Zoology 464, The Natural History of Birds
Field trip number two

Birds seen on 7 April 1998 at Discovery Park between the hours
of 900am and 1100am. Cool and cloudy, light breeze, and raining.

Total species: 29 (seen or heard).

Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, two feeding offshore

Black Scoter, Melanitta nigra, small group of males feeding offshore

White-winged Scoter, Melanitta fusca, mixed in with the black scoter
feeding offshore, males and females

Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica, two males in alternate plumage
feeding offshore very near the scoters

Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawarensis, several adults flying over the
shoreline

Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucenscens, adult and first year birds
flying over shoreline

Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, one pair being harassed by crows

Ring-necked Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus, one male who was loudly
worrying about a bedraggled raccoon that was stalking him

Band-tailed Pigeon, Columba fasciata, spotted several birds flying over
or roosting in large trees throughout the morning

Rock Dove, Columba livia

Anna's Hummingbird, Calypte anna, observed feeding, fly-bys and heard
several males at various times during the morning

Northern (red-shafted) Flicker, Colaptes auratus, heard only

Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens, observed pecking on the side of a
large alder tree (also heard call note)

Steller's Jay, Cyanocitta stelleri, heard raspy call

American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos, many building nests and hassling
Red-tailed Hawks

Black-capped Chickadee, Poecile atricapillus, small group arguing
high in the canopy of a willow tree

Brown Creeper, Certhia americana, one pair observed as they crept up
the trunks of large maple trees, picking around in the bark

Golden-crowned Kinglet, Regulus satrapa, many; mostly heard short song
bouts and many call notes

Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Regulus calendula, heard many singing and calling,
saw several in dense canopy

American Robin, Turdus migratorius, many singing and flying around,
calling excitedly (most migrating through?)

European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris, many

Spotted Towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, heard only

Savannah Sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis, many singing and flying
around the meadow area

Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia, heard and observed many

White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, heard and observed a
many, especially one brave bird who insisted upon singing from the
very tippy-top of a house roof

Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, many, mostly singing males

Brown-headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater, heard only

House Sparrow, Passer domesticus, many

House Finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, heard and saw many


Deborah Wisti-Peterson email:nyneve at u.washington.edu
Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
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