Sunday, January 5, 2014

Birding makes big tracks in 2013 and bags young fans

"About 85 million Americans enjoy observing, photographing or feeding wild birds. Birding ranks 15th on a list of the most popular outdoor activities, just below bicycling and beach bumming, according to the most recent National Survey on Recreation and the Environment by the USDA's Forest Service."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/02/birding-sport-big-year-citizen-science/4261529/

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BIRD DEATHS

242 total found to date; 56 confirmed species

24 ruby-throated hummingbird

21 american robin

15 gray catbird

14 mourning dove

9 dark-eyed junco

9 white-throated sparrow

8 golden-crowned kinglet

8 cedar waxwing

6 song sparrow

5 american goldfinch

5 yellow-billed cuckoo

5 northern cardinal

4 northern flicker

4 hermit thrush

3 red-winged blackbird

3 ovenbird

3 common yellowthroat

3 house finch

3 yellow-bellied sapsucker

3 indigo bunting

2 eastern towhee

2 eastern bluebird

2 european starling

2 scarlet tanager

2 black-throated green warbler
2 brown thrasher

2 eastern kingbird

2 ruby-crowned kinglet

1 northern mockingbird

1 carolina chickadee

1 white-breasted nuthatch

1 fox sparrow

1 yellow-rumped warbler

1 american redstart

1 savannah sparrow

1 great crested flycatcher

1 louisiana waterthrush

1 yellow-throated vireo

1 field sparrow

1 common nighthawk

1 black-throated blue warbler

1 northern waterthrush

1 rose-breasted grosbeak
1 tennessee warbler
1 red-eyed vireo
1 chestnut-sided warbler
1 yellow warbler
1 tufted titmouse

1 palm warbler

1 blue-headed vireo

1 brown creeper

1 american woodcock

1 american pipit

1 white-crowned sparrow

1 worm-eating warbler

1 killdeer

43 unknown

ON CAMPUS: 18 total found to date; 11 confirmed species

2 common yellowthroat

2 song sparrow

1 hermit thrush

1 american goldfinch

1 yellow-billed cuckoo

1 ruby-throated hummingbird

1 eastern towhee

1 Swainson's thrush

1 tufted titmouse

1 golden-crowned kinglet

1 American robin

5 unknown