Birds week 6

Birds week 6

1. Atlantic Brant

  • BBL: ATBR
  • Scientific Name: Branta bernicla
  • Order: Anseriformes
  • Habitat: marshes

More information can be sourced at: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brant 

2. Canada Goose

  • BBL: CAGO
  • Scientific Name: Branta canadensis
  • Order: Anseriformes
  • Habitat: marshes

More information can be sourced at:  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Canada_Goose 

3. American Black Duck

4.  Common Eider

  • BBL:  COEI
  • Scientific Name: Somateria mollissima
  • Order: Anseriformes
  • Habitat: oceans

More information can be sourced at: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Eider 

5. Common Loon

  • BBL: COLO
  • Scientific Name: Gavia immer
  • Order:Gaviiformes
  • Habitat:  lakes ponds coastal oceans, estuaries 

More information can be sourced at: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Loon/

6. Bonaparte’s gull  

  • BBL:  BOGU
  • Scientific Name: Rhodostethia rosea
  • Order:  Charadriiformes
  • Habitat: marshes

More information can be sourced at: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bonaparte_gull  

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7.  Lesser Black-backed gull

  • BBL: LBBG
  • Scientific Name: Larus fuscus
  • Order: Charadriiformes
  • Habitat:  shorelines

More information can be sourced at: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Lesser_Black-backed_Gull

8. Barn Owl 

  • BBL: BAOW
  • Scientific Name: Tyto alba
  • Order: Strigiformes
  • Habitat: Grasslands

More information can be sourced at: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Owl 

9.  Great Horned Owl

  • BBL: GHOW
  • Scientific Name: Bubo virginianus
  • Order: Strigiformes
  • Habitat: Old growth forest 

More information can be sourced at: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl/

10.  Barred Owl 

  • BBL: BAOW
  • Scientific Name: Strix varia
  • Order: Strigiformes
  • Habitat: Old growth forests

More information can be sourced at: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl

  1. Northern Saw-whet Owl
  • BBL: NSWO
  • Scientific Name: Aegolius acadicus
  • Order: Strigiformes
  • Habitat: Old growth forests

More information can be sourced at: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Saw-whet_Owl

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