Dec tx

Family

D=December frequency of sightings by a good birder in

Appropriate time and environment for the day.

1: An occasional to no sightings for the year
2: Occasional sightings for the month
3: 1 to 3 sightings per day
4: 4 to 10 sightings per day
5: 10 or more sightings per day

P: Picture codes of birds likely to be seen at Big Canoe.

1: My Big Canoe Pictures of Big Canoe birds

2: My pictures of birds seen at Big Canoe but not big Canoe pictures

3: Pictures from others

#	Family	Name	D	P	Size	Habitat	Field Markings	Cornell	Patuxent
1	Loons
2		Loon, Common	3	3	32	Open lakes	Large water bird with dark back	Cornell	Patuxent
3	Grebes
4		Grebe, Pied-billed	4	3	13	Ponds	Brown bird with white undertail	Cornell	Patuxent
5	Cormorant
6	Bitterns
7	Herons
8	Swans
9	Geese
10		Goose, Canada	5	1	35	Lakes and Fields	White cheeks	Cornell	Patuxent
11	Ducks
12		Mallard	5	1	23	Ponds, lakes, streams	Male with green head Brown female with striped eye	Cornell	Patuxent
13		Duck, Ring-necked	3	2	17	Wooded lakes, ponds	End of beak ringed	Cornell	Patuxent
14		Scaup, Lesser	3	1	16.5			Cornell	Patuxent
15		Bufflehead	3	3	13.5	Lakes and ponds	Male: large white oval on head Female: Dark with small ear oval	Cornell	Patuxent
16		Merganser, Hooded	3	1	18	Lakes and ponds	Male: Inner white crest Female: Reddish with crest	Cornell	Patuxent
17	Vultures
18		Vulture, Black	3	1	25	Open skies	Large head, small tail, white wing tips	Cornell	Patuxent
19		Vulture, Turkey	5	1	26	Open skies, trees	Back of under wings white	Cornell	Patuxent
20	Raptors
21		Harrier, Northern	4	2	18	Marshes & Fields	White rump patch	Cornell	Patuxent
22		Hawk, Sharp-shinned	4	3