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Handbook of Bird Biology 2004

12. 6. Handbook of Bird Biology 2004. How to ID Birds:. Learn the Seven S’s of Birding: Shade Size Silhouette Signs Songs Sweep Surroundings. Dark-eyed Junco. What is it?. How to ID Birds:. Determine group Shape and Silhouette (Posture) Signs (Behaviors) Sweep (Flight Patterns)

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Handbook of Bird Biology 2004

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  1. 12 6 Handbook of Bird Biology 2004

  2. How to ID Birds: Learn the Seven S’s of Birding: • Shade • Size • Silhouette • Signs • Songs • Sweep • Surroundings Dark-eyed Junco What is it?

  3. How to ID Birds: • Determine group • Shape and Silhouette (Posture) • Signs (Behaviors) • Sweep (Flight Patterns) 2. Determine species Cedar Waxwing What is it?

  4. Determine Group There are general groups of birds: • Examples: • Flycatchers • Nuthatches • Vireos • Warblers • Thrushes What is it? Northern Cardinal • Groups are based on taxonomic families, and birds in the same family tend to be alike: • Shape and Posture (Silhouette) • Flight Patterns (Sweep) • Behaviors (Signs)

  5. European Starling www.birdwatching.com Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers Determine Group: Shape What are the proportions of the bird? • Body shape? Chunky or slender? • Size or length of wings, tail, legs, and bill in proportion to rest of body?

  6. Blue-headed Vireo Great Crested Flycatcher Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Mourning Dove Determine Group: Silhouette How does the bird perch or stand? Vertical? Horizontal?

  7. Determine Group: Practice Silhouettes Duck Swallow Woodpecker Nuthatch Wren Starling

  8. Mallard Determine Group: Signs (Behaviors) • Does the bird have any conspicuous behaviors? • How does it forage? • How does the bird move through the landscape? (e.g., run, walk, hop, swim, dive, dabble)? • Does the bird do any unique behaviors (e.g., wag or bob its head or tail)? What is it?

  9. Tennessee Warbler Red-eyed Vireo • Perch still in one place • Methodical movers • Leave branch, capture and return • Quick, energetic feeders • Usually continuously moving • Darts around

  10. www.birds.cornell.edu Determine Group: Sweep Does the bird have a distinguishing flight patterns? • Does the bird undulate as it flies? • Are the wing beats constant? • Does the bird fly straight? Circle? Turkey Vulture flight pattern

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