A few more bird songs to learn.  The CD is still on reserve and you might also try to use the All About Birds site and listen to their sound files as well.

This part is cumulative.
BIO 110
Red-winged Blackbird
Sandhill Crane
Song Sparrow
American Robin
Northern Cardinal
Black-capped Chickadee
American Crow
House Finch
Blue Jay
House Sparrow
Downy Woodpecker

BIO 300
All of the above birds and these
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Meadowlark
Chipping Sparrow
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Phoebe
American Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco

Review 3 and all lectures are posted on Group Fusion.
Life of Birds video are on reserve at Lane Library.
Bird skins are located in Farr 232

The exam will be on Thursda, April 12  and not Tuesday. 

I checked on the Screech Owl in Oshkosh on Tuesday evening (at 530 pm).  This time there were two in the tree,  red-phase and gray phase screech owls.

Check out this bird that Sam Meyer had at a feeder.

It looks like the upper bill is growing too fast and is not being worn down normally.

If anyone is interested in getting a good look at a gray-phase Eastern Screech Owl, go to the Oshkosh Downtown YMCA.

Go to Oshkosh on Rt 44.
Stay on rt 44 until it becomes South Park Avenue, and follow South Park Avenue until it makes a T on Main Street.
Left on Main Street.
Right on Washington Avenue.
On the right is the Y's daycare playground.  There are two old trees in front of the day care playground.  The screech owl is roosting in the old tree with the big hole in it.

Today between 1010-12 noon, we saw eleven species on Ceresco Prairie:  The weather was sunny, clear and warm (34 degrees Farenheit)

American Crow 35
Black-capped chickadee 8
House Sparrow
Downy Woodpecker 3
House Finch 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Blue Jay 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Mourning Dove 3
American Goldfinch 1
American Tree Sparrow >5

The following species were seen in Skip Wittler's yard on Jan 30, 2007 between 0930-0950.  The weather was frigidly cold (10 degrees F), overcast, with light snow flurries. 

Dark-eyed junco
White-breasted Nuthatch
Downy Woodpecker
American Goldfinch
Northern Cardinal
Mourning Dove
House Finch
House Sparrow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-bellied Woodpecker

You can sign-out binoculars in the Biology Office (Farr 229A).  You may keep binoculars over the weekend, but please return them by Monday.  If binoculars are missing at the end of the semester, the last person to have signed out the pair will be held responsible (I will withhold your grade until they are returned or paid for).

eBird accounts should be sent to me on Mondays for the rest of the semester.

The first exam has been postponed until Tuesday February 6th.  We will have covered the following pages in the textbook.  3-24;25-49;79-113;571-601;50-75;141-179;183-192
Expect a review sheet to be posted next week.

This morning (1/23/07)  we saw:

Red-tailed hawk
Northern Harrier (see the picture on right)
House Finch
American Crow
Downy Woodpecker
Mourning Dove
Black-capped Chickadee
Northern Cardinal
Blue Jay

We also heard, but did not see:
Red-bellied Woodpecker
White-breasted Nuthatch

Office hours have been changed.
Tuesday 1-2 pm
Wednesday 11-12
Friday 11-12
Always by appointment:)

Course Syllabus

A list of species found in Wisconsin, including the time of year they are present and their abundance.

Review Sheet and Information about Exam 1

Review sheet for Exam 2.