Tuesday, a quick walk...

Bright sun, light wind, few birds. Temps high 50's. We walked the brushy edges along the W periphery of our end of campus (A21), where there are lots of good berry-bearing trees and bushes.

Today's birders: Nick, Lynn & Sue

Today's birds:

Buteo sp. - very high, likely NOT Red-tail

Buteo jamaicensis, Red-tailed Hawk

Falco sp. likely peregrinus - very high, wings crook'd in a dive

Cathartes aura, Turkey Vulture

Columba livia, Rock Pigeon

Corvus brachyrhynchos, American Crow

Cyanocitta cristata, Blue Jay

Turdus migratorius, American Robin

Sturnus vulgaris, European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris, European Starling in winter plumage

http://www.nwf.org/wlw/images/itemimages/European_Starling.jpg

Cardinalis cardinalis, Northern Cardinal

Zonotrichia albicollis, White-throated Sparrow

Melospiza melodia, Song Sparrow

Junco hyemalis, Dark-eyed Junco

Poecile atricapilla, Black-capped Chickadee

Today's mammals:

Sylvilagus floridanus, Eastern Cottontail