Paul's Bird Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. One can also tie these
  2. 3. Tern with a yellow tip on its bill
  3. 6. Most common plastic yard bird
  4. 8. Tern-like bird whose lower mandible is much lower than its upper mandible
  5. 9. Owl that nests in Prairie Dog Towns
  6. 10. A passerine that swims under water
  7. 12. Originally from Africa, this egret is now found throughout the US
  8. 13. Ben Franklin thought this bird should be our national bird
  9. 14. A North American duck with a stiff-tail
  10. 16. Largest North American wren
  11. 18. Sometimes called a butcher bird
  12. 19. Used to be known as the Louisiana Heron
  13. 23. A bird that hibernates
  14. 25. A family of birds that expels salt through a special feature on its beak
  15. 27. The most colorful US bunting
  16. 31. Also known as the snakebird
  17. 33. This warbler can only be seen in Big Bend NP in the US
  18. 34. Curlew last photographed on Galveston Island in 1962. Presumed extinct.
  19. 38. Shorebird family where males exclusively raise the young
  20. 39. Fastest bird on earth
  21. 40. It comes in an Eastern and Western version and loudly whistles its name in forests
  22. 41. Rarer of two Trogon species seen in Arizona
Down
  1. 1. Formerly known as Harlequin Quail
  2. 3. Bird that nests behind waterfalls on the West Coast
  3. 4. Formerly known as a sparrowhawk
  4. 5. Eagle that can be viewed during the winter at Lake Buchanan
  5. 6. Also known as a Man-o-War
  6. 7. Ghostly white gull of the Arctic
  7. 11. Published first financially successful North American bird guide
  8. 15. Now extinct, this parakeet used to frequent southern orchards
  9. 16. Could also be called the “deep blue” warbler
  10. 17. Bigger of the two waxwing species
  11. 20. Largest North American crane, almost went extinct in the 1940s
  12. 21. Number of Titmice species in the US
  13. 22. Smallest North American rail
  14. 24. Name suggests you could find this bird in a kitchen appliance
  15. 26. Used to be known as Short-billed Marsh Wren
  16. 28. Used to be known as Gray Jay
  17. 29. Only commonly occurring Silky-flycatcher in the US
  18. 30. Also known as red jays in some parts of Texas
  19. 32. Largest kingfisher found in the US
  20. 35. These owls come in both eastern and western versions
  21. 36. Number of Wood Warblers named after a state
  22. 37. Jay that Paul wants to see in the Rio Grande Valley