Georgia birds field guide by Ms. Peacock's and Mrs. Cantrell's third grade classes

Georgia Birds
Field Guide
Ms. Peacock and Mrs. Cantrell’s Third Grade
Classes

Georgia Birds Field Guide
Ms. Peacock and Mrs. Cantrell’s Third Grade Classes
Big Shanty Intermediate School
Kennesaw, Georgia

Authors: Students from Ms. Peacock and Mrs. Cantrell’s third grade classes.
Editors: Ms. Peacock, Mrs. Cantrell, and Mrs. Schager
Big Shanty Intermediate School, Kennesaw, GA
2017
Cover art: Wall chart, local cage birds, 1908. Photo. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica,
25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/109_233346/1/109_233346/cite. Accessed 20 Mar 2017.
We hope you enjoy our field guide and
Watching birds as much as we have.

Table of Contents
American Crow ............................................................................................................................... 1
Baltimore Oriole .............................................................................................................................. 2
Barn Swallow................................................................................................................................... 3
Black Skimmer ................................................................................................................................. 4
Blue Jay ............................................................................................................................................. 5
Bluebird ............................................................................................................................................ 6
Brown Thrasher............................................................................................................................... 7
Canadian Goose .............................................................................................................................. 8
Cedar Waxwing............................................................................................................................... 9
Chimney Swift ................................................................................................................................. 10
Chuck-Will-Widow......................................................................................................................... 11
Cooper’s Hawk................................................................................................................................ 12
Cowbird............................................................................................................................................ 13
Double-crested Cormorant ............................................................................................................ 14
Eastern Meadowlark....................................................................................................................... 15
Eastern Screech Owl ....................................................................................................................... 16
Eastern Starling ............................................................................................................................... 17
Eastern Whippor-will ..................................................................................................................... 18
Goldfinch.......................................................................................................................................... 19
House Finch ..................................................................................................................................... 20
Killdeer ............................................................................................................................................. 21
Laughing Gull.................................................................................................................................. 22
Mallard ............................................................................................................................................. 23
Mockingbird..................................................................................................................................... 24
Mourning Dove ............................................................................................................................... 25
Night Hawk ..................................................................................................................................... 26
Northern Cardinal........................................................................................................................... 27
Peregrine Falcon.............................................................................................................................. 28
Pileated Woodpecker...................................................................................................................... 29
Pine Warbler .................................................................................................................................... 30
Piper Plover...................................................................................................................................... 31
Purple Martin................................................................................................................................... 32
Ruby-throated Hummingbird....................................................................................................... 33
Song Sparrow................................................................................................................................... 34
Wood Thrush ................................................................................................................................... 35

Name of Bird: American Crow
Size: 17-21”
Description: All black. Beak is long and thick.
Habitat: Woodlands and preferably pine trees.
Range: Lives everywhere in Georgia.
Food/Diet: Eats almost everything.
Nest (size, shape, location): Cup-shaped.6-19” across.4-15”deep. High in trees.
Eggs: 4-6 eggs in clutch.3 days to lay.
Incubation: 18 days by female.
Fledging: 28-35 days. Only in May, June, and July.
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: Takes care of young a little after fledging.
Migrate: Yes ☐ No☒ To:
Threats/Predators: Owls, hawks, falcons, and eagles.
Author: Lena
I found my information at:
"Online Bird Guide, Bird ID Help, Life History, Bird Sounds from Cornell." All About
Birds. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Photo Credit: American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos).2017/02/14/ Encyclopædia
Britannica ImageQuest. http://quest.eb.com/search/139_1924390/1/139_1924390/cite.

Name of Bird: Baltimore Oriole
Size: 6.6-7.8i in. long, males are larger 12 to 16 in.
Description: A black head and a black beak, and black with white wings, and orange
belly
Habitat: forests with hard wood trees
Range: Georgia piedmont and mountain regions
Food/Diet: bugs, seeds, and fruit (omnivore)
Nest (size, shape, location): They build nests in elms, maples or apples. 25 to 30 above
ground built with plant and animal fibers.
Eggs: they lay 3 to7 eggs, mainly 4
Incubation: 12 to 14 days.
Fledging: 2 weeks after hatching
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: they often damage crops of peas and fruits
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: Eastern United States to Mexico and southern
coast of United States
Threats/Predators: squirrels, cats, owls, crows, blue jays
Author: Brandon E.
I found my information at: Biokids.umicn.edu
Photo credit: Baltimore Oriole. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

