common phoenix area birds
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Common Phoenix Area Birds. House Finch: A small finch (13cm), male has a red breast during the breeding season, females and males have a streaked breast (one difference between house finches and house sparrows: only finches have a streaked breast). Food: seeds. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Common Phoenix Area Birds
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• House Finch: A small finch (13cm), male has a red breast during the breeding season, females and males have a streaked breast (one difference between house finches and house sparrows: only finches have a streaked breast).Food: seeds
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• House Sparrow: A small bird (15cm), male has a black throat and white cheeks, females and young have a dingy breast, rusty wings, and dull eye stripe.Food: feeds on anything, especially seeds and handouts.
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• Great-tailed Grackle: A larger bird (46cm), males have a purple (almost black), glossy color and have a large tail; females are much smaller (35cm) and are brown with a pale breast (also have a long tail).Food: feeds on anything, especially on insects and handouts found on the ground.
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• Starling: A chunky blackbird (20cm) that has a shorter tail and longer bill than other blackbirds of the same size. Feathers become speckled during the fall and winter (one difference between starlings and great-tailed grackles: starlings have much shorter tails).Food: primarily insects found in lawns, some fruits and seeds.
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• Mourning Dove: A relatively large dove (30cm), a pointed tail with white along the edges (one difference between mourning doves and white-winged doves: mourning doves do not have large white patches on the wing).Food: seeds, grains, buds and other vegetation on the ground.
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• Inca Dove: Relatively small dove (19cm), feathers have a scaly look and the primary feathers are reddish-brown (much smaller than the Mourning Dove).Food: seeds, grains, buds and other vegetation on the ground.
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• Pigeon (Rock Dove): A large (30cm) gray bird with a white patch on the rump.Food: seeds, grains, buds, other vegetation on the ground, and handouts.
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Other Common Birds…
• Greater Roadrunner
• Red-Tailed Hawk
• Killdeer
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Other Common Birds…
• Gambel’s Quail
• White Winged Dove
• Mallard
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For more pictures, to hear bird calls…
• Visit: – http://askabiologist.asu.edu/browse-birds(Link is on my webpage!)
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Warm Up: 5-1-13
• If there are about 3.28 feet in one meter, how many feet are in 20 meters?–Answer: 3.28 ● 20 = 65.6 feet
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Can you identify the species?
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Point Counting Bird Species
• To discover how different bird species respond to the Urban Heat Island, we must determine how many of which species are living in different microclimates.
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How it Works
• Ecologists use Point Counts as one method for surveying birds. • In a Point Count, one person counts all
the birds located within a circle with a diameter of 20 meters for 10 minutes–Count every bird as it enters the circle,
even if it flies out and comes back in!
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How Will We Do This Here?
• Three Counters: will record data• One Time Keeper: takes timer outside, watches
for 10 minutes• Temperature Checker: determine temperature in
Fahrenheit • Rest of class spread out among Counters,
pointing out birds and helping to identify species– It’s important to be EXTREMELY still and quiet!!!
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Where Will We Go?
• Cactus Garden• Fire Road (behind Griffin’s room)
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Homework:
• You will begin a Point Count of bird species at your home for three consecutive days.
• Bring home your project folder, use same spot and same time all three days.
• Bring folder back to school each day to get homework stamps!– Mornings will likely be better!– Look up temperature!