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Birds seen in the field 2003

We will keep a running list of birds seen during our Wednesday and Friday field labs and weekend field trips.

January 25, 2003 -  Burkes Garden
1) Carolina chickadee  2) Song sparrow  3) White-breasted nuthatch  4) Common Raven  5) Red-tailed hawk  6) Mallard 7) Canada goose  8) Eastern meadowlark  9) European starlings  10) Downy woodpecker  11) Hairy woodpecker 12) American pipit  13) Blue jay  14) American crow  15) Red-bellied woodpecker  16) Great blue heron  17) Eastern bluebird 18) Common Snipe  19) Golden eagle  20) Merlin  21) American Kestrel  22) Tufted titmouse  23) Rough-legged hawk 24) Bald Eagle  25) Black Vulture  26) Wild Turkey  27) Killdeer  28) Rock Dove  29) Mourning Dove  30) Northern Flicker 31) Pileated Woodpecker  32) House sparrow  33) Brown-headed cowbird  34) Northern Cardinal

January 29, 2003 - Campus (Wednesday Lab)
1) Carolina chickadee  2) Tufted titmouse   3) White-breasted nuthatch  4) Carolina Wren 5) Red-tailed hawk  6) Mallard 7) Canada goose  8) Northern Cardinal 9) European starlings  10) Downy woodpecker  11) Hairy woodpecker 12) Golden-crowned kinglet  13) Blue jay  14) American crow  15) Red-bellied woodpecker  16) Dark-eyed junco 17) Mourning Dove 18) White-throated sparrow  19) Mockingbird 20) Yellow-bellied sapsucker

January 31, 2003 - Campus (Friday Lab)
1) Carolina chickadee  2) Tufted titmouse   3) White-breasted nuthatch  4) Carolina Wren 5) Yellow-rumped warbler 6) Cooper's hawk  6) Mallard 7) Canada goose  8) Northern Cardinal 9) European starlings  10) Downy woodpecker  11) Hairy woodpecker 13) Blue jay  14) American crow  15) Red-bellied woodpecker  16) Dark-eyed junco 17) Mourning Dove 18) White-throated sparrow  19) Mockingbird

February 7-9, 2003 - Outer Banks trip, NC
Birds in bold were seen only from the van on the ride home
1) Red-throated loon 2) Common loon 3) Horned grebe 4) Northern gannet 5) Brown Pelican 6)Great cormorant 7) Double-crested cormorant 8) American bittern 9) Great blue heron 10) Great egret 11) Snowy egret 12) Tricolored heron 13) Black-crowned night heron 14) White ibis 15)Glossy ibis 16) Tundra swan 17) Canada goose 18) Green-winged teal 19) American black duck 20)  Mallard 21) Northern pintail  22) Blue-winged teal 23) Northern shoveler 24) Gadwall 25)American widgeon 26) Redhead 27) Greater scaup 28) Hooded merganser 29) Red-breasted merganser 30) Ruddy duck 31) Black vulture 32) Turkey vulture 33) Northern harrier 34) Sharp-shinned hawk 35) Cooper’s hawk 36) Red-shouldered hawk 37) Red-tailed hawk 38)American kestrel 39) Peregrine falcon 40) American coot 41) Killdeer 42) American oystercatcher 43) Greater yellowlegs 44) Lesser yellowlegs 45) Sanderling 46) Short-billed dowitcher 47) Bonaparte’s gull 48) Ring-billed gull 49) Herring gull 50) Great black-backed gull 51) Dovekie 52) Rock dove 53) Mourning dove 54) Great horned owl 55) Short-eared owl 56) Belted kingfisher 57) Red-bellied woodpecker 58) Downy woodpecker 59) Northern flicker 60) Tree swallow 61) Blue jay 62) American crow 63) Fish crow 64) Carolina chickadee 65) Red-breasted nuthatch 66) White-breasted nuthatch 67) Carolina wren 68) House finch 69) American robin 70) Gray catbird  71) Northern mockingbird 72) Cedar waxwing 73) European starling 74) Yellow-rumped warbler 75) Northern cardinal 76) Eastern towhee 77) Savannah sparrow (typical race) 78) Savannah sparrow (ipswich race) 79) Song sparrow 80) Swamp sparrow 81) White-throated sparrow 82) Red-winged blackbird 83) Eastern meadowlark 84) Boat-tailed grackle 85) Common grackle 86) House sparrow

