Chipping Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Adults Description Size:  5.5” Plumage/Description:  Male and female plumage similar.  Breeding plumage is more striking.  Crisp colors include a Rufous cap, a black stripe through the eye, gray nape, rump, throat, breast and belly. Back and wings are a rich brown...
Wilson’s Warbler

Wilson’s Warbler

Male Description Size:  4.75” Plumage/Description:  Males are a bright yellow color with a jet-black crown, which is an unmistakable and diagnostic field mark.  Females are an overall bright yellow color but lack the black crown. Habitat:  Residential, Oak/Chaparral,...
Cassin’s Kingbird

Cassin’s Kingbird

Adults Description Size:  9” Plumage/Description:  Gray head, great throat, olive-green back,lemon yellow belly, and under-tail coverts.  Dark tail with a pale/buffy color at the tip of the tail.  Can be easily confused with the Western Kingbird. Habitat:  Residential...
Canyon Towhee

Canyon Towhee

Adults Description Size:  9.0” Plumage/Description:  Males and females have similar plumage.  Overall a gray-brown bird, with a slight touch of Rufous on the crown of the head, and under the tail.  The throat area has faint streaking with dark spots.  Has a dark...
Bushtit

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...