Field Ornithology (BIOL 222)

Field Checklist - 4/10/2003

Shannon Creek and Olsburg Marshes

Bald Eagle Nest

Scientific name Common name
Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron
Cathartes aura Turkey Vulture
Branta canadensis Canada Goose
Aix sponsa Wood Duck
Anas platyrhynchos Mallard
Aythya affinis Lesser Scaup
Bucephala albeola Bufflehead
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle
Accipiter cooperii Cooper's Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis Red-tailed Hawk
Falco sparverius American Kestrel
Meleagris gallopavo Wild Turkey
Charadrius vociferus Killdeer
Larus philadelphia Bonaparte's Gull
Larus delawarensis Ring-billed Gull
Columba livia Rock Dove
Zenaida macroura Mourning Dove
Ceryle alcyon Belted Kingfisher
Melanerpes carolinus Red-bellied Woodpecker
Colaptes auratus Northern Flicker
Sayornis phoebe Eastern Phoebe
Cyanocitta cristata Blue Jay
Corvus brachyrhynchos American Crow
Progne subis Purple Martin
Tachycineta bicolor Tree Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis N. Rough-winged Swallow
Poecile atricapillus Black-capped Chickadee
Baeolophus bicolor Tufted Titmouse
Sialia sialis Eastern Bluebird
Turdus migratorius American Robin
Spizella passerina Chipping Sparrow
Spizella pusilla Field Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis Savannah Sparrow
Zonotrichia querula Harris's Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys White-crowned Sparrow
Cardinalis cardinalis Northern Cardinal
Agelaius phoeniceus Red-winged Blackbird
Sturnella magna Eastern Meadowlark
Quiscalus quiscula Common Grackle
Molothrus ater Brown-headed Cowbird