ZO 501 Ornithology - Spring 2007
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We will keep a running list of birds seen during our Friday field labs and weekend field trips. These birds will be marked with this symbol
on the course Bird List.
For the lists below - * = heard only, Bold = new species in lab.
1/27/2007 - 1/28/2007 Coastal Field Trip - 103 species
Tundra Swan, Canada Goose, Brant, Snow Goose, Mallard, American Black Duck, Gadwall, Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Common Loon, Red-throated Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, American White Pelican, Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Northern Gannet, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Cattle Egret, Tricolored Heron, Little Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, White Ibis, Turkey Vulture, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Bald Eagle, American Kestrel, American Coot, Black-bellied Plover, American Oystercatcher, American Avocet, Greater Yellowlegs, Willet, Whimbrel, Ruddy Turnstone, Purple Sandpiper, Red Knot, Sanderling, Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitcher, Wilson's Snipe, Killdeer, Bonaparte's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Forster's Tern, Mourning Dove, Rock Pigeon, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Pheobe, Blue Jay, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Chickadee, Carolina Wren, Sedge Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Pine Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Cardinal, Eastern Towhee, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark, Brown-headed Cowbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Boat-tailed Grackle, House Finch, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow
1/19/2007
Lake Raleigh - Quay Woods - 31 species
Canada Goose, Northern Shoveler, Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Double-crested Cormorant, Anhinga, Great Blue Heron, Red-shouldered Hawk*, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-billed Gull, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Pheobe, Blue Jay, American Crow, Carolina Chickadee, Eastern Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Bluebird, Hermit Thrush, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, American Goldfinch,
1/12/2007
Yates Mill Pond and NCSU Farm Pond off Lake Wheeler Road - 31 species:
Canada Goose, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Pied-billed Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Killdeer, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Carolina Wren*, Golden-crowned Kinglet, European Starling, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, Eastern Meadowlark, Brown-headed Cowbird, Common Grackle, American Goldfinch.