CALLING ALL BIRD NERDS

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Across
  1. 4. Only hummingbird that breeds in Michigan.
  2. 6. Smaller than a Bonaparte's.
  3. 9. The Michigan State Bird.
  4. 11. Jack pine specialist whose conservation required cowbird control and rotational burns.
  5. 13. Only Michigan nuthatch lacking a rusty undertail.
  6. 14. Alcine whose breeding bill plates are shed after the nesting season, revealing a smaller winter bill.
  7. 16. Hook-clawed flyer that cannot perch.
  8. 17. Winter sparrow with white outer tail feathers and slate-gray hood.
  9. 18. Sea duck formerly known as Oldsquaw.
  10. 20. Finch whose bill tips cross asymmetrically to extract conifer seeds.
Down
  1. 1. Fastest animal on Earth during a stoop.
  2. 2. Michigan’s breeding Antigone.
  3. 3. Most common small gull found in Michigan.
  4. 5. Mergus with serrated bill adapted for fish.
  5. 7. The Warbler Capital of the World.
  6. 8. Not a snipe, but similar. Identified by their slow, rocking walk.
  7. 10. Colaptes auratus.
  8. 12. Aerial insectivore lacking a perching toe.
  9. 15. Martin North America's largest swallow.
  10. 19. The New York State Bird.