Black-headed Grosbeak
Male Female Juvenile Description Size: 8.25” Plumage/Description: Males and females have a large conical shaped beak for seed cracking. Males have a solid black head. Back and wings are black with substantial white markings. The throat, breast, rump and nape are...
Band-Tailed Pigeon
Adult Description Size: 14.5” Plumage/Description: Males and females are similar in plumage. A very large wild, native pigeon. Skittish. Overall gray with distinctive markings including a bi-colored bill (yellow at the base, black at the tip), a white collar on...
Anna’s Hummingbird
Male Female Description Size: 4” Plumage / Description: Male have a deep magenta-red iridescent color that encompasses the whole head, both above and below the beak. The back is green, the flanks have a wash of a lighter green color. Female’s are green on the back,...
American Robin
Male Female Juvenile Description Size: 10” Plumage/Description: Male plumage is a brightly orange/red colored breast and belly, with gray wings, back, tail. Head is dark with small white streaking on the throat, and a broken eye-ring. Female plumage similar to...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.
