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| 10-Nov-2007 || Red Tailed Hawk || Buteo jamaicensis || 2 || good || yes || Elphick Lab
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| 10-Nov-2007 || Red Tailed Hawk || Buteo jamaicensis || 2 || good || yes || Collections
 
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| 16-Jun-2001 || Red Tailed Hawk || Buteo jamaicensis || 2 || good || yes || Elphick Lab
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| 16-Jun-2001 || Red Tailed Hawk || Buteo jamaicensis || 2 || good || yes || Collections
 
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| 4-Jan-1990 || Red Tailed Hawk || Buteo jamaicensis || 2 || fair || yes || Elphick Lab
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| 4-Jan-1990 || Red Tailed Hawk || Buteo jamaicensis || 2 || fair || yes || Collections
 
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| 3-Mar-1999 || Red Tailed Hawk || Buteo jamaicensis || 2 || fair || yes || Elphick Lab
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| 3-Mar-1999 || Red Tailed Hawk || Buteo jamaicensis || 2 || fair || yes || Collections
 
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| 4-Jan-1990 || Red Tailed Hawk || Buteo jamaicensis || 2 || fair || yes || Elphick Lab
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| April-2006 || Great Horned Owl || Bubo virginianus || 2 || good || yes || Collections
 
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| April-2006 || Great Horned Owl || Bubo virginianus || 2 || good || yes || Elphick Lab
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| || Great Horned Owl || Bubo virginianus || 3 || fair || yes || Collections
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| || Great Horned Owl || Bubo virginianus || 3 || fair || yes || Elphick Lab
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| Feb-2000 || Barred Owl || Strix varia || 2 || good || yes || Collections
 
| Feb-2000 || Barred Owl || Strix varia || 2 || good || yes || Collections
 
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| 30-Jan-2007 || Barred Owl || Strix varia || 2 || good || yes || Elphick Lab
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| 30-Jan-2007 || Barred Owl || Strix varia || 2 || good || yes || Collections
 
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| || Barred Owl || Strix varia || 3 || fair || no || Elphick Lab
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| || Barred Owl || Strix varia || 3 || fair || no || Collections
 
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| March 1 || Saw Whet Owl || Aegolius acadicus || 1 || good || some || Collections
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| March 1 || Saw Whet Owl || Aegolius acadicus || Drying in Hood (LH) || good || some || Collections
 
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| 2008 || Saw Whet Owl || Aegolius acadicus || 1 || good || some || Collections
 
| 2008 || Saw Whet Owl || Aegolius acadicus || 1 || good || some || Collections
 
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| 12-Jan-1994 || Sharp Shinned Hawk || Accipiter striatus || 2 || fair || yes || Elphick Lab
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| 12-Jan-1994 || Sharp Shinned Hawk || Accipiter striatus || 2 || fair || yes || Collections
 
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| 7-Jan-1994 || Sharp Shinned Hawk || Accipiter striatus || 2 || fair || yes || Collections
 
| 7-Jan-1994 || Sharp Shinned Hawk || Accipiter striatus || 2 || fair || yes || Collections
 
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| 29-Sep-1993 || Sharp Shinned Hawk || Accipiter striatus || 2 || poor || yes || Elphick Lab
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| 29-Sep-1993 || Sharp Shinned Hawk || Accipiter striatus || 2 || poor || yes || Collections
 
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| || Sharp Shinned Hawk 4x || Accipiter striatus || 3 || fair,good || no || Elphick Lab
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| || Sharp Shinned Hawk 4x || Accipiter striatus || 3 || fair,good || no || Collections
 
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| 6-Jun-2010 || Coopers Hawk || Accipiter cooperii || 2 || good || yes || Elphick Lab
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| 6-Jun-2010 || Coopers Hawk || Accipiter cooperii || 2 || good || yes || Collections
 
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| 21-Dec-2007 || Juv. Coopers Hawk || Accipiter cooperii || 2 || good || yes || Collections
 
| 21-Dec-2007 || Juv. Coopers Hawk || Accipiter cooperii || 2 || good || yes || Collections
 
