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Reflections from the President

Thank you, 2007 Donors

Scouting Activities at the Nature Center

Stewardship

A Season is Ending

Did You Know?

Nature Area Bird Surveys

Membership Survey

Rachel Carson

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Nature Area Bird Surveys
Compiled by Terry Laesser

Bird Survey 5/5/07

1. Yellow Warbler/ Dendroica petechia
2. Black-and-white Warbler/ Mniotilta vaia
3. Cape May Warbler/ Dendroica tigrina
4. American Goldfinch/ Carduelis tristis
5. Eastern Kingbird/ Tyrannus tyrannus
6. Warbling Vireo/ Vireo gilvus
7. Red-tailed Hawk/ Buteo jamaicensis
8. Killdeer/ Charadrius vociferous
9. Red-winged Blackbird/ Agelainus phoeniceus
10. Tree Swallow/ Iridoprocne bicolor
11. White-throated Sparrow/ Zonotrichia albicollis
12. American Robin/ Turdus migratorius
13. Mallard ducks/ Anas platyrhynchos
14. Wood ducks/ Aix sponsa
15. Double-crested Cormorant/ Phalacrocorax auritus
16. Common terns/ Sterna hirundo
17. Ring-billed gulls/ Larus delawarensis
18. Common Merganser/ Mergus merganser
19. Starlings/ Sturnus vulgaris
20. Turkey Vulture/ Cathartes cristata
21. Blue Jay/ Cyanocitta aura
22. Baltimore Oriole (aka Northern oriole)/ Icterus galbula
23. Great Blue Heron/ Ardea herodias
    

Bird Survey 10/6/07

1. Great blue Heron/ Ardea herodias
2. Tree Swallow/ Iridoprocne bicolor
3. Cardinal/ Cardinalis cardinalis
4. Black-capped Chickadee/ Parus atricapillus
5. Snowy Egret/ Egretta thula
6. Eastern Kingbird/ Tyrannus tyrannus
7. Downy Woodpecker/ Picoides pubescences
8. Blue Jay/ Cyanocitta cristata
9. Great Egret/ Casmerodius albus
10. Wood Duck/ Aix sponsa
11. Blue-winged warblers/ Vermivora pinus
12. Baltimore Oriole/ Icterus galbula
13. Red-eyed Vireo/ Vireo olivaceus
14. American Robins/ Turdus migratorius
15. Bald Eagle/ Hakiaeetus leucocephalus
16. Double-crested cormorants/ Phalacrocorax auritus
17. Osprey/ Pandion halietus
18. Mallard ducks/ Anas platyrhynchus
19. Red-wing Blackbird/ Agelaius phoeniceus
20. House Finch/ Carpodacus mexicanus

Birds spotted throughout the year

1. House Wren/ Troglodytes ardon
2. Caspian Tern/ Sterna caspia
3. Belted Kingfisher/ Magaceryle alcyon
4. Red-shafted Flicker/ Colaptes auratus
5. Cedar Waxwing/ Bombycilla cedrorum
6. Harrier (Marsh Hawk)/ Circus cyaneus
7. Song Sparrow/ Melospiza melodia
   

Other animals of note

1. Whitetail deer/ Odocoileus virginianus
2. Monarch Butterfly/ Danus plexippus
3. Viceroy Butterfly/ Limenitis archippus
4. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly/ Papilio glaucus
5. Blue Damselfly/ Enallagma civile
6. White-tailed Skimmer/ Plathemis lydia
7. Various butterfly species
8. Various dragonfly species
9. Various damselfly species
10. Eastern Fox Snake/ Elaphe vulpine gloydy
11. Eastern Garter Snake/ Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
12. Black Rat Snake/ Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta
13. Painted Turtle/ Chrysemas picta marginata
14. Mink/ Mustela vision
15. Ground hogs/ Marmota monax
16. River otter/ Lutra canadensis
17. Eastern coyote/ Canis latrans
18. Muskrat/ Ondatra zibethicus