Patagioenas fasciata

See White and Braun (1978) for information on age and sex determination of juveniles.

Strix occidentalis

A large, dark-eyed, round-headed, brown owl with whitish spotting on the head, back, and underparts (spotted breast, barred belly).

Dryocopus pileatus

VOCALIZATIONS: a loud, characteristic kuk-kuk-kuk-kuk; drumming a deep resonant roll that carries a kilometer or more.

Picoides arcticus

call in association with a hunched wing-spreading display (Short 1974). Drumming is variable (fast or slow) in long, even rolls (Farrand 1983; Goggans 1989). Drumming described as coming in 2-second bursts that taper off at end, at intervals of 30-40 seconds, suggestive of pileated woodpeckers (DRYOCOPUS PILEATUS); also gives single raps when nervous or about to roost (Kilham 1966). See Short (1974) and Anonymous (1992) for descriptions of calls and drumming.

Gavia immer

VOCALIZATIONS: See Barklow (1979), Klein (1985), McIntyre (1988), Miller (1988), Palmer (1962), Rummel and Goetzinger (1975), Sjolander and Agren (1972) for descriptions of vocalizations.

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