2012 March 11 - Finley and Ankeny NWR

While we didn't see the Wrentit, Black Phoebe or Streaked Horned Larks, we did see a Northern Shrike and Merlin on our first stop, flocks of Dunlin flying, and first of the year Tree and Violet-green Swallows and Western Bluebirds for a respectable 56 species on this chilly, rainy day, our last field trip of the Winter term. Spring is just around the corner.

Cackling Goose. Branta hutchinsii

Canada Goose. Branta canadensis.

Tundra Swan. Cygnus columbianus.

Gadwall. Anas strepera.

American Wigeon. Anas americana.

Mallard. Anas platyrhynchos.

Cinnamon Teal. Anas cyanoptera.

Northern Shoveler. Anas clypeata.

Northern Pintail. Anas acuta.

Green-winged Teal. Anas crecca.

Ring-necked Duck. Aythya collaris.

Bufflehead. Bucephala albeola.

Ruddy Duck. Oxyura jamaicensis.

Pied-billed Grebe. Podilymbus podiceps.

Great Blue Heron. Ardea herodias.

Great Egret. Ardea alba.

Turkey Vulture. Cathartes aura.

Bald Eagle. Haliaeetus leucocephalus.

Northern Harrier. Circus cyaneus.

Cooper's Hawk. Accipiter cooperii.

Red-tailed Hawk. Buteo jamaicensis.

American Kestrel. Falco sparverius.

Merlin. Falco columbarius.

Peregrine Falcon. Falco peregrinus.

American Coot. Fulica americana.

Killdeer. Charadrius vociferus.

Greater Yellowlegs. Tringa melanoleuca.

Dunlin. Calidris alpina.

Mourning Dove. Zenaida macroura.

Acorn Woodpecker. Melanerpes formicivorus.

Northern Flicker. Colaptes auratus.

Northern Shrike. Lanius excubitor.

Hutton's Vireo. Vireo huttoni.

Steller's Jay. Cyanocitta stelleri.

Western Scrub-Jay. Aphelocoma californica.

American Crow. Corvus brachyrhynchos.

Tree Swallow. Tachycineta bicolor.

Violet-green Swallow. Tachycineta thalassina.

Black-capped Chickadee. Poecile atricapillus.

White-breasted Nuthatch. Sitta carolinensis.

Marsh Wren. Cistothorus palustris.

Western Bluebird. Sialia mexicana.

American Robin. Turdus migratorius.

Varied Thrush. Ixoreus naevius.

European Starling. Sturnus vulgaris.

Yellow-rumped Warbler. Dendroica coronata.

Spotted Towhee. Pipilo maculatus.

Savannah Sparrow. Passerculus sandwichensis.

Song Sparrow. Melospiza melodia.

White-crowned Sparrow. Zonotrichia leucophrys.

Golden-crowned Sparrow. Zonotrichia atricapilla.

Dark-eyed Junco. Junco hyemalis.

Red-winged Blackbird. Agelaius phoeniceus.

Western Meadowlark. Sturnella neglecta.

Brewer's Blackbird. Euphagus cyanocephalus.

House Finch. Carpodacus mexicanus.