Red-Headed Woodpecker

1. Red-Headed Woodpecker

2. Red-Headed Woodpecker • Melanerpes erythrocephalus • Beech and oak mast, seeds, nuts, berries, fruit, insects, bird eggs, nestlings, mice. • Call a loud "tchur-tchur." • http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/audio/Red-headed_Woodpecker.html

3. Ring-necked Pheasant • Male Female

4. Ring-necked Pheasant • Phasianus colchicus • Scratches on ground and digs with bill for food. • Male crows with a loud, harsh "koork-KOK.“ • http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/audio/Ring-necked_Pheasant.html

5. Wild Turkey

6. Wild Turkey • Meleagris gallopavo • Acorns, nuts, seeds, fruits, insects, buds, fern fronds, salamanders. • Male display an explosive gobble. Call a rather nasal yelp. • http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/audio/Wild_Turkey.html

7. American Robin • Male Female

8. American Robin • Turdus migratorius • Invertebrates, especially earthworms, and fruit. • Song a musical whistled phrase, "cheerily, cheer up, cheer up, cheerily, cheer up." Call note a sharp "chup." Also a very high-pitched thin whistling note. • http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/audio/American_Robin1.html

9. Eastern Bluebird • Female Male

10. Eastern Bluebird • Sialia sialis • Insects and small fruits. • Song a rich warbling whistle broken into short phrases: "Tu-wheet-tudu." Also a dry chatter.

11. Northern Cardinal • Male Female

12. Northern Cardinal • Cardinalis cardinalis • Seeds, fruits, buds, and insects. • Song a series of clear whistles, the first down-slurred and ending in a slow trill. "Cheer, cheer, cheer, what, what, what, what." Call a sharp "chip." • http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/audio/Northern_Cardinal1.html

13. American Goldfinch • Male Female

14. American Goldfinch • Carduelis tristis • Seeds, especially of composite flowers. Few insects. • Song a long series of twittering and warbling notes. Common contact call a "tsee-tsi-tsi-tsit," often given in flight. May be described as "per-chic-o-ree" or "po-ta-to-chip." • http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/audio/American_Goldfinch.html

15. Barn Swallow

16. Barn Swallow • Hirundo rustica • Flying insects. • Song: a twittery series of squeaky notes, often with dry rattle in the middle. • Song: a twittery series of squeaky notes, often with dry rattle in the middle.

17. Blue Jay

18. Blue Jay • Cyanocitta cristata • Arthropods, acorns and nuts, fruits, seeds, small vertebrates. • Very vocal; make a large variety of calls. Most frequent call is a harsh "jeer." Also clear whistled notes and gurgling sounds. • http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/audio/Blue_Jay.html

19. Northern Oriole • Male Female

20. Northern Oriole • Icterus galbula • Caterpillars, fruits, insects, spiders, and nectar. • Song: a series of rich whistled notes interspersed with rattles. Call: a chatter. • http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/audio/Baltimore_Oriole.html

21. Ruby Throated Hummingbird • Male Female

22. Ruby Throated Hummingbird • Archilochus colubris • Flower nectar, small insects, and tree sap. Comes to hummingbird feeders. • Rapid squeaky chipping. Humming sound from wings. • http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/audio/Ruby-throated_Hummingbird.html

23. Common Raven

24. Common Raven • Corvus corax • Omnivorous. Eats meat, eggs, insects, grain, fruit, garbage, and carrion. • Omnivorous. Eats meat, eggs, insects, grain, fruit, garbage, and carrion. • http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/audio/Common_Raven.html

25. Sources • www.whatbird.com • www.birds.cornell.edu • http://www.naturesongs.com/tyrrcert.html#cora

26. Blackburnian Warbler Breeds in mature coniferous and mixed coniferous/deciduous forests. No other North American warbler has an orange throat. Cerulean Warbler Breeds in forests with tall deciduous trees and open understory, such as wet bottomlands and dry slopes. It nests and forages higher in the canopy than most other warblers. Warblers

