bird observation/data suny empire state college winter ecology

Date: 01-25-23
Time: 10:04 am
Location: Rte 11 Mattydale, NY 13211
Weather: 34 degrees, cold, a lot of snow on the ground, drizzling rain, dark and cloudy, wind 13 mph
*FEMALE cardinal seen 10:04 am. She was alone on a tree branch for a while, very aware, observant for a while before swooped to quickly get food than fly back to the tree branch. She did this a few times. MALE: red seen shortly after a few trees away than ate as well, probably was there the whole time watching the female as they are not usually far apart.
*Song sparrows: a lot on bushes, most of the day, brownish, speckled small birds. Chatty bunch, they swoop and sit on window ledge to eat bird seed several times throughout the day, they do this in groups. They are okay with squirrels and other bird species, however startled by a slight noise and rush all at once flying away.
*Mourning doves: 15 or so on the tree branches most of the day. They eat in a bunch taking turns. Are startled by noise and fly away. Beige, brown and tanish in a silky colored wings and black dots, there are not any white on the wings as the picture for this identified search species shows.
*Starling's: very large amount very high in the tree branches. They come as a large bunch and than a bunch more, to eat. Fine with squirrels and other birds on the ground, startled by noise. Dark black, shiny coat with hint of a dark blue and green feathers, appear to be some spots, medium sized bird species.
*Woodpecker: MALE ADULT pecking at the tree, seen off and on for a bit. Small young child ate from the window sill and went back to a tree branch, did this several times. Black, white, red stripe on the head and back of the neck.
*Blue jay's: Seen 3 blue jay's off and on in the tree's, calling others. Watch their surroundings for a very long time before 1 will swoop very quickly to grab a seed and fly back to the tree, they seem to take turns doing the lookout and eater. Blue, black, mohawk hair, medium sized bird species.

Publicado el 26 de enero de 2023 por envirolawgal envirolawgal

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