Kuse Nature Preserve in SpringBirds

Hildegard Kuse

Loretta Kuse

Birds in Spring

• Some birds have been here all winter. In spring they begin to choose a spot to build a nest.

• Some birds return from warmer places. They come back to nest when there is a food supply.

• How have changes in land use affected where birds nest?• What kind of habitat is necessary for each kind of bird?• What happens if a special kind of habitat is destroyed?

Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis

American Robin Turdus migratorius

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis

Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis

American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea

Song SparrowMelospiza melodia

Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca

White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis

Purple Finch Eating Plum BlossomsCarpodacus purpureus

Male American Goldfinch SingingCarduelis tristis

Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus

Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater

Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata

Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum

Tennessee WarblerVermivora peregrina

Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina

Ruby Crowned KingletRegulus calendula

Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor

Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum

Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos

Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis

Canada Geese Sometimes Stop by BrieflyBranta canadensis

Mallard Ducks Arrive Soon After the Ice Begins to MeltAnas platyrhynchos

Wood Ducks on PondAix sponsa

Female Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus

Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris