Western Meadowlark
Adult Description Size: 9.5” Plumage/Description: Male and female plumage similar. Cryptically colored on back, wings and tail so they blend in with a weedy-grassy habitat. Bright yellow throat and belly with a prominent black-v on the breast. Creamy eye-stripe,...
Lesser Goldfinch
Male Female Description Size: 4.5” Plumage/Description: Male plumage includes a solid black cap and a lemon-yellow throat, breast and belly. Tail and wings black with white markings. Back varies in color from a yellowish to an olive-green color, and sometimes even...
Horned Lark
Male Description Size: 7.25” Plumage/Description: Males have a bold facial pattern that is very distinctive: A broad white eye-stripe, a black mask that goes through the eye, a black bib, and a yellow throat. The breast and belly is white. The feathers forming the...
Hooded Oriole
Male Female Description Size: 8” Plumage/Description: Males are a stunning combination of black, orange and white. Back, wings and tail are black, head, nape, breast, belly, and under-tail coverts are a bright orange color. Face and throat black. Large white patch on...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.
