Bird Identification Checklist Second Class Requirement (5): Identify or show evidence of at least 10 kinds of wild animals found in your community. These flash cards are for learning purposes only. Requirements should be passed in the field with real birds. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is a great year round place for it.

SPRING - JAMAICA BAY American Black Duck Brant                  Bufflehead                 Canada Goose              Double-crested Cormorant Glossy Ibis Great Black-backed Gull   Herring Gull Mallard Red-winged Blackbird Ring-billed Gull Snow Goose   European Starling Tree Swallow   American Robin Northern Flicker Common Grackle Common Tern         House Finch House Sparrow Mourning Dove Mute Swan Rock Dove Rufous-sided Towhee Snowy Egret      Song Sparrow Yellow Warbler   White-throated Sparrow American Crow Cedar Waxing Downy Woodpecker American Goldfinch Gray Catbird Great Blue Heron Killdeer Northern Cardinal Northern Mockingbird Ring-necked Pheasant Scarlet Tanager Wood Duck

LATE FALL - JAMAICA BAY Canada Goose * Brant Mallard * American Black Duck American Wigeon Canvasback Greater Scaup Bufflehead Ruddy Duck Black-bellied Plover Snow Goose * Dunlin Red-breasted Merganser Greater Yellowlegs American Oystercatcher * Great Black-backed Gull * Herring Gull * Ring-billed Gull * European Starling * White-throated Sparrow * Yellow-rumped Warbeler * Red-winged Blackbird * Tree Swallow * Great Blue Heron Snowy Egret * Double-crested Cormorant * Dark-eyed Junco * House Sparrow * American Robin * House Finch * Mute Swan * Rock Dove * Mourning Dove * Song Sparrow * American Goldfinch * Northern Cardinal * Northern Mockingbird * American Crow * Gray Catbird * Common Grackle *

WINTER - JAMAICA BAY American Wigeon American Black Duck Brant Bufflehead Great Black-backed Gull * Greater Scaup Herring Gull * Mallard * Red-breasted Merganser Ring-billed Gull * Ruddy Duck Snow Goose * European Starling * Boat-tailed Grackle Canada Goose * Canvasback Dark-eyed Junco * Dunlin Horned Grebe House Finch * House Sparrow * Mourning Dove * Mute Swan * Rock Dove * White-throated Sparrow * Yellow-rumped Warbeler * American Crow * American Robin * Black-bellied Plover Black-crowned Night-Heron Bonaparte's Gull Common Flicker Common Goldeneye Double-crested Cormorant * Downy Woodpecker * Fox Sparrow Gadwall Great Blue Heron Great Cormorant Great-winged Teal Lesser Scaup Northern Bobwhite Northern Cardinal * Northern Harrier Northern Mockingbird * Northern Pintail Red-winged Blackbird * Ring-necked Pheasant Ruddy Turnstone Shorteared Owl American Tree Sparrow Black-capped Chickadee * Cedar Waxing * Chipping Sparrow Glossy Ibis * Gray Catbird * Northern Shoveler Rufous-sided Towhee * Tree Swallow * White-breasted Nuthatch *

WINTER - ALPINE Ring-billed Gull * Canada Goose * Common Merganser American Crow * European Starling * Mallard * Common Grackle * Ruddy Duck Rock Dove * House Sparrow * Herring Gull * House Finch * Mourning Dove * Dark-eyed Junco * Black-capped Chickadee * White-throated Sparrow * Canvasback Tufted Titmouse * Blue Jay * Song Sparrow * Northern Shoveler American Black Duck Hooded Merganser Northern Cardinal * Double-crested Cormorant * American Goldfinch * Downy Woodpecker * American Tree Sparrow Green-winged Teal White-breasted Nuthatch * Greater Black-backed Gull * Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Mockingbird * Wood Duck Gadwall Red-tailed Hawk Great Blue Heron Red-winged Blackbird * Fox Sparrow Wild Turkey * Hairy Woodpecker American Robin * Carolina Wren Cedar Waxing Pine Siskin Eastern Screech-Owl Sharp-shinned Hawk American Coot Belted Kingfisher Fish Crow Northern Flicker OTHER BIRDS YOU MAY SEE CAMPING Common Barn-Owl Great Horned Owl          House Wren Laughing Gull            Ruby-throated Hummingbird

LEGEND FOR THE BIRDS SEEN AT JAMAICA BAY WILDLIFE REFUGE Abundant Bird = more than 30 seen Common Bird = 10 - 30 seen Uncommon Bird = 1 - 9 Seen Rare Bird = Only Occasional * Species Identified By Troop Members

NUMBER OF SPECIES THAT CAN NORMALLY BE SEEN EACH SEASON AT JAMAICA BAY

Legend A- ( Over 30 )------ C- ( 10 - 30 )-------- U- (  1 - 9 ) --------- Totals --------------

Spring 25 34 70 129

Summer 13 24 37 74

Early Fall 26 24 67 117

Late Fall 22 24 56 102

Winter 14 11 27 52

Credits: National Audubon Society Pocket Guides Familiar Birds of Sea and Shore Copyright 1994 Chanticleer Press, Inc. Songbirds and Familiar Backyard Birds East Copyright 1994, 1997 by Chanticleer Press, Inc. Familiar Birds of North America East Copyright 1986 by Chanticleer Press, Inc. Little Brown And Company Stokes Beginner's Guide to Birds Copyright 1996 by Donald W. Stokes and Lilian Q.Stokes

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