Name of Bird: Barn Swallow
Size: 6- 7.5 inches long and wing span of 12.6-13.6 and about .56-.78 oz.
Habitat: they live in farmlands and suburbs
Range: they can be found in North America
Food/Diet: Flies of all types, along with beetles, bees, wasps, ants, butterflies, moths, and other
flying insects.
Nest (size, shape, location): Nests built on top of a beam or other horizontal surface. Shape is a
complete cup about 3 inches across and 2 inches deep. It has a layer of grass and then feathers.
Eggs: 4-6 eggs
Incubation: 12-17 days
Fledging: 18-23 days
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: they can fly 600 miles a day
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: they migrate from North American to South
America
Threats/Predators: hawks, gulls, or grackles
Author: Izaiah
I found my information at: “Online Bird Guide, Bird ID Help, Life History, Bird Sounds from
Cornell.” All About Birds. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Photo credit: Barn Swallow. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

Name of Bird: Black Skimmer
Size: 18 inches.
Description: Most upper portions of body are black and lower portions are white, with
orange feet and bill with black tip.
Habitat: Beaches and sandy islands.
Range: Georgia coastal plain
Food/Diet: Eats fish, aquatic invertebrates, and crustaceans.
Nest (size, shape, location): Nest on beaches and sandy islands. Nest scrape created by
both adults.
Eggs: Female lays 3-5 eggs
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: Hangs lower mandible in water to forage while in flight
and wingspan is 44 inches.
Threats/Predators: People polluting water and littering on beaches.
Author: Grace
I found my information at: National Geographic Society. "Backyard Birds A-Z." National
Geographic. National Geographic Society, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Photo credit: Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) with fish 2017/02/14. Encyclopædia Britannica
ImageQuest. http://quest.eb.com/search/132_1342915/1/132_1342915/cite

Name of Bird: Blue Jay
Size: Blue jays are 9.8-11.8 inches and weight 2.3-3.8 oz.
Description: the Blue Jay has blue on its tail, head, and wings. Its black on its beak and
tail, gray one its stomach and by the beak
Habitat: Oak and pine woods in suburbs. Blue jays love to build their nest in evergreen
trees.
Range: Blue Jays live all over Georgia
Food/Diet: eat nuts, insects, fruit, and its pointy bill help them peck up food.
Nest (size, shape, Location): Blue Jays use twigs and mud to make a cup shaped nests.
Eggs: Blue Jays lay 3-6 eggs per season.
Incubation: sit on eggs 16-18 day, both the mother and the father sit on the eggs.
Fledging: Blue Jays start flying at 17-21 days old.
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: Blue Jays are becoming endangered. Blue Jays can copy
other bird’s sounds.
Threats/Predators: Blue Jays threats are hawks, falcons, raccoons, cats, snakes, and
squirrels
Author: Megan
I found my information at: "Online Bird Guide, Bird ID Help, Life History, Bird Sounds from
Cornell." All About Birds. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Photo credit: Blue Jay On Branch. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia
Britannica, 25 May 2016. quest.eb.com/search/149_2078982/1/149_2078982/cite. Accessed 15 Feb
2017.

Name of Bird: Bluebird
Size: 6.3-8.3 in.
Description: Blue body, a tan chest, and a white belly
Habitat: Open spaces, forest edges
Range: Georgia piedmont and mountains
Food/Diet: Fruits and insects, it uses its sharp beak for foraging.
Nest (size, shape, location): Cup-shaped, and lined with soft grass. Sometimes they use old
woodpecker holes for their nest. They build their nest several feet above ground.
Eggs: 1-4 per season
Fledging: 15-20 days after hatching
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: When something is trying to eat it, male eastern bluebirds
make a song-like warning cry, a female will begin to sing, to attract a male back. Both flick their
wings and warble when predators are nearby.
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: They go from higher to lower elevations
Threats/Predators: Owls, Woodpeckers, and Humans
Author: Isaac S.
"NestWatch." NestWatch. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2011. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Photo credit: Blue Jay On Branch. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia
Britannica, 25 May 2016. quest.eb.com/search/149_2078982/1/149_2078982/cite. Accessed
15 Feb 2017.

