Brown Creeper
Male Description Size: 5.25” Plumage/Description: Male and female plumage similar. Long, thin curved bill for probing in bark. White throat, breast and belly, with buffy under-tail coverts. Head, back, and wings are brown with a lot of white speckling and streaking....
Brown-headed Cowbird
Male Female Description Size: 7.5” Plumage/Description: Males have an iridescent quality to their plumage. In poor lighting males appear very dark overall, even black. In good lighting the entire head appears brown, and the body appears a glossy green-black...
Bullock’s Oriole
Male Female Description Size: 9.0” Plumage/Description: Males are brilliant black, orange and white in color. The orange color extends from the face, down the breast, belly, and under tail. A thin black line extends from the beak, through the eye to the nape of...
Bushtit
Male Female Description Size: 4.5” Plumage/Description: Males and females have similar plumage but can be distinguished by the color of their iris—males is dark, females’ is light colored. Overall plumage color is a darker gray on top, and a paler gray (almost...
Calliope Hummingbird
Adult Description Size: 3.25” Plumage/Description: Our smallest hummingbird in North America. Males have an all green back, with mottled green flanks. The gorget (throat) area is streaked with a beautiful iridescent red color. The coloration pattern on the throat...Weekly Articles
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Online Bird Guide
Interested in learning more about local birds? We have a wonderful online bird guide set up. This guide is here to help assist casual, novice or beginner backyard birders.
