Kingfisher
Backyard Birds Project Kingfisher Length: 13″ Wing Span: 20″ Natural Habitat: Wetlands Features: (F) Slaty with crest, breast band. (M) Russet in chest band and under wings Season: All year Back to Gallery
Great Horned Owl
Backyard Birds Project Great Horned Owl Length: 22″ Wing Span: 44″ Natural Habitat: Widespread; even found in the suburbs Features: Brown with ear tufts; yellow irises; white throat, barred belly Season: All year Back to Gallery
American Goldfinch
Backyard Birds Project American Goldfinch Length: 5″ Wing Span: Natural Habitat: A variety of habitats, from weedy fields to open second growth woodland, and along riparian corridors, particularly in the West. Features: (F) Underparts very yellow with white undertail coverts, while upperparts, including head, olive green. Lower wing bar buffy and quite wide. Tail feathers […]
Blue Jay
Backyard Birds Project Blue Jay Length: 11″ Wing Span: 16″ Natural Habitat: Widespread from forests to city parks Features: Crested with black collar, lores on light face; blue above, white below; sky blue wings, tail with white trim, black crossbars Season: All year Back to Gallery
Purple Martin
Backyard Birds Project Purple Martin Length: 8″ Wing Span: 18″ Natural Habitat: Widespread; now frequent in suburbs with Martin Houses Features: Large swallow; glossy purple but may appear black (M) Dingy below Season: Spring to Fall Back to Gallery
White-Eyed Vireo
Backyard Birds Project White-Eyed Vireo Length: 5″ Wing Span: 6.7″ Natural Habitat: Seasonally widespread; brushy undergrowth in forest, woodland Features: Skulky white irises; yellow forehead, flanks; white wing bars Season: All year Sounds Like: Recorded by Tony Lombardino at Colonel Francis Beatty Park Back to Gallery
Gray Catbird
Backyard Birds Project Gray Catbird Length: 8.5″ Wing Span: 8.7-11.8″ Natural Habitat: Seasonally widespread; forest, woodland to suburban gardens Features: Gray with black cap; rufous vent Season: All year Back to Gallery
Field Sparrows
Backyard Birds Project Field Sparrows Length: 5.75″ Wing Span: 7.9″ Natural Habitat: Grassy woodland, fields, gardens Features: Plain faced, russet crown and stripe behind eye; pink bill; plain breast; streaked back; white wingbars; pink legs Season: All year Sounds Like: Recorded by Tony Lombardino at Colonel Francis Beatty Park Back to Gallery
Common Raven
Backyard Birds Project Common Raven Length: 24″ Wing Span: Natural Habitat: Widespread; tends to prefer hilly or mountainous areas, but found on tundra, prairies, grasslands, towns, cities, isolated farmsteads, forests Features: Uniformly glossy black plumage, long, heavy bill, and long wedge-shaped tail. The bases of the neck feathers are gray. Nasal bristles on top of […]
American Crow
Backyard Birds Project American Crow © Michael Hogan Size & Shape: A large, long-legged, thick-necked bird with a heavy, straight bill. In flight, the wings are fairly broad and rounded with the wingtip feathers spread like fingers. The short tail is rounded or squared off at the end. Natural Habitat: American Crows are common birds […]