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a habitat for a large number of birds. Those which have 

 been found breeding here are given in the following list, which 

 is arranged in ecological groups : 



1. Birds that Nest in the Tree Tops. 



Ardea herodias 



Nydicorax nycticorax noevius 



Buteo Uneatus 

 Corvus hrachyrhynchos 

 Icterus galbula 

 Vireosylva gilva 



Great Blue Heron* 

 Black - crowned Night 



Heron* 

 Red-shouldered Hawk 

 Crow 



Baltimore Oriole 

 Warbling Vireo 



2. Birds that Nest in the Trunks op Trees. 



Aix sponsa 

 Falco sparverius 

 Otus asio 

 Dryohates villosus 

 Dryohates puhescens medianus 

 Melanerpes erythrocephalus 

 Colaptes auratus luteus 

 Myiarchus crinitus 

 Iridoprocne hicolor 

 Troglodytes aedon 

 Sitta carolinensis 

 Penthestes atricapillus 

 Sialia sialis 



Wood Duck 

 Sparrow Hawk 

 Screech Owl 

 Hairy Woodpecker 

 Downy Woodpecker 

 Red-headed Woodpecker 

 Northern Flicker 

 Crested Flycatcher 

 Tree Swallow 

 House Wren 



White-breasted Nuthatch 

 Chickadee 

 Bluebird 



3. Birds that Nest on the Lower Branches. 

 Zenaidura macroura carolinensis Mourning Dove 



Archilochus coluhris 



Tyrannus tyrannus 

 Myiochanes virens 

 Empidonax minimus 

 Molothrus ater 

 Quiscalus quiscula oeneus 

 Astragalinus tristis 

 Spizella passerina 



* Nests in the marshes at the north end of Cayuga Lake, but not at 

 Ithaca. 



Ruby-throated Humming- 

 bird 

 Kingbird 

 Wood Pewee 

 Least Flycatcher 

 Cowbird 

 Bronzed Grackle 

 Goldfinch 

 Chipping Sparrow 



