Kuse Nature Preserve in Spring Birds Hildegard Kuse Loretta Kuse

Birds in Spring Some birds have been here all winter. In spring they begin to choose a spot to build a nest. Some birds return from warmer places. They come back to nest when there is a food supply. How have changes in land use affected where birds nest? What kind of habitat is necessary for each kind of bird? What happens if a special kind of habitat is destroyed?

Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis

American Robin Turdus migratorius

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis

Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis

American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea

Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia

Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca

White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis

Purple Finch Eating Plum Blossoms Carpodacus purpureus

Male American Goldfinch Singing Carduelis tristis

Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater

Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata

Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum

Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina

Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina

Ruby Crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula

Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum

Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos

Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis

Canada Geese Sometimes Stop by Briefly Branta canadensis

Mallard Ducks Arrive Soon After the Ice Begins to Melt Anas platyrhynchos

Wood Ducks on Pond Aix sponsa

Female Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris