CNU Ornithology Spring 2012

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

CNU Ornithology Spring 2012: Birdapalooza Tuesday Lab

CNU Ornithology Spring 2012: Birdapalooza Tuesday Lab: Parent's House, Richmond, Va 4/07/2012 1. White-Eyed Vireo. Distictive call, yellow face with a bright white eye.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Birdapalooza Thursday Lab

Common Grackle
Diagnostics: CALL [squeaks, croaks, whistles, "swaaaak"]
Glossy blackbird; medium sized; iridescent purple sheen on back, head, neck, and breast

Picture Credit Jay Paredes

Newport News Park, Newport News

American Coot
A dark-gray, chicken-like bird with a black rounded head and white bill and forehead. At close range you can see a small patch of red on the forehead.

Carolina Chickadee
Black cap and bib separated by white cheeks. Back, wings, and tail are a soft gray.

Cedar Waxwing
Pale brown on the head and chest. Soft gray chest and wings. Pale yellow belly. Bright yellow tip on tail. Narrow black mask outlined in white on face. Red, waxy tips on wing feathers.

Common Grackle (Immature)
Dull, dark brown body. Pale brown iris that turns yellow as it grows older.

Hooded Merganser (Male and Female)
Male: White chest outlined in black and white stripes. Black face and back. Yellow eyes. Rusty sides.
Female: Brownish head and tail. Blackish-brown wings. White patch at base of wings. Brown eyes.

Lions Bridge, Newport News

Bufflehead (Male)
Glossy, purple-green head with large white patch on the back. Black back and white underparts. Wings have a large, white patch.

Field Sparrow
Unstreaked chest. Gray face with white eyering. Pink bill.

Birdapalooza- Thursday

Newport News Park

4-16-12

Green Heron

Description: Small heron, greenish black cap, greenish back and wings fading from grey black into bluish color, brownish neck with white vertical line extending down. Bill is long and sharp.

Prothonotary Warbler

Description: very small warbler, bright orange yellow head, greenish back with blue gray wings.

Muscovy Duck

Description: Large duck, black and white with iridescence, white on head and neck, bill color can be varied, red wattles are around the bill.

Domestic Duck

Description: White duck with brown patterning around the chest and light brown around head. Bill is orange in color.

Swan Lake Richmond

4/15/12

Canada Goose Hybrid

Description: Body similar to canada goose but was in an area with inhabited by greylag geese.

Birdapolooza

Wow - one day to go in Birdapolooza and the score is too close to call! Tuesday's lab has 59 bird species. Thursday's lab has 64 species. Everyone has one more day to contribute to birdapolooza. We can't wait to see which class ends up with the largest count.

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

Tuesday, April 17, 2012