28 January 2014, New Hampshire: Hillsborough Co., Saint Anselm College Campus, Goffstown

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New Hampshire: Hillsborough Co., Saint Anselm College Campus, Goffstown

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Observers: BI 347 Class

Short lab around campus on a very cold day.

1.     American Crow

2.     American Robin

3.     European Starling

4.     Cedar Waxwing

5.     House Finch

24 January 2014, New Hampshire: Hillsborough Co., Manchester, Bedford, Goffstown

New Hampshire: Hillsborough Co., Manchester, Bedford, Goofstown

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Observers: Kane Molleo, Jay Pitocchelli

1.     Mallard

2.     Common Goldeneye

3.     Wild Turkey

4.     Great Cormorant

5.     Red-tailed Hawk

6.     Peregrine Falcon

7.     Ring-billed Gull

8.     Herring Gull

9.     Great Black-backed Gull

10. Rock Pigeon

11. Red-bellied Woodpecker

12. American Crow

13. Black-capped Chickadee

14. Tufted Titmouse

15. White-breasted Nuthatch

16. American Robin

17. Northern Mockingbird

18. European Starling

19. Cedar Waxwing

20. American Tree Sparrow

21. White-throated Sparrow

22. Northern Cardinal

23. House Sparrow

18 January 2014, Massachusetts: Essex Co., Salisbury State Beach Reservation and Parker River NWR, Newburyport

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Massachusetts: Essex Co., Plum Island (Parker River NWR),

Salisbury State Beach Reservation
1/18/14
Ornithology BI 347 Class

This report is the start of the Ornithology BI 347 class sightings for 2014.  It was a brutal start that began with rain at Salisbury and a snow storm while were leaving Parker River NWR.  However, the birding was excellent.  Our first 2 species were a Snowy Owl and Peregrine Falcon.

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1.     Canada Goose

2.     American Black Duck

3.     Mallard

4.     Common Eider

5.     White-winged Scoter

6.     Black Scoter

7.     Bufflehead

8.     Common Goldeneye

9.     Red-breasted Merganser

10. Wild Turkey

11. Red-throated Loon

12. Common Loon

13. Horned Grebe

14. Peregrine Falcon

15. Ring-billed Gull

16. Herring Gull

17. Great Black-bcked Gull

18. Snowy Owl

19. American Crow

20. Black-capped Chickadee

21. American Tree Sparrow

13-14 July 2013, Alberta: Calgary – Cypress Hills Provincial Park

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13-14 July 2013, Alberta: Calgary – Cypress Hills Provincial Park

This stop was the last attempt to collect songs from MacGillivray’s Warblers.  I spent the morning of 14 July 2013 trying to find singing males in the provincial park.  I found one male on the way.  Even though there was plenty of good breeding habitat, it appeared that the territorial and courtship phase of the breeding season is over.  The birding in the park was outstanding and lead to the diverse list of birds below.  I also was able to capture some video of an American White Pelican and while driving through Saskatchewan, the Lark Bunting (see below).

Cypress Hills

Breeding habitat in the Cypress Hills

Breeding Habitat (territory of CH1)

American White Pelican

 



Lark Bunting Female




Lark Bunting Male

Bird List

1.     American White Pelican

2.     Canada Goose

3.     Mallard

4.     Turkey Vulture

5.     Northern Harrier

6.     Cooper’s Hawk

7.     Swainson’s Hawk

8.     Red-tailed Hawk

9.     American Kesrrel

10. Killdeer

11. Wilson’s Snipe

12. Franklin’s Gull

13. Ring-billed Gull

14. Caspian Tern

15. Mourning Dove

16. Common Nighthawk

17. Belted Kingfisher

18. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

19. Downy Woodpecker

20. Northern Flicker

21. Least Flycatcher

22. Tree Swallow

23. Cliff Swallow

24. Barn Swallow

25. Black-billed Magpie

26. American Crow

27. Black-capped Chickadee

28. Red-breasted Nuthatch

29. House Wren

30. Marsh Wren

31. Veery

32. Swainson’s Thrush

33. American Robin

34. Gray Catbird

35. Cedar Waxwing

36. Warbling Vireo

37. Tennessee Warbler

38. Yellow Warbler

39. Yellow-rumped Warbler

40. American Redstart

41. Ovenbird

42. MacGillivray’s Warbler

43. Common Yellowthroat

44. Rose-breasted Grosbeak

45. Chipping Sparrow

46. Clay-colored Sparrow

47. Vesper Sparrow

48. Savannah Sparrow

49. Song Sparrow

50. White-crowned Sparrow

51. Red-winged Blackbird

52. Western Meadowlark

53. Brown-headed Cowbird

54. Pine Siskin

55. American Goldfinch

56. House Sparrow

30 June - 11 July 2013, Bird List for Jasper and Banff National Parks

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30 June - 11 July 2013, Bird List: Jasper and Banff National Parks

1.     Osprey

2.     Spotted Sandpiper

3.     Rock Pigeon

4.     Northern Flicker

5.     Violet-green Swallow

6.     Cliff Swallow

7.     Barn Swallow

8.     Gray Jay

9.     Clark’s Nutcracker

10. Black-billed Magpie

11. American Crow

12. Northern Raven

13. Mountain Chickadee

14. Brown Creeper

15. Winter Wren

16. American Dipper

17. Townsend’s Solitaire

18. Swainson’s Thrush

19. Hermit Thrush

20. American Robin

21. Varied Thrush

22. Orange-crowned Warbler

23. Yellow-rumped Warbler

24. Townsend’s Warbler

25. Wilson’s Warbler

26. Brewer’s Sparrow

27. Fox Sparrow

28. White-crowned Sparrow

29. Dark-eyed Junco

30. Pine Siskin

11 July 2013, Alberta: Banff – Bow Valley and the Hoodoos

11 July 2013, Alberta: Banff – Bow Valley and the Hoodoos

Our final hike was into town from our hotel and along the Bow River to the Hoodoos.

Bow River Valley

Hoodoos

Mt. Rundle

 

Hiking Update

Jasper National Park
Trail	Date	km	Running Total
Maligne Canyon	6/30/13	4	4
Bald Hills	6/30/13	11.4	15.4
Path of Glacier - Edith Cavell	7/1/13	4	19.4
Tramway	7/1/13	2	21.4
Old Fort Point	7/2/13	4	25.4
Sunwapta Falls	7/3/13	2.6	28
Peyto Lake	7/3/13	2.8	30.8
Banff National Park
Trail	Date
Plain of the 6 Glaciers	7/4/13	10.6	10.6
Consolation Lake	7/5/13	5.8	16.4
Moraine Lake Lakeshore	7/5/13	3	19.4
Johnston Canyon	7/6/13	5.4	24.8
Lake Agnes + Beehive	7/7/13	10.2	35
Lake Louise Shoreline	7/8/13	4	39
Eiffel Lake	7/9/13	11.2	50.2
Lake Louise - Kicking Horse	7/10/13	1.7	51.9
Banff - Fairmont	7/10/13	2	53.9
Fairmont - Bow Falls - Hoodos	7/11/13	12.5	66.4
Grand Total			97.2