Birds of North Carolina: A Falcon Field Guide (Falcon Field Guide Series)
Language: English
Pages: 303
ISBN: B00MJD6V72
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
barring on the neck and breast, turning to streaking on the belly and flanks. It swoops from its perch to catch small rodents, frogs, or snakes. Its voice, often heard during the day, is a hooting Who-cooks-for-you or a kind of bark. Barred Owls nest in tree cavities vacated by other species. (Illustration shows an adult.) 48 FFG_Birds_NC.indd 48 10/12/12 2:34 PM Common Nighthawk, Chordeiles minor Family Caprimulgidae (Nightjars, Nighthawks) Size: 9” Season: Summer Habitat: Forests, marshes,
hummingbirds, hovering and buzzing from flower to flower, emitting chits and squeaks. Most of these birds migrate across the Gulf of Mexico to South America in winter. (Illustration shows an adult male, below, and a female, above.) 50 FFG_Birds_NC.indd 50 10/12/12 2:34 PM Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon Family Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) Size: 13” Season: Year-round Habitat: Creeks, lakes, sheltered coastline WOODPECKERS The widespread but solitary Belted Kingfisher is a stocky,
(Wood-Warblers) Size: 5” Season: Summer in western North Carolina, spring and fall migrant elsewhere in the state Habitat: Mature coniferous or mixed woodlands The Blackburnian Warbler is a beautifully colored, boldly patterned warbler with a relatively large head and neck. The breeding male is black above, with extensive white on the wing coverts and whitish streaks on the back. The underside progresses from bright yellow-orange on the head and throat to yellow on the breast to white toward the
seen in urban areas. It is stocky, aggressive, and gregarious and has a relatively large head and a short, finchlike bill. Males are streaked brown and black above and pale below. The lores, chin, and breast are black; the crown and auriculars are gray. There are prominent white wing bars at the medial coverts. In winter the male lacks the dark breast patch. Females are drab overall, with a lighter bill and pale supercilium. House Sparrows have a highly varied diet, including grains, insects,
Shoveler (Anas clypeata), 5 Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), 90 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), 24 Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), 27 94 FFG_Birds_NC.indd 94 10/12/12 2:34 PM Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps), 14 Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), 53 Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus), 77 Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), 31 Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor), 78 Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea), 79 Purple Martin (Progne subis), 62 Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter