November  Taxanomic List of Big Canoe Birds

Family

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

 

N is for November.  The number is for the the frequency of sightings by a good birder 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

 
 

 

 

 


 

 

                                                                       

                                                                                                           

Family

Name

P

Size

Habitat

Field Markings

Cornell

Patuxent

N

Loons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loon, Common

3

32

Open lakes

Large water bird with dark back

Cornell

Patuxent

3

Grebes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grebe, Pied-billed

3

13

Ponds

Brown bird with white undertail

Cornell

Patuxent

4

Cormorant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bitterns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Herons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geese

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goose, Canada

1

35

 Lakes and Fields

White cheeks

Cornell

Patuxent

5

Ducks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mallard

1

23

Ponds, lakes, streams

Male with green head

Brown female with striped eye

Cornell

Patuxent

5

 

Duck, Ring-necked

2

17

Wooded lakes, ponds

End of beak ringed

Cornell

Patuxent

3

 

Scaup, Lesser

1

16.5

 

 

Cornell

Patuxent

3

 

Bufflehead

3

13.5

Lakes and ponds

Male: large white oval on head

Female: Dark with small ear oval

Cornell

Patuxent

3

 

Merganser, Hooded

1

18

Lakes and ponds

Male: Inner white crest

Female: Reddish with crest

Cornell

Patuxent

3

Vultures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vulture, Black

1

25

Open skies

Large head, small tail, white wing tips

Cornell

Patuxent

3

 

Vulture, Turkey

1

26

Open skies, trees

Back of under wings white

Cornell

Patuxent

5

Raptors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harrier, Northern

2

18

Marshes & Fields

White rump patch

Cornell

Patuxent

4

 

Hawk, Sharp-shinned

3

11

Woods & Thickets

Small head, striped tail

Cornell

Patuxent

4

 

Hawk, Cooper's

3

16.5

Broken woodlands 

Large head, striped tail

Cornell

Patuxent

3

 

Hawk, Red-Shouldered

1

17

Hardwoods along streams

Red Belly and shoulders

Striped tail