This document provides information about bird species that can be found in different areas of Winneshiek County, Iowa, including Coon Creek, Chipera Prairie, Lake Meyer Park, and Decorah. It describes over 50 bird species, noting identifying characteristics like size, coloration, songs, habitats, and behaviors. Key areas highlighted include Coon Creek for finding ruffed grouse and woodpeckers, Chipera Prairie for grassland birds like bobolinks and meadowlarks, and Lake Meyer Park and Decorah for a diversity of woodland birds including many warbler species.
Birds in My Community by Mary Van Dyke 2018Mary Van Dyke
Download and print these flipcards and use as a guide to birds in your community, to help explore nature nearby. Each bird is introduced with its "tweet" and name in English and Spanish. Flip the page to find out some fun facts about the bird.
The flipbook is designed for elementary-age students (2-5 grade), and their families, teachers, caregivers.
Contents:
What is a bird?
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You can also print single sheets and use outdoors as bird identification signs in the schoolyard
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Birds in My Community by Mary Van Dyke 2018Mary Van Dyke
Download and print these flipcards and use as a guide to birds in your community, to help explore nature nearby. Each bird is introduced with its "tweet" and name in English and Spanish. Flip the page to find out some fun facts about the bird.
The flipbook is designed for elementary-age students (2-5 grade), and their families, teachers, caregivers.
Contents:
What is a bird?
The fourteen birds selected for the guide are common in schoolyards, gardens and parks in the eastern US: Blue Jay, Cardinal, Chickadee, Crow, Dove, Finch, Hawk, Hummingbird, Mockingbird, Robin, Sparrow, Titmouse, Woodpecker and Wren.
Bonus pages: draw a bird, bird beak adaptations and what can I do to look after birds?
Print onto polyester 'card' and trim to 7 x 5 inches and spiral bind on short edge
You can also print single sheets and use outdoors as bird identification signs in the schoolyard
Xylocopa virginica Carpenter Bee by Mary Van DykeMary Van Dyke
3-page infosheet on the Carpenter Bee with life cycle, behavior and links to further information. Carpenter Bees feed on a wide range of flowers. Easily recognize the male Carpenter Bee with its white face.
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7. Pileated Woodpeckers are about the size of a crow and
have a flaming red crest.
Pileated woodpeckers are
about the size of a crow
and have a flaming red
crest.
Pileated
woodpeckers are
about the size of a
crow and have a
flaming red crest.
17. Unlike the wood thrush, we can only hear the hermit
thrush singing in spring and fall.
18. The Gray-cheeked Thrush is another confusing cousin.The gray-cheeked thrush is another confusing
cousin.
19. Compare the Gray-
cheeked Thrush,
right, with the
Swainson’s Thrush,
below.
Compare the gray-
cheeked thrush,
right, with the
Swainson’s thrush,
below.
36. Indigo Buntings are the only birds in the woods that are
completely blue.
Indigo buntings are the only
birds in the woods that are
completely blue.
47. Kentucky
warblers have
black sideburns
on their face.
They prefer
old-growth
deciduous
woods here in
northeast Iowa,
where they
forage down
among the
ferns on the
forest floor.
50. Cerulean
warbler –
note all the
blue color.
Like
Kentucky
warblers,
cerulean
warblers
live in
remote
mature
timbers,
but they
occupy a
different
space.
55. Eastern phoebes look similar to eastern wood pewees, but
they typically wag their tails while perched.
56. Eastern phoebe arrive in early April but stick around
all season. Listen for their plain “phoebe” call
Eastern phoebes arrive in early April but stick around all
season. Listen for their plain “phoebe” call.
57. The largest flycatcher in the woods is the Great Crested
Flycatcher
The largest flycatcher in the
woods is the great crested
flycatcher.
58. Great Crested
Flycatchers are
quite colorful for
a “flycatcher”.
They say “fleep
fleep”
Great crested
flycatchers are
quite colorful
for a
“flycatcher”.
Note the
yellow belly
and brown
crest. They
say “fleep
fleep”.
59. Chipera Prairie is found in SW Winneshiek Co. near
Jackson Junction. There are 80 acres here.
89. Brown thrashers are related to
mockingbirds and repeat every varied
note they sing.
Brown thrashers are related to
mockingbirds and repeat every varied
note they sing.
98. The diverse forest habitat here at Lake Meyer is home
to most nesting NE Iowa tree dwellers.
99. Downy woodpeckers are the most abundant
woodpeckers around here
Downy woodpeckers are
the most abundant
woodpeckers around here.
100. Dad Downy woodpecker has a little red spot on the back
of his head.
Dad downy woodpecker has a little red spot
on the back of his head.
101. Mom downy woodpecker is only black and white.
Downy woodpeckers are slightly larger than a sparrow.
102. Hairy woodpeckers have stouter beaks than downy
woodpeckers. Note the pure white outer tail feathers.
too.
There’s probably six downies for every hairy flying
around in the forest.
103. There are about 6 downies for every hairy woodpecker
flying around in the woods. This female’s lacks any red.
104. Red-bellied
Woodpeckers are
bigger than Hairy
Woodpeckers. I call
them the Zebra
Woodpecker because
of their striped
backs. Males have a
red cap running from
the back of their
neck right up to
their beak.
Red-bellied woodpeckers are bigger than hairy
woodpeckers. I call them the zebra woodpecker because
of their striped backs. Males have a red cap running
from the back of their neck right up to their beak.
175. Palisades Park is a pretty place to go birding on the
bluffs beside the Upper Iowa River.
176. Unlike sharp-shinned hawks that only show up in winter for
the most part, Cooper’s hawks are year-round residents.
177. Sharp-shinned
hawks are a slim-
profile hawk
species.
Look for them to
arrive in
Winneshiek Co. in
the fall.
Mourning dove
size.
Renowned bird
hunters, sharp-
shinned hawks
have been called
little blue darters.
178. Turkey vultures
return to Iowa in
March after
wintering in warm
areas like Texas.
Turkey vultures
return to Iowa in
March after
wintering in warm
areas like Texas.
179. Turkey vultures are sometimes mistaken for eagles.
Vultures’ wings spread to 6 feet, a foot shorter than eagles’.
180. Turkey vultures always bend their wings up in V-shape,
whereas hawks and eagles hold their wings horizontal.
181. Cardinal Marsh is a real birding “hotspot”. There are
1200 acres of public hunting land on this property.