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Big Birds – 25 to 39 inches

Some egrets and herons, hawks, eagles, falcons, spoonbills, geese, loons.

 

Ducks, Geese and Swans – Family Anatidae

snow goose

Snow Goose – 26 to 33 in.

 

 

 

canada goose

Canada Goose – 30 to 43 in.

 

 

Loons – Family Gaviidae

common loon

Common Loon – 32 in.

 

 

Herons, Egrets and Bitterns – Family Ardeidae

great egret

Great Egret – 39 in.

 

 

Ibis, Spoonbills – Family Threskiornithidae

roseate spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill – 32 in.

 

 

Hawks, Kites, Eagles – Family Accipitridae

golden eagle

Golden Eagle – 30 to 40 in.

 

 

bald eagle

Bald Eagle – immature – 31 to 37 in.

 

 

red-tailed hawk

Red-tailed Hawk – 22 in.

 

 

Gulls, Terns and Skimmers – Family Laridae

herring gull

Herring Gull – 25 in.

 

 

great black-backed gull

Great Black-backed Gull – 30 in.

 

 

Owls – Family Strigidae

great gray owl

Great Gray Owl – 27 in.

 

 

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This species was introduced into New York's central Park by someone who wanted all of the birds mentioned in Shakspeare's plays to be present in the New World.

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