27. Spotted Sandpiper Breeds in a variety of habitats, such as shoreline, sagebrush, grassland, forest, lawn, or park. The female may store sperm for up to one month. Greater Yellowlegs Breeds in muskeg, wet bogs with small wooded islands ,and forests (usually coniferous) with abundant clearings. Its low densities and tendency to breed in inhospitable, mosquito-ridden muskegs make it one of the least-studied shorebirds on the continent. Aquatic Wading Birds

28. Red-breasted Nuthatch Mature and diverse stands of coniferous forests, especially spruce, fir, larch, and cedar. The Red-breasted Nuthatch applies sticky conifer resin globules to the entrance of its nest hole. Scarlet Tanager Breeds in deciduous and mixed deciduous/coniferous woodlands, especially mature forests. On the wintering grounds in South America the Scarlet Tanager joins mixed species foraging flocks with flycatchers, antbirds, woodcreepers, and resident tropical tanagers. Ground Nesting Birds

29. Continued • Burrowing Owl • Lives in dry, open areas with no trees and short grass. (prairies) • The Burrowing Owl collects mammal dung and puts it in and around its burrow. The dung attracts dung beetles, which the owl then captures and eats.

30. Merlin Breeds in open country from open coniferous woodland to prairie, occasionally in adjacent suburbs. The Merlin does not build a nest, but instead takes over old nests of other raptors or crows. It sometimes nests on top of domed magpie nests rather than in the nest cavity. Cooper’s Hawk Breeds in deciduous, mixed, and coniferous forests. Becoming more common in suburban and urban areas. A Cooper's Hawk captures a bird with its feet, and will squeeze it repeatedly to kill it. It does not bite the prey to kill it in the fashion of falcons, but holds it away from its body until it dies. It has been known to drown its prey, holding a bird under water until it stops moving Order FALCONIFORMES - Family ACCIPITRIDAE - Subfamily Accipitrinae Falcons

31. Spotted Owl In northern part of range, lives in old-growth coniferous forests. An individual Spotted Owl may not breed every year. Some do not breed for periods of five to six years. Barred Owl Forested areas, from swamps and riparian areas to uplands. (deciduous) The belly feathers of some Barred Owls are pink. This coloring may be the result of eating a lot of crayfish. Owls

32. Owls Continued • Short-eared Owl • Open country, including prairie, meadows, tundra, moorlands, marshes, savanna and open woodland. • The Short-eared Owl may compete with the Barn Owl in some areas. Some successful nest box programs to attract Barn Owls have coincided with the decline of the Short-eared Owl in the same area.

33. Black-capped Chickadee Deciduous and mixed deciduous/coniferous woodlands, open woods and parks, willow thickets, and cottonwood groves. The Black-Capped Chickadee hides seeds and other food items for later recovery. Mountain Chickadee Coniferous Forests Juvenile Mountain Chickadees leave their home territories about three weeks after fledging. The young birds settle in a new area by late summer, and usually remain in that spot all their lives. Chickadees

34. Black-capped Chickadee Mountain Chickadee Chickadee’s continued

35. Common Grackle Found in a variety of open areas with scattered trees, including open woodland, boreal forest, swamps, marshes, agricultural areas, urban residential areas, and parks. It will follow plows for invertebrates and mice, wade into water to catch small fish, and sometimes kill and eat other birds at bird feeders. Baltimore oriole Breeds along woodland edges and open areas with scattered trees, especially deciduous trees. The Baltimore Oriole hybridizes extensively with the Bullock's Oriole where their ranges overlap in the Great Plains. Blackbirds

36. Brown Creeper Coniferous and mixed coniferous-deciduous forests. Distinctive in habits and morphology, the Brown Creeper is a small, well-camouflaged bird of woodlands. White-breasted Nuthatch Found in mature deciduous forests, especially near openings and edges. Also parks and suburbs with large trees. Nuthatches gather nuts and seeds, jam them into tree bark, and hammer or "hatch" the food open with their bills. Nuthatches

37. Sources • www.birds.cornell.edu • www.naturesongs.org