Bird IDs, part 3

spotted towhee - Passeriformes

red eyes

dark-eyed junco - Passeriformes

common in winter

chipping sparrow - Passeriformes

parks, backyards, woody areas

field sparrow - Passeriformes

old fields

American tree sparrow - Passeriformes

hedgerows, fence lines, forest edges

song sparrow - Passeriformes

winter bird

Savannah sparrow - Passeriformes

white-throated sparrow - Passeriformes

winter bird

white-crowned sparrow - Passeriformes

winter bird, larger for a sparrow

Harris’s sparrow - Passeriformes

winter bird, big for a sparrow

special bird for this area

grasshopper sparrow - Passeriformes

smol sparrow

house sparrow - Passeriformes

super abundant in urban areas

northern cardinal - Passeriformes

rose-breasted grosbeak - Passeriformes

blue grosbeak - Passeriformes

indigo bunting - Passeriformes

dickcissel - Passeriformes

prairie, open agricultural fields

red-winged blackbird - Passeriformes

common near water and wetlands

eastern meadowlark - Passeriformes

yellow-headed blackbird - Passeriformes

uncommon in eastern Kansas

common grackle - Passeriformes

glossy purple or blue head

glossy bronze body

great-tailed grackle - Passeriformes

glossy purple or blue head

long tail held in a V

found in groups in urban areas

brown-headed cowbird - Passeriformes

brood parasites

orchard oriole - Passeriformes

Baltimore oriole - Passeriformes

purple finch - Passeriformes

winter bird

uncommon

house finch - Passeriformes

common in urban areas

native to west US, introduced to NY in 1940

pine siskin - Passeriformes

common but sporadic in areas

American goldfinch - Passeriformes