1. Kuse Nature Preserve in Spring Birds Hildegard Kuse Loretta Kuse

2. Birds in Spring Some birds have been here all winter. In spring they begin to choose a spot to build a nest. Some birds return from warmer places. They come back to nest when there is a food supply. How have changes in land use affected where birds nest? What kind of habitat is necessary for each kind of bird? What happens if a special kind of habitat is destroyed?

3. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis

4. American Robin Turdus migratorius

5. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis

6. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus

7. Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

8. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis

9. American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea

10. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia

11. Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca

12. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis

13. Purple Finch Eating Plum Blossoms Carpodacus purpureus

14. Male American Goldfinch Singing Carduelis tristis

15. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

16. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater

17. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata

18. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum

19. Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina

20. Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina

21. Ruby Crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula

22. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

23. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum

24. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos

25. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis

26. Canada Geese Sometimes Stop by Briefly Branta canadensis

27. Mallard Ducks Arrive Soon After the Ice Begins to Melt Anas platyrhynchos

28. Wood Ducks on Pond Aix sponsa

29. Female Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus

30. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris