1. Bird Study Merit Badge Birds of Ohio Part 2
This basis for this Bird Study MB slide show was originally created by the Plainsboro Preserve of NJ Audubon.
Bird Study Merit Badge
Birds of Ohio
Part 2
Counselor: Mr. John F. Kennedy
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2. Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
Non-breeding birds have a white head, sometimes tinged with grey.
Breeding adult has black hood, red bill.
Gray back and wings.
Wingtips black.
Habitat: Beaches, saltmarshes and lagoons.

3. Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Mostly white.
Back and wings gray.
Wingtips black with white spots.
Bill yellow with a red spot.
Pink legs.
Habitat: Seacoasts, lakes, and cities.

4. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Rather small.
Mainly white, with a forked tail.
Breeding adults have black cap.
Red bill with black tip.
Habitat: Marshes, beaches, lakes and rivers.

5. Rock Dove (Columba livia)
Introduced Species
Usually gray with two black bars across the wings.
White rump with dark tail tip.
Sometimes blackish, rusty, or mostly white.
Habitat: Cities, towns, farms, and rock outcroppings.

6. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Mostly tan / gray overall.
Black spots on wings visible when folded.
Long tailed with pointed wings.

7. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Large, with widely spaced ear tufts.
White throat.
Finely barred underparts.
Orange-brown facial discs.
Habitat: Deep forests, open country, deserts and sometimes city parks.

8. Piping Plover

9. Northern Gannet
Gannets dive for fish, sometimes from heights of 100 feet. They can getup to 50 feet underwater! These dives can be seen from almost 3 miles away.

10. Review

11. Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio)
Gray or reddish brown with black streaks.
Ear tufts sometimes visible.
Habitat: Woodlands, orchards, and gardens.

12. Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Female
Upperparts black and white.
Face has black and white stripes.
Underparts pure white.
Male has red patch on nape.
Habitat: Open woodlands, orchards, and parks.
Male

13. Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
Barred black and white above.
Face and underparts grayish tan.
Male has red crown and nape.
Female has red nape only.
Habitat: Open woodlands, farmlands, orchards, shade trees and parks.

14. Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Habitat: Woodlands, deserts, and suburbs.
Upperpart barred black and tan.
Breast band black.
White rump.
Males have a black moustache.
Flashes yellow in the wings and tail.

15. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
Crest, back, wings and tail bright blue.
Wings are spotted with white, barred with black.
Face and underparts whitish.
Tail with white tip.
Habitat: Forests of all types, gardens, and parks.

16. More Review

17. Black-throated Blue Warbler
Both sexes identifiable by the white spot on the bases of the primaries.
Neotropical migrant.

18. American Crow (Corvus brachyrynchos)
Rather large.
All black.
Tail fan-shaped.
Habitat:
Woodlands, plains, farmlands, orchards, towns and cities

19. Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Wings pointed, tailed notched.
Male glossy green-blue above, white below.
Female duller, brownish, with grayish underparts.
Habitat: Lakes, marshes, and woods near water.

20. Black-capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus)
Gray above, cap and bib black.
Cheeks white, flanks pale buff.
Habitat: Forests, parks and gardens.

21. Tufted Titmouse (Parus bicolor)
Habitat: Deciduous and coniferous forests; gardens and parks.
Gray and crested; underparts white.
Flanks buffy; forehead black.

22. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Male
Female
Male bright blue on back, wings and tail; throat and most of underparts orange-rusty; belly white.
Female similar, but paler; back tinged brown.
Habitat: Farmlands, orchards, open woodlands.

23. American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Males have rusty red breast.
Head black with white around eye.
Back gray.
Adults bill yellow.
Female similar, but duller.
Habitat: Lawns, gardens, parks, open woods, forest boarders, and farmland.

24. Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
Habitat: Woodland thickets, garden shrubbery, and parks.
Gray overall, with black cap.
Rusty undertail coverts below long tail.

25. Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Habitat: Lawns, gardens, open woods, farmland, and thickets.
Slender and long-tailed.
Gray above, paler below.
White wing bars, become large patches, which are visible in flight.
Tail black with white borders.

26. Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Olive-green above, with no wing bars. Underparts whitish.
Gray crown, bordered by black stripes and white eyebrow.
Habitat: Deciduous forests, shade trees, gardens and parks.

27. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Habitat: Coniferous forests.
Males streaked blue-gray above; cap, rump, and sides of breast yellow.
Breast and sides black.
White eyebrow and throat.
Female similar but duller.

28. Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Female
Crested with strong, cone-shaped bill.
Male bright red with black face and red bill.
Female grayish buff, with red on crest, wings and tail; bill pink.
Male
Habitat: Brushy woodlands, thickets, garden shrubbery, and parks.

29. Review

30. Swamp Sparrow Builds a nest with the entrance on the side.
Uses its syrinx to sing two different notes at different tempos at the same time!

31. White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
Brown and streaked above; head striped with black and white.
Patch in front of eyes yellow.
Plain gray breast.
Habitat: Brush conifer or mixed woodlands.

32. Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
Habitat: Thickets roadsides and gardens.
Brown and streaked overall with a long tail.
Underparts whitish with dark streaks and central spot on breast.

33. Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
Mostly dark gray on head, breast, back, wings and tail.
Belly and outer tail feathers white.
Habitat: Open woodlands and clearings.

34. Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Male
Female
Male
Black with red shoulders.
Female
Heavily streaked with dark brown.
Noticeable buffy eyebrow.
Habitat: Marshes and grasslands.

35. Common Grackle (Quisicalus quiscula)
Large with stout bill, keeled tail, and yellow eyes.
Male is black, highly glossed with purple, greenish, or bronze.
Females less glossy, and shorter tailed.
Habitat: Groves, towns and farmland.

36. House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
Introduced Species
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
Female
Male
•Female brown streaked overall, with no red.
•Male has rose-red eyebrow, forehead, breast.
Habitat: Town, suburbs, farmland, deserts and thickets.

37. American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
Breeding males mainly bright yellow, with black forehead, wings, and tail.
Female and winter males duller and grayer; lack black cap, but have black wings and tail.
Female/winter male
Breeding male
Habitat: Fields, groves, thickets, and farmland.

38. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Introduced Species
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Male
Streaked brown above.
Male has gray crown, white cheek, and black chin, and bib.
Female has brown crown and plain breast.
Female
Habitat: Cities, suburbs, and farms.

39. European Starling (Sterna vulgaris)
Introduced Species
European Starling (Sterna vulgaris)
Habitat: Farms, cities, towns, and gardens.
Speckled with white, bill blackish, in winter.
Stocky with long, pointed bill. Tail short and squared.
Glossy black with yellow bill in summer.

40. Review

41. Birding By Ear