CNU Ornithology Spring 2012: Birdapolooza

Monday, April 9, 2012

Birdapolooza - Thursday Lab

Beaufort, North Carolina (Birds seen on the Duke Marine Lab Trip this past weekend)

White Ibis

Bending down in this picture. Can see the orange legs and bill as well as the long curve to the bill.

Red-Orange Bill (Curved Down)
White Body
Long, Red-Orange Legs

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Willet

Fun fact: If you chase it, it won't fly away but rather just runs along the sand. :)

Short White Eyebrow
Smooth Gray Drab Overall
Gray Legs and Bill
Black Feathers Around Back

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Laughing Gull

This would be me taking a picture of a laughing gull. Too bad my picture was then lost when my memory card landed in the mud...oops!

All Black Wing-Tips
Black Head
White Neck and Front
Dark Back
Red Bill

Photo Credit: Katie Knoster

Forster's Tern

Black Cap
Gray and White Body
Red Bill with black Tip
Gray Primaries

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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