Name of Bird: Brown Thrasher
Size: 29cm (11.5in) long
Description: brown and buffy under parts with streaking black / brown specks
Habitat: pine trees in towns and neighborhoods
Range: Piedmont region of Georgia
Food/Diet: insects, worms, small frogs, fruits, nuts, sharp beak for foraging
Nest (size, shape, location): cup shape in pine trees
Eggs: 4-5 eggs in a clutch
Fledging: 13 days after hatching
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: repeats song 2-3 times foraging through leaves
Threats/Predators: hawks, eagles, falcons, owls
Author: Rrianah
National Geographic Society. "Backyard Birds A-Z." National Geographic. National
Geographic Society, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Photo credit: Photo credit; Brown Thrasher. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica,
25 May 2016.

Name of Bird: Canadian Goose
Size: 2-4 feet tall 1-2 feet wide
Description: top part pure black, bottom tan brown, black webbed feet, white line on
head, vary bottom white, tall black neck
Habitat: USA and Canada
Range: mountains to piedmont in Georgia never near beach
Food/Diet: Plants, insects, small mammals and fish
Nest (size, shape, location): 1-3 feet wide on ground near water
Eggs: 2-3 inches tall white oval shaped 7-10 in clutch
Incubation: 28-35 days done by female only
Fledging: yellowish up to 1 foot tall, take 75 days to fly, usally2-5 survive
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: before turkey became preferred thanksgiving bird.
Hisses at humans.
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: High Arctic to southern United States
Threats/Predators: falcons, eagles, big fish, people, hunters, cats, raccoons, foxes,
coyotes
Author: Jonathan S.
Picture credits: Picture credits: canada goose marching in field. Photo. Britannica ImageQuest,
Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016. quest.eb.com/search/167_4012084/1/167_4012084/cite. Accessed 17 Mar
2017.

Name of Bird: Cedar waxwing
Size: The cedar waxwing is eighteen centimeters in length.
Description: It has a brownish head with a black color coming from it’s bill right behind
the eyes. It has a yellow color on it’s belly. On the bottom of the bird it is pale. It has
dark colored wings. The tip of the feathers are red. Cedar waxwings have a crest.
Habitat: Live in the mountains with scattered trees and in open woodlands.
Range: Throughout North America. In the mountains and piedmont of Georgia.
Food/Diet: mainly eat fruit, but also eat flowers, tree sap, and insects, which are fed to babies.
Nest (size, shape, location): Their nest is cup shaped. It usually is 18-15 centimeters
above ground. It’s made out of twigs, weeds, moss, and grass.
Eggs: The female bird will lay 3-5 eggs.
Incubation: She sits on the eggs for twelve days.
Fledging: The baby birds leave the nest after sixteen days.
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: a wide but short beak. They are year round birds.
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: Southeastern US to Costa Rica and Panama
Threats/Predators: Mammals that eat birds and want eggs.
Author: Cassidy
I found my information at: "Online Bird Guide, Bird ID Help, Life History, Bird Sounds
from Cornell." All About Birds. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Photo Credit: Cedar Waxwing. Photo. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

Name of Bird: Chimney Swift
Size: 13 cm (5.25) in length
Description: it is dark gray brown all over its body and it has curved wings
Habitat: cities and towns, open sky.
Range: Chimney Swift lives in the Eastern half of the United States
Food/Diet: Chimney Swift eats any insect. It eats worms, butterflies, ants and more
insects.
Nest (size, shape, location: Chimney Swift makes its nest in peoples chimneys, in
hallow trees or in caves. Its nest is shaped like a circle.
Eggs: It lays 3-6 at a time it usually lays 4-5.
Incubation: Both parents take turns incubating for 19-21 days
Fledging: It flies away in 15 days
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: They can appear really high in the sky in black.
Chimney Swift has a small bill.
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: In the winter to Brazil, in the summer to North
America
Threats/Predators: Hawks and Falcons
Author: Mayra
Photo credit: Chimney Swift. Euan Reid.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Chimney_Swift/id

Name of bird: Chuck-will’s-widow
Size: 14-15.4 inches
Description: they have a brown throat, small white or buffy neck band outer tail feather
of males have larger white patches with the tips.
Habitat: in woods or open country
Range: Southeastern United States
Food/Diet: eats insects, amphibians like frogs, and other smaller birds
Nest (size, shape, location): no nest, on ground in leaves or pine needles
Eggs: it lays 3-4 eggs
Incubation: the mom stay there for 20-21 days
Fledging: they fly out of the nest in 16-17 days
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: has very long wings. Can lay more than four or three
eggs
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: They go to southern Florida
Threats/Predators: Predators are mammals like fox, larger rats and wolves
Author: Bryanna
Photo credit: Chuck Will Widow. By Peter Burke.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Chuck-wills-widow/id

