From top to bottom:
Great Horned Owl
Carolina Chickadee
Bat Falcon
Common Loon (last two)
Today offered some unique things for me in the prep lab. The American Woodcock I prepared was not only the 100th bird I've prepared this fall semester, it was half-albino. I'll try to get a picture of it up soon. The goldfinch had a plumage I'd never seen before, the Moorhen had a broken beak, and the Red-tailed Hawk that I almost had to skin had been hit so hard by a car that it's heart was forced up into it's throat! Needless to say, when I opened it up, I realized that it was just a little too beat up and will become a skeleton specimen instead.
Bird Count:
American Woodcock - Scolopax minor
Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis
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