Bird Identification Training

TOPS Algonquin Expeditions

Contents

• Encoding bird data onto FDS 2

• Water Birds

• Year around birds

• Migrants

Encoding Bird Data on FDS2

Bird species ID number from Code Key

Bird activity code number taken from Code

Key

Bird location code number taken from Code Key

Discovery method code number taken from list on

Code Key

NOTE: there is currently no facility to encode the number of birds of a given species that were observed in a given situation. This can written in the NOTES section on the front page of the SSRF. Repeated entries for the same species can be made if the discovery is materially different.

NOTE: Your bird discovery ‘zone’ extends from the point of departure from the previous SS to the next one including events that occur on the trail between them. Stay focused!

Birds

Common Loon

Common MerganserGreat Blue Heron

American Black Duck

Birds 2

Belted KingfisherBufflehead

Wood DuckMallard Duck

Birds 3

American Crow

Northern Raven

Canada Goose

Pileated Woodpecker

Wild Turkey Red-winged Blackbird

Birds 4

Ruffed Grouse Spruce Grouse American Robin

Barred Owl

Great Horned OwlBack Capped Chickadee

Birds 5

Blue Jay Common Yellowthroat

Evening Grosbeak

Golden-Crowned Kinglet

Gray Jay Hairy Wood Pecker

Birds 6

Northern Cardinal

Rose-Breasted GrosbeakRuby-Crowned Kinglet

Tree SwallowWhite-Breasted Nuthatch

White-Throated Sparrow