Name of Bird: Cooper’s Hawk
Size: 14-20 inches tall with wingspan 29-37 inches wide.
Description: They have a curved beak and adults have a dark gray to black crown on
their heads.
Habitat: forest with tall trees (pine and hardwood trees) near rivers or lakes.
Range: Most all of North America except most north parts of Canada. They are
uncommon in Georgia but can somehow be seen in most all the regions.
Food/Diet: They are meat-eaters eating smaller birds and small mammals.
Nest (size, shape, location): Their nest is about 35-45 feet above ground and made out
of sticks and softer things.
Eggs: They lay 3-6 (usually 4-5) eggs.
Incubation: The females sit on the eggs for 32-36 days.
Fledging: The baby’s leave the nest 27-32 days after hatching.
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: The hawks are listed as endangered due to pesticide
use.
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: Not all migrate, but those living farther North
will go South
Threats/Predators: Their predators are bigger birds and bid animals.
Author: Brendan W
"Online Bird Guide, Bird ID Help, Life History, Bird Sounds from Cornell." All About Birds. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2017. Web.
13 Feb. 2017.
Photo Credit: Cooper's Hawk. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

Name of bird: Cowbird
Size 7 and one half inches long
Description sharp bill and black eyes and legs, female is brown, male is shiny black
with a brown head, short, sharp bill.
Habitat: lives in fields and most anywhere else
Range: mountain piedmonts, coastal plains
Food/Diet: seeds, grasshoppers, leafhoppers and beetle
Nest (size, shape, location): No nest, uses other birds’ nests
Eggs: It can lay 1 to 2 eggs at a time in other birds nest
Incubation: 10-13 days with other birds doing the incubation
Fledging: -right after they are born in a day or two
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: Cowbirds blend in with trees some other birds will
hatch the cowbirds eggs. Able to copy other birds sounds. holds tail up when feeding.
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: south Florida in the winter
Threats/Predators: They are eaten by hawks, owls, and squirrels
Author: Logan
Photo credit: Brown-headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia
Britannica, 25 May 2016. quest.eb.com/search/139_2013834/1/139_2013834/cite. Accessed 20 Mar 2017.

Name of Bird: Double Crested Cormorant
Size: 27-35 inches tall and 45-45 inch wing span
Description: Black tuft behind their eyes, black with orange throat patches
Habitat: Lakes, rivers, swamps, and coasts
Range: Throughout US and parts of Canada. Coastal plains of Georgia
Food/Diet: Main food fish chases through water
Nest (size, shape, location): Stick twig, & seaweed
Eggs: 3-4 Clutches at a time
Fledging: Stay with parent 21-28 days
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: Endangered in Kentucky and Missouri, Tennessee
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: From Northern North America to Southeast Coast
Threats/Predators: Crow, Coyotes, Foxes, Eagles, Raccoons
Author Zamyiah B.
“NestWatch.” NestWatch. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2011. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Photo credit: Double-Crested Cormorant. 2017/02/14, Encyclopædia Britannica
ImageQuest http://quest.eb.com/search/139_1960657/1/139_1960657/cite

Name of Bird: Eastern Meadowlark
Size: 29 cm (9.5 inches)
Description a bright yellow underside on the breast. The head is stripped brown and
white horizontally. The tail is short and white, a quarter tail.
Habitat: mostly found in fields grasslands, and prairies
Range: found in United States, southwest US, Central America, and southern Canada
Food/Diet: young are fed insects by female. Grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, larvae, and
ants.
Nest (size, shape, and location): V shaped bird, grasslands, fields, and prabes, 29 inches
(9.5 inches.
Eggs: the female lays 4 to 5 eggs.
Incubation: incubates eggs for 14 days
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: one adaptation is that the nest is highly camouflaged
Threats/Predators: cats, dogs, foxes, skunks, hawks, falcons, some owls, coyotes.
Author: Tyron S.
Photo credit: Eastern Meadowlark. 2017/02/14. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest.
http://quest.eb.com/search/139_2004077/1/139_2004077.

Name of Bird: Eastern Screech Owl
Description: flat face, large eyes, mostly gray feathers, sharp talons
Size: 16-25 cm. long, weighs 121-244 grams
Habitat: in holes in trees, forests
Range: Central and eastern United States. In eastern Georgia in the piedmont
Food/Diet: eats mice and fish that it catches with its talons
Nest (size, shape, location): build nests high up -50 to 100 feet in cavities, or holes in
trees
Eggs: 2-6 eggs in a clutch
Incubation: 19- 25 days
Fledging: 26- 30 days after hatching
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: they do not screech
Threats/Predators: hunters
Author: Camden F.
Photo credit: Young Eastern Screech Owls (Otus asio). Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia
Britannica, 25 May 2016. quest.eb.com/search/132_1346891/1/132_1346891/cite. Accessed 17 Mar 2017.

