We’ll head to the Cornell Plantations’ Mundy Wildflower Garden tomorrow morning. If you’re planning on walking there, please let Adrianna know. I’ll meet the group in the parking lot at around 8:05–should be a good morning for birding after all the rain today! New birds might include kinglets, juncos, nuthatches, thrasher, & great blue heron–in a couple of past years we’ve discovered screech owls and a nestbuilding cooper’s hawk, so anything’s possible! Take a look at the map below and think a little bit about the habitat–where might be good places to look for birds?
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I also wanted to list the birds from the last two classes–take a look at each list & let me know if you think I’ve missed something! So far, by my count we’ve seen about 38 species of birds (though not all of them were seen by everybody in class)…
Location: Cass Park
Observation date: 4/7/11
Notes: During COE birding class trip to Cass Park
Number of species: 25
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 4
Common Merganser 1
Killdeer 2
Ring-billed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 5
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 8
European Starling 15
Song Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 4
Location: Stewart Park, Ithaca
Observation date: 4/12/11
Notes: COE class trip to Stewart Park
Number of species: 33
Canada Goose 25
Wood Duck 2
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 15
Redhead 2
Ring-necked Duck 1
Greater Scaup 12
Bufflehead 7
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 11
Rock Pigeon 7
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 7
European Starling 55
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 12
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 7
