CNU Ornithology Spring 2012: Tuesday Lab

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Tuesday Lab - Birdapalooza

Tuesday Lab, Casey Rollins and Jeffrey Rollins (My cousin)

Location: Amory's Wharf, Poquoson VA

3-29-2012

Camera: Kodak EasyShare DX7590

Lens: Variogon 38-380mm AF 10x

European Starling - Breeding adult; bright yellow bill, mostly black with spots wearing off to give way to green and purple breeding plumage

Great Egret - Mostly white, long yellow bill, dark feet and legs (not pictured)

There are multiple birds in this picture. Left foreground: A Laughing Gull giving his friend the boot! Black head, grey wings, reddish bill, also verified by call. Middle of picture: I'm not 100% sure, but this may be a juvenile Forster's Tern; long tail, orange feet, black around eye, grey wings. The larger gull (second bird from the top) is a Ring-billed Gull; black wing tips, white head, ring at the end of the bill. The last bird (pictured far right, top) is a Double-Crested Cormorant: entirely black plummage, black feet and legs, greyish bill, posture and tail position resembles something like the Wild Turkey or Turkey Vulture.

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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