Name of Bird: Eastern Starling
Size: length 7.9- 9.1 “, weight 2.1-3.4 oz., 60-96 grams
Description: dark glossy in summer, white speckled tail feathers, orange legs, and a
yellow bill, brown eyes
Habitat: cities, towns farm land and suburbs
Range: Georgia piedmont, mountains, and in coastal plain
Food/Diet: berries, insects, fruits, grains, seeds, and garbage
Nest (size, shape, location): low to the ground, buildings, nest boxes and holes in trees
Eggs: female lays 4-8 or4-6
Incubation: male and female sit on eggs for 12-14 days
Fledging: takes 18-21 days
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: copies other birds’ sounds, has 10 different
communications
Threats/Predators: cats, dogs, and foxes
Author: Rosa Maria
Photo credit: COMMON STARLING. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May
2016. quest.eb.com/search/138_1156383/1/138_1156383/cite. Accessed 17 Mar 2017.

Name of Bird: Eastern Whip-Poor-Will
Size: 22-27 cm.
Description: Short black pointy mottled gray, black, white, brown throat male. Buff
female neck band.
Habitat: The Whip-Poor-Will’s nesting habitat is commonly woodland on open ground
or under a shrub.
Range: Northern America or Southern America.
Food/Diet: Moths, Mosquitos, and flying Beetles
Nest (size, shape, location): no nest, just on the ground on dead leaves.
Eggs: Cared 19-21 days by both parents.
Incubation: 19-21 days.
Fledging: 3-8 days.
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: Named after its sound and eats things whole.
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: Mexico and Central America
Threats/Predators: Skunks, raccoons, coyotes, red fox, and snakes eat eggs.
Author: Olyvia
I found my information at: "Online Bird Guide, Bird ID Help, Life History, Bird Sounds from Cornell." All
About Birds. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Society, National Geographic. “Backyard Birds A-Z.” National Geographic. National Geographic Society, 2017. Web.
13 Feb. 2017.
“Celebrate Urban Birds.” CUBS Quick Guide to Our Birds Comments. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2011. Web. 13 Feb.
2017.
“NestWatch.” NestWatch. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2011. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Photo Credit: http://d2fbmjy3x0sdua.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/Eastern_Whip-poor-will_m17-65-
324_l_1.jpg

Name of Bird: Goldfinch
Size: 5”
Description: Goldfinches are black and gold. Sometimes dull usually not
Habitat: High trees
Range: Georgia Piedmont
Food/Diet: seeds, thistle, and seeded flowers and grasses
Nest (size, shape, location): 1-30 feet high, cup shaped, and in a pine tree
Eggs: small, incubated 12-14 days
Incubation: mother incubates for 12-14 days
Fledging: about 15 days
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: winter male duller than summer male but winter female
is same as summer female
Threats/Predators: snakes, cats, squirrels, and other birds
Author: Gavin T.
Photo Credit: Goldfinch - 2017/02/14 - Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest -
http://quest.eb.com/search/149_2041480/1/149_2041480/cite

Name of Bird: House Finch
Size: 6 inches
Description: it has red on the top head and on the chin with black on the tip of the
wings also white on the middle wings
Habitat: is grassy areas near trees, and homes, bushy areas
Range: Georgia piedmont
Food/Diet: seeds, buds, and fruit
Nest (size, shape, location): the shape of the nest is a circle in high trees
Eggs: the clutch is 4-5 eggs
Incubation: 11 to 19 days to hatch
Fledging: 11 to 19 days
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: it has a long beak to peak hard seeds
Threats/Predators: are fox, raccoons, and other animals that steal their eggs
Author: Nana E.
Photo credit: House Finch. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/139_2004464/1/139_2004464/cite. Accessed 15 Feb 2017.

