TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Ovenbird Closeup Ovenbird- Seiurus aurocapilla Ovenbird- Seiurus aurocapilla, Order Passeriformes-Family Parulidae. While mist netting in Miami University Birding Observatory with Drs. Jill and Dave Russel, and a covey of students, we netted several Ovenbirds! Wow! A life first for me. Photo: September 11, 2005, Canon EOS-1D Mark II camera with 100 f/2.8 Macro lens For More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Ovenbird_dtl.html "A small, inconspicuous bird of the forest floor, the Ovenbird is one of the most characteristic birds of the eastern forests. Its loud song, "teacher, teacher, teacher," rings through the summer forest, but the bird itself is hard to see."

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact bigbendwildlands@gmail.com

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.