February 12, 2003 -  New River (Wednesday Lab)
1) Pied-billed grebe 2) Hooded Merganser 3) Common merganser 4) Canada Goose 5) Mallard 6) American Wigeon 7) Lesser Scaup 8) Greater Scaup 9) Ring-necked Duck 10) Bufflehead 11) Great Blue Heron 12) Black Vulture 13) Turkey Vulture 14) Red-tailed Hawk 15) Ring-billed Gull 16) Killdeer 17) Mourning Dove 18) Common Raven 19) American Crow 20) Red-bellied Woodpecker 21) American Pipit 22) Carolina Chickadee 23) Golden-crowned Kinglet 24) European Starling

February 14, 2003 -  New River (Friday Lab)
1) Hooded Merganser 2) Gadwall 3) American Black Duck 4) Canada Goose 5) Mallard 6) American Wigeon 7) Lesser Scaup 8) Greater Scaup 9) Bufflehead 10) Coot 11) Great Blue Heron 12) Ring-billed Gull 13) Mourning Dove 14) Blue Jay 15) Common Raven 16) American Crow 17) Red-bellied Woodpecker 18) Hairy Woodpecker 19) Downy Woodpecker 20) Northern Flicker 21) Tufted Titmouse 22) Carolina Chickadee 23) White-breasted Nuthatch 24) Eastern Phoebe 24) European Starling 25) Belted Kingfisher 26) Song Sparrow 27) White-throated Sparrow 28) Dark-eyed Junco 29) Eastern Bluebird 30) American Goldfinch 31) Northern Cardinal 32) Carolina wren

February 19, 2003 - Eggleston (Wednesday Lab)
1) Great Blue Heron 2) Turkey Vulture 3) Common Merganser 4) Hooded Merganser 5) Bufflehead 6) Canada Goose 7) Mallard 8) Domestic Goose 9) Rock Dove 10) Mourning Dove 11) Downy Woodpecker 12) Hairy Woodpecker 13) Red-bellied woodpecker 14) Pileated Woodpecker 15) Red-tailed Hawk 16) American Kestrel 17) American Crow 18) Common Raven 19) Blue Jay 20) Tufted titmouse 21) Carolina Chickadee 22) Black-capped Chickadee 23) Carolina Wren 24) White-breasted nuthatch 25) Golden-crowned kinglet 26) Eastern bluebird 27) European starlings 28) Northern cardinal 29) Song sparrow 30) White-throated sparrow 31) Dark-eyed Junco 32) Purple finch 33) House finch 34) Yellow-rumped Warbler 35) House sparrow

February 21, 2003 - Eggleston (Friday Lab)
1) Great Blue Heron 2) Turkey Vulture 3) Black Vulture 4) Hooded Merganser 5) Bufflehead 6) Canada Goose 7) Rock Dove 8) Mourning Dove 9) Downy Woodpecker 10) Red-bellied woodpecker 11) American Crow 12) Common Raven 13) Blue Jay 14) Eastern Towhee 15) Tufted titmouse 16) Carolina Chickadee 17) Carolina Wren 18) White-breasted nuthatch 19) Eastern bluebird 20) European starlings 21) Northern cardinal 22) Song sparrow 23) White-throated sparrow 24) House sparrow

February 26, 2003 - Foxridge suburban neighborhood (Wednesday Lab)
1) Bufflehead 2) Canada Goose 3) Mallard 4) Domestic duck 5) Rock Dove 6) Mourning Dove 7) Downy Woodpecker 8) Red-bellied woodpecker 9) American Crow 10) Blue Jay 11) Tufted titmouse 12) Carolina Chickadee 13) Eastern bluebird 14) American robin 15) Northern cardinal 16) Song sparrow 17) Field sparrow 18) White-throated sparrow 19) Dark-eyed junco  20) Northern mockingbird 21) European starlings 22) American Goldfinch 23) House finch 24) House sparrow 25) Red-winged blackbird 26) Carolina wren 27) Ring-billed gull

