Bird Migration

·         Travel to warmer places whenever the winter approaches.

·         Stop at same sites to rest and refuel.

·         Migration depends on the species of the bird.

·         Not all birds migrate each year.

Interesting Bird Behavior

·      *   Bathing helps sooth birds skins and keeps them healthy by deterring parasites. Reduces moisture and will increase their body temperature if they bath in the sun.

·        * Males have the brighter feathers, louder chirps, and are generally larger to attract the healthy females.

·         *The bird beaks are different depending on the source of their nutrition. Strength and shape is specific for the different species allowing them to find the best nutrition.

·        * Each species has a different type of nesting habit and some species recycle other birds used nests.

How to Attract Birds

How to Attract Birds

·        * Provide adequate structure

·         *Provide Nesting material

·         *Native plants

·         *Food

·         *Water

·         *Calm and quiet environment

·          *Large space

Birds

By: Mikey Mayfield and Autumn Urton

Picture By: Mikey Mayfield

Common Name: Cardinal

Scientific Name: Cardinalis cardinalis

Range: Midwest, Northeast and Southwest United States and Mexico

Habitat: Wooded areas 

Habits:  Males are territorial, sometimes mistaking a reflection of itself as an intruder.

Picture By: Mikey Mayfield

Common Name: Kestrel

Scientific Name: Falco sparverius

Range: North America and South America

Habitat:

Habits: They don't build their own nest, they utilize nests built by other species

Picture By: Mikey Mayfield

Common Name:Mourning Dove

Scientific Name: Zenaida Macroura

Range: United States, Southern Canada, Mexico, and Central America

Habitat: Wooded areas and open land

Habits: The mourning doves can eat anywhere from 12 to 20% of their weight each day.

Picture By: Mikey Mayfield

Common Name: Sparrow

Scientific Name: Passeridae 

Range:Anywhere, found in Europe, Africa, Asia, Americas, Australia

Habitat: Anywhere

Habits: Take dust-baths used as a social activity

Picture By: Autumn Urton

Common Name: Pigeon

Scientific Name: Columbidae

Range: South America, Central and Southern North America, and Central America

Habitat: Cities or towns

Habits: Fairly common, once were used to carry messages during World War I and II

Picture By: Mikey Mayfield

Common Name: Barn Swallow

Scientific Name: Hirundo rustica

Range: North America, South America, and South Africa

Habitat: Open country, little vegetation with close water source

Habits: Skims lakes picking up water in its mouth to drink.

Picture By: Autumn Urton

Common Name: Crow

Scientific Name: Corvus brachyrhynchos

Range: Central North America (United states and parts of Canada)

Habitat: Open space with a few trees and a reliable source of food.

Habits: Sleep in communal roosts at times numbering up to a few million crows.

Picture By: Autumn Urton

Common Name: Common Grackle

Scientific Name: Quiscalus quiscula

Range: East Coast and Central Northern America

Habitat: Towns, scattered trees and open ground

Habits: Not known to nest in birdhouses or anywhere besides treetops











Picture By: Mikey Mayfield
Common Name: The American Gold Finch
Scientific Name: Carduelis tristis
Range: United States and Mexico
Habitat: Open woodland
Habit: Undergoes entire molts

Picture By: Mikey Mayfield
Common Name: House Finch
Scientific Name: Haemorhous mexicanus
Range:North America
Habitat: Deserts, Orchads, and Suburban areas
Habit: Nests in cavities 

Picture By: Bryan Hix

Common Name:Baltimore Oriole

Scientific Name: Icterus galbula

Range: Northeast United States, Central America, and Northern South America

Habitat: Forest Edge and riverbanks

Habits: Prefer dark colored fruit and berries over green grapes and yellow cherries

Picture by: Kevin Bolton

Common Name: Black-capped Chickadee

Scientific Name: Poecile atricapillus

Range: Northern United States and Southern Canada

Habitat: Forests often mixed, and parks

Habits: Normally sleep alone no matter how cold it may be. 

Picture by: Christopher L. Wood

Common Name: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Scientific Name: Tyrannus forficatus

Range: Kansas. Oklahoma, Texas and parts of Central America

Habitat: Grassland with scattered trees

Habits: Use a lot of human objects to build their nest (string, fuzz, paper, etc.)

Picture by: keefee

Common Name: American Goldfinch

Scientific Name: Spinus tristis

Range: United States and southern Canada

Habitat: Overgrown Areas that have shrubs and trees to nest in.

Habits: Eat mainly vegetables and rarely an insect

Picture by: Lee Anne Russell

Common Name: Turkey

Scientific Name: Meleagris

Range: North America

Habitat: Hardwood forests 

Habits: Omnivores, Males do not help care for the offspring

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Common Name: Magnificent Frigatebird

Scientific Name: Fregata magnificens

Range: Southern Florida, Islands in Pacific and Atlantic oceans

Habitat: Dry Islands and coral reefs

Habits: Flies over the ocean rarely landing on the water

Picture By: Nick Chill

Common Name: Belted Kingfisher

Scientific Name: Megaceryle alcyon

Range: North America and Central America

Habitat: Rivers, lakes, any body of water that has unclouded water and little vegetation that blocks their view of the water

Habits: Female birds have brighter colors than the males do.

Picture By: Ronaldok

Common Name: Downy Woodpecker

Scientific Name: Picoides pubescens

Range:United States and Canada

Habitat: Open areas often near streams

Habits: Take part of mixed species flocks during the winter

Picture By: Andy Johnson

Common Name: Bonaparte's Gull

Scientific Name: Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Range: North America (United States and Canada), and Cuba

Habitat: Trees and forests near lakes, marshes, and along coasts.

Habits: The only gull that nests in trees regularly.

Picture By: Gerrit Vyn

Common Name: American White Pelican

Scientific Name: Pelecanus Erythrorynchos

Range: West-coast and Central United States, and Mexico 

Habitat: Islands, lakes, rivers and coastal bays.

Habits: At times they fish in groups by circling the fish to corral them.

Paul, Allen. "All About Birds." Your Online Guide to Birds and Bird Watching. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.