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| 3-Aug-2006 || Coopers Hawk || Accipiter cooperii || 2 || good || yes ||Elphick Lab
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| 3-Aug-2006 || Coopers Hawk || Accipiter cooperii || 2 || good || yes ||Collections
 
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| 24-Aug-1994 || Coopers Hawk || Accipiter cooperii || 3 || poor || yes ||Elphick Lab
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| 24-Aug-1994 || Coopers Hawk || Accipiter cooperii || 3 || poor || yes ||Collections
 
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| 26-Ocy-2006 || Coopers Hawk || Accipiter cooperii || 2 || good || yes ||Elphick Lab
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| 26-Oct-2006 || Coopers Hawk || Accipiter cooperii || 2 || good || yes ||Collections
 
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| 8-Aug-2008 || Coopers Hawk || Accipiter cooperii || 2 || good || yes ||Elphick Lab
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| 31-Aug-2008 || Coopers Hawk || Accipiter cooperii || 2 || good || yes ||Collections
 
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| 25-Aug-2008 || Coopers Hawk || Accipiter cooperii || 2 || good || yes ||Elphick Lab
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| 25-Aug-2008 || Coopers Hawk || Accipiter cooperii || 2 || good || yes ||Collections
 
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| || Coopers Hawk 5x || Accipiter cooperii || 2 || fair-good || no ||Elphick Lab
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| || Coopers Hawk 5x || Accipiter cooperii || 2 || fair-good || no ||Collections
 
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| 14-Jun-2008 || Tern Chick || || 1 || good || yes ||Collections
 
| 14-Jun-2008 || Tern Chick || || 1 || good || yes ||Collections
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| 5-Sept-2004 || Nighthawk || Chordeiles gundlachii || 1 || good || yes ||Collections
 
| 5-Sept-2004 || Nighthawk || Chordeiles gundlachii || 1 || good || yes ||Collections
 
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| 7-Nov-2005 || Long-Eared Owl || Asio outs || 1 || good || yes ||Elphick Lab
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| 7-Nov-2005 || Long-Eared Owl || Asio outs || 1 || good || yes ||Collections
 
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| 10-Jun-2009 || Pine Siskin || Carduelis pinus || 2 || good || yes ||Collections
 
| 10-Jun-2009 || Pine Siskin || Carduelis pinus || 2 || good || yes ||Collections
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| 9-Jan-2009 || Pine Siskin || Carduelis pinus || 2 || good || yes ||Collections
 
| 9-Jan-2009 || Pine Siskin || Carduelis pinus || 2 || good || yes ||Collections
 
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| || Pine Siskin || Carduelis pinus || 3 || good || no ||Elphick Lab
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| || Pine Siskin || Carduelis pinus || 3 || good || no ||Collections
 
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| 13-Jun-2007 || Ruffed Grouse || Bonasa umbellus || 1 || good || yes ||Collections
 
| 13-Jun-2007 || Ruffed Grouse || Bonasa umbellus || 1 || good || yes ||Collections
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| 19-Oct-2004 || Lincoln Sparrow || Melospiza lincolnii || 2 || fair || yes ||Collections
 
| 19-Oct-2004 || Lincoln Sparrow || Melospiza lincolnii || 2 || fair || yes ||Collections
 
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| 6-Jul-2009 || Savannah Sparrow || Passerculus sandwichensis || 1 || fair || yes ||Elphick Lab
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| 6-Jul-2009 || Savannah Sparrow || Passerculus sandwichensis || 1 || fair || yes ||Collections
 
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| Feb 2011 || Eastern Screech Owl || Otus asio || 3 || good || some ||Elphick Lab
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| Feb 2011 || Eastern Screech Owl || Otus asio || 3 || good || some ||Collections
 
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| || Great Horned Owl || Bubo virginianus || in hood, M.A. || good || no || Collections
 
| || Great Horned Owl || Bubo virginianus || in hood, M.A. || good || no || Collections
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| 19-Dec-1996 || W.T. Sparrow || Zonotrichia albicollis || 3 || fair || yes || Collections
 
| 19-Dec-1996 || W.T. Sparrow || Zonotrichia albicollis || 3 || fair || yes || Collections
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| 20-Dec-1996 || Veery || Catharus fuscescens || Freeze Cycle (Wings) || good || yes || Collections
 
