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Shiny/oily bird, bright yellow beak, spotted in summer...not always this distinctly oily |
European Starling
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Large, grey breast, |
Scrub Jay (mohawk is "scrubbed off"
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All Black, large |
American Crow
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Clear breast with dark dot, brown eyebrow |
Song Sparrow
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Mohawk, no grey |
Western Stellers Jay
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All black, often on ground, bright eye |
Brewer's Blackbird
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Long skinny legs, females act wounded |
Killdeer
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Deeply forked tail, blue bird colors |
Barn Swallow
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Flashes its shoulder patches to other males. Found in our wetland. "Poke Your Neighbor." |
Red Winged Blackbird
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Bright white belly, iridescent color, not notch in tail |
Tree Swallow
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Top part of breast and head and shoulders look "dipped in jam", often found in feeders, in bad light can look like a little brown bird - but has that hefty beak |
House Finch (you keep your jam in the house)
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No neck |
Golden Crowned Kinglet
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Looks like another feeder bird, but with less color and more streaking on the flanks and breast |
Pine Siskin
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Anna's Hummingbird
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Look at that beak |
Townsends Warbler
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