Birds On or Near NSCC Campus

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Although closely related to the idealized dove, the pigeon is usually regarded as an unsanitary pest. The eaves on the third floor make exceptionally good pigeon roosts.

I had little regard for them until I watched a couple nesting together, snuggled intimately over their egg.

The American wigeon arrives in Seattle in December, looking to graze on a grassy field near the Sound, or near a lake or pond, or even a large puddle. An entire flock was grazing on campus last January, in the Northeast parking lot. You might be able to see wigeons on campus from December through March.

Named for the colors on the showy male, the red-winged blackbird is common in most marshes and wetlands... and our campus is no exception.

The red-wing has a song (mating call) as unique and striking as his appearance. Most people enjoy this song and it must work on the female blackbirds too, because the red-wings don't appear to be in any danger of extinction.

To find them, you may have to get your shoes wet, and walk to the frog pond in the marsh to the north of the Northeast parking lot.

Click on the male to the left to hear him.

• Bird Page 1 (killdeer & waxwing)
• Bird Page 3 (white-crowned sparrow, American robin, Bewick's wren)

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