Bird watching for school as a 13-year-old
May. 13th, 1989 05:56 pmBOIDs:
Bird #1 Misc Data:
Bird #1 Misc Data:
- Distance: 6 feet
- Date/Time: 5-15-89, 9:35 am
- Location: SVMS, on the cement
- Names: Starling, Sturnus Vulgaris
- Description:
- Size: 6x4 inches
- Colors: Black, orange & green tints
- Beak: Long, yellow
- Feet: Perching
- Shape:
- Tail: Sawed off angular
- M/F: Male
- Behavior:
- Motion: Walks around, looks bored
- Song: Wheet, wheet, wheheet
- Flight: Straight, swift
- Distance:
- Date/Time: 5-25-89, 9:42 am
- Location: Bean Creek Rd, in a tree
- Names: Alan's Hummingbird, Selasphorous sasin
- Description:
- Size: 3x2 inches
- Colors: Copper body, green back, red on throat
- Beak: Long, pointed, slightly curved
- Feet: Perching?
- Shape: Thin, small
- Tail:
- M/F: Male
- Behavior:
- Motion: Darts around
- Song: Bzeeeee
- Flight: Erratic
- Distance: 30 feet
- Date/Time: 5-25-89, 9:47 am
- Location: Bean Creek Rd, telephone wires
- Common Name: House Finch, Carpodacus Mexicanus
- Description:
- Size: 5x6
- Colors: Brown, red rump, black wings w. white stripes
- Beak: Short
- Feet: Perching, 3x1
- Shape:
- Tail:
- M/F: Male
- Behavior:
- Motion: Staring at me, like I was some kind of tourist
- Song: Tweet wee it CHEEET WEEER
- Flight:
- Distance: 13 feet
- Date/Time:
- Location: SVMS, fence
- Common Name: Chickadee, Parus Gambeli
- Description:
- Size: 5.5x5
- Colors: Gray, white cheeks
- Beak: Short
- Feet: Perching, 3x1
- Shape: Oval, not including Tail:
- Tail:
- M/F: Female, probably
- Behavior:
- Motion: Very active, hyper
- Song: See dee dee TSIK! ... See dee dee...
- Flight: How should I know? It was sitting!
- Distance: 100 feet
- Date/Time: 5-22-89, 9:38 am
- Location: SVMS, way up in a tall tree
- Common Name: Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes Formicivorous
- Description:
- Size: Oh, I'd say about 5x7
- Colors: White rump, black tail, red cap
- Beak: Pointed, for hard pecking
- Feet: Clinging type, 2x2 toes (2 front, 2 back)
- Shape:
- Tail:
- M/F: Female
- Behavior:
- Motion: It was on a tree, looking bored
- Song: Whickup, Jeckup, Wheckup
- Flight:
- Distance: 15 feet
- Date/Time: 5-25-89, 9:52 am
- Location: Montevalle, S.V.
- Names: Redwinged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus
- Description:
- Size: 7x8 inches, no doubt about it
- Colors: Black, red patch on shoulder of wing
- Beak: Long, pointed, probably to break seeds
- Feet: Perching, 3x1 (three front, one back)
- Shape:
- Tail: 10 feathers, from what I saw of the bird
- M/F: Male
- Behavior:
- Motion:
- In Flight: I could see the red blothches
- Song: KLECK, onkalugrfblfronka ree KLECK
- Flight: Rising and falling
- Distance: 30 feet
- Date/Time: 5-28-89, 10:15 am
- Location: In a tree In the woods
- Names: Robin, Turdus Mi gratorius
- Description:
- Size: 10x11
- Colors: Gray back red breast
- Beak: Yellow
- Feet: Perching, 3x1
- Shape: Pear, including head, not including tail
- Tail: Ten feathered
- M/F: Male
- Behavior:
- Motion: Just sitting there screaming it's song
- Song: Tet tet pip tet tat pip PIP PIP
- Flight: Makes a tzeeee sound when flying
- Distance: 4 feet!
- Date/Time: 5-25-89, 9:58 am
- Location: Montevalle, S.V
- Names: Ross' Goose, Chen rossii
- Description:
- Size: 20x26
- Colors: White
- Beak: Small for a goose, red
- Feet: Didn't see them
- Shape: Oval, not including neck or head
- Tail: Short
- M/F: Female
- Behavior:
- Motion: Running a round like a crazy goose
- Song: Kek kek kok plek
- Flight:
- Distance: 3-1 ft!
