Saturday, January 21, 2012

1/19/12 Field Trip (Thursday Lab)

Monitor-Merrimac Overlook Park


Canada Goose


Black head and neck
Brownish body
White cheek
Pale chest














Bufflehead (male and female)


Male
Large, round head
White back of head
Very white overall
Female
Oval white patch on cheek
Gray bill
Dark grey-brown body




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American Wigeon (male and female)


Male
White forehead
Green patch around eye
White patch on side
Black tail
Female 
Grey-brown head
No white patch on side
Speckled orange/brown body
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Hooded Merganser 


Black head with bright white patch
Black "spurs" across chest
Brown/tan sides
Black top







http://www.birdsofoklahoma.net/images/Hoodmerganser02.jpg

Ring-billed gull (adult)


Pale grey back
Yellow legs
White chest
Yellow bill with dark ring













Ring-billed gull (juvenile) 


Dark grey body with contrasts of brown/black
Mostly light underside
Pink bill with black tip
Adult plumage appears after two years












Double-crested Cormorant


Black body
Longer legs
Long, pointed beak with yellow around edges









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Great Black-backed Gull 


White head and chest
Black back
Pink legs
Yellow bill with red dot on end





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Neighborhood Inlet 


Mallard (male and female)


Male 
Dark green head
Yellow bill
Pale body
Curly tail
Female
Brown/tan speckled body
Grey/brown head
Orange bill with dark center
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Great Blue Heron


Long black/white crest
Grey/blue body
Long neck/legs/beak
Rusty color on legs near the body








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American Robin


Dark head
Grey back and sides
Yellow bill
Rusty orange chest









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Northern Mockingbird 


Thin, dark eye line
Pale grey back and sides
Long grey tail
Whitish chest





Deer Park


Dark-eyed Junco


Many different color variations
All variations include:
White/light chest or underside
Darker coloring on back and wings
Blackish lores around eye
Short, broad bill



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Red-bellied Woodpecker


Red back of neck (top of head also red if male)
Black and white barred back
Plain pale brown front









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Carolina Chickadee


Pale brown/tan chest
Black top of head and neck
White section around eye
Short bill
Can be easily confused with the black-capped chickadee







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Downy Woodpecker


Small bill
White chest
White patch on back
Black and white wings
Dark bars on tail
Red spot in back of head
Easily confused with the Hairy Woodpecker









http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/449px-Downy_Woodpecker-Male.jpg

Pileated Woodpecker (heard but not seen)


Red crest
Long neck with white stripe
All black body













http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium/pileated-woodpecker-john-radosevich.jpg

Yellow-crowned Night-heron (seen through VLM aviary)


Dark head with white cheek
Long bill and legs
Greyish body
Long yellow crest
Orange/yellow legs







http://www.animalspot.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Yellow-Crowned-Night-Heron-Images.jpg

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