1. More Ornithology Practice
Numero dos
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2. A B
Passeriformes; Parulidae; Icteria virens (Yellow-breasted Chat)
Large size, stout bill, long tail; display flight--hovering with slow, deep-flapping wings and dangling feet; also mimics other birds’ songs.
Habitat loss from deforestation, which also leads to increased brood parasitism from Brown-headed Cowbirds

3. A B C A: Charadriiformes, Jacanidae, Jacana spinosa (Jacana spinosa)
B: Charadriiformes, Recurvirostridae, Recurvirostra americana (American Avocet)
C: Gruiformes, Rallidae, Rallus longirostris (Clapper Rail)
Extreeeeeemely long toes and claws allow it to walk on floating plantsappears to walk on water
Breeding adult has entire head and neck a darker rusty color. Winter adult has gray head and neck.
“Saltmarshes and mangrove swamps”

4. Piciformes; Picidae; Colaptes auratus (Northern Flicker)
Females—no colored stripe on chin area.
Mainly ants, also other insects. Forages on ground and uses long tongue to catch food.
Rising and falling, alternating flapping and gliding.

5. Passeriformes; Tyrannidae; Tyrannus verticalis (Western Kingbird)
Pastures on the resulting land = lots of insects!
In trees or similar manmade things (poles, fence posts)
Wool, cotton, hair, feathers, cloth

6. A B
Both: Passeriformes; A: Icteridae, Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Bobolink); B: Emberizidae, Calamospiza melanocorys (Lark Bunting)
Only American bird with white on back and black below. Yellowish with brown streaks and stripes on crown.
Grasslands and meadows
Colorado
Attempting to drink from livestock water tanks.

7. Passeriformes; Alaudidae; Eremophila alpestris (Horned Lark)
Walking/running
Adults usually eat seeds, but feed insects to young
Open land—colonizes mowed areas around airports

8. Passeriformes; Emberizidae; Calcarius lapponicus (Lapland Longspur)
Black face and chest, yellowy eyestripe
Arctic tundra!
Longspur = elongated hind toe

9. Passeriformes; Cinclidae; Cinclus mexicanus (American Dipper)
Low metabolic rate, extra oxygen-carrying capacity in its blood, and a thick coat of feathers (yes, plagiarism =\)
In swift streams—swims and walks along river bottom
Domed/ball-like structure with two shells

10. A B B
Falconiformes!; Acciptridae; Buteo swainsoni (Swainson’s Hawk)
Western Kingbird, but I meant to ask for family here. Lo siento. Most likely defending its territory from that pesky intruding hawk.
Older ones kill and eat the younger ones…
Open grasslands, farmlands, shrublands

11. Passeriformes; Fringillidae; Coccothraustes vespertinus (Evening Grosbeak)
Coniferous forests
Crack open large seeds
Sunflower seeds