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Ornithology Field Midterm
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50
Biology
Undergraduate 3
02/24/2014

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House finch eats
Definition
seeds
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How are there two separate populations of house finches
Definition
West America. Used to sell them in pet shops, got released
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Females vs Male blue jays
Definition
gender unidentifiable
Term
Black capped chickadee can also be called
Definition
carolina chickadee
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Female vs male black capped chickadee
Definition
gender unidentifiable
Term
Downy woodpecker size
Definition
smallest woodpecker in the East
Term
Male vs female downy woodpecker
Definition
Male has a red patch
Term
Red Valley woodpecker male vs female
Definition
Male - red from nape to bill
Female - have red from nape to neck
Term
Nut hatch feeding pattern
Definition
take a seed, go somewhere, peck it open
Term
Gold finch winter plummage
Definition
gold olive
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Gold finch summer plummage
Definition
gold yellow color
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Young white crowned sparrow plummage
Definition
brown and tan
Term
House sparrow came from
Definition
Europe
Term
House sparrow identification
Definition
black patch near throat
Term
House sparrow nesting
Definition
cavity nesters - aggressive, take away homes
Term
Starlings are ______
Definition
adaptable
Term
Starlings nest
Definition
cavity nesters
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Red tailed hawk identification features (3)
Definition
1. whitish breast
2. breast band
3. breast band
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Red tailed hawk hunting pattern
Definition
Edge habitat for rodents
Term
Kestral is also called a
Definition
sparrow hawk
Term
Kestral is what kind of nester
Definition
cavity nester
Term
Kestral is what kind of bird
Definition
falcon
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90 percent of vultures we'll see
Definition
turkey vulture
Term
Turkey vulture flies at what kind of angle
Definition
diethral
Term
Turkey vulture flying
Definition
angled
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Kind of take off for a turkey vulture
Definition
lazy
Term
Head of a turkey vulture
Definition
red
Term
Black vulture flies
Definition
straight
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Black vulture has what colored head
Definition
black/grey
Term
How do black vultures take off
Definition
quickly flapping
Term
Temperament of black vulture
Definition
aggressive
Term
Gadwall identification
Definition
-dull, black rump
-White patch in flight
Term
Gadwall dabbler/diver
Definition
dabbler
Term
Canvasback dabbler/diver
Definition
diver
Term
Ring neck identification
Definition
Term
Red headed duck dabbler/diver
Definition
diver
Term
Ring neck duck dabbler/diver
Definition
diver
Term
Scaup duck identification
Definition
looks like ring neck but with grey back
Term
Scaup a dabbler/diver
Definition
diver
Term
Dabblers
Definition
sit high in the water, shaped like a recctangle
Term
Divers
Definition
sit low, curved body for underwater movement. Paddle along until they get lift
Term
Coot dabbler/diver
Definition
dabbler
Term
Horned grebe dabbler/diver
Definition
diver
Term
Pied-billed grebe identification
Definition
brown, small, short necked
Term
Pied billed grebe dabbler/diver
Definition
diver
Term
Mute swan
Definition
introduced species with an orange bill that eats SAV
Term
Tundra swan breeds
Definition
in the tundra
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Kingfisher is also called
Definition
Velveteen fisher
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Kingfisher male vs female
Definition
female has orange
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Snipe has what kind of bill
Definition
flat, long
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