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Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)

Observer

amynature

Date

October 12, 2017
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Photo (c) Mark Shields, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Shields
billbrynteson's ID: Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
Added on February 14, 2023
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Added as part of a taxon swap

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Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)

Observer

adrained

Date

September 26, 2017 06:37 PM PDT

Description

first i've seen at the lake this fall.

Ruddy Duck - Photo (c) Tom Benson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
billbrynteson's ID: Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Added on January 17, 2020
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Added as part of a taxon split

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Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)

Observer

bhallberg

Date

September 26, 2017 10:45 AM PDT
Ruddy Duck - Photo (c) Tom Benson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
billbrynteson's ID: Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Added on January 17, 2020
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American Wigeon (Mareca americana)

Observer

paultavares

Date

June 19, 2016 02:07 PM EDT

Description

Margaree River, NS, Canada

American Wigeon - Photo (c) mattbuckingham, all rights reserved, uploaded by mattbuckingham
billbrynteson's ID: American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
Added on December 27, 2017
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Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

Observer

marumg

Date

October 22, 2015 02:08 PM CDT
Snowy Egret - Photo (c) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas, all rights reserved, uploaded by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
billbrynteson's ID: Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Added on November 9, 2017
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Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)

Observer

marumg

Date

October 22, 2015 03:16 PM CDT
Bronzed Cowbird - Photo (c) Adrianh Martínez Orozco, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Adrianh Martínez Orozco
billbrynteson's ID: Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
Added on November 9, 2017
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Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Observer

marumg

Date

October 22, 2015 01:41 PM CDT
Belted Kingfisher - Photo (c) Rand Rudland, all rights reserved, uploaded by Rand Rudland
billbrynteson's ID: Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Added on November 9, 2017
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Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)

Observer

marumg

Date

October 22, 2015 01:55 PM CDT
Wilson's Warbler - Photo (c) isaacsanchez, all rights reserved
billbrynteson's ID: Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
Added on November 9, 2017
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Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Observer

marumg

Date

October 22, 2015 02:03 PM CDT
Northern Cardinal - Photo (c) Laura Keene, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Laura Keene
billbrynteson's ID: Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Added on November 9, 2017
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)

Observer

amynature

Date

October 12, 2017
billbrynteson's ID: Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula [inactive])
Added on October 13, 2017
Maverick
(Inactive Taxon)

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What

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Observer

amynature

Date

October 12, 2017
Northern Cardinal - Photo (c) Laura Keene, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Laura Keene
billbrynteson's ID: Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Added on October 13, 2017
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Observer

amynature

Date

October 12, 2017
Great Blue Heron - Photo (c) Dan Roach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Dan Roach
billbrynteson's ID: Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Added on October 13, 2017
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Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)

Observer

arturoc

Date

October 12, 2017 11:47 AM CDT
Hutton's Vireo - Photo (c) Jamie Chavez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
billbrynteson's ID: Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)
Added on October 13, 2017
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White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)

Observer

pipoca1730

Date

October 7, 2017 08:09 AM -03

Description

Copina, Córdoba, Argentina

White-collared Swift - Photo (c) Arnold Wijker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Arnold Wijker
billbrynteson's ID: White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
Added on October 10, 2017
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Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)

Observer

sofiags

Date

October 9, 2017 11:00 AM MST
Vermilion Flycatcher - Photo (c) Juan Miguel Artigas Azas, all rights reserved, uploaded by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
billbrynteson's ID: Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
Added on October 10, 2017
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Galápagos Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus ssp. galapagensis)

Observer

vschmidt

Date

September 3, 2017 12:04 PM EDT
American Oystercatcher - Photo (c) Carlos Moura, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Carlos Moura
billbrynteson's ID: American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
Added on October 10, 2017
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Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

Observer

sofiags

Date

October 9, 2017 11:30 AM MST
Monk Parakeet - Photo (c) Juan Emilio, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
billbrynteson's ID: Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
Added on October 10, 2017
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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Observer

marisa_tirado

Date

October 1, 2017 01:00 PM CST
Red-tailed Hawk - Photo (c) Craig K. Hunt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Craig K. Hunt
billbrynteson's ID: Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Added on October 10, 2017
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Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)

Observer

mikepatterson

Date

October 5, 2017 10:17 AM PDT
Marsh Wren - Photo (c) Andrew Reding, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
billbrynteson's ID: Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
Added on October 5, 2017
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Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)

Observer

mikepatterson

Date

October 5, 2017 09:49 AM PDT
Golden-crowned Sparrow - Photo (c) steve_ha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
billbrynteson's ID: Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
Added on October 5, 2017
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Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Observer

iqrab

Date

October 3, 2017 10:29 AM EDT

Description

  1. Scientific and Common Name
    The scientific name of this animal is Meleagris gallopavo (National Geographic, n.d.). The common name is the wild turkey.

