Spatula like bill |
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Order AnseriformesFamily Anatidae:Canada Goose |
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lots of colors; red bill with black nail; red eye |
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Order AnseriformesFamily Anatidae: Wood Duck |
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green head; white ring around head; yellow bill |
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Order AnseriformesFamily Anatidae: Mallard |
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very long tail; white ring around the neck with green head; red bare skin at eye |
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Order GalliformesFamily Phasianidae: Ring-Necked Pheasant |
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bare head; brown and black feathers |
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Order GalliformesFamily Meleagrididae: Wild Turkey |
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sharp, daggar-like bill; black and white checkerboard pattern |
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Order GaviiformesFamily Gaviidae: Common Loon |
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long dagger-like bill; neck folded in an "S" shape |
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Order CiconiiformesFamily Ardeidae: Great Blue Heron |
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dark body; no skin on the head; hawk-like curved bill |
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Order FalconiformesFamily Cathartidae: Turkey Vulture |
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halk-like curved bill; brown upper surface with white below |
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Order FalconiformesFamily Pandionidae: Osprey |
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all brown body; bright yellow legs/bill; white head/tail |
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Order FalconiformesFamily Accipitridae: Bald Eagle |
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red tail; brown/cream colored bird |
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Order FalconiformesFamily Accipitridae: Red-Tailed Hawk |
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red patch on head; long bill |
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Order GruiformesFamily Gruidae: Sandhill Crane |
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small bird; two black bands across the chest; brown on the top/white on the bottom |
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Order CharadriiformesFamily Charadriidae: Killdeer |
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black ring around the bill; yellow legs |
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Order CharadriiformesFamily Laridae: Ring-Billed Gull |
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red spot on the bill; pink legs |
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Order CharadriiformesFamily Laridae: Herring Gull |
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bit or iridescence on the throat |
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Order ColumbiformesFamily Columbidae: Rock Pigeon |
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slimmer with long tail; little spotting on the wings; white on the edge of the tail |
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Order ColumbiformesFamily Columbidae: Mourning Dove |
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wings go really really fast; look like cigar with wings |
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Order ApodiformesFamily Apodidae: Chimney Swift |
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bright red throat; long bill; green |
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Order ApodiformesFamily Trochilidae: Ruby-Throated Hummingbird |
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blue body with white below; big crest on the top; bill pointy |
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Order CoraciiformesFamily Alcedinidae: Belted Kingfisher |
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red on top of the head; plain on the frong; zebra-like patterning on the back |
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Order PiciformesFamily Picidae: Red-Bellied Woodpecker |
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white below; black on th back; bill is much smaller than the depth of the head |
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Order PiciformesFamily Picidae: Downy Woodpecker |
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white below; black on the back; bill is the depth of the head |
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Order PiciformesFamily Picidae: Hairy Woodpecker |
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obvious white rump when they fly; black half circle on chest; black mustache; dark spots on its belly |
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Order PiciformesFamily Picidae: Northern Flicker |
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lemon yellow belly; grey throat; reddish rusty color on the wings and tail |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Tyrannidae: Great Crested Flycatcher |
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all grey on the back and all white on the front; nice white tip on the tail |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Tyrannidae: Eastern Kingbird |
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blue body with black striping on the tail and wings; crest on head; black patterning on the head |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Corvidae: Blue Jay |
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everything is dull black; eyes, bill, and legs |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Corvidae: American Crow |
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white body with black and chin; little round puffball |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Paridae: Black-Capped Chickadee |
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dull gray color; crest on the head; blank face look |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Paridae: Tufted Titmouse |
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similar in habits to woodpeckers; long, unturned bill; black top of the head; nice white face |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Sittidae: White-Breasted Nuthatch |
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Bright blue bird with orange on the chest and white on the belly |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Turdidae: Eastern Bluebird |
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grey on the back; orange on the front |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Turdidae: American Robin |
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all grey; darker on the cap, black eye, black bill; brown under the tail |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Mimidae: Gray Catbird |
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elongated body with long tail; rusty brown color; yellow body; long bill that is slightly de-curved |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Mimidae: Brown Thrasher |
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Dark bird withh yellow bill; body is colored in iridescence; short tail; awkward walkers |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Sturnidae: European Starling |
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yellow tip of the tail; black mask; red feather tips |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Bombycillidae: Cedar Waxwing |
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Yellow body; rusty streaks on the front |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Parulidae: Yellow Warbler |
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Black bird with orange on it ; white belly |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Parulidae: American Redstart |
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Yellow on the throat; black mask with white above it; olive color |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Parulidae: Common Yellowthroat |
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bright red with black wings and black tail |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Thraupidae: Scarlet Tanager |
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black bird on top that comes to a point on the chest; white belly; red-eyed; rusty orange sides |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Emberizidae: Eastern Towhee |
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brown bird; blank white/grey chest with no streaks; grey rump |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Emberizidae: Chipping Sparrow |
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all brown with streaks on the chest; usually one dark central spot on the chest |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Emberizidae: Song Sparrow |
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all red bird with black on the face |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Cardinalidae: Northern Cardinal |
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black bird on the top with some white patterning; white belly with red chest (inverted triangle); thick bill |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Cardinalidae: Rose-Breasted Grosbeak |
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blue bird |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Cardinalidae: Indigo Bunting |
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black bird with red on the shoulders |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Icteridae: Red-Winged Blackbird |
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front is bright yellow with a dark "v" on the neck/chest; top is brown and streaked; short tail; chunky |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Icteridae: Eastern Meadowlark |
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elongated body shape; yellow eye |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Icteridae: Common Grackle |
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all dark bird with brown head |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Icteridae: Brown-Headed Cowbird |
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black bird with an orange belly and chest |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Icteridae: Baltimore Oriole |
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yellow with black head tips and black/white on the wings |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Fringillidae: American Goldfinch |
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lblack area on the front of the throat; top of the head is grey; side of the head is a rich brown; bottom is plain grayish white; short beak |
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Order PasseriformesFamily Passeridae: House Sparrow |
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