; Batchelder, Downy				39
Woodpecker; Cabanis,Rocky Mt.				40
Woodpecker; California, Narrow Fronted				40
Woodpecker; Hairy, Northern Hairy				43
Woodpecker; Nelson Downy, Willow				44
Woodpecker; Queen Charlotte, Newfoundland				43
Woodpecker; Southern Downy, Gardener				42
Woodpecker; Southern Hairy, Harris				42
Wren, Shortbilled				17
Wren; Alaska, Aleutian				17
Wren; Bewick, Vigor, Baird				17
Wren; Cactus, Bryant, San Lucas				24
Wren; Carolina, Florida, Lomita				24
Wren; House, Western House				2
Wren; Longbilled Marsh, Tule				24
Wren; Prairie Marsh, Marian Worthington Marsh, Western				24
Wren; Rock, St. Nicholas, Guadalupe				41
Wren; San Clemente, Guadalupe				2
Wren; San Clemente, Guadalupe				24
Wren; Whitethroated, Canyon, Dotted				17
Wren; Winter, Western, Kadiak				17
Wren-tit; Coast, Ruddy				41
Wren-tit; Pallid				21
Yellowlegs, Greater				44
Yellowlegs, Lesser				44
Yellowthroat, Belding				20
Yellowthroat, Maryland				21
Yellowthroat, Rio Grande				21
Yellowthroat; Florida, Western				20
Yellowthroat; Pacific, Salt Marsh				21
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