NASWC Bird Walk 10.08.06

Birds Observed on the NASWC Bird Walk.

• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret - Has a yellow bill and dark legs.
• Snowy Egret - Has a mostly dark bill and dark legs with yellow feet.
• Turkey Vulture
• Red-shouldered Hawk
• American Kestrel
• Killdeer
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Least Sandpiper
• White-winged Dove - This is the most numerous bird in the neighborhood.
• Mourning Dove - Told from White-winged by long pointed tail and lack of white wing patches.
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Downy Woodpecker (heard only - high-pitched whinny)
• Eastern Phoebe - Has a dark head and yellowish belly. This was the only flycatcher we saw.
• Loggerhead Shrike - This is a fierce little predatory bird with a black mask.
• Blue Jay
• Carolina Chickadee - Seen in the trees among the houses.
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet (heard only - typewriter-like clicking)
• Northern Mockingbird
• European Starling
• Northern Cardinal
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Common Grackle
• Great-tailed Grackle
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• House Sparrow

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