Northern Cardinal
Male Female Description Size: 8.75” Plumage/Description: Males are bright red overall with a black mask around the base of the beak. Pronounced crest and red bill is distinctive. Females are brown, with red in the wings, tail, and crest. Females have a small...
Summer Tanager
Male Female Description Size: 7.75” Plumage/Description: Males are a stunning, brilliant red color. Females have no red at all, but are an over-all olive-green, yellowish color. Like other species, Summer Tanagers have the ability to raise and lower the feathers...
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Male Female Description Size: 7.25” Plumage/Description: Male and female plumage similar except males have a red crown, whereas females have no red on the head. Bold facial pattern with black and white stripes. Back and wings have a ‘laddered’or barred appearance...
House Finch
Male Female Female & Male Description Size: 6” Plumage / Description: Typical male plumage is a bright red head, throat, breast, and rump. Flanks are heavily streaked. Back, wings and tail are gray. Variations in male plumage range from bright red to a dull...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.
