Knowing Urban Birds - Jardim da Saúde - SP BIRDS
BIRDWATCHER FOR A DAY
Introduction
In October, 5th, 2003, Sunday, we have realized the "Birdwatcher for a Day" one more time, and now it was called "Knowing Urban Birds", at Jardim da Saúde County, São Paulo City / SP, in collaboration and partnership with AMJS (Associação dos Moradores do Jardim da Saúde), in comemoration to one more Birds' National Day.
The activity consisted in an exposicion about birds done by Antonio Silveira and a walk through the treely streets from Jardim da Saúde, when the group had the opportunity of observing and identifying the local birds.
Besides the normal finality of this kind of activity developed by the Environmental Program, at this time it also had as a main objective people sensibilization for life's quality preservation and the importance of the urban flora, showing the importance of the county under governamental trust, by the knowledge of the local biodiversity.
Observed Birds Checklist
There have been observed 22 birds' species, which follow bellow, in a relation by the most acceptable systematic order, in English, Scientific and Portuguese names:
- Black vulture; Coragyps atratus; Urubu
- Crested caracara; Caracara plancus;Caracará
- Domestic pigeon; Columba livia; Pombo doméstico
- Ruddy ground dove; Columbina talpacoti; Rolinha-caldo-de-feijão
- Plain parakeet; Brotogeris viridissimus; Periquito-verde
- Ashy-tailed swift; Chaetura andrei; Andorinhão-do-temporal
- Swallow-tailed hummingbird; Eupetomena macroura; Beija-flor-tesoura
- Glittering-throated emerald; Amazilia fimbriata; Beija-flor-de-graganta-verde
- Rufous hornero; Furnarius rufus; João-de-barro
- Great kiskadee; Pitangus sulphuratus; Bem-te-vi
- Tropical kingbird; Tyrannus melancholicus; Siriri
- Blue-and-white swallow; Notiochelidon cyanoleuca; Andorinha-azul-e-branca
- House wren; Troglodytes aedon; Corruíra
- Rufous-bellied thrush; Turdus rufiventris; Sabiá-laranjeira
- Pale-breasted thrush; Turdus leucomelas; Sabiá-branco
- Rufous-collared sparrow; Zonotrichia capensis; Tico-tico
- Sayaca tanager; Thraupis sayaca;Sanhaço
- Palm tanager; Thraupis palmarum; Sanhaço-do-coqueiro
- Bananaquit; Coereba flaveola;Cambacica
- Rufous-browed peppershrike; Cyclarhis gujanensis; Pitiguari
- Shiny cowbird; Molothrus bonariensis;Chopim
- House sparrow; Passer domesticus; Pardal
Participants
The group was formed for about 32 birdwatchers:
Antonio Silveira; Rodolpho Ritschel; Maria Ondina S. Cardoso Giannella; Fortunato Cardoso e Maria Santos Monteiro; Isabel Cristina Caixeta Cardoso e Leonardo Caixeta Cardoso; Lilian T. de Domenico; Álvaro L. V. Mirra; Maria Libania dos Santos Marques; Solange Brenardes Tatani; Dirce Toledo; Regilena Fátima Rocha; Camila Fanelli; Adolfo Roberto Teixeira Gomes; Luiz Jorge Ihara e Aparecida F. M. Ihara; Gabriel Elias Gonçalves de Oliveira; Juarez Silva; Paula Nogueira; Milvia Mitie Aracava e Vitor Matheus A. Grammelsbacher; Mário Nóbrega; Adaudite de Carvalho Baptista; Jurema Lucats Sendai; Clarice de O. da Silva; Heitor Marzagão Tommasini; Renata de Freitas Martins etc.
Curious Observation
There was observed a couple of Plain Parakeet (Brotogeris viridissimus; Periquito-verde) using for nesting the house of a Rufous hornero (Furnarius rufus;joão-de-barro).
We have seen two nests of Great iskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus; bem-te-vi) in two tipuanas.
* Pictures from the event were taken with the Evironment Program's equipment, by Juarez Silva (professional photographer) and Renata F. Martins.
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