February 28, 2003 - White Thorn and Kentland Farm (Friday Lab)
1) Great Blue Heron 2) Black Vulture 3) Bufflehead 4) Canada Goose  5) Mallard, 6) American Kestrel 7) Red-tailed hawk 8) Northern Harrier 9) Mourning Dove 10) Rock Dove 11) Red-bellied woodpecker 12) Northern Flicker 13) Downy Woodpecker 14) Pileated Woodpecker 15) Ring-billed gull, 16) Killdeer, 17) Northern mocking bird, 18) Blue Jay 19) American Crow 20) Eastern Towhee 21) White-throated sparrow 22) Song sparrow 23) White-crowned sparrow 24) Lapland longspur 25) Tufted titmouse 26)  Carolina Chickadee 27) Eastern bluebird 28) American robin 29) Northern cardinal 30) European starlings 31) House finch 32) American Goldfinch 33) Eastern meadowlark 34) Horned Lark 35) House sparrow

March 12, 2003 - Brown Farm (Wednesday's Lab)
1) Northern cardinal 2) Song sparrow 3) Northern mockingbird 4) Common grackle 5) Red-winged blackbird 6) Canada goose 7) Mallard 8) European starling 9) Blue jay 10) Eastern meadowlark 11) American robin 12) Pileated woodpecker 13) Red-bellied woodpecker 14) Downy woodpecker 15) Northern Flicker 16) Fox sparrow 17) Carolina chickadee 18) Carolina wren 19) Yellow-rumped warbler 20) Red-tailed hawk 21) American crow 22) Tufted titmouse 23) White-breasted nuthatch  24) House finch
25) Mourning dove 26) White-crowned sparrow 27) Eastern Towhee 28) Turkey Vulture 29) Rock Dove 30) Eastern Phoebe 31) American goldfinch 32) Eastern bluebird

March 14, 2003 - Brown Farm (Friday's Lab)
1) Northern cardinal 2) Song sparrow 3) Northern mockingbird 4) Common grackle 5) Red-winged blackbird 6) Canada goose 7) Mallard 8) European starling 9) Blue jay 10) Eastern meadowlark 11) American robin 12) Pileated woodpecker 13) Red-bellied woodpecker 14) Downy woodpecker 15) Northern Flicker 16) Fox sparrow 17) Carolina chickadee 18) Carolina wren 19) Yellow-rumped warbler 20) Red-tailed hawk 21) American crow 22) Golden-crowned kinglet 23) Tree swallow 24) Killdeer 25) Wood duck 26) Field sparrow 27) Swamp sparrow 28) Turkey Vulture 29) Rock Dove 30) Eastern Phoebe 31) Eastern towhee 32) Eastern bluebird 33) Tree sparrow 34) Black vulture 35) Virginia rail 36) Loggerhead shrike

March 26, 2003 - Pandapas Pond (Wednesday lab)
1. American Robin 2. Canada Goose 3. Mallard 4. Dark-eyed Junco 5. Belted Kingfisher 6. Downy Woodpecker 7. Hairy woodpecker 8. Pileated woodpecker 9. Northern flicker 10. Pine warbler 11. Yellow-rumped warbler 12. Tufted titmouse 13. Carolina chickadee 14. White-breasted nuthatch 15. Brown creeper 16. Song sparrow 17. Eastern phoebe 18. Pied-billed grebe 19. Rusty blackbird 20. Blue-headed vireo 21. Golden-crowned kinglet 22. Red-eyed vireo 23. Red-winged blackbird 24. Cooper's hawk 25. Blue jay 26. American crow 27. Northern cardinal 28. Turkey vulture 29. American goldfinch 30. Louisiana waterthrush 31. American woodcock 32. Wood duck

March 28, 2003 - Pandapas Pond (Fridays Lab)
1. American Robin 2. Canada Goose 3. Mallard 4. Dark-eyed Junco 5. Belted Kingfisher 6. Downy Woodpecker 7. Hairy woodpecker 8. Northern flicker 9. Pine warbler 10. Yellow-rumped warbler 11. Tufted titmouse 12. Carolina chickadee 13. White-breasted nuthatch 14. Brown creeper 15. Song sparrow 16. Eastern phoebe 17. Pied-billed grebe 18. Rusty blackbird 19. Blue-headed vireo 20. Golden-crowned kinglet 21. Blue jay 22. American crow 23. Northern cardinal 24. Turkey vulture 25. American goldfinch 26. Louisiana waterthrush 27. Beaver

April 2, 2003 - Kelly's knob trail off of route 42 (Wednesday's Lab)
1. Field sparrow 2. Chipping sparrow 3. Red-tailed hawk 4. Northern cardinal (imitating a mockingbird imitating a cardinal) 5. Red-winged blackbird 6. American robin 7. Song Sparrow 8. Mourning dove 9. Eastern towhee 10. Downy woodpecker 11. Carolina chickadee 12. Eastern phoebe 13. American crow 14. Turkey vulture 15. Blue jay 16. Tufted titmouse 17. Northern flicker 18. Eastern bluebird 19. Eastern meadowlark 20. European starling 21. Tree swallow 22. Brown thrasher 23. Northern mockingbird 24. Carolina wren 25. Barn swallow

April 4, 2003 - Kelly's knob trail off of route 42 (Friday's Lab)
1. Field sparrow 2. Chipping sparrow 3. Red-tailed hawk 4. Northern cardinal 5. Red-winged blackbird 6. American robin 7. Song Sparrow 8. Mourning dove 9. Eastern towhee 10. Downy woodpecker 11. Carolina chickadee 12. Eastern phoebe 13. American crow 14. Turkey vulture 15. Blue jay 16. Tufted titmouse 17. Northern flicker 18. Eastern bluebird 19. Eastern meadowlark 20. European starling 21. Tree swallow 22. Brown thrasher 23. Northern mockingbird 24. Carolina wren 25. Savannah sparrow 26. Ruby-crowned kinglet 27. Black-capped chickadee 28. Barn swallow

April 16, 2003 - Deerfield Park (Wednesday's Lab)
1. Common grackle 2. Red-winged blackbird 3. American crow 4. American robin 5. Canada goose 6. Mallard 7. Northern mockingbird 8. European starling 9. Hairy woodpecker 10. Northern cardinal  11. Northern flicker 12. Eastern towhee 13. Pileated woodpecker 14. Brown thrasher 15. Blue-gray gnatcatcher 16. Mourning dove 17. Tufted titmouse 18. Eastern meadowlark 19. Carolina wren 20. Red-bellied woodpecker 21. Blue jay 22. Belted kingfisher 23. House finch 24. American goldfinch 25. Downy woodpecker 26. Song sparrow 27. White-throated sparrow 30) Wood duck

April 18, 2003 - Deerfield Park (Friday's Lab)
1. Common grackle 2. Red-winged blackbird 3. American crow 4. American robin 5. Canada     goose 6. Mallard 7. Northern mockingbird 8. European starling 9. Hairy woodpecker 10. Northern  cardinal  11. Northern flicker 12. Eastern towhee 13. Pileated woodpecker 14. Brown thrasher 15. Blue-gray gnatcatcher 16. Mourning dove 17. Tufted titmouse 18. Eastern meadowlark 19. Carolina wren 20. Red-bellied woodpecker 21. Blue jay 22. Belted kingfisher 23. House finch 24. American goldfinch 25. Downy woodpecker 26. Song sparrow 27. White-throated sparrow 28) House wren, 29) Wood duck, 30) Blue-winged teal, 31) Brown-headed cowbird

April 23, 2003 - Falls Ridge trail (Wednesday's Lab)
1) Worm-eating warbler, 2) Black and White warbler, 3) Yellow-rumped warbler, 4) Ovenbird,  5) Black throated green warbler 6) Golden-crowned kinglet, 7) Red-eyed vireo, 8) Yellow-throated vireo, 9) Hermit thrush, 10) Tufted titmouse, 11) White-breasted nuthatch 12) American Crow, 13) Common Raven, 14) Turkey Vulture, 15) Pileated woodpecker, 16) American Goldfinch, 17) American Robin, 18) Blue-gray gnatcatcher, 19) Mourning dove, 20) Northern Cardinal

April 25, 2003 - Falls Ridge trail (Friday's Lab)
 

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