developing you ‘search image’ knowing your birds and bees

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

TowheeRufous-sided

secretive… shyon 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

Male and female

Male and female

Male and female

Bonus question

Common merganser … female

Woodpeckers

WoodpeckerPileated

Northern flicker

Downy woodpecker

American goldfinchWashington State Bird

Dark-eyed juncotwo-footed hop along the ground

Varied thrush

American robin

Steller’s jay

Sparrows

Sparrows

Song sparrow

Song starts with… three clear notes… followed by various ‘warble’

Sparrows

White-crowned sparrow

SparrowsHouse sparrow

Hint…. think of a butlers tuxedo … butler takes care of the ‘house’

Canada Goose

Spotted Sandpiper

walking the edge of the saltwater

RavenCommon

CrowAmerican

Red-tailed hawk

Turkey vulture

searching for carcasses

caution… don’t fall asleep in the grass

Juvenile Bald eagle

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