Birds seen on campus
Our efforts to create micro-habitats on site have helped attract birds. Examples of observations: A white-throated sparrow finds seeds and insects on our rooftop on its trip south in the fall, a cardinal finds seeds in the peace garden all winter, a peregrine falcon hunts for pigeons to feed its young, a thrush finds shelter in a hedge during a storm and a mallard duck nests 5 times on the College gym roof.
Another thank you must go to the over 1500 volunteers over 8 years and the Facilities team that have helped create a landscape that is defining our values at Dawson. It is most significant when an educational institution is successful in having wildlife return to its urban setting. It is an evaluation of sorts as we define one of our core institutional values:
Well-Being for All, Sustainably
Bird species seen on Dawson College grounds or from Dawson grounds
Species Total: 55
Seen on College grounds:
- Mallard Duck
- Peregrine Falcon
- Sharp-Shinned Hawk
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Merlin
- American Kestrel
- Common Grackle
- European Starling
- House Sparrow
- Cowbird
- Red-Winged Blackbird
- Chipping Sparrow
- Dark-Eyed Junco
- White-Throated Sparrow
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Mourning Dove
- American Goldfinch
- Northern Oriole
- American Robin
- American Redstart
- Northern Cardinal
- Black-Capped Chickadee
- White-Breasted Nuthatch
- American Crow
- Ring-Billed Gull
- Hairy Woopecker
- Downy woodpecker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Yellow-Shafted Flicker
- Yellow Warbler
- Veery
- Swainsons Thrush
- Tree Sparrow
- Rock Dove (pigeon)
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Blue Jay
- Tree Swallow
- Red-Eyed Vireo
- Cedar Waxwing
- Yellow-Rumped Warbler
- Brown Creeper
- Warbling Vireo
- Chimney Swift
- Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
- Black-Throated Blue Warbler
- Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
- Common Raven
- Carolina Wren
- House Finch
Fly-Over Observations
- Snow goose
- Turkey Vulture
- Broad-Winged Hawk
- Canada Goose
- Great Blue Heron
