Bird Field Guide A field guide is a really helpful book to take on hikes, picnics, camping with you....

Bird Field Guide• A field guide is a really helpful book to take

on hikes, picnics, camping with you. If you come across a critter, a field guide can help you identify what you’re looking at!

• As I go over the animals, draw arrows that indicate “field marks”– Field marks- patterns, colors, stripes, etc. that

make that bird species what it is• In addition, you will be given calls- so try

your best to write down the mimic of the bird, or what it sounds like to you– Call- a noise that is just “talking” to other

members of the flock– Song- a noise that is aiming to find a mate or

claim territory

Red-Winged Blackbird

Male has red patch on their shoulders

Song

Blue JayBlue crest on head

Bluish-black line extending under chin and around

head

Pinstriped tail

Song

Canada Goose

White “chinstrap”

Long black neckCall

Northern Cardinal

Male is more red, and has red crest on top of head

Female is less red and more of a brownish yellow; also has red crest on head

Song

Black-Capped Chickadee

Black cap extending over the eyes

Call

American Crow

Medium sized compared to a raven

Tail is more of a rounded square

Call

Mourning Dove

Tan or cream colored body Song

Common Grackle

CallIridescent Head, Yellow

Eyes

Ruffed Grouse

Fanned Tail with Black Stripe

Call

Herring Gull

Has yellow eyes

Has a patch of red on mouth

Whitish legs

Call

Broad-Winged Hawk

CallDark and white stripe on tail

Great-Blue Heron

Long black stripe extending over the head

Large grey-blue body

Call

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Male has red throat; female has same coloration on body but no red throat

Flying

Killdeer

Banding on chest

Common Loon

White striped neck

Greenish-Blackish head

Darker bill

Song

MallardMale has green head

Female has brown body with a purple or blue

coloration under wings

Song

Baltimore Oriole

Orange Chest Call

Great Horned Owl

Large tufts on head Call

Eastern Screech Owl

CallSmaller Body

American Red-Breasted Robin

Male has bright red chest Female has a less of an intense coloration

Call

Song Sparrow

Dark spot on chest Song

European Starling

Iridescent body and Yellow beak

Tree Swallow

White chest

V-shaped tail

Song

Wild Turkey

Male is much rounder

Male has large wattle

Females smaller

Call

Downy Woodpecker

Smallest of the woodpeckers

Shorter bill

Call

Pileated Woodpecker

CallLarge body with red crest

Call

House Wren

CallPin tail and brown

thatching