Another mid-summer bird list.

Common Raven, Corvus corax, on a campus rooftop [photo Lynn Jones]



Contributing birders:

Lynn, Sue, Tom



Bird list for July 25- August 5:



Wild Turkey

Canada Goose - a little flock is back, feeding on campus

Double-crested Cormorant - fly-by

Herring Gull - the only gull around campus now

5. Killdeer

Great Blue Heron - fly-by

Osprey

Turkey Vulture

Rock Pigeon

10. Mourning Dove

Northern Flicker

Downy Woodpecker - not common, but find-able

Eastern Kingbird - first of the summer

Blue Jay

15. American Crow

Common Raven - two, possibly three on the roof of the C-buildings

Cedar Waxwing

European Starling

Barn Swallow

20. Tree Swallow - a good fly-by

Northern Rough-winged Swallow - another fly-by

House Wren

Black-capped Chickadee - not common, but always find-able

American Robin

25. Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

Yellow Warbler - still a few around

Common Yellowthroat - a female

Northern Cardinal

30. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - a female

Song Sparrow

American Goldfinch

House Finch

Common Grackle

35. House Sparrow



Thirty five species is very respectable for mid-summer on our little patch of turf (the 135 acres which is West Campus).





Eastern Coyote, Canis latrans. One of this year's pups.

Photo by Brendan in Facilities.