All Bird IDs

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

carolina/black-capped chickadee - Passeriformes

chick-a-dee dee dee dee

tufted titmouse - Passeriformes

peter-peter-peter-peter

white-breasted nuthatch - Passeriformes

vulnerable to logging

brown creeper - Passeriformes

overwinters in KS

vulnerable to logging

unlikely to see, more likely to hear

“trees trees beautiful trees”

carolina wren - Passeriformes

repeating “cheeseburger” or “Jupiter”

house wren - Passeriformes

jumbled notes ending in a trill

ruby-crowned kinglet - Passeriformes

common in KS during winter months

blue-gray gnatcatcher - Passeriformes

vulnerable to cowbird parasitism

eastern bluebird - Passeriformes

uncommon - starlings and house sparrows invade nest boxes

Swainson’s thrush - Passeriformes

vulnerable to logging

American robin - Passeriformes

abundant, but vulnerable to pesticides

northern mockingbird - Passeriformes

sweetly mimics other birds in threes

brown thrasher - Passeriformes

raspy mimics other birds in twos

European starling - Passeriformes

mimics sounds

introduced in 1890 to Central Park, NYC

murmurations

American pitpit - Passeriformes

usually found in fields

not overly common in KS

cedar waxwing - Passeriformes

mostly in KS during winter

social, loves fruits, sometimes gets drunk??

high-pitched monotone whistle

Tennessee warbler - Passeriformes

thin unbroken black eyeline

football cheer sounding call

orange-crowned warbler - Passeriformes

yellow under tail

Nashville warbler - Passeriformes

see-bit see-bit see-bit titititititi

northern parula - Passeriformes

sounds like accelerating car?

yellow warbler - Passeriformes

orange streaks on breast

yellow-rumped warbler - Passeriformes

winter warbler

black-and-white warbler - Passeriformes

squeaky wheelbarrow

American redstart - Passeriformes

likes small berries

ovenbird - Passeriformes

gets increasingly louder - teacher TEacher TEACher TEACHER

northern waterthrush - Passeriformes

vulnerable to habitat drainage

common yellowthroat - Passeriformes

witchy witchy witchy witchy

Wilson’s warbler - Passeriformes

summer tanager - Passeriformes

entirely red - male

yellow - female

scarlet tanager - Passeriformes

red - male

yellow - female

common nighthawk - Caprimulgiformes

crepuscular

steep decline from loss of habitat

whip-poor-will - Caprimulgiformes

nocturnal

steep decline from loss of habitat

chimney swift - Apodiformes

common, but in decline

ruby-throated hummingbird - Apodiformes

throat looks black in bad lighting

common, increasing

belted kingfisher - Coraciiformes

piscivore

female more brightly colored (with the rusty band)

3 front toes partly fused

red-headed woodpecker - Piciformes

declining - on yellow watch list

red-bellied woodpecker - Piciformes

slowly expanding

downy woodpecker - Piciformes

outer tail is white with black spots

smaller

hairy woodpecker - Piciformes

outer tail is clean white

bigger

increasing population

northern flicker - Piciformes

regularly forage on the ground

pileated woodpecker - Piciformes

eastern wood-peewee - Passeriformes

says its name

rictal bristles to help catch insects

eastern phoebe - Passeriformes

rictal bristles to help catch insects

great crested flycatcher - Passeriformes

rictal bristles to help catch insects

western kingbird - Passeriformes

rictal bristles to help catch insects

eastern kingbird - Passeriformes

rictal bristles to help catch insects

scissor-tailed flycatcher - Passeriformes

rictal bristles to help catch insects

loggerhead shrike - Passeriformes

sharply hooked beak

steep decline

bell’s vireo - Passeriformes

pale wing bars

warbling vireo - Passeriformes

white line over the eye

red-eyed vireo - Passeriformes

black and white face stripes

blue jay - Passeriformes

intelligent

American crow - Passeriformes

intelligent

caw caw

fish crow - Passeriformes

intelligent

nasal, caw caw with a cold, or “nuh uh”

horned lark - Passeriformes

ground-dwelling in open country or grassland

horns aren’t always raised

purple martin - Passeriformes

aerial insectivore

tree swallow - Passeriformes

aerial insectivore

northern rough-winged swallow - Passeriformes

aerial insectivore

bank swallow - Passeriformes

aerial insectivore

steep decline due to erosion control efforts (nests in eroded banks)

cliff swallow - Passeriformes

aerial insectivore

barn swallow - Passeriformes

aerial insectivore