FOR 515 Bird List 4 Notes

House Finch

Male: bright red head, fat bill; “dipped in grape jelly”

Female: streaked everywhere; wing bars; fat bill

Song: Rich, meandering warble. Husky

Brown-headed Cowbird

Male: Irridescent, matte brown head

Female: completely pale brown; no streaks

Song: “gurgle-zeee” or “glug-ug-zeee”

Eastern Bluebird

Both M/F with some blue, rufus throat and flanks with white belly

Male: vibrant blue head and wing;

Female: muted blue primaries and tail; can be gray and have white eye ring

Tree Swallow

M/F with bi-colored blue iridescence; dark above, white below; square tail in flight!!

Juvenile females missing blue, dark brown almost black

Brown Creeper

Pale below, dark above, clings like nuthatch, intricate/streak/speckled/mottled; decurved bill; tail attached to tree like woodpecker

Pine Warbler

Many breed and winter

Green back, yellow below, some streaking on flanks, light underparts, white undertail coverts

Yellow eye arcs!!

Song: Loose, bubbly, musical trill

American Kestrel

M/F with double bar on face!

Male: Extensive blue head and wings

Female: Rufus barred wings

Pileated Woodpecker

Striped head, only WP we have with crest

Male: red malar and crest to bill

Female: black malar, less crest

Wood Duck

M/F with shaggy crest, short little bill, intricate face markings; white-edged secondary flight feathers

Male: chestnut breast, bright flank

Call: Female ONLY; “OOO-EEEK!”

Double-crested Cormorant

Snake-like neck, mean face, long hooked bill, fleshy face patch

Crests only during breeding season

Pied-billed Grebe

Tiny, basically no tail, brown overall, black throat, black and white bill

Ring-Billed Gull

Gray gull with white head —> OLIVE FEET, SOME RING ON BILL

Herring Gull

LITTLE RED SPOT ON MANDIBLE, PINK FEET

Rock Dove

Dove w/ dark head, dark tail, variable body pattern, always pink feet and white knob “sear”