Strong College Birds — 1996

The following birds were see on or from the Strong College grounds during 1996. Dates given are first observations for the year. This list is the result of very casual observation by RJO, and could be considerably lengthened with even moderate effort.

• Yellow-crowned Night Heron (nests across Gray Drive)
• Canada Goose (30 March)
• Mallard (7 May; regular on Buffalo Creek in Spring)
• Turkey Vulture (24 February)
• Cooper’s Hawk (13 April)
• Red-tailed Hawk (24 February)
• Ring-billed Gull (24 February)
• Rock Dove
• Mourning Dove (7 January)
• Common Nighthawk (16 May)
• Chimney Swift (27 April)
• Red-bellied Woodpecker (7 January)
• Northern Flicker (25 February)
• Blue Jay (7 January)
• American Crow (3 January)
• Carolina Chickadee (7 January)
• Tufted Titmouse (7 January)
• White-breasted Nuthatch (27 April)
• Carolina Wren (2 January, in the JCR)
• Swainson’s Thrush (5 May)
• American Robin (24 February)
• Gray Catbird (27 April)
• Northern Mockingbird (7 January)
• Cedar Waxwing (12 May)
• European Starling (24 February)
• Red-eyed Vireo (8 May)
• Magnolia Warbler (5 May)
• Yellow-rumped Warbler (30 March)
• Blackpoll Warbler (19 May)
• Worm-eating Warbler (27 April)
• Scarlet Tanager (8 May)
• Northern Cardinal (7 January)
• Rufous-sided Towhee (4 February)
• Song Sparrow (7 January)
• White-throated Sparrow (7 January)
• Dark-eyed Junco (2 January)
• Red-winged Blackbird (16 May)
• Common Grackle (24 February)
• Brown-headed Cowbird (5 May)
• House Finch (7 January)
• American Goldfinch (5 May)