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...
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Adult Juvenile Description Size: 11” Plumage/Description: Adult male/female plumage similar, although females are larger than males. Adult plumage includes a dark crown, a slaty-blue-gray back and wings, pronounced horizontal barring on tail, with alternating dark...
Spotted Towhee
Male Female Juvenile Description Size: 8.5” Plumage/Description: Males have a solid black head and the black extends down to the breast and back. The back and wings are black and are heavily spotted with white. The flanks are an almost robin-colored rufous, with a...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.
