CANADA JAY (Perisoreus canadensis) Crow and Jay family
Called also: WHISKY JACK OR JOHN; MOOSE-BIRD; MEAT BIRD; VENISON HERON; GREASE-BIRD; CANADIAN CARRION-BIRD; CAMP ROBBER; GRAY JAY
Length: 11 to 12 inches. About two inches larger than the robin. Male and Female: Upper parts gray; darkest on wings and tail; back of the head and nape of […]
CANADIAN WARBLER (Sylvania canadensis) Wood Warbler family
Called also: CANADIAN FLYCATCHER; SPOTTED CANADIAN WARBLER; CANADA WARBLER
Length: 5 to 5.6 inches. About an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Male: Immaculate bluish ash above, without marks on wings or tail; crown spotted with arrow-shaped black marks. Cheeks, line from bill to eye, and underneath clear yellow. […]
CARDINAL (Cardinalis cardinalis) Finch family
Called also: CRESTED REDBIRD; VIRGINIA REDBIRD; VIRGINIA NIGHTINGALE; CARDINAL GROSBEAK; NORTHERN CARDINAL
Length: 8 to 9 inches. A little smaller than the robin. Male: Brilliant cardinal; chin and band around bill black. Beak stout and red. Crest conspicuous. In winter dress, wings washed with gray. Female: Brownish yellow above, shading to […]
CAROLINA WREN (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Wren family
Called also: MOCKING WREN
Length: 6 inches. Just a trifle smaller than the English sparrow Male and Female: Chestnut-brown above. A whitish streak, beginning at base of bill, passes through the eye to the nape of the neck. Throat whitish. Under parts light buff-brown wings and tail finely barred with […]
CATBIRD (Galcoscoptes carolinensis ) Mocking-bird family
Called also: BLACK-CAPPED THRUSH; GRAY CATBIRD
Length: 9 inches. An inch shorter than the robin. Male and Female: Dark slate above; below somewhat paler; top of head black. Distinct chestnut patch under the tail, which is black; feet and bill black also. Wings short, more than two inches shorter than […]
CEDAR WAXWING (Ampelis cedrorum) Waxwing family
Called also: CEDAR BIRD; CHERRY-BIRD; CANADA ROBIN; RECOLLET
Length: 7 to 8 inches. About one-fifth smaller than the robin. Male: Upper parts rich grayish brown, with plum-colored tints showing through the brown on crest, throat, breast, wings, and tail. A velvety-black line on forehead runs through the eye and back […]
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (Dendroica pennsylvanica) Wood Warbler family
Called also: BLOODY-SIDED WARBLER
Length: About 5 inches. More than an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Male: Top of head and streaks in wings yellow. A black line running through the eye and round back of crown, and a black spot in front of eye, extending to cheeks. […]
CHICKADEE (Parus atricapillus) Titmouse family
Called also: BLACK-CAPPED TITMOUSE; BLACK-CAP TIT; BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE
Length: 5 to 5.5 inches. About an inch smaller than the English sparrow. Male and Female: Not crested. Crown and nape and throat black. Above gray, slightly tinged with brown. A white space, beginning at base of bill, extends backwards, widening over cheeks […]
CHIMNEY SWIFT (Chaetura pelagica) Swift family
Called also: CHIMNEY SWALLOW; AMERICAN SWIFT
Length: to 5.45 inches. About an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Long wings make its length appear greater. Male and Female: Deep sooty gray; throat of a trifle lighter gray. Wings extend an inch and a half beyond the even tail, which has […]
CHIPPING SPARROW (Spizella socialis) Finch family
Called also: CHIPPY; HAIR-BIRD; CHIP-BIRD; SOCIAL SPARROW
CLIFF SWALLOW (Petrochelidon lunifrons) Swallow family
Called also: EAVE SWALLOW; CRESCENT SWALLOW; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SWALLOW
Length: 6 inches. A trifle smaller than the English sparrow. Apparently considerably larger because of its wide wingspread. Male and Female: Steel-blue above, shading to blue-black on crown of head and on wings and tail. A brownish-gray ring around the neck. […]
COMMON CROW (Corvus americanus) Crow family
Called also: CORN THIEF; AMERICAN CROW
Length: 16 to 17.50 inches. Male: Glossy black with violet reflections. Wings appear saw-toothed when spread, and almost equal the tail in length. Female: Like male, except that the black is less brilliant. Range: Throughout North America, from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of […]
COWBIRD (Molothrus ater) Blackbird family
Called also: BROWN-HEADED ORIOLE; COW-PEN BIRD; COW BLACKBIRD; COW BUNTING; BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD