Birds in Northwestern Arkansas: an Ecological Perspective
BIRDS in northwestern Arkansas an ecological perspective Joseph C. Neal Published by Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society Fayetteville, Arkansas www.nwarkaudubon.org Copyright © 2009 by Joseph C. Neal, 145 E. Cleburn Street, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Permission is granted for use of material in this book for non-profit conservation, charitable, or educational purposes. Preferred citation: Neal, Joseph C. 2009. Birds in northwestern Arkansas: an ecological perspective. Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society, Fayetteville, AR. 88 p. Photograph of Joe Neal on back cover by Danny Jones during a NWAAS field trip to Ninestone Land Trust in Carroll County on May 10, 2009. The author’s bird images were collected during field trips in northwestern Arkansas (except for nighthawk, from the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in northeastern Oklahoma): Hudsonian Godwit and Stilt Sandpiper during spring migration at University farm in Fayetteville (front cover); Great Horned Owl fledglings in same location (p. 2); Common Nighthawk in native prairie (p. 3); Baltimore Oriole nest on a windy winter day at Maysville (p. 4); Eastern Meadowlark nest with eggs at Wilson Springs in Fayetteville (p. 9); Marsh Wren in bur-marigold flowers at Lake Sequoyah (p. 80); fledgling Loggerhead Shrike near the state fish hatchery at Centerton (p. 86). 2 BIRDS in northwestern Arkansas: an ecological perspective Joseph C. Neal Published in 2009 by Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society Fayetteville, Arkansas www.nwarkaudubon.org CONTENTS Introduction 4 Species accounts 9 Order Anseriformes:
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