Name of Bird: Killdeer
Size: 10.5” long and a wingspan of 18 – 19”
Description: a tan back and a white chest with two black breast bands
Habitat: sandbars , mudflats , and shortgrass fields
Range: all over Georgia all year round
Food/Diet: small insects and seed
Nest (size, shape, location): 3.5” across and is low to the ground in shrubs
Eggs: 4-6 in a clutch eggs are tan with black spots
Fledging: after plumage has dried fledgling leaves the nest
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: it can swim, after fledgling leaves the nest the mother
jumps out of the nest and pretends to have a broken wing
Threats/Predators: foxes, cats, and bigger birds that want its eggs
Author: Ryleigh T.
Photo Credit: Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus). Photo. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May
2016. quest.eb.com/search/167_4024330/1/167_4024330/cite. Accessed 15 Feb 2017.

Name of Bird: Laughing Gull
Size: 15.4-18.1 inches
Description: Adult Laughing gulls have black heads while the babies have white heads.
All Laughing gulls have white bodies. Adult Laughing gulls heads turn white in winter.
Habitat: Coastal areas
Range: Laughing gulls are known to live in Georgia Florida or other coastal states
Food/Diet : Fish or garbage
Nest (size, shape, location): on the ground, scraped out cup with sticks and grass.
Eggs: 2-4 eggs
Incubation: 21 days
Fledging: 35 days
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: laughing gulls may force another bird to drop its food.
They may eat another birds eggs.
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: Warmer places in winter.
Threats/Predators: Sharks or bigger birds
Author: Micah
I found my information at: Georgia Wildlife Web.
http://fishesofgeorgia.uga.edu/gawildlife/index.php?page=speciespages/list_species&class=Aves
Photo credit: Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi.. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25
May 2016. quest.eb.com/search/137_3143371/1/137_3143371/cite. Accessed 17 Mar 2017.

Name of Bird: Mallard
Size: 25 inches long
Description: males: green head dotted belly long feathers for rump.
Habitat: on land near lakes and rivers. Mallards live in water.
Range: Throughout North America. live in coastal Georgia plain mostly
Food/Diet: seeds, nuts, grains and corn pieces.
Nest (size, shape, and location): 2feet wide 5inch tall. It lives in water.
Eggs: 7-10 eggs.
Fledging: 13-16 hours
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: it can hold 1 gallon of water, stay alive for 20 years
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ to: Those in Canada migrate south to warmer places.
Threats/Predators: cats, foxes, dogs, and human hunters
Author: Daniel P
National Geographic Society. "Backyard Birds A-Z." National Geographic. National
Geographic Society, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Photo credit: Mallard. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

Name of Bird: Mocking bird
Size: 10 inches long.
Description: Mocking birds are overall gray brown, their breast is paler. Each wing has
two white wing bars. The tail feathers are also white.
Habitat: Mocking birds live in natural forests and also human buildings.
Range: The Mocking bird lives all over Georgia.
Food/Diet: Mocking birds eat insects, berries, worms, and small lizards.
Nest (size, shape, location): Mocking bird nests are built 3 to 10 feet above the ground
in shrubs and trees.
Eggs: The female Mocking bird lays 3 to 5 greenish blue eggs.
Incubation: The female Mocking bird sits on the eggs for 12 days.
Fledging: After the baby Mocking birds hatch they fledge in 12 days.
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: The Mocking bird has a short sharp beak to catch
food. The Mocking bird can sing different songs.
Threats/Predators: The Mocking bird can mimic other animals and birds to scare away
predators.
Author: Anthony
Photo credit: MOCKINGBIRD. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

Name of Bird: Mourning Dove
Size: 10’’
Description: small bill grayish-brown plumage on side of the side of head, pinkish-
beige plumage on breast of stomach
Habitat: lives by grass land and woodland edges
Range: all around Georgia Piedmont
Food/Diet: eats seeds, short, strong, sharp bill
Nest (size, shape, location): 15 feet above ground on top of building
Eggs: 2 plain white eggs
Incubation: 14 days
Fledging: 15 days after eggs hatch
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: the male picks where female should nest
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☒ To: north to south
Threats/Predators: hunters
Author: Keating
I found my information
National Geographic Society. "Backyard Birds A-Z." National Geographic. National Geographic Society, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Photo Credit: Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura). Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May
2016. quest.eb.com/search/132_1342442/1/132_1342442/cite. Accessed 17 Mar 2017.

