Friday, March 23, 2012

Birds on the Noland Trail - Tuesday


Birds on the Noland Trail
Gray Catbird











http://www.jkcassady.com/images/5RHWO207.jpg

-medium sized bird
--slaty gray
-small black cap
-blackish tail
-brown patch under the tail


Red-bellied Woodpecker


en.wikipedia.org
Features
-pale overall
-black and white stripped back
-Red cap and neck



 Downy  Woodpecker -heard


nps.gov
Checkered black and white
-head is striped black and white
-small red patch on head


American Robin


en.wikipedia.org
-gray brown, with orange underparts



Domestic goose


en.wikipedia.org
-White body 
-Orange beak and feet


Canada goose



en.wikipedia.org
-Black head
-White cheeks and chinstrap
-black neck
-tan breast
-brown back

Double Crested Cormorant


asmsobot.wordpress.com
-Large dark body
long neck
medium sized bill


Pileated Woodpecker -heard


hillsteadblog.com
-large woodpecker
-black body
-flaming red crest


Carolina Chickadee



allaboutbirds.org
-black cap and bib
-separated by stark white cheeks

Great Blue Heron


pinker.wjh.harvard.edu

-blue/gray
-wide black strip over the eye

Tufted Titmouse -heard


itsnature.org
gray on the back
white under
-rust/peach color on flanks
-pointed crest on head


Boat-tailed grackle

dpughphoto.com
 -large black bird
-long tail
-wing and tail look black-greenish

Northern cardinal


sdakotabirds.com

-red body
-reddish bill
-black face around the bill

Downy Woodpecker


nps.gov

-checkered black and white
-white strip down back
-red patch on head

Brown Thrasher


outdooralabama.com

-large, long tail
-under parts are white or buff with black streaking

Ring-billed gull


sdakotabirds.com

-gray wings
-white body, head and tail
-yellow legs and bill
-black band around bill at end

Brown-headed Cowbird


flickr.com

-Brown head
-Black glossy body

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