 
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| 21-Dec-1996 || Nighthawk || Chordeiles minor || 1 || good || yes || Collections
 
| 21-Dec-1996 || Nighthawk || Chordeiles minor || 1 || good || yes || Collections
 
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| 18-Mar-2011 || Downy Woodpecker || Picoides pubescens || freeze cycle, M.A. ||good || yes ||Collections
 
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| 31-Mar-2011 || Hermit Thrush || Catharus ustulatus || to ORN cabinet || wing prep only || yes || Collections
 
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|  6-Sep-2011  ||    Northern Flicker  ||  Colaptes auratus        ||    Freeze Cycle    ||    good      ||  no    || Collections
 
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|  9-Sep-2011    ||    Eastern  Bluebird  ||  Silalia sialis          ||  To ORN Cabinet    ||    good      ||  yes    || Collections
 
 
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|      ||    Northern Flicker  ||  Colaptes auratus          ||      In Progress (S.H.)    ||    good      ||  some    || Collections
 
|      ||    Northern Flicker  ||  Colaptes auratus          ||      In Progress (S.H.)    ||    good      ||  some    || Collections
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|  29-Jun-2010    ||    Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  ||  Sphyrapicus varius      ||      1    ||    good      ||  yes    || Collections
 
|  29-Jun-2010    ||    Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  ||  Sphyrapicus varius      ||      1    ||    good      ||  yes    || Collections
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| 11-Jun-2011    ||    Red-tailed Hawk  ||  Buteo jamaicensis    ||      Drying in Hood    ||    good      ||  yes    || Collections
 
 
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| 31-Mar-2011    ||    Great Horned Owl ||  Bubo virginianus    ||      1    ||    good      ||  yes    || Collections
 
| 31-Mar-2011    ||    Great Horned Owl ||  Bubo virginianus    ||      1    ||    good      ||  yes    || Collections
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|    ||    Red-bellied Woodpecker ||  Melanerpes carolinus    ||      3    ||    good      ||  no  || Rubega
 
|    ||    Red-bellied Woodpecker ||  Melanerpes carolinus    ||      3    ||    good      ||  no  || Rubega
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|    ||    Red-bellied Woodpecker ||  Melanerpes carolinus    ||  to freezer -N.P.    ||    good      ||  no  || prep lab
 
 
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|    ||    Juv. Red-bellied Woodpecker ||  Melanerpes carolinus    ||      3    ||    good      ||  no  || Rubega
 
|    ||    Juv. Red-bellied Woodpecker ||  Melanerpes carolinus    ||      3    ||    good      ||  no  || Rubega
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|    ||    Tufted Titmouse ||  Baeolophus bicolor    ||      to ORN cabinet (N.P.)    ||    good      ||  no  || Rubega
 
 
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|    ||    Downy Woodpecker ||  Picoides pubescens    ||      3    ||    good      ||  no  || Rubega
 
|    ||    Downy Woodpecker ||  Picoides pubescens    ||      3    ||    good      ||  no  || Rubega
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|  Feb-2012 ||    Cooper's Hawk ||  Accipiter cooperii ||    2  ||    good      ||  yes  || Collections
 
|  Feb-2012 ||    Cooper's Hawk ||  Accipiter cooperii ||    2  ||    good      ||  yes  || Collections
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|  19-Jan-2011  ||    Hooded Merganser ||    Lophodytes cucullatus ||    Drying in Hood (LH)  ||    good      ||  yes  || Collections
 
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|  22-Jan-2011  ||    Hooded Merganser ||    Lophodytes cucullatus ||    In Progress (MA)  ||    good      ||  yes  || Collections
 
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|  20-Jan-2011  ||    Red-breasted Merganser ||    Mergus serrator ||    freeze cycle, N.P.  ||    good      ||  yes  || Collections
 