Name of Bird: Night Hawk
Size: 9.5 in in length wingspan is 20.9-22.4 in
Description: camouflaged with gray, white, buff and black, dark wings have a white
streak and a v shape of white on its throat
Habitat: It’s primarily on roof tops.
Range: The species of the night hawk is common throughout the United States during
the breeding.
Food/Diet: They eat beetles, mayflies, caddisflies, flies, crickets and grasshoppers
Nest (size, shape, location): coastal and beaches, wood clearing grassland savannas.
Eggs: The female lays 1-3 (usually2) eggs.
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: night hawks are expected to live 4 to 5 years
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: to South America
Threats/Predators: crow, ravens, owls, snakes, foxes, & cats and dogs
Author: Alex
I found my information at: UGA. Museum Biokids.umich.edu
Photo credit: A Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) eastern adult sits in a tree while it lightly snows in Presqu'ile
Provincial Park. Photo. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

Name of Bird: Northern Cardinal
Size: 8.5 in.
Description: Male: Red body black wing tips and tail Female: Brown with red wing tips
and tail
Habitat: Cardinals live in forest edges, parks, thickets, and brushy swamps
Range: Mountains and Piedmont
Food/Diet: They have sharp beaks to peck open seeds, and eats insects, fruit, and buds
Nest (size, shape, location): size is 1-15 feet shape circle location is 3-10 feet up in a tree
Eggs: the clutch size is 3-4 eggs
Fledging: 7-13 days
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: makes more than 25 sounds and grows up to be 15
Threats/Predators: Owls, hawks, foxes, cats, raccoons, skunks, and possums
Author: Jacob M.
Photo credit: CARDINAL. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

Name of Bird: Peregrine Falcon
Description: A falcon’s head is dark black or brown, it has a dark wedge of feathers
bellows its eyes, buff on its throat, neck and belly, yellow legs, and dark wings.
Size: 16-20 inches long and a wing span of 35-44 inches
Habitat: They live on the sides of cliffs and very tall trees
Range: live on all continents except Antarctica. They like wide-open spaces, and near
coasts where shorebirds are common, but they can also live in tundra and deserts.
Falcons sometimes live in cities on bridges and skyscrapers.
Food/Diet: other smaller live birds, small reptiles and bats
Nest (size, shape, location): They do not build nests, they create a scrape, a small hole
in thesoil.
Eggs: 3-4 eggs
Incubation: for 29-32 month
Fledging: they leave at 32-44 days
Adaptations/Interesting Facts:
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: Coastal areas of where it is warmer.
Threats/Predators: they can live 17 years and fly 25-55 mph when flying downward
they can go as fast as 270 mph
Author: Aaron B.
I found my information at: "Online Bird Guide, Bird ID Help, Life History, Bird Sounds from
Cornell." All About Birds. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Picture:
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Name of Bird: Pileated Woodpecker
Size: 16.5 inches long
Description: mostly black and red crest on its head with white on face and shoulders
Habitat: in forests and suburbs
Range: mountains and piedmont Georgia
Food/Diet: Pileated Woodpeckers eat insects, fruit, and seeds
Nest (size, shape, location): builds nest in holes in dead trees
Eggs: the female lays 3 to 5 eggs
Incubation: 15-18 days, the male helps the female by sitting on the eggs
Fledging: it takes 24-31 days for the chicks to fledge
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: the Pileated Woodpecker has a long, thick beak to peck
trees
Threats/Predators: the only threats are people cutting down trees
Author: Brandon E.
Photo credit: Pileated Woodpecker. Photo. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May
2016. quest.eb.com/search/167_4010450/1/167_4010450/cite. Accessed 15 Feb 2017.

Name of Bird: Pine Warbler
Size: 5.3”Weighs 9-15 grams
Description: Olive brown head and back with a yellow stomach with black and white
wings (male) olive yellow, black & white wings with yellow stomach (female).
Habitat: Lives in woodlands with mixed pines but prefers pine trees.
Range: Found in Piedmont, Coastal Plains and Appalachian Mountains.
Food/Diet: main diet is insects and fruit.
Nest (size, shape, location): Nests at the tips of pine trees. Nest is cupped shaped.
Eggs: Lays 3-5 (usually 4) in a clutch. Eggs are speckled with brown spots
Incubation: Both parents incubate for 10 days.
Fledging: Fledglings leave their nest at 10 days of age
Adaptation/Interesting Fact: Pine Warblers form flocks of 50-100+
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: Mexico, Caribbean
Threats/Predators: Foxes, Larger birds (who take their eggs)
Author: Saige
Photo credit: : Pine Warbler. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

Name of Bird: Piping Plover
Size: 7.4 inches
Description: orange bill with a black tip and a gray breast and black tall feathers
Habitat: The plover lives near beaches
Range: It only lives in Georgia’s coastal plain next to the Atlantic Ocean
Food/Diet: worms and insects
Nest (size, shape, location): The nest is near beaches and it is a circle and near the
ground
Eggs: 3-5
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: the young leave 15-26 days
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: Gulf of Mexico – coastal areas
Threats/Predators: hunters have made this bird’s population go down
Author: Asa
Photo credit: PIPING PLOVER. 2017/02/14. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest.
http://quest.eb.com/search/138_1076386/1/138_1076386.

