Developing you ‘Search Image’ Knowing your Birds and Bees
Black-capped Chestnut-backed Chickadee..dee..dee..dee..dee they ‘say’ their name…
Herring gull A little secret… birders don’t call them ‘seagulls’ anymore Red dot Pink feet
BlackbirdRed-winged metallic flutelike song
Towhee Rufous-sided secretive… shy on the ground.. in the bushes slurring call…. chee chee chee
Swallows Pg 53 (Insect-eaters) V-eye-olet green swallow Tree swallow
Barn (Insect-eaters) swallow
Great-blue heron
Common Loon Yellow-billed Loon Pacific Loon Red-throated Loon
Common merganser Male and female Red-breasted merganser Hooded merganser
Bufflehead Male and female
Bonus question Common merganser… female
Woodpeckers
WoodpeckerPileated
Northern flicker
Downy woodpecker
American goldfinch Washington State Bird
Dark-eyed junco two-footed hop along the ground
Varied thrush American robin
Steller’s jay
Sparrows
Song sparrow Song starts with… three clear notes … followed by various ‘warble’
Sparrows White-crowned sparrow
Sparrows House sparrow Hint…. think of a butlers tuxedo … butler takes care of the ‘house’
Canada Goose
Spotted Sandpiper walking the edge of the saltwater
Raven Common
Crow American
Red-tailed hawk
Turkey vulture searching for carcasses caution… don’t fall asleep in the grass
Juvenile Bald eagle
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