  2. Habitat and geographic range
    The wild turkey is native to North America, particularly the United States (except the state of Alaska) and Southeastern Canada (Wildlife Habitat Council, 1999). The highest number of wild turkeys are found in the state of Texas, at 600000 birds (Wildlife Habitat Council, 1999). Turkeys are non-migratory, year-round residents. They prefer living in mature hardwood and mixed forests with open fields (Wildlife Habitat Council, 1999). Their home range extends from 350 to 60000 acres (Wildlife Habitat Council, 1999). Wild turkeys commonly use oak, hickory, beech, and pine trees for habitat (Wildlife Habitat Council, 1999).

  3. Size/Weight and Lifespan
    The body size of the wild turkey ranges from 3.6 to 3.8 feet (National Geographic, n.d). Young turkeys (poults) weigh about 57 grams at birth (Clancy, 1996). Adult turkeys weigh on average 22 pounds (Clancy 1996). The average life span of the wild turkey is 3-4 years in the wild (National Geographic, n.d.). Birds hatched in the spring all nearly full grown by the fall, thus wild turkeys are precocial birds, meaning they mature at a young age and must learn to fend for themselves at a relatively early comparison to other new born animals, whose parents do a lot of the foraging until sexual maturity (Clancy, 1996).

  4. Diet
    The wild turkey feeds on nuts, fruits, seeds, insects and salamanders (National Geographic, n.d.). It forages all day long, but most activity occurs at dawn and 2-3 hours before sunset (Wildlife Habitat Council, 1999). Insects are an important component to the diet of young wild turkeys, thus habitats in which there is a lack of insects have high mortality rates for the young (Wildlife Habitat Council, 1999). Wild turkeys also consume high amounts of acorns and seeds of trees like the red oak, white ash, and evergreen. Wild turkeys drink water form springs, streams, rivers and lakes. It is important that turkeys create habitation sites near sources of water (Wildlife Habitat Council, 1999).

  5. Reproduction and Communication
    Wild turkeys have a relatively high reproductive rate (Badyaev, 1995). The mean clutch size is 10 eggs/nest (Badyaev, 1995). According to the studies of Alexander V. Badyaev (1995), hens preferred larger habitat patches for nesting (about 80 meters in diameter). Wild turkeys also preferred clear-cut forests for nesting. The study also looked at which kinds of nests are more successful in baring offspring, and Badyaev (1995) found that successful nests were located further from roads. The success of wild turkey hen nests varies from 31-62%, depending on their location and distance from predators (Nguyen, Hamr, & Parker, 2003). Wild turkeys are considered the most social among all game birds (Clancy, 1996). Wild turkeys utilize a vocabulary of about 30 sounds, many of which are very important to hunters. The “gobble” is a sound made by male hens to attract females during breeding season (Clancy, 1996). The “yelp” is the most useful to hunters, who mimic this call to hunt down wild turkeys. Yelps are also used to call a dispersed flock back together. The high-pitched “purr” sound shows contentment. If the intensity of the “purr” heightens, it could indicate a sound of alarm when in danger (Clancy 1996). The “cutt” is used by adult turkeys to locate missing young (Clancy, 1996).

  6. Predation
    Predators of the wild turkey include the American crow, raccoon, woodpeckers, the nine-banded armadillo and snakes (Melville, Conway, Morrison, Comer, Hardin, 2015). Predation by these animals is the primary cause of mortality in wild turkeys (Melville et al., 2015). Wild turkeys are more vulnerable to predators if they live in sparse vegetation areas, where they can be easily spotted and preyed on (Kennamer, n.d.).

  7. Conservation Status
    Wild turkeys are of least concern on the IUCN Red List of threatened species (BirdLife International, 2016). Wild turkeys were extirpated from Ontario in 1909 due to unregulated hunting and clear cutting of forests for agriculture, but efforts to restore the species in 1984 were deemed extremely successful (Wild Turkey Management Plan for Ontario, 2007).