- Date/Time: 5-25-89, 9:40 am
- Location: Montevalle, S.V
- Names: Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- Description:
- Size: 19x22
- Colors: Green head & neck with white ring, blue wing patch bordered by two white stripes, reddish brown breast
- Beak: For straining, yellow
- Feet: Webbed, yellow
- Shape: Oval, not including feet, tail, head or neck
- Tail:
- M/F: Male
- Behavior:
- Motion: Waddles a round & looks very cute
- Song: Quack! obviously
- Flight: Neck stretched for ward, flight straight
- Distance: 3-1 ft!
- Date/Time: 5-25-89, 9:41 am
- Location: Montevalle, S.V
- Names: Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos
- Description:
- Size: 19x22
- Colors: Brown, black spots
- Beak: For straining, yellow
- Feet: Webbed, yellow
- Shape: Oval body
- Tail:
- M/F: Female
- Behavior:
- Motion: Waddles a round & looks very cute
- Song: Quack! obviously
- Flight: Neck stretched forward, flight straight
- Distance: 17 feet
- Date/Time: 5-27-89, 2:45 pm
- Location: S.V, on my road
- Names: California Quail, Lophortyx californ icus
- Description:
- Size: 9x11
- Colors: Bluish gray, black plume titling forward
- Beak: Short, black
- Feet: Perching, 3x1
- Shape:
- Tail:
- M/F: Female
- Behavior:
- Motion: Skittering across the road in front of our car
- Song: Pit pt pt
- Flight:
- Distance: 17 feet
- Date/Time: 5-27-89, 2:45 pm
- Location: S.V, on my road
- Names: California Quail, Lophortyx californicus
- Description:
- Size: 7x9
- Colors: Gray, with small black plume
- Beak: Short, black
- Feet: Perching, 3x1
- Shape:
- Tail:
- M/F: Male (it had a black throat)
- Behavior:
- Motion: Following right be hind its parents
- Song: Whatever a baby quail can manage to say!
- Flight:
- Distance: 17 feet
- Date/Time: 5-27-89, 2:45 pm
- Location: S.V, on my road
- Names: California Quail, Lophortyx californicus
- Description:
- Size: 9x11
- Colors: Bluish gray, black plume titling forward
- Beak: Short, black
- Feet: Perching, 3x1
- Shape:
- Tail:
- M/F: Male
- Behavior:
- Motion: Walking right in front of our car!
- Song:
- Flight:
- Distance: 50 feet
- Date/Time: 5-24-89, 11:20 am
- Location: S.V, at my house, in a tree
- Names: Stellars Jay, Cyanocitt a steller i
- Description:
- Size: 12x13.5
- Colors: Black head & back, blue chest & head
- Beak: Black, pointed
- Feet: Perching, black, 3x1
- Shape:
- Tail: 10 feathered, I think
- M/F:
- Behavior:
- Motion: Sitting there, looking in every direction
- Song: Kweech kweeck kweeck
- Flight:
- Distance: 60 feet
- Date/Time: 5-25-89, 3:00 pm
- Location: S.V, at my house, up in a tree
- Names: Scrub Jay, Aphelocom a coerule scens
- Description:
- Size: 11x12
- Colors: Belly and throat light grey back brown
- Beak: Black
- Feet: Perching
- Shape:
- Tail:
- M/F:
- Behavior:
- Motion: Sitting there
- Song: Kweeeeek k! Krr-wheek!!
- Flight:
- Distance: 30 feet
- Date/Time: 5-24-89, 4:23 pm
- Location: Sittin' in a tree, lookin' at me!
- Names: Plain Tit mouse, Parus Inornatus
- Description:
- Size: 5x5.5
- Colors: Grayish brown, with a crest
- Beak: Short
- Feet: Perching, 3x1
- Shape:
- Tail: Pointed down when landing
- M/F:
- Behavior:
- Motion:
- Song: Wheeti Wheet Wheeeti
- Flight:
- Distance: 55 feet
- Date/Time: 5-22-89, 9:45 am
- Location: Telephone Wires, S.V, Bean Creek road
- Names: Mourning Dove, Zenaidura macroura
- Description:
- Size: 14x16 small head
- Colors: Gray, red feet
- Beak:
- Feet: Perching
- Shape:
- Tail: Kinda long
- M/F:
- Behavior:
- Motion: Sitting there, minding it's own business
- Song: Kooo ku koooo klu koooo
- Flight:
- Distance: 42 feet
- Date/Time: 5-27-89, 11:35 am
- Location: The beach
- Names: California gull, Larus cal ifornicus
- Description:
- Size: 20x23
- Colors: White & gray, black blotch on wingtip
- Beak: Long, yellow, for picking up things
- Feet: Webbed
- Shape:
- Tail: Wide, white
- M/F:
- Behavior:
- Motion: Circling around in the air
- Song: reek! graak! grrrrraak!
- Flight: Alternates between gliding and flapping