Lab #1

Date: 20 January, 2016

Location: Lumber River Conservancy

Lab Activity: Bird Surveying 

Habitat: Pine/Hardwood Forest on and near the Lumber River floodplain

Temperature: 39.3 F - 46.8 F

Wind: 2.1 mph

Humidity: 23.8% - 24%

Additional Information: There was a lot of cloud cover.

    We went out to an area near the Lumber River to look for birds.

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

A wood duck was spotted flying over the canopy and away out of our sight.

The male Wood Duck is covered in all sorts of marks and colorations along with reasonably sized crest. The females are a drabber grayish brown color with a speckled breast.

 Male Wood Duck calls