State Birds and Global Warming - National Wildlife Federation


Birds and Global Warming

Birds & Global Warming

State Birds

Migratory Birds

Ducks and Other Waterfowl

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Georgia species impacted by Global Warming

Brown Thrasher
(Toxostoma rufum)

State bird of Georgia

Photo © James H. Robinson

Learn more about this bird at eNature.com

The brown thrasher is in danger of disappearing from Georgia.

Description
11 1/2" (29 cm). Rufous-brown above, white below with dark brown streaks. Curved bill, long tail; yellow eye.

Voice
A variety of musical phrases, each repeated twice; call a sharp smack!

Habitat
Thickets, fields with scrub, and woodland borders.

See birds in your state with populations that are:

Acadian Flycatcher
American Redstart
Baltimore Oriole
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Canada Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Cliff Swallow
Dark-eyed Junco
Golden-winged Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
House Wren
Least Flycatcher
Ovenbird
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Scarlet Tanager
Song Sparrow
Willow Flycatcher
Winter Wren
Yellow Warbler
American Goldfinch

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The background information for this presentation comes from The Birdwatcher's Guide to Global Warming, which was prepared by Jeff Price, Ph.D., American Bird Conservancy and Patricia Glick, M.S., National Wildlife Federation.

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