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Peele A.M., M. Massa, R.W. Rohrbaugh, S.R. Harding, E.A. Hunter, K.J. Loope, D.A. Sommers, M.A. Thomas, and A.L. Kane. 2025. Virginia’s Second Breeding Bird Atlas (2016–2020). https://vabirdatlas.org.

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