Animals From EA
On the sixth day, our May Term stayed on campus all day, taking a few pictures of the wildlife at EA. Because of the close distance EA is from John Heinz, many of the birds were easily recognizable.
Tree Swallow
Binomial-Nomencalture: Tachycineta bicolor
Diet: Insects & Fruit
Habitat: Open wooded areas with water
Unique Features: blue top with white belly
Migration: From the central/eastern portion of U.S. to the West Indies
American Robin
Binomial-Nomencalture: Turdus migratorius
Diet: 40% insects, 60% fruits
Habitat: Open farmland and urban area
Unique Features: Brown chest and yellow beak
Migration: From northern U.S. to Central Mexico
Cedar Waxwing
Binomial-Nomencalture: Bombycilla cedrorum
Diet: Berries
Habitat: Wooded areas or "open forests"
Unique Features: Its crest droops over the head.
Migration: Nortern U.S. to Northern South America; rare sightings in Western Europe.
Northern Mockingbird
Binomial-Nomencalture: Mimus polyglottos
Diet: arthropods and fruits
Habitat: prefers open areas with sparse vegetation in southern North America and around the East Coast.
Unique features: Tips of the wings are white
Migration: Only migrates a little bit north to breed
Common Starling
Binomial-Nomencalture: Sturnus vulgaris
Diet: Insects and Anthropods
Habitat: Lowlands and forests
Unique Features: All black body with yellow beak
Migration: North America to South America
Chipping Sparrow
Binomial-Nomencalture: Spizella passerina
Diet: seeds and insects
Habitat: mountains and arid in eastern United States
Unique Features: The black line through the eye and the cap is a warm but more subdued reddish brown.
Migration: Migrates north to breed and south in winter
Blue Jay
Binomial-Nomencalture: Cyanocitta cristata
Diet: acorns and beech mast, weed seeds, grain, fruits and other berries, peanuts, bread, meat, small invertebrates of many types, scraps in town parks, bird-table food and rarely eggs and nestlings
Habitat: pine woods and spruce-fir forests in the east coast of the Unite States
Unique features: bright blue on top and white to gray on its throat, chest and belly. It also has a gray-blue crest on its head and black and white bars on its wings
Migration: Goes north for breeding and west for winter