Common Ground-Dove
Look For The common ground-dove is the smallest of our commonly encountered dove species with a length of only 6 […]
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Brown-headed Nuthatch
Look For This tiny nuthatch has a brown cap and gray back with a white spot on the back of
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Prothonotary Warbler
Look For The prothonotary warbler (pro-THON-oh-tary) is a bird of wooded swamps, where its loud song rings out. It is
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Field Sparrow
Look For The field sparrow is a small bird (5 ¾ inches long) with a biggish bill and long tail,
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Look For If the birds at your feeder seem skittish, there may be a sharp-shinned hawk nearby, ready to pounce.
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Tennessee Warbler
Look For The Tennessee warbler is very active, short-tailed, and generally nondescript. The male is most distinctive in spring, when
Yellow-throated Warbler
Look For The yellow-throated warbler is a long-billed, 5 ½-inch-long warbler with a solid gray back; white eyeline, cheek patch,
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Louisiana Waterthrush
Look For The two North American waterthrushes (Louisiana waterthrush and northern waterthrush) are confusingly similar, and both look more like
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Pine Warbler
The pine warbler is unusual among North American warblers in that its winter range includes much of its breeding range,
Blue-winged Warbler
Look For Singing from an exposed perch atop a sapling in an old field, the male blue-winged warbler is a
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Marsh Wren
More often than not, marsh wrens are heard before they are seen—if they’re seen at all. Unlike their close counterpart
Sedge Wren
Formerly called the short-billed marsh wren, the sedge wren nests in thick, tangled areas of sedges and grasses in overgrown