100 Birds: Week Three

TUrkey VUlture

Scientific name: Cathartes aura
Family: Cathartidae
Order: Cathartiformes
Habitat: Open Woodlands

OSPRey

Scientific name: Pandion haliaetus
Family: Pandionidae
Order: Accipitriformes
Habitat: Lakes & Ponds

BAld EAgle

Scientific name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Family: Accipitridae
Order: Accipitriformes
Habitat: Forests

NOrthern HArrier

Scientific name: Circus hudsonius
Family: Accipitridae
Order: Accipitriformes
Habitat: Grasslands

COoper’s HAwk

Scientific name: Accipiter cooperii
Family: Accipitridae
Order: Accipitriformes
Habitat: Forests

Broad-Winged HAwk

Adult, dark morph
Adult, light morph

Scientific name: Buteo platypterus
Family: Accipitridae
Order: Accipitriformes
Habitat: Forests

Red-Tailed HAwk

Adult, dark morph
Adult, light morph

Scientific name: Buteo jamaicensis
Family: Accipitridae
Order: Accipitriformes
Habitat: Open Woodlands

AMerican KEstrel

Adult female
Adult male

Scientific name: Falco sparverius
Family: Falconidae
Order: Falconiformes
Habitat: Grasslands

PEregrine FAlcon

Scientific name: Falco peregrinus
Family: Falconidae
Order: Falconiformes
Habitat: Shorelines

100 Birds: Week Two

MALLard

Adult Male Mallard
Adult Female Mallard

Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Habitat: Lakes & Ponds

Double-Crested COrmorant

Breeding Adult

Scientific name: Phalacrocorax auritus
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Order: Suliformes
Habitat: Lakes & Ponds

HERring Gull

Adult

Scientific name: Larus argentatus
Family: Laridae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Shorelines

Great Black-Backed Gull

Adult

Scientific name: Larus marinus
Family: Laridae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Shorelines

ROck PIgeon

Adult

Scientific name: Columba livia
Family: Columbidae
Order: Columbiformes
Habitat: Towns

AMerican CRow

Scientific name: Corvus brachyrhynchos
Family: Corvidae
Order: Passeriformes
Habitat: Open Woodlands

FIsh CRow

Scientific name: Corvus ossifragus
Family: Corvidae
Order: Passeriformes
Habitat: Shorelines

Black-Capped CHickadee

Scientific name: Poecile atricapillus
Family: Paridae
Order: Passeriformes
Habitat: Forests

AMerican RObin

Scientific name: Turdus migratorius
Family: Turdidae
Order: Passeriformes
Habitat: Open Woodlands

EUropean STarling

Scientific name: Sturnus vulgaris
Family: Sturnidae
Order: Passeriformes
Habitat: Towns

100 Birds: Week One

SNowy EGret & GReat EGret

Snowy Egret (left) and Great Egret (right)

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Habitat: Marshes

Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Habitat: Marshes

Black-Crowned Night-Heron

Scientific name: Nycticorax nycticorax
Family: Ardeidae
Order: Pelecaniformes
Habitat: Marshes

Black-Bellied PLover

Scientific name: Pluvialis squatarola
Family: Charadriidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Shorelines

SEmipalmated PLover

Scientific name: Charadrius semipalmatus
Family: Charadriidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Shorelines

GReater YEllowlegs

Scientific name: Tringa melanoleuca
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Marshes

LEsser YEllowlegs

Scientific name: Tringa flavipes
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Marshes

SANDerling

Scientific names: Calidris alba
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Shorelines

SEmipalmated SAndpiper

Scientific name: Calidris pusilla
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Shorelines

LEast SAndpiper

Scientific name: Calidris minutilla
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Habitat: Marshes