Mourning Dove
Adult Description Size: 12” Plumage/Description: Male and female plumage similar. Overall tan-brown plumage, with a small amount of green iridescence on the neck. Black spots on the wings. Mourning Doves have a long, tapered tail that is outlined with black and...
Mountain Chickadee
Adult Description Size: 5.25” Plumage/Description: Male and female plumage similar. Black cap, bold white eye stripe, with a black line through the eye, black throat, and white cheek that extends back to the nape. Breast is a pale off-white color, back, wings and...
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Adult Description Size: 5.25” Plumage/Description: Male plumage is distinguished by a dark gray head and a black breast. Back and wings are an olive-green/yellow color. Belly, flanks and under-tail coverts are bright yellow. An incomplete (broken) eye ring is a...
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Adults Juvenile Description Size: 6” Plumage/Description: Male and female plumage similar. Heavily streaked back, plain, solid gray breast and belly with no streaking. Facial and head pattern includes rufous stripes on the crown of the head, a rufous stripe...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.