 
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|  14-Jul-2011  ||    Winter Wren ||    Trogylodytes troglodytes ||    2  ||    good      ||  some  || Collections
 
|  14-Jul-2011  ||    Winter Wren ||    Trogylodytes troglodytes ||    2  ||    good      ||  some  || Collections

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Collection Manager: Susan Hochgraf

Office: BioPhysics 127

Office Phone: 486-8945

Email: susan.hochgraf@uconn.edu

Preparators: Alejandro Rico Guevara, Jorge deLeon, Margaret Rubega



What To Do If You Find a Dead Bird, and Want to Donate It to the UConn Research Collection

Our collection of bird skins, tissues and bones is currently growing largely through salvage: we accept birds found dead by members of the public. These specimens add to the "library of birdlife" we maintain. Your donations make it possible for future researchers to investigate the bird populations of Connecticut.

If you find a dead bird, the very first thing to do is to determine if it is fresh enough to make a useful specimen. A bird that hasn't been dead for long will be round, not flattened or sagging; the eyes will be full and still moist; the feathers will not fall out when you handle the bird; the body will not smell. In contrast, a specimen that has already begun to decay will be collapsed, and may be oozing fluids; the eyes will be sunken and dry-looking; the feathers will be loosely attached and fall out easily when tugged, or when you handle the bird; there may be insects (ants, maggots) on or in the specimen; and the body will smell bad.

Specimens showing advanced signs of decay are best left where they are. Specimens in good condition should be sealed in a plastic bag (a ziploc with the air squeezed out of it is ideal) with a note containing the following information: your name and contact information; the location (at least town) where the bird was found; the date; and any information you may have about the bird (e.g., how it died - "Hit a window"). If you have the means to measure the bird's weight at the time you picked it up, that information is also very helpful. Once the bird is sealed in a plastic bag, PUT IT IN THE FREEZER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Freezing the body arrests the process of decay, and maximizes the likelihood we can prepare the specimen in a way that will preserve it.

The collection manager works part time (one day per week); she is in the collection on Thursdays. Accordingly, Thursdays are the best days to bring a specimen you wish to donate to the collection. You can call the manager at 860-486-8945 to ensure that someone will be present to take the specimen from you at the time you are due to arrive. If you cannot bring your donation by on a Thursday, contact someone in the Rubega lab at 486-3839 or 486-0309 to arrange a meeting to drop the specimen off.


Inventory of Donated Specimens

(as specimens are prepared, they will move off this list and onto the collection database )

