GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET (Regulus satrapa) Kinglet family
Called also: GOLDEN-CROWNED GOLDCREST; FIERY CROWNED WREN
Length: 4 to 4.25 inches. About two inches smaller than the English sparrow. Male: Upper parts grayish olive-green; wings and tail dusky, margined with olive-green. Underneath soiled whitish. Center of crown bright orange, bordered by yellow and enclosed by black line. Cheeks gray; […]
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (Helminthophila chrysoptera) Wood Warbler family
Length: About 5 inches. More than an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Male: Yellow crown and yellow patches on the wings. Upper parts bluish gray, sometimes tinged with greenish. Stripe through the eye and throat black. Sides of head chin, and line over the eye white. Underneath […]
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW (Ammodramus savannarum passerinus) Finch family
Called also: YELLOW-WINGED SPARROW
Length: 5 to 5.4 inches. About an inch smaller than the English sparrow. Male and Female: A cream-yellow line over the eye; center of crown, shoulders, and lesser wing coverts yellowish. Head blackish; rust-colored feathers, with small black spots on back of the neck; an […]
GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER (Myiarchus crinitus) Flycatcher family
Called also: CRESTED FLYCATCHER
Length: 8.50 to 9 inches. A little smaller than the robin. Male and Female: Feathers of the head pointed and erect. Upper parts dark grayish-olive, inclining to rusty brown on wings and tail. Wing coverts crossed with two irregular […]
HAIRY WOODPECKER (Dryobates villosus) Woodpecker family
Length–9 to 10 inches. About the size of the robin. Male: Black and white above, white beneath. White stripe down the back, composed of long hair-like feathers. Brightred band on the nape of neck. Wings striped and dashed with black and white. Outer tail feathers white, without bars. White […]
HERMIT THRUSH (Turdus aonalaschkae pallasii) Thrush family
Called also: SWAMP ANGEL; LITTLE THRUSH
Length — 7.25 to 7.5 inches. About one-fourth smaller than the robin. Male and Female: Upper parts olive-brown, reddening near the tail, which is pale rufous, quite distinct from the color of the back. Throat, sides of neck, and breast pale buff. Feathers […]
HOODED WARBLER (Sylvania mitrata) Wood Warbler family
Length: 5 to 5.75 inches. About an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Male: Head, neck, chin, and throat black like a hood in mature male specimens only. Hood restricted, or altogether wanting in female and young. Upper parts rich olive. Forehead, cheeks, and underneath yellow. Some conspicuous […]
HORNED LARK (Otocoris alpestris) Lark family
Called also: SHORE LARK
Length: 7.5 to 8 inches. About one-fifth smaller than the robin. Male: Upper parts dull brown, streaked with lighter on edges and tinged with pink or vinaceous; darkest on back of head neck, shoulders, and nearest the tail. A few erectile feathers on either side of […]
HOUSE WREN (Troglodytes aedon) Wren family
Length: 4.5 to 5 inches. Actually about one-fourth smaller than the English sparrow; apparently only half as large because of its erect tail. Male and Female: Upper parts cinnamon-brown. Deepest shade on head and neck; lightest above tail, which is more rufous. Back has obscure, dusky bars; wings and […]
INDIGO BUNTING (Passerina cyanea) Finch family
Called also: INDIGO BIRD
Length: 5 to 6 inches. Smaller than the English sparrow, or the size of a canary. Male: In certain lights rich blue, deepest on head. In another light the blue feathers show verdigris tints. Wings, tail, and lower back with brownish wash, most prominent in autumn […]
JUNCO (Junco hyemalis) Finch family
Called also: SNOWBIRD; SLATE-COLORED SNOWBIRD; DARK-EYED JUNCO
Length: 5.5 to 6.5 inches. About the size of the English sparrow. Male: Upper parts slate-colored; darkest on head and neck, which are sometimes almost black and marked like a cowl. Gray on breast, like a vest. Underneath white. Several outer tall feathers white, […]
KENTUCKY WARBLER (Geothlypis formosa) Wood Warbler family
Length: 5.5 inches. Nearly an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Male: Upper parts olive-green; under parts yellow; a yellow line from the bill passes over and around the eye. Crown of head, patch below the eye, and line defining throat, black. Female: Similar, but paler, and with […]
KINGBIRD (Tyrannus tyrannus) Flycatcher family
Called also: TYRANT FLYCATCHER; BEE MARTIN; EASTERN KINGBIRD
Length: 8 inches. About two inches shorter than the robin. Male: Ashy black above; white, shaded with ash-color, beneath a concealed crest of orange-red on crown. Tail black, Terminating with a white band conspicuous in flight. Wing feathers edged with white. Feet and […]