  8. Fun fact
    Did you know? The gender of the wild turkey can be determined from its droppings; male adult gobblers have longer, straighter droppings whereas hens have smaller, spiral shaped droppings (Bailey, 1956).

References
Badyaev, A. (1995). Nesting habitat and nesting success of eastern wild turkey in the Arkansas Ozark highlands. The Condor, 12, 221-232. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1368998.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A65cf305af16502c092cda9967d51abed
Bailey, R. (1956). Sex determination of adult wild turkeys by means of dropping configuration. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 20. 220. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.libaccess.lib.mcmaster.ca/stable/pdf/3797445.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A8d10e00f98fcc9448e75d585a2aba287
BirdLife International. (2016). Meleagris gallopavo. The IUCN red list of threatened species. Retrieved from http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22679525/0.
Clancy, G. (1996). Wild turkey: Expert advice for locating and calling big gobblers. Chanhassen, Minnesota: Creative publishing.
Kennamer, J. (n.d.). Wild turkeys and predators: what’s the real problem? National wild turkey federation. Retrieved from https://www.nwtf.org/conservation/article/wild-turkeys-predators-problem
Melville, H., Conway, W., Morrison, M., Comer, C., & Hardin, J. (2015). Prey selection by three mesopredators that are thought to prey on eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavosilvestris) in the pineywoods of east Texas. Southeastern Naturalist. 14(3), 447-472. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pd fviewer?vid=1&sid=9770af1e-7e29-44b6-9ea3-8d5c62aad761%40sessionmgr102
Nguyen, L., Hamr, J., Parker G. (2003). Survival and reproduction of wild turkey hens in central Ontario. The Wilson Bulletin, 115 ,131-139. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4164539.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A42459e6b7231baf1a972e238d71bc259
Wildlife Habitat Council (1999). Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). Fish and Wildlife Habitat Management Leaflet, 12. Retrieved from https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps18531/www.ms.nrcs.usda.gov/whmi/pdf/turkey.pdf
Wild Turkey Management Plan for Ontario. (2007). Retrieved from http://www.ontla.on.ca/library/repository/mon/20000/278988.pdf
Wild Turkey. National Geographic (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/w/wild-turkey/

Wild Turkey - Photo (c) Matt K, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Matt K
billbrynteson's ID: Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Added on October 5, 2017
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Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Observer

gordon_dietzman

Date

September 3, 2017 03:21 PM CDT
Eurasian Collared-Dove - Photo (c) Daniel, all rights reserved, uploaded by Daniel
billbrynteson's ID: Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Added on October 5, 2017
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Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Observer

sukhs

Date

October 5, 2017 04:29 PM MDT

Description

Practice

Canada Goose - Photo (c) Dimitris Salas, all rights reserved, uploaded by Dimitris Salas
billbrynteson's ID: Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Added on October 5, 2017
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Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Observer

hdliv

Date

October 5, 2017 06:30 PM EDT
Common Gallinule - Photo (c) uzun, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by uzun
billbrynteson's ID: Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
Added on October 5, 2017
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Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)

Observer

thunefeld

Date

October 3, 2017 08:47 AM PDT
Say's Phoebe - Photo (c) Ad Konings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ad Konings
billbrynteson's ID: Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
Added on October 4, 2017
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California Quail (Callipepla californica)

Observer

fher

Date

September 30, 2017 10:18 AM PDT
California Quail - Photo (c) Christian Reynolds, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Christian Reynolds
billbrynteson's ID: California Quail (Callipepla californica)
Added on October 3, 2017
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Observer

amberbenjamins

Date

October 3, 2017
Mallard - Photo (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
billbrynteson's ID: Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Added on October 3, 2017
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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Observer

shelleytender

Date

September 22, 2017 11:00 AM EDT
Mourning Dove - Photo (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Donna Pomeroy
billbrynteson's ID: Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Added on October 3, 2017
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Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)

Observer

wiedemana1

Date

April 29, 2013 10:14 PM EDT
Louisiana Waterthrush - Photo (c) Steven Mlodinow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steven Mlodinow
billbrynteson's ID: Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)
Added on October 1, 2017
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Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Observer

joemdo

Date

September 22, 2017 06:37 PM EDT

Description

Watching over open area (trees bulldozed a couple months ago and now a nice habitat for common yellowthroats and other songbirds that enjoy small shrubby stuff)

Red-shouldered Hawk - Photo (c) Richard Wottrich, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Wottrich
billbrynteson's ID: Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Added on October 1, 2017
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