Name of Bird: Purple Martin
Size: 8’’
Description: glossy blue-purple pointed wings with a little black and black legs and
beak
Habitat: towns, farms, and open country near water.
Range: Central and Eastern U.S. and Canada. All around Piedmont region of Georgia
Food/Diet: flying insects
Nest (size, shape, location): nest height: 10-15 feet facing southwest 10 feet of space
Eggs: 3-8 usually 4-5 eggs
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: attracted to white enemies of the European Starlings
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☒ To: Gulf of Mexico and Central America
Threats/Predators: cats foxes
Author: Shannon .G.
Photo credit: PURPLE MARTIN . Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

Name of Bird: Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Size: 3.9 inches in length, Wingspan is 3.1-4.3 inches, and its weight is 2-6 g.
Description: The male has a ruby throat and a black chin with metallic green color
above and its stomach is white. Its bill is long and thin and it has black eyes. The female
is the same but has a white throat and is duller.
Habitat: They live in trees 10-20 feet above the ground, usually next to a nectar source.
Range: During breeding season, they are common in the eastern and southeastern US.
Food/Diet: Nectar is their main food but the diet also includes insects and tree sap.
Nest (size, shape, location): They usually build the nest in a tree 10-20 feet above the
ground. The nest is cup-shaped and made out of lichen and spider webs.
Eggs: Clutch is 2 eggs.
Incubation: The female incubates the eggs for 11-14 days.
Fledging: They fledge 14-18 days after hatching.
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: They have a long thin bill that helps them reach into
flowers to get nectar. They can fly very fast and stop in midair without falling.
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic coast, and the tip of Florida.
Threats/Predators: Loggerhead shrikes, Hawks, Blue Jays, and cats.
Author: Megan
I found my information at: National Geographic Society. "Backyard Birds A-Z." National Geographic.
National Geographic Society, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
“Online Bird Guide, Bird ID Help, Life History, Bird Sounds from Cornell.” All About Birds. Cornell Lab
of Ornithology, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017
Photo Credit: Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 2017/02/14/SO - Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest
http://quest.eb.com/search/139_1912204/1/139_1912204/cite.

Name of Bird: Song Sparrow
Size: length 6.25” wing span 7.1-9.4”
Description: it has a white belly with brown spots, grayish eye brows, has pinkish feet,
white throat, bordered with dark stripes, pale gray to white crown stripes. It has black
eyes
Habitat: Thickets, brush, shrubs, and fields.
Range: North America, Canada to the southern part of U.S.A.
Food/Diet: insects, seeds sometimes fruit
Nest (size, shape, location): in dens, stream sides, deep grass, weed stems, its nest is
formed into a cup, in bushes, and western deserts nest for five to ten days
Eggs: a female song sparrow lays two-six usually three to five eggs
Incubation: it incubates for twelve-fourteen days
Fledging: nine-twelve days after hatching
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: very territorial and has aggressive behavior
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: southern part of the U.S.A. and northern Mexico
Threats/Predators: birds of prey, raccoons, skunks, cats, weasels, babies are eaten by
snakes
Author: Sara
“Online Bird Guide, Bird ID Help, Life History, Bird Sounds from Cornell.” All About Birds.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.
Photo credit: Song Sparrow. 2017/02/14. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest
http://quest.eb.com/search/167_4009887/1/167_4009887/cite

Name of Bird: Wood Thrush
Size: 20 cm long
Description: A white eye ring, pink legs, brown wings and top, black white spots on
breast.
Habitat: Woodlands near streams, a city bird.
Range: Eastern United States
Food/Diet: Worms, insects.
Nest (size, shape, location): In forest edges, 10 to 50 feet off ground.
Eggs: lays 3 to 4 eggs a day.
Incubation: about 13 days.
Fledging: Babies leave in 12 days.
Adaptations/Interesting Facts: It makes a flute song, Can hurt others using its beak.
Migrate: Yes ☒ No☐ To: Georgia, Florida.
Threats/Predators: foxes, cats, Cowbirds are its threats.
Author: Erek D.
I found my information at: UGA, museum of natural history (web).
Photo Credit: WOODTHRUSH . Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.

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