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The Hand Collection Our collection of A.J. Hand's annotated photographs is arranged on three separate pages. Click the links to see the thumbnails and notes, click the thumbnails to see large photos. All of the birds, with one special exception (the Barred Owl), were photographed in Sherwood Island State Park. |
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| Water birds | |
| Swimmers, waders and shore birds
include: Hooded Merganser, Red-breasted
Merganser, Redhead, American Bittern, Little
Blue Heron, Clapper Rail, Baird's Sandpiper,
Marbled Godwit, Common Snipe (Wilson's Snipe), Killdeer,
American Woodcock, Pectoral Sandpiper. Special visitor 12/06: Ross's Goose. |
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| Land birds | |
| Passerine
(perching song birds) include:
Ruby-crowned Kinglet,
Golden-crowned Kinglet,
Brown Thrasher,
Vesper Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, Willow Flycatcher,
Yellow-breasted Chat, Marsh Wren, Lincoln's Sparrow,
Savannah Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrows, Horned
Lark, Red-Breasted Nutchatch, White-winged Crossbill, Eastern Phoebe.
Special visitor 12/06: a leucistic American Robin Non-passerine land birds include: Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Monk Parakeet. Fowl-like birds include: Green Pheasant, Wild Turkey |
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| Birds of prey | |
| Osprey, Bald Eagle, Turkey
Vulture, Red-tailed
Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Roughleg Hawk, Merlin, Northern Harrier,
American Kestrel, Great Horned Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Long-eared
Owl, Short-eared Owl, Barred Owl. Great Horned Owlets in 2005 and 2006. Thanksgiving Dinner 2006. |
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