Otter Valley Naturalists' Bird Observations

While social distancing, observing and listing bird species observed.  In some cases also photographing the birds. 

Despite the exceptionally cold weather for May and the self-imposed constraints of COVID-19, several members of the Otter Valley Naturalists participated in this year’s World Migratory Bird Day held Saturday by individually observing and reporting the birds near their homes.  48 species of birds were observed.

            Common Name and Scientific Name

1. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
2. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
3. Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos
4. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
5. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
6. Green Heron Butorides virescens
7. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
8. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
9. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
10. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
11. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
12. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
13. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
14. Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
15. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
16. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
17. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
18. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
19. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
20. Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
21. Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
22. Hooded Merganzer Lophodytes cucullatus
23. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
24. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
25. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
26. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
27. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
28. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
29. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
30. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
31. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
32. Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
33. Purple Martin Progne subis
34. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
35. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
36. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
37. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
38. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
39. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina)
40. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
41. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
42. Brown Thrasher   Toxostoma rufum
43. Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
44. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
45. American Robin Turdus migratorius
46. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
47. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
48. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys

The Otter Valley Naturalists has members from eastern Elgin County, southern Oxford County, and western Norfolk County.  These counties are all in southwestern Ontario, Canada.

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