Date Donated Common name Species Prep Priority Score Condition / Comments Data Status
10-Nov-2007 Red Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 2 good yes Collections
16-Jun-2001 Red Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 2 good yes Collections
4-Jan-1990 Red Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 2 fair yes Collections
3-Mar-1999 Red Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 2 fair yes Collections
April-2006 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 2 good yes Collections
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 3 fair yes Collections
Feb-2000 Barred Owl Strix varia 2 good yes Collections
30-Jan-2007 Barred Owl Strix varia 2 good yes Collections
Barred Owl Strix varia 3 fair no Collections
March 1 Saw Whet Owl Aegolius acadicus Drying in Hood (LH) good some Collections
2008 Saw Whet Owl Aegolius acadicus 1 good some Collections
12-Jan-1994 Sharp Shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 2 fair yes Collections
7-Jan-1994 Sharp Shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 2 fair yes Collections
29-Sep-1993 Sharp Shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 2 poor yes Collections
Sharp Shinned Hawk 4x Accipiter striatus 3 fair,good no Collections
6-Jun-2010 Coopers Hawk Accipiter cooperii 2 good yes Collections
21-Dec-2007 Juv. Coopers Hawk Accipiter cooperii 2 good yes Collections
3-Aug-2006 Coopers Hawk Accipiter cooperii 2 good yes Collections
24-Aug-1994 Coopers Hawk Accipiter cooperii 3 poor yes Collections
26-Oct-2006 Coopers Hawk Accipiter cooperii 2 good yes Collections
31-Aug-2008 Coopers Hawk Accipiter cooperii 2 good yes Collections
25-Aug-2008 Coopers Hawk Accipiter cooperii 2 good yes Collections
Coopers Hawk 5x Accipiter cooperii 2 fair-good no Collections
14-Jun-2008 Tern Chick 1 good yes Collections
5-Sept-2004 Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii 1 good yes Collections
7-Nov-2005 Long-Eared Owl Asio outs 1 good yes Collections
10-Jun-2009 Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus 2 good yes Collections
31-Mar-2009 Pine Siskin 2x Carduelis pinus 2 good yes Collections
19-Mar-2009 Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus 2 good yes Collections
15-Mar-2009 Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus 2 good yes Collections
12-Mar-2009 Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus 2 good yes Collections
9-Jan-2009 Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus 2 good yes Collections
Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus 3 good no Collections
13-Jun-2007 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus 1 good yes Collections
19-Oct-2004 Lincoln Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 2 fair yes Collections
6-Jul-2009 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 1 fair yes Collections
Feb 2011 Eastern Screech Owl Otus asio 3 good some Collections
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus in hood, M.A. good no Collections
16-Aug-2003 ?Finch? 3 poor yes Collections
1-Mar-2011 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 2 good yes Collections
27-Dec-2001 ?Loon? Gavia ??? 1 good yes Collections
9-May-2011 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii save for JDL good yes Collections
18-Dec-1996 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 1 fair yes Collections
19-Dec-1996 W.T. Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 3 fair yes Collections
21-Dec-1996 Nighthawk Chordeiles minor 1 good yes Collections
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus In Progress (S.H.) good some Collections
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 3 good no Collections
29-Oct-2002 Barred Owl Strix varia 1 good some Collections
14-Oct-2005 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus 1 good yes Collections
16-Oct-2007  ?Hawk? Accipiter ?? In Progress (???) good yes Collections
30-Dec-2008 Barred Owl Strix varia 1 good yes Collections
Dec-2008 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 2 good yes Collections
17-May-2010 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 1 good yes Collections
18-Jun-2010 Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 2 good yes Collections
29-Jun-2010 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 1 good yes Collections
31-Mar-2011 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 1 good yes Collections
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 3 good some Rubega
Rose-breasted Grosebeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 3 good no Rubega
Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 3 good no Rubega
Juv. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 3 good no Rubega
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 3 good no Rubega
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 3 good some Rubega
Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis 3 good no Collections
Red Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 2 fair no Collections
5-May-2012 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 2 good Some Collections
23-Sept-2007 Juv. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 2 fair yes Collections
20-Aug-2009 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 1 good yes Rubega
7-Sep-2009 American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 3 good yes Rubega
28-Oct-2009 W.T. Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 2 good yes Rubega
25-Nov-2009 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea In Progress (SH) good yes Collections
7-Jan-2010 Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio 3 good yes Rubega
26-Jan-2010 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 3 good yes Collections
2-Feb-2010 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 1 good yes Rubega
11-May-2010 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 1 good yes Rubega
7-Jul-2010  ?Shorebird? good yes Collections
9-Aug-2010 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis 1 good yes Collections
3-Oct-2010 Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 3 good yes Rubega
Feb-2012 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 2 good yes Collections
14-Jul-2011 Winter Wren Trogylodytes troglodytes 2 good some Collections
12-May-2012 Hermit Thrush 2X Catharus guttatus 2 good Some Collections
22-Jan-2011 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 2 good yes Rubega
30-Jan-2011 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 2 good yes Rubega
30-Mar-2011 Rock Dove Columba livia 1 good yes Rubega
spring 2011 Empidonax sp. Empidonax flycatcher for JDL good yes collections
July 14 2011 Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis 2 good yes Rubega
Sep 2011 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris for Alejandro okay yes Collections
Nov 28 2011 Cedar Waxwing 6x Bombycilla cedrorum 3 good yes Rubega
Jul 24 2012 North Cardinal 2x Cardinalis cardinalis 3 good yes Rubega
16 Nov 2012 Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 2 good some Rubega
4 Nov 2012 Black Capped Chickadee Poecile articapillus 2 good some Rubega
12 Nov 2012 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 2 good Some Rubega
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 3 good no Rubega
Jun 5 2012 Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 1 good yes Rubega
Jun 5 2012 Juv. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 1 good yes Rubega