DOWNY WOODPECKER (Dryobates pubescens) Woodpecker family
Length: 6 to 7 inches. About the size of the English sparrow. Male: Black above, striped with white. Tail shaped like a wedge Outer tail feathers white, and barred with black. Middle tail feathers black. A black stripe on top of head, and distinct white band over and under […]
ENGLISH SPARROW (Passer domesticus) Finch family
Called also: HOUSE SPARROW
Length: 6.33 inches. Male: Ashy above, with black and chestnut stripes on back and shoulders. Wings have chestnut and white bar, bordered by faint black line. Gray crown, bordered from the eye backward and on the nape by chestnut. Middle of throat and breast black. Underneath […]
EVENING GROSBEAK (Coccothraustes vespertinus) Finch family
Length: 8 inches. Two inches shorter than the robin. Male: Forehead, shoulders, and underneath clear yellow: dull yellow on lower back; sides of the head, throat, and breast olive-brown. Crown, tail, and wings black, the latter with white secondary feathers. Bill heavy and blunt, and yellow. Female: Brownish gray, […]
FIELD SPARROW (Spizella pusilla) Finch family
Called also: FIELD BUNTING; WOOD SPARROW; BUSH SPARROW
Length: 5.5 to 5.75 inches. A little smaller than the English sparrow. Male: Chestnut crown. Upper back bright chestnut, finely streaked with black and ashy brown. Lower back more grayish. Whitish wing-bars. Cheeks, line over the eye, throat, pale brownish drab. Tail […]
FISH CROW (Corvus ossifragus) Crow family
Length: 14 to 16 inches. About half as large again as the robin. Male and Female: Glossy black, with purplish-blue reflections, generally greener underneath. Chin naked. Range: Along Atlantic coast and that of the Gult of Mexico, northward to southern New England. Rare stragglers or) the Pacific coast. Migration: […]
FLICKER (Colaptes auratus) Woodpecker family
Called also: GOLDEN-WINGED WOODPECKER; CLAPE; PIGEON WOODPECKER; YELLOWHAMMER; HIGH HOLE OR HIGH-HOLDER; YARUP; WAKE-UP; YELLOW-SHAFTED WOODPECKER
Length: 12 to 13 inches. About one-fourth as large again as the robin. Male and Female: Head and neck bluish gray, with a red crescent across back of neck and a black crescent on breast. […]
FOX SPARROW (Passerella ilica) Finch family
Called also: FOX-COLORED SPARROW; FERRUGINOUS FINCH; FOXY FINCH
Length: 6.5 to 7.25 inches. Nearly an inch longer than the English sparrow. Male and Female: Upper parts reddish brown, varied with ash gray, brightest on lower back, wings, and tail. Bluish slate about the head. Underneath whitish; the throat, breast, and […]