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We will keep a running list of birds seen during our Wednesday and Friday field labs and weekend field trips.
January 28, 2003 - Campus (Wednesday Lab)
Mallard, American Robin, Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Common Raven*, American Crow, Song Sparrow, European Starling, Great Blue Heron*, Belted Kingfisher*, White-breasted Nuthatch*, Red-bellied Woodpecker, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Carolina Wren, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, Mourning Dove, Northern Mockingbird, Northern Cardinal
*seen only during the optional trip for friday labbers earlier in the morning
January 30, 2003 - Campus (Friday Lab)
Mallard, White-throated Sparrow, American Crow, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Carolina Wren, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Chickadee, Northern Mockingbird, Northern CardinalFebruary 6-8, 2003 - Outer Banks trip, NC
1. Red-throated loon 2. Common Loon 3. Pied-billed Grebe 4. Horned Grebe 5. Northern Gannet 6. Brown Pelican 7. Double-crested Cormorant 8. Great Blue Heron 9. Great Egret 10. Snowy Egret 11. Tricolored Heron 12. Black-crowned Night Heron 13. White Ibis 14. Tundra Swan 15. Snow Goose 16. Canada Goos 17. Green-winged Teal 18. American Black Duck 19. Mallard 20. Northern Pintail 21. Northern Shoveler 22. Gadwall 23. American Wigeon 24. Canvasback* 25. Ring-necked Duck* 26. Lesser Scaup 27. Greater Scaup 28. Common Goldeneye* 29. Bufflehead 30. Hooded Merganser 31. Red-breasted Merganser 32. Ruddy Duck 33. Black Vulture 34. Turkey Vulture 35. Bald Eagle 36. Northern Harrier 37. Cooper's Hawk 38. Red-shouldered Hawk 39. Red-tailed Hawk 40. American Kestrel 41. Merlin 42. Peregrine Falcon 43. Clapper Rail 44. American Coot 45. Killdeer 46. American Oystercatcher 47. Lesser Yellowlegs 48. Willet* 49. Ruddy Turnstone 50. Short-billed Dowitcher 51. Ring-billed Gull 52. Herring Gull 53. Great Black-backed Gull 54. Forster's Tern* 55. Rock Dove 56. Mourning Dove 57. Great Horned Owl 58. Belted Kingfisher 59. Northern Flicker 60. Tree Swallow 61. Blue Jay 62. American Crow 63. Fish Crow 64. Carolina Chickadee 65. Carolina Wren* 66. Marsh Wren* 67. Ruby-crowned 68. Eastern Bluebird 69. American Robin 70. Gray Catbird 71. Northern Mockingbird 72. Loggerhead Shrike* 73. European Starling 74. Yellow-rumped Warbler 75. Common Yellowthroat 76. Northern Cardinal 77. Savannah (Ipswich) Sparrow 78. Song Sparrow 79. Swamp Sparrow 80. Red-winged Blackbird 81. Eastern Meadowlark 82. Boat-tailed Grackle 83. Common Grackle 84. American Goldfinch
*seen only by Biol 4404 students, not other VSO members
Birds in bold were seen only on the van ride rome.
February 11, 2003 - New River (Wednesday Lab)
February 13, 2003 - New River (Friday Lab)
February 18, 2003 - Eggleston (Wednesday Lab)
February 20, 2003 - Eggleston (Friday Lab)
February 25, 2003 - White Thorn and Kentland Farm (Wednesday Lab)
February 27, 2003 - White Thorn and Kentland Farm (Friday Lab)
March 11, 2003 - Brown Farm (Wednesday's Lab)
March 13, 2003 - Brown Farm (Friday's Lab)
March 25, 2003 - Pandapas Pond (Wednesday lab)
March 27, 2003 - Pandapas Pond (Fridays Lab)
April 1, 2003 - Kelly's knob trail off of route 42 (Wednesday's Lab)
April 3, 2003 - Kelly's knob trail off of route 42 (Friday's Lab)April 15, 2003 - Deerfield Park (Wednesday's Lab)
April 17, 2003 - Deerfield Park (Friday's Lab)
April 22, 2003 - Falls Ridge trail (Wednesday's Lab)
April 24, 2003 - Falls Ridge trail (Friday's Lab)