RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH (Sitta canadensis) Nuthatch family
Called also: CANADA NUTHATCH
Length: 4 to 4.75 inches. One-third smaller than the English sparrow. Male: lead-colored above; brownish on wings and tail. Head, neck, and stripe passing through eye to shoulder, black. Frontlet, chin, and shoulders white; also a white stripe over eye, meeting on brow. Under parts light, […]
RED-EYED VIREO (Vireo olivaceus) Vireo or Greenlet family
Called also: THE PREACHER
Length: 5.75 to 6.25 inches. A fraction smaller than the English sparrow. Male and Female: Upper parts light olive-green; well-defined slaty-gray cap, with black marginal line, below which, and forming an exaggerated eyebrow, is a line of white. A brownish band runs from base […]
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) Woodpecker family
Called also: TRI-COLOR; RED-HEAD
Length: 8.50 to 9.75 inches. An inch or less smaller than the robin. Male and Female: Head, neck, and throat crimson; breast and underneath white; back black and white; wings and tail blue black, with broad white band on wings conspicuous in flight. Range: United States, […]
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (Agelaius Phamiceus) Blackbird family
Called also: SWAMP BLACKBIRD; RED-WINGED ORIOLE; RED-WINGED STARLING
Length: Exceptionally variable–7.50 to 9.80 inches. Usually about an inch smaller than the robin. Male: Coal-black. Shoulders scarlet, edged with yellow. Female: Feathers finely and inconspicuously speckled with brown, rusty black, whitish, and orange. Upper wing-coverts black, tipped with white, or rufous […]
REDPOLL (Acanthis linaria) Finch family
Called also: REDPOLL LINNET; LITTLE SNOWBIRD; LESSER REDPOLL; COMMON REDPOLL
Length — 5.25 to 5.5 inches. About an inch shorter than the English sparrow. Male — A rich crimson wash on head, neck, breast, and lower back, that is sometimes only a pink when we see the […]
REDSTART (Setophaga ruticilla) Wood Warbler family
Called also: YELLOW-TAILED WARBLER; AMERICAN REDSTART
Length: 5 to 5.5 inches. Male: In spring plumage: Head, neck, back, and middle breast glossy black, with blue reflections. Breast and underneath white, slightly flushed with salmon, increasing to bright salmon-orange on the sides of the body and on the wing linings. Occasional […]
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK (Habia ludoviciana) Finch family
Length: 7.75 to 8.5 inches. About one-fifth smaller than the robin. Male: Head and upper parts black. Breast has rose-carmine shield-shaped patch, often extending downward to the center of the abdomen. Underneath, tail quills, and two spots on wings white. Conspicuous yellow, blunt beak. Female: Brownish, with dark streakings, […]
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET (Regulus calendula) Kinglet family
Called also: RUBY-CROWNED WREN; RUBY-CROWNED WARBLER
Length: 4.25 to 4.5 inches. About two inches smaller than the English sparrow. Male: upper parts grayish olive-green, brighter nearer the tail; wings and tail dusky, edged with yellowish olive. Two whitish wing-bars. Breast and underneath light yellowish gray. In the adult male a […]
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (Trochilus colubris) Humming-bird Family
Length: 3.5 to 3.75 inches. A trifle over half as long as the English sparrow. The smallest bird we have. Male: bright metallic green above; wings and tail darkest, with ruddy-purplish reflections and dusky-white tips on outer tail quills. Throat and breast brilliant metallic — red in one light, […]
RUSTY BLACKBIRD (Scolecophagus carolinus) Blackbird family
Called also: THRUSH BLACKBIRD; RUSTY GRACKLE; RUSTY ORIOLE; RUSTY CROW; BLACKBIRD
Length: 9 to 9.55 inches. A trifle smaller than the robin. Male: In full plumage, glossy black with metallic reflections, intermixed with rusty brown that becomes more pronounced as the season advances. Pale straw-colored eyes. Female: Duller plumage and […]