1. BIRDS A Study Guide

2. Raptors! Part 1

4. Bald Eagle!

6. Golden Eagle! Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. -found in eastern oregon -big bird, with a big beak

8. Osprey!

10. Red-tailed Hawk! -does not always have a red tail -has broader wings than other hawks -most common hawk here

12. Cooper's Hawk! -long tail -Brown-red streaking on underside -thinner, does not have pointed wings or helmet.

14. American Kestrel! is a falcon -pointed wings and is a smaller bird -reddish brown back -blue gray wings - Has the helmet coloring like the Peregrine falcon -Gray head with black stripes -grassland habitat

16. Northern Harrier! *note white portion along lower back, visible in flight. -Once known as Marsh hawk -Face is more like an owl than a hawk (disk like) -White rump patch -flys low in marshes

17. Not this one!

18. Peregrine Falcon! * -high in food chain -rare due to DDT in the past -nest on bridges -hunt pigeons-ducks-rodents -Pointy wings - Dark 'helmet' patch on head extending around eye -yellow beak, black tip, sharp -yellow talons

20. Great Horned Owl

21. BABY! <-----

22. Western Screech Owl! -common but hard to find -small ear tufts -brownish almost gray -Streaking on underside -disk shaped face

24. Barn Owl!

25. Swimming Birds! Part 2...

27. Mallard Duck!

29. American Wigeon! -Blue bill, dipped in ink look, black tip -white head -green stripe behind the eye -brownish body

31. Northern Shoveler! Dabler=tips over head in water does not dive

33. Wood Duck!

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35. Northern Pintail! -tail is long and thin -neck has an elegant look -brown head -white patch/stripe wraps around head and up neck.

37. Cinnamon Teal! -Bigger than a mallard or widgeon -Amber brown -blue patch on wing when flying

39. Blue-Winged Teal! -White line through the eye=female - White patch/crescent shaped on front of face =male -Grayish head -Blue wing

41. Green-winged Teal! -Reddish head -Green stripe behind eye -Whitish stripe on side of the male -And a white triangle shaped patch on end of the tail of the bird.

43. Ruddy Duck! Spikey tail! compact bird blue bill

45. Bufflehead! -Diving duck -During winter nest in California or Canada

47. Common Merganser! -Diver -live on the willamette in big flocks -eat catfish -thin red beaks like razors-to catch fish -crested brown head

49. Hooded Merganser! -Diver, know by beak to catch fish

51. Canada Goose

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53. Snow Goose -White with black patches on end of wings (The domesticated goose is all white)

55. Tundra Swan! (aka Whistling Swan)

57. American Coot!

59. Double-Crested Cormorant! These birds just sit around sunning themselves!

61. Common Loon!

63. Pied-billed Grebe!

65. Western Grebe!

67. Tufted Puffin!

69. American White Pelican!

71. Brown Pelican!

72. Miscellaneous Bird List... part 3

74. Great Blue Heron -Not as lanky as the Sandhill crane -crooked neck when they fly -yellow bill -they will eat everything, from mice to frogs, fish and snakes

76. Great Egret

78. Sandhill Crane Know the call... -Straight neck when they fly -Gray, red patch on head -Thin long legs -Black bill -Eat grasses and grain

80. Killdeer

82. American Robin

84. House Sparrow -Non-native, from Europe -live under the eaves of houses -black patch on chin, white under the eye -greenish crown

86. Song Sparrow

88. European Starling

90. House Finch

92. Dark-eyed Junco -Pink bill -eats seeds -it is a type of sparrow

94. Black-capped Chickadee

96. Northern Flicker - eats ants, forages on the ground, nests in trees - when they fly, orange yellow underwing -red patch is not always on the head

98. Western Scrub Jay *lives in urban areas *makes a lot of noise

100. Steller's Jay *lives in forested areas *all blue with black crested head

102. American Crow *scavenger

104. Downy Woodpecker

106. Vaux's Swift

108. Violet-green Swallow

110. Cliff Swallow

112. Tree Swallow

114. Sage Grouse

116. Western Bluebird

118. California Quail

120. Rufous Hummingbird

122. American Dipper! -Found in fast running streams/rivers -nest in dome shaped nests on cliffs -they have build in googles, a membrane -long legs and stout, with a short tail -dark gray, non-descript

123. Know the calls! 1. http://www.savingcranes.org/sandhill-crane.html 2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO2jE0a2Xro 3.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW4xXbiKCPo&safe=ac tive 4.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-pgV6- A8ZA&safe=active 5.http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/great_horned_owl/so unds 6.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0S3NhhV1js&safe=act ive 7.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W- jtv7sLFuc&feature=fvwrel