CNU Ornithology Spring 2012: January 17th Field Trip (Tuesday Lab)

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

January 17th Field Trip (Tuesday Lab)

Today we went to Lion's Bridge. We saw:

1. Great Blue Heron

Very tall bird with long legs and big feet, black feathers running from the eye past the back of the head, blue-grey color, some rust-colored feathers on breast/neck.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/490785635/sizes/l/in/photostream/

2. Hooded Merganser

Fan-shaped head with triangular white patch; patch doesn't extend all the way around the head. (Female is just rust colored, no white patch).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenblumin/2142693462/sizes/z/in/photostream/

3. Turkey Vulture

Large bird, eats carrion (dead stuff), bald red head, underwing is silver.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcwest/442842120/sizes/l/in/photostream/

4. American Robin

Bright orange-red breast, rest of body is black/brown.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goellnitz/4385300099/sizes/l/in/photostream/

5. Mallard

Green head (might sometimes look blue), blue wing patch; females brown with blue wing patch.
http://www.flickr.com/search/?l=cc&mt=all&adv=1&w=all&q=mallard&m=text

6. Ring-billed Gull

Yellow bill with a black ring around the end.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/texaseagle/4340441171/sizes/z/in/photostream/

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Check here for your up-to-date birding totals! Lindsey and I will try to update this tally on a daily basis.

Tuesday Lab Total = 61

American crow, American robin, Bald eagle, Barn owl, Barn swallow, Black vulture, Blue jay, Boat-tailed grackle, Brown-headed cowbird, Brown pelican, Brown thrasher, Canada goose, Carolina chickadee, Carolina wren, Common grackle, Dark-eyed junco, Domestic duck, Double-crested cormorant, Downy woodpecker, Eastern bluebird, Eastern phoebe, Eastern towhee, European starling, Field sparrow, Fish crow, Forster's Tern, Great blue heron, Great Egret, Greylag goose, Guineafowl, Hooded merganser, House finch, House sparrow, Killdeer, Laughing gull, Mallard, Mallard hybrid, Mourning dove, Muscovy duck, Northern bobwhite, Northern cardinal, Northern flicker, Northern mockingbird, Northern parula, Osprey, Ovenbird, Peafowl, Pied-billed grebe, Pileated woodpecker, Purple finch, Red-bellied woodpecker, Red-tailed hawk, Red-winged blackbird, Ring-billed gull, Rock pigeon, Song sparrow, Tufted titmouse, Turkey vulture, White-eyed vireo, White-throated sparrow, Yellow-throated vireo

Thursday Lab Total = 79

American coot, American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, Bald eagle, Black vulture, Blue-grey gnatcatcher, Blue jay, Boat-tailed grackle, Brown creeper, Brown-headed cowbird, Brown pelican, Brown thrasher, Bufflehead, Canada goose, Canada goose hybrid, Carolina Chickadee, Carolina Wren, Cattle egret, Cedar waxwing, Chipping sparrow, Chimney swift, Common grackle, Common tern, Dark-eyed junco, Domestic duck, Double-crested cormorant, Downy woodpecker, Eastern bluebird, Eastern phoebe, Eastern towhee, European starling, Field sparrow, Fish crow, Forster's tern, Greylag goose, Great black-backed gull, Great blue heron, Great egret, Green heron, Hairy woodpecker, Hooded merganser, House finch, House sparrow, Killdeer, King rail, Laughing gull, Lesser scaup, Mallard, Mallard hybrid, Muscovy duck, Mourning dove, Mute swan, Nashville warbler, Northern cardinal, Northern flicker, Northern mockingbird, Osprey, Pied-billed grebe, Pileated woodpecker, Prothonotary warbler, Red-bellied woodpecker, Red-tailed hawk, Red-winged blackbird, Ring-billed gull, Ring-necked duck, Rock pigeon, Royal tern, Ruby-crowned kinglet, Seaside sparrow, Song sparrow, Tufted titmouse, Turkey vulture, White-breasted nuthatch, White ibis, White-throated sparrow, Willet, Yellow-rumped warbler