CNU Ornithology Spring 2012: Birdapolooza

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Birdapolooza - Thursday Lab

Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge – April 1st

Great Black Backed Gull

· Black back with white spots near the wing edges
· White head
· Yellow bill with red spot on lower mandible

King Rail

· Black and white stripes on flanks
· Red back and chest
· Long, slender slightly curved downward bill
· Short tail

Brown Pelican

· Large throat pouch for fish
· Grey/brown body with a lighter colored neck
· Yellow on head

Blue Jay

· Blue triangular shaped crest
· All blue bird with white belly and white wing bars
· Black stripes around eye and a black neck line

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Birdapolooza

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