1. Common South Texas Birds
The Basics of Birding

2. What are the different parts of a bird called?

3. A mark on the bird that helps identify what species it is.
What is a field mark?
A mark on the bird that helps identify what species it is.

4. Northern Cardinal (Male) AOU: NOCA
Crest
Red-Orange Bill
Black Face Mask
Bright Red Body

5. Northern Cardinal (Female) AOU: NOCA
Reddish Crest
Gray-Brown Body
Northern Cardinal (Female) AOU: NOCA
Red-Orange Bill
Reddish Wings & Tail Feathers

6. Reddish in Wings & Tail Feathers
Pyrrhuloxia AOU: PYRR
Long, Pointed Crest
Reddish Eye Ring
Rounded Yellow Bill
Reddish in Wings & Tail Feathers

7. Green Jay AOU: GREJ Yellow-Green Body Blue Head Black Chest
Yellow under tail

8. Golden-Fronted Woodpecker (Female) AOU: GFWO
Golden Yellow Nape & Forehead
MALES have a red crown
Golden-Fronted Woodpecker (Female) AOU: GFWO
Black Tail
White Rump

9. Northern Mockingbird AOU: NOMO
Thin bill, curve at end
Grayish/Brownish Body
White wing bars
in flight
Long tail

10. Great-Tailed Grackle AOU: GTGR
Sexually Dimorphic
Long tail
Black Body
Yellow Eyes
Iridescent black & purple
Female ½ the size of male
Brown Body
Paler underside

11. White-Winged Dove AOU: WWDO
Blue “eye shadow”
White wing edges when perched
White